ML20125B526
| ML20125B526 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 06/06/1985 |
| From: | Grace J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Tucker H DUKE POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20125B529 | List: |
| References | |
| EA-85-056, EA-85-56, NUDOCS 8506110444 | |
| Download: ML20125B526 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000211/2003010
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Duke Power Company
ATTN: Mr. H. B. Tucker, Vice President
Nuclear Production Department
422 South Church Street
Charlotte, NC 28242
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION: EA 85-56
RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL TRANSPORT
(INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-269/85-03, 50-270/85-03, AND 50-287/85-03)
A safety inspection of activities authorized by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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(NRC) Operating License Nos. DPR-38, DRP-47, and DPR-55 for the Oconee facility
was conducted by this office during the period of February 11 - March 10, 1985.
The-inspection included a review of the circumstances surrounding inadequate
package preparation for shipping of radioactive material. As a result of this
inspection, significant failures to comply with NRC regulatory requirements were
identified, and accordingly, an Enforcement Conference to discuss this matter was
held in the' Region II office on March 26, 1985.
The violation associated with this event involved a failure to adequately prepare
a radioactive shipment. Your representatives stated, during the Enforcement-
-Conference on March 26, 1985, that the cause of this event was a judgmental
error in installing only 6 of 14 clamps to secure the cover to the shipping
container. As a result of this failure, the top of the shipping container came-
off during-transport. There was no release of radioactivity from this event.
The NRC is concerned that this violation of regulatory requirements could have
resulted in contamination levels outside the package in excess of NRC limits.
In accordance with the " General Statement of Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1985),.the violation described in the enclosed Notice
has been classified at a Severity Level III. Normally, a civil penalty is
considered for a Severity Level III violation. However, after consultation with
the Director, Office of Inspection and Enforcement, I have decided that a civil
-penalty will not be proposed in.this case because of your prior good transportation
history and the fact that Duke Power Company discovered and reported this event,
promptly investigated the circumstances of this event, and took decisive corrective
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action to preclude its sacurrence.
You are required to respond to the enclosed Notice and should follow the
instructions specified therein when preparing your response.
Your response
should'specifically address the corrective actions taken or planned with regard
to ensuring that future packaging and shipment of containers of radioactive
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materials are properly installed and secured and are free of defects.
In your
response, appropriate reference to previous submittals is acceptable. After
reviewing your response to this Notice of Violation, including your proposed
corrective actions, the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action
is necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of-the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2,
Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosures
will be placed in-the NRC's Public Document Room.
The responses. directed by this letter and accompanying Notice are not subject to
.the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.
Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact us.
Sincerely,
ORIGWAL 3'G'ED BY!
j.NELS0i!GMCE
J. Nelson Grace
Regional Administrator
Enclosures:
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2.
Inspection Report Nos. 50-269/85-03,
50-270/85-03, and 50-287/85-03
cc w/encls:
M. S. Tuckman, Station Manager
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