ML20132E602

Forwards Insp Repts 50-250/85-17 & 50-251/85-17 on 850513-17 & Notice of Violation

ML20132E602
Person / Time
Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	07/09/1985
From:	Grace J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Williams J FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.
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ML20132E605	List: IR 05000250/1985017 ML20132E602 ML20132E615
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NUDOCS 8508020041
Download: ML20132E602 (3)

See also: IR 05000250/1985017

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/ Florida Power and Light Company

ATTN: Mr. J. W. Williams, Jr.

Group Vice President

Nuclear Energy Department

P. O. Box 14000

Juno Beach, FL 33408

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Gentlemen: '

, SUBJECT: REPORT NOS. 50-250/85-17 AND 50-251/85-17 l

j On May 13-17, 1985, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff inspected

j activities authorized by NRC Operating License Nos. DPR-31 and DPR-41 for your

i Turkey Point facility. At the conclusion of the inspection, the findings were

discussed with those members of your staff identified in the enclosed inspection

report. The NRC's concerns relative to the inspection findings were dift'UTIT5 by

myself, members of this office, and C. O. Woody, Vice President - Nuclear

Operations, of your office in an enforcement conference held at the NRC Region !!

Office on June 4, 1985.

During the enforcement conference, you stated that the specific activity of the

radioactive material in the package that 1 caked was less than the exempt

concentration stated in 10 CFR 71.10 and that, consequently, no violation of

, NRC requirements occurred. However, your personnel made no evaluation of this

i package or its contents for applicability of the exempt concentrations stated in

10 CFR 71.10 prior to the shipment. It is the NRC position that the i

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determination by an ex post facto evaluation that a shipment could have been made '

under less restrictive requirements than those actually used is not an option

available to a shipper of radioactive material. You also stated that the  !

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calculated average specific activity in the package was made using the

methodology contained in an NRC Branch Technical Position Paper concerning

classification of radioactive waste required by 10 CFR 61.55. None of the I

calculation methods described in the Branch Technical Position Paper are

i appitcable to the shipment you made in that the Branch Technical Position does i

, not address the determination of specific activity for a mixture of contaminated l

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equipment and dewatered, unsolidified resin in the same package. The activity I

in the package was not homogeneously dispersed; thereforo, the determination of

the specific activity by dividing the total activity by the total weight waste l

was inappropriate. i

Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the report. Within these

areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures and

representative records, interviews with personnel, and observation of activities  ;

in progress. ,

The inspection findings indicated that certain activities violated NRC require-

monts. The violations, references to pertinent requirements, and elements to be

included in your response are presented in the enclosed Notice of Violation,

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In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Fractice", Part 2,

Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosures

will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.

The responses directed by this letter and the enclosures are not subject to the ,

clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget issued under the >

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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.

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Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact us.

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Regional Administrator

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1. Notice of Violation i

2. Inspection Report Nos. 50-250/85-17 i

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The responses directed by this letter and the enclosures are not subject to the

clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget issued under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.

Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact us.

Sincerely,

J. Nelson Grace

Regional Administrator

Enclosures:

1. Notice of Violation

2. Inspection Report Nos. 50-250/85-17

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