ML20099E948
| ML20099E948 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 05/24/1984 |
| From: | Pilant J NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT |
| To: | Johnson E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| References | |
| CNSS840222, NUDOCS 8411260166 | |
| Download: ML20099E948 (3) | |
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'l i 1984 Mr. E. H. Johnson, Chief Reactor Project Branch 1 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Coc' mission Region IV 611 Ryan Plaza Drive Suite 1000 Arlington, Texas 76011
Subject:
NPPD Response to IE Inspection Report No. 50-298/84-06
Dear Mr. Johnson:
This letter is written in response to your letter dated May 4, 1984 transmit-ting Inspection Report No. 50-298/84-06. Therein you indicated that two o'f our activities were in violation of NRC requirements.
Following are statements of each violation and our response in accordance with 10 CFR 2.201:
Statement of Violation High Radiation Area Control Technical Specification 6.3.4.A requires that each high radiation area (100 mrem /hr or greater) shall be barricaded and conspicuously posted as a high radiation area and entrance thereto shall be controlled by requiring notification and permission of the shift supervisor.
Contrary to the above:
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An access point to a high radiation area in the radioactive waste
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solidification / processing area was not barricaded on April 4,1984.
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Two station employees working in the radioactive waste solidifica-tion area on April 4, 1984, failed to obtain the shift supervisor's permission for several entries (approximately seven) into high radiation areas.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation.
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- Bee Taken and the Results Achieved-A' copy:of the Special Work Permit (SWP) for'the radwaste drum' capping area was-posted'and the. station employees working in.the; area were instructed to comply
- with-that - SWP. including obtaining Shif t Supervisor. permission for: entry. An
';SWP specifically for the drum capping-station has since been written and posted at the station and the access to the area has been' barricaded in
.accordance with Procedure 9.-l.2.2, Area Posting and Access Control.
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Corrective Steps Which Will Be Taken to Avoid Further Violation Procedure 9.1.2.2, Area Posting and Accest. Control, will be discussed with'all
-Health Physics p'ersonnel with femphasis on the posting and control ~ of. high' radiation areas.
Date When Full Compliance Will Be Achieved
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Cooper Nuclear Station is presently in full compliance. Training 'on Procedure -
9.1.2.2, Area' Posting and Access Control,-will be completed by June 30, 1984.
Statement of Violation Radiation Protection Procedure Compliance
'TechnicalfSpecification 6.3.4 requires that radiation' control procedures to be maintained consistent with the. requirements of 10 CFR Part 20.
Station Health Physics, Procedure 9.1.2.2,'. requires that personnel entrance into a high radiation area shall require a special work permit.
Also, Health Physics Procedure 9.1.1.4. requires.the issuance of a special-work permit for control of access and work in a high radiation area.-
Contrary to the above, routine work operations were conducted on April 4, 1984, in a high radiation area in the radioactive waste' solidification processing area, by station personnel without issuance of'a special work permit.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation.
(5melsment IV) (298/8406-02)
Corrective Steps Which Have Been Taken an(3 gy nults Achieved A Special' Work Permit has been written a. tb 9 m capping station to. control the work'at this location. An SWP will b written monthly to control access and work-in this high~ radiation area.
Corrective Steps Which Will Be Taken To Avoid Further Violations
-Procedure 9.1.2.2, Area Posting and Access Control, will be disen5 sed with all Health Physics personnel with emphasis on the requirement of a Spec 121 Work Permit for high radiation areas.
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' Cooper Nuclear Station is presently in full cotopliance.' Training on Procedure
.9.1.2.2 Area Posting and~ Access Control, will'.be completed by-June 30, 1984.
If you'have any questions regarding this response, please contact ^me or
.P. V. Thomason atcthe site.
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. M. Pilant~
Technical-Staff Manager Nuclear Power Group.
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