ML20133D023

Notice of Violation from Insp on 961202-05.Violation Noted: Licensee Failed to Update Posted Criticality Safety Limit Card for UF6 Cylinder Wash Operation to Reflect Change in CCS Limit

ML20133D023
Person / Time
Site:	Framatome ANP Richland
Issue date:	01/03/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:
Shared Package
ML20133D015	List: ML20133D012 ML20133D023 ML20133D029
References
70-1257-96-206, NUDOCS 9701080170
Download: ML20133D023 (2)

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION i

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Siemens Power Corporation, Inc. Docket No. 70 1257 Richland Washington License No. SNM-1227 i

j During an NRC inspection conducted on December 2-5,1996, a violation of NRC

! requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy j and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is

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t i Safety Condition S-1 of SNM License 1227 authorizes the use of licensed i materials in accordance with the statements, representations, and i

conditions contained in Part I of the licensee's application dated

! October 28,1996, and revised pages submitted with letter dated l November 11, 1996.  ;

1 i Section 4.1.4.1, Criticality Safety Specifications, of Part I of the J application, requires that Criticality Safety Limit Cards contain a concise

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statement of CSS [ Criticality Safety Specification l or CSA [ Criticality l Safety Analysis] limits applicable to an operation or area.

Contrary to the above, on April 17, 1996, the licensee failed to update the j posted Criticality Safety Limit Card for the UF. cylinder wash operation to j reflect a change in the CSS limit from a " safe batch operation" to "one l l thirty-inch UF. cylinder containing less than 15 kgs UF.."

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! This is a Severity level IV Violation (Supplement VI).

J j Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Siemens Power Corporation is l j hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear I

! Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. l 1 20555 with copies to the Regional Administrator, Region IV, and Chief, Fuel l l Cycle Operations Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, NMSS, l

! within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation l (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of 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 j taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be

achieved. Your response may reference or include previously docketed

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. correspondence if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response.

If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an i

order or Demand for Information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other actions as may be proper i should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to

extending the response time.

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 i safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If l personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable i response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identines the l information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that 1 deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you mnsi

! specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld, and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why

the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal

privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21. '

l I i Dated at Rockville, Maryland l j this 3rd day of January 1997

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