ML20127L753

Notice of Violation from Insp on 850408-12

ML20127L753
Person / Time
Site:	Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	06/24/1985
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
Shared Package
ML20127L752	List: ML20127L748 ML20127L753 ML20127L762
References
50-213-85-09, 50-213-85-9, NUDOCS 8506280119
Download: ML20127L753 (2)

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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company Docket No. 50-213 Hartford, Connecticut 06101 License No. DPR-61 As a result of the inspection conducted on April 8-12, 1985, and in accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy (10 CFR 2, Appendix C), the following viola-tion was identified:

Technical Specification 6.8 requires, in part, that written procedures shall be established, implemented and maintained. Each of these procedures shall be reviewed by the Plant Operating Review Committee (PORC) and approved by the Station Superintendent, prior to implementation.

Section 4.3 of Procedure No. QA1.2-7.1 states that the QA/QC Department is responsible for performing receipt inspections in accordance with the procedure.

1. Contrary to the above, a NUS Solidification System, a system designated as Radwaste QA, was received on site during the period of September-October 1984, and the QA/QC Department did not perform receipt inspections on the system in accordance with the procedure.

2. Contrary to the above on several occasions during October 1984-March 1985, the licensee has implemented at least one vendor procedure (Procedure No. SS-008, Revision E " Operating Procedure For NUSPSC Radwaste Solidifica-l tion System NO. 8921") and the procedure was not reviewed by the PORC, and neither was it approved by the Station Superintendent prior to implementation.

This is a Severity Level IV violation. (Supplement V) j Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company is hereby required to submit to this office within thirty days of the date of the letter which transmitted this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including: (1) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid

, further violations; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved.

I Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending this j response time.

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APPENDIX B LICENSEE WEAKNESSES The inspection team has identified items of concern which have been charact-erized as weaknesses. An item of weakness does not constitute noncompliance with regulatory requirements, rather it is related to effectiveness of a program, activity or organization. References are to paragraphs in Inspection Report 50-213/85-09.

1. The quality control program was limited in scope with regard to the requirements of 10 CFR 61.55 and 10 CFR 61.56 (Para. 6).

2. . The site Quality Control Inspectors, providing an independent review of the adherence to shipping and radwaste requirements, were inadequately trained in shipping and radwaste disposal requirements (Paragraph 4).

3. Shipping and radwaste procedures exhibited weakness in that:

ACP No. 1.2-13.5 referenced inappropriate sections of RAP 6.3-5 for acceptance criteria for shipping containers (Paragraph 7);

Tables providing scaling factors for compliance with 10 CFR 61 were not provided and controlled under RAP No. 6.3-5 (Paragraph 7);

Records of calculations utilizing dose rate to curie conversion factors were not available for review (Paragraph 7);

Current procedures did not establish adequate controls to evoke recharacterization of waste streams upon significant changes in the

, reactor coolant activity (Paragraph 7).

4. Inactive Radwaste Review Committee (Paragraph 3).

5. Lack of site QA involvements in radwaste system modifications (Paragraph 6).

6. Corporate QA implementing procedures did not reflect the Topical Report Classification of radwaste activities as a Category 1 area (Paragraph 5).

7. Radwaste transportation audit was performed without technical expertise participating in the audit (Paragraph 6).

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