ML20133D012

Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/96-206 on 961202-05 & Notice of Violation.Violation Involved Failure to Update UF6 Cylinder Wash Station Criticality Safety Limit Card

ML20133D012
Person / Time
Site:	Framatome ANP Richland
Issue date:	01/03/1997
From:	Ting P NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Femreite B SIEMENS POWER CORP. (FORMERLY SIEMENS NUCLEAR POWER
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ML20133D015	List: ML20133D012 ML20133D023 ML20133D029
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NUDOCS 9701080168
Download: ML20133D012 (2)

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• • • • • January 3, 1997 Mr. B. N. Femreite, Vice President Engineering and Manufacturing Siemens Power Corporation 2101 Horn Rapids Road P.O. Box 130 Richland, WA 99352-0130

SUBJECT:

NRC INSPECTION REPORT 70-1257/96-206 AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION

Dear Mr. Femreite:

This refers to the inspection conducted on December 2-5,1996, at your Richland, Washington facility. The purpose of the inspection was to determine whether activities authorized by the license were conducted safely and in accordance with NRC requirements. At the conclusion of the inspection, the findings were discussed with those members of your staff identified in the report.

Areas examined during the inspection included the adequacy and implementation of your criticality safety program for the operating facilities and preparations for the startup of the new Dry Conversion Facility. 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 determined that you have developed an overall sound criticality safety program and are generally implementing the requirements of your license, llowever, one violation was identified, as specified in the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice). The violation, which involved the failure to update the UF. k Cylinder Wash Station criticality safety limit card, is being cited because three {

different administrative checks failed to identify the deficiency.

p You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions b specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. in your response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional actions you 060041 gy 9701080168 970103 PDR ADOCK 07001257 C PDR _

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J plan to prevent recurrence. After reviewing your response to this Notice, 1 including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future inspections, j {

the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action is necessary to )

j ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements. l l In accordance with the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its i

enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room. Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we would be pleased to discuss them

with you.

j Sincerely, (Original signed by) j Philip Ting, Chief l 4

Operations Branch l Division of Fuel Cycle Safety I and Safeguards, NMSS Docket No. 70-1257 License No. SNM-1227

Enclosures:

As stated 1

1 cc w/ enclosures:

Mr. L. J. Maas, Manager, Regulatory Compliance  !

Mr. R. E. Vaughan, Manager, Safety, Security, & Licensing cc w/o enclosures:

Mr. T. Strong, Chief, Dept. of Social & Health Services, Olympia, WA l DISTRIBUTION:

Docket File 70-1257 CHooker, RIV/WCFO NMSS r/f PDR,LPDR- KHardin, FCLB FCOB r/f Case File MMessier, T-9E10 (w/o encl) FCSS r/f MWeber, FCLB DOCUMENT NAME: 96-206.SPC OFC FCOB 6 FCOB C FCOB [ FCOB b FCOB _ Gb l NAME DMorey:th ( SBhatia WTroskosd hing DATE i A /3I/96 kM//96 M /3//96 1/J/96 / /J/96