ML20126C154
| ML20126C154 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 12/16/1992 |
| From: | Cooper R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Renee Taylor GRINNELL CORP. (FORMERLY ITT GRINNELL CORP.) |
| References | |
| REF-QA-99990001-921216 NUDOCS 9212220397 | |
| Download: ML20126C154 (3) | |
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DEC I 61982 Docket No. 9999-w01 Rhode Island License No. 3D-064-01 Grinnell Corporation A'ITN: Mr. Robert Taylor Operations Manager 1341 Elmwood Avenue Cranston, RI 02910
Dear Mr. Taylor:
Enclosed is a synopsis of the investigation conducted by the Office of Investigations, Region I, of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Since you have paid the civil penalty issued on September 14, 1992, no further action on this case will be taken by this office. Your corrective actions regarding this matter will be examined during a future inspection of your licensed program.
Sincerely, Original Signed By-Richard W. Cooper 3E Richard W. Cooper, II, Director Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards
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SYNOPSIS On April 22,1992, the Regional Administrator, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Region I, requested that the Office of Investigations (01) determine if three radiographers and the Radiation Safety Of6cer, Grinnell Corporation (GC), Cranston, Rhode Island (an Agreement State), intentionally performed industrial radiography at the New England Power Company, Salem, Massachusetts, on February 7 and February 21,1992, without first receiving approval from the Region I staff. OI was also asked to ascertain whether a GC radiographer intentionally violated several NRC regulations while conducting radiography at a pipeline construction job in Worcester, Massachusetts, on March 5,1992. Additionally, the RA wanted to know if GC managers above the Radiation Safety Officer endorsed these practices.
4 The GC radiographers who were interviewed denied having any intent to break NRC rules or regulations but acknowledged that violations were committed on February 7, February 21, and March 5,1992. The Grinnell Corporation managers, including the Radiation Safety Officer, claimed that they did not purposely overlook or condone the violations. They attributed these
- mistakes to poor internal communications, the Radiation Safety Officer's excessive responsibilities, and their misinterpretation of procedures.
This investigation did not substantiate that any GC personnel intentional'y violated NRC
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