ML20135E567

Notice of Violation from Insp on 850805-09

ML20135E567
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	08/28/1985
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
Shared Package
ML20135E560	List: ML20135E557 ML20135E567 ML20135E578
References
50-348-85-34, 50-364-85-34, NUDOCS 8509160447
Download: ML20135E567 (2)

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ENCLOSURE 1 i

NOTICE OF VIOLATION Alabama Power Company Docket Nos. 50-348 and 50-364

Farley License Nos. NPF-2 and NPF-8 The following violations were identified during an inspection conducted on August 5 - 9, 1985. The Severity Levels were assigned in accordance with the NRC l Enforcement Policy (10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C). I

1. 10 CFR 30.41(c) required that before transferring byproduct material to a  !

specific licensee of an Agreement State, the licensee transferring the i material shall verify that the transferee's license authorizes the receipt .

of the type, form, and quantity of byproduct material to be transferred.

Condition 35 of the State of South Carolina Radioactive Material License l.

No. 097, Amendment No. 41, issued to Chem-Nuclea'r Systems, Inc., required [

that regardless of the waste classification, the licensee shall not receive j sludges, or other waste which may contain free standing liquids, unless they [

are solidified and meet the requirements as specified in Condition 32. t Condition 32 of the State of South Carolina Radioactive Material License No. 097, Amendment No. 41, issued to Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc., required that solidified radioactive waste shall have no detectable free standing

liquids in excess of one-half percent ( 0. 5".') by wa s te volume of non-i corrosive liquids per container. -

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Contrary to the above, on May 30, 1985, the licensee failed to verify that the byproduct material in radioactive shipment number RWS 85-14 transferred

, to the Chem-Nuclear disposal site near Barnwell, S.C., was of the type, form i

! and quantity authorized to be received in that the radioactive waste '

contained sludges which were not solidified and seven containers (55 gallon [

drums) contained detectable free standing liquid in excess of one-half r percent (0.5*.) by waste volume.

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This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement V).  !

2. Technical Specification 6.8.1 required that written procedures be esta-blished covering the applicable procedures recommended in Appendix A of f j Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, 1978. Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, i 1978, Appendix A, paragraph 7.b.(1) recommends procedures for filter sludge [

handling. -

r Contrary to the above, during the period January - May,1985, the licensee ,

failed to adequately establish a procedure for filter sludge handling in  ;

that licensee procedure FNP-1-ETP-4114 did not address processing of sludge  ;

lancing filters to ensure there was no excess free standing liquid in the [

j packaged waste.

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

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3. Technical Specification 6.5.3.1 required that procedures required by Technical Specification 6.8 shall be reviewed by an individual / group other than the individual / group which prepared the procedure.

Contrary to the above, the requirement that procedures be reviewed by an individual / group other than the ir.dividual/ group which prepared the procedure was not met in that licensee procedure FNP-1-ETP-4114, used between January and May 1985 for sludge lancing steam generators, was not reviewed by an individual / group other than the individual / group which prepared the procedure.

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

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.

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