ML20128E057
| ML20128E057 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 01/29/1993 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML20128E012 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-320-93-02, 50-320-93-2, NUDOCS 9302100298 | |
| Download: ML20128E057 (2) | |
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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION GPU Nuclear Corporation Docket No. 50-320 Three Mile Island Unit 2 License No. DPR-73 A violation of NRC requirements was identified as a result of the inspection conducted on December 21,1992 by a representative of the Washington Depanment ofIlealth. The inspection involved a shipment of licensed material sent from your facility on December 16, 1992 to the US Ecology commercial low-level radioactive disposal site. In accordr.nce with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actior.s",10 CFR Pan 2, Appendix C (1992), the violation is listed below:
(A) 10 CFR 61.56(b)(2) states in pan that "... liquid wastes, or wastes containing liquid, must be converted into a fonn that contains as little free standing and noncorrosive liquid as is reasonably achievable, but in no case shall the liquid exceed.. 0.5 % of the volume of the waste for waste processed to a stable form."
(B) 10 CFR 30.41(b)(5) states in pan that "any licensee may transfer byproduct materiai..to any person authorized to receive such byproduct material under tenns cf a specific license issued by...the Commission or an agreement state."
License Condition 30 of the US Ecology Radioactive Materials License, State of Washington WN-1019-2, requires that a waste stream, solidified in accordance with a process control program using an approved solidification medium, contain no detectable free sunding liquid, which is defined as no more than 0.5 % (by volume) of liquid per container.
Contrary to (A) and (B) above, on December 16,1992, the licensee shipped a drum (#92-D-I1-205) containing 1.473 millicuries of waste processed to a stable fonn, which upon receipt at the US Ecology site near Richland, Washington, was detennined to contain a measured amount ofliquid that was in excess of 0.5% b" volume. Specifically, the container was
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determined to contain 0.72% fn:e standing liq.d by volume.
l This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement V).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, GPU Nuclear Corporation is hereby required to submit a written explanation or statement to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, i
A'ITN: Document Control Desk, Washingtor., D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional l
Administrator, Region I, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting thir Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of l
Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. If an adequate reply is not received l
within the time specified in this Notice, an order may be issued to show cause why the 930210029B 930129 PDR ADOCK 05000320 0FFICIAL RECORD COPY l
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i license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may.be-proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to h
_ extending the response time.
Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania thisFday of January,1993.
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