ML20136B291
| ML20136B291 | |
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| Site: | Pilgrim, 05000471 |
| Issue date: | 03/08/1979 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML20136B279 | List:
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| References | |
| 50-293-77-31, NUDOCS 7909040521 | |
| Download: ML20136B291 (3) | |
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APPENDIX A MAR R IBM NOTICE OF VIOLATION Boston Edison Company Docket No. 50-293 This refers to the inspection conducted by representatives of the Region I (Philadelphia) office at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 Plymouth, Massachusetts, of activities authorized by NRC License No.
During this inspection conducted on November 28-30,1977, the following apparent items of noncompliance were identified.
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10 CFR 20.101(a), " Exposure of individuals to radiation in re-stricted areas " limits the whole body dose to an individual in a restricted area to one and one quarter rems per calendar quarter cm except as provided by 10 CFR 20.101(b). Paragraph (b) allows a N
whole body dose of three rems per calendar quarter provided certain specified conditions are met.
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Contrary to this requirement, on November 23, 1977, one individual working in a restricted area received a whole body dose of 3.56 rems A-during the fourth quarter of'.1977, which exceeded the applicable limit of 3 rems.
This is an infraction - (Civil Penalty $4,000) m N
II. 10 CFR 19.12. " Instructions to workers" states, in part "All individuals working in or frequenti_ng any portion of a restricted area shall be kept infomed of the storage, transfer, or use of radioactive materials or of radiation in such portions of the C
restricted area; shall be instructed in the health protection problems associated with exposure to such radioactive materials or o
radiation, in precautions or procedures to minimize exposure..."
Contrary to the above, on November 23,1977, two contractor employees working on the Rad Waste floor, a restricted area, were not properly instructed to minimize their exposure in that instructions were not sufficient to preclude inadvertent entry into the~ Sludge Tank Receiver Room which is a high radiation area. This failure to properly instruct personnel contributed to the overexposure of an individual described in Item I.
This is an infraction - (Civil Penalty $4,000) l i
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,3g ga III. Technical Specification 6.11. " Radiation Protection Program" states.
" Procedures for personnel radiation protection shall be prepared consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 20 and shall be i
approved, maintained and adhered to for all operations involving I
j personnel radiation exposure." Radiation Protection Procedure 6.1-
.012, " Access to High Radiation Areas " recuires that areas with I
radiation levels greater than 1 rem per hour, but less than 10 rems per hour, be locked as required by. Technical Specification 6.13 i
"High Radiation Areas." The procedure also requires that areas with radiation levels greater than 10 rems per hour be locked with j
an additional padlock.
Contrary to this requirement on November 23,1977, the Sludge Tank Receiver Room, an area in which general radiation levels were as
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much as 15 rems per hour, was not locked with an additional pad-lock. This failure to adhere to procedures contributed to the o
overexposure of an individual described in Item I.
F T!.is is an infraction - (Civil Penalty $4,000)
IV. 10 CFR 20.103, " Exposure of individuals to concentrations of radio-active materials in air in restricted areas," requires in part that
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air be used for detecting and evaluating airborne radioactivity in
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l restricted areas. Technical Specification 6.11. " Radiation Protec-tion Program," requires that radiation protection procedures be i
prepared consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 20.
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Procedure No. 6.1-022 requires that certain radiological surveys be l
cv performed as a minimum, including the collection and evaluation of representative air samples from work areas and also requires that j
survey results be entered on the Radiation Work Permit (RWP).
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Further, Procedure No. 6.1-020 requires that continuous particulate
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and iodine air samples be taken in occupied areas contgining smear-O able contamination greater than 100,000 dpm per 100 ca.
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Contrary to the above, on November 23,1977, while personnel performed a valve removal operation in the Clean Waste Tank Room i
dpm per 100 cm'g smearable contamination leve.ls gr (an operation and area havin l
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measurements were not performed prior to or during the work, to detect and evaluate airborne radioactivity.
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This is an infraction - (Civil Penalty $4,000) i 1
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Appendix A
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The " Criteria for Determining Enforcement Action," which was provided to NRC licensees by letter dated December 31, 1974, delineated the enforce-ment options available to the NRC as including administrative actions in the form of written notices of violation, civil monetary penalties, and orders pertaining to the modification, suspension or revocation of a After careful evaluation of the nature and repetitiveness of license.
these items, this office proposes to impose civil penalties pursuant to Section 234 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, (42 USC 2282) and 10 CFR 20.205, in the cumulative amount of Sixteen Thousand Dollars
($16,000), as set forth in the " Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties," enclosed herewith as Appendix B.
This notice of violation is sent to Boston Edison Company pursuant to the provisions af Section 2.201 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part hereby required to enbmit to this office within twenty (20) 2, Title 10. Ot Je of Federal Regulations. Boston Edison Comdays of the receipt of this nr. ice, a written statement or explanation in reply, F) denial of the alleged items of noncompliance; (pliance, (1) admission or2) t including for eacn item of noncom c*
pliance if admitted; (3) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved; (4) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid
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further items of noncompliance; and (S) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
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