ML20133L633

Notice of Violation from Insp on 841127-30 & 850114-16

ML20133L633
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Site:	07001113
Issue date:	02/13/1985
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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ML20132C968	List: IA-85-208, Insp Rept 70-1113/84-16 on 841127-30 & 850114-16.Violation Noted:Failure to Investigate & Take Corrective Action When Control Stds Limits Exceeded ML20132C963 ML20132C972 ML20133L544 ML20133L556 ML20133L563 ML20133L592 ML20133L633 ML20133L655
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FOIA-85-208 70-1113-84-16, NUDOCS 8508120680
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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION General Electric Company Docket No. 70-1113

. Wilmington Nuclear Fuels License No. SNM-1097 The following violation was identified during an inspection conducted on November 27 through 30, 1984 and January 14 through 16, 1985. The Severity Level was assigned in accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy (10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C).

10 CFR 70.57(b)(11) requires the licensee to establish a statistical control system' designed to monitor the quality of each type of program measurement.

Control chart limits shall be established to be equivalent 'to levels of significance of .05 and .001. Whenever control data exceed the .05 control limits, the licensee _shall investigate the condition and take corrective .

action in a timely manner. The above requirement was clarified in a letter to the licensee dated May 14, 1984, which specified the meaning of "in a .

timely manner" as it perteins to the context of 10 CFR 70.57(b)(11). The letter' instructed the licensee to implement this requirement by establishing a program to. report the occurrence ~ of .a single or two consecutive data poin.ts that fell between the 0.05 and 0.001 control limits to the measure-ment control coordinator or his officially designated alternate within '48 and 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />, respectively. .

Contrary to the above, between October 8 and Nover.ber 8,1984, sixteen control measurements fell betweer the 0.05 and 0.001 control limits' and neither the measurement . control coordinator nor his officially designated alternate were notified as of the date of the inspection.

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

Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201, you are required to submit to this office within 30 days of the date of this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including: (1) admission or denial of the alleged violations; (2) the reasons for the violations if admitted; (3) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved; (4) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (5) the date when full compliance will be achieved.

Security or safeguards information should be submitted as an enclosure to facilitate withholding it from public disclosure as required by 10 CFR 2.790(d) or 10 CFR 73.21.

FEB 131985 Date:

8508120680 FOIA 850702 PDR PDR l POLSONB5-208