ML20128E008

Forwards Insp Rept 50-320/93-02 on 921221 & Notice of Violation

ML20128E008
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	01/29/1993
From:	Joyner J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Long R GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.
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Docket No. 50-320

Dr. R. L. Long

Vice President and Director, TMI-2

GPU Nuclear Corporation

Three Mile Island Nuclear Station

P.O. Box 480

Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057-0191

Dear Dr. Long:

SUBJECT: INSPECTION NO. 50-320/93-02

This report is in reference to an inspection of a radioactive waste shipment from Three Mile i

Island Unit 2 conducted by a representative of the Washington Department of Health on i

December 21,1992. The shipment was inspected upon receipt at the radioactive disposal i

site operated by US Ecology, Incorporated near Richland, Washington. Results of the

inspection are summarized in the letter previously sent to you from the State of Washington

Department of Health, dated December 29,1992. The inspection results were reviewed in

the NRC Region I office on January 26,1993.

Based on the results of the inspection and of the NRC review, one of your activities was not

conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements, as set forth in the Notice of Violation,

enclosed herewith as Appendix A. The violation involved the shipment of a container to the

i burial facility in Washington which was determined to have free standing liquid inside the

container in excess of the limits specified in NRC regulations. The violation has been

categorized by severity level in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and

Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions",10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (Enforcement

Policy). You are required to respond to this letter. In preparing your response, you should

follow the instructions in Appendix A.

Your cooperation with us in this matter is appreciated.

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Original Signed By;

Jarnes H. Joyner

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