ML20129H353

Notice of Violation from Insp on 960826-1004.Violation Noted:Licensee Did Not Use,To Extent Practical,Process or Other Engineering Controls to Control Concentration of Radioactive Matl in Air for Work in Spent Resin Tank Room

ML20129H353
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	10/25/1996
From:	Grant G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20129H345	List: ML20129H342 ML20129H353 ML20129H379
References
50-282-96-11, 50-306-96-11, 72-0010-96-11, 72-10-96-11, NUDOCS 9610310250
Download: ML20129H353 (2)

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION l

l Northern States Power Company Docket Nos. 50-282: 50-306; 72-10  !

l Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Licenses No. DPR-42 DPR-60; SNM-2506 l

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l During an NRC inspection conducted on August 26 through October 4,1996, a violation l

of NRC requirements was identified in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy i and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:  !

l l 10 CFR 20.1501(a) requires that each licensee make or cause to be made surveys that

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l may be necessary for the licensee to comply with the regulations in Part 20 and that are ~

i reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate the extent of radiation levels,  ;

l concentrations or quantities of radioactive materials, and the potential radiological hazards I that could be present.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.1003, survey means an evaluation of the radiological conditions and potential hazards incident to the production, use, transfer, release, disposal, or presence of radioactive matenal or other sources of radiation.

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l Contrary to the above, as of September 18,1996, the licensee did not make an adequate l survey to assure compliance with 10 CFR 20.1701, which requires licensees to use, to the  !

extent practical, process or other engineering controls to control the concentrations of radioactive materialin air. Specifically, a contamination survey in the spent resin tank l

room inaccurately determined levels to be 45,000 disintegrations per minute (dpm) when i actuallevels were 450,000 dpm. Due to the inadequate evaluation of the contamination survey, the licensee did not use, to the extent practical, process or other engineering controls to control the concentrations of radioactive materialin air for work in the spent resin tank room. l l

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV). '

l Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Northern States Power Company is hereby 1 required to subm;t a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Was'hington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the

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Regional Administrator, Region 111, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the facility '

l that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this I Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of l l

Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if I contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been i taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further l violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may {

reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately I addresses the required response. If an adequate response is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a demand for information may be issued as to why the 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 extending the response time.

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Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR with our redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request witholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have witheid and provide in detail the bases for your claim of witholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unviarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for witholding confidential commercial or financialinformation). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73. 21.

Dated at Lisle, Illinois this 25 day of October 1996 i

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