ML20136D939

Notice of Violation from Insp on 970203-07.Violation Noted: Failure to Include Specified Safety Instructions Re Collisions That Could Effect Criticality Safety Controls Employed for Respective Sys

ML20136D939
Person / Time
Site:	07000036
Issue date:	03/06/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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ML20136D914	List: ML20136D908 ML20136D939 ML20136D964
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70-0036-97-01, 70-36-97-1, NUDOCS 9703130062
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l NOTICE OF VIOLATION ABB Combustion Engineering, Inc. License No. SNM-33

- Hematite, Missouri Docket No. 070-00036 t

During an NRC inspection conducted on February 3-7, 1997, one violation of NRC 1 requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General. Statement of  !

Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below: I Safety Condition S-1 of Special Nuclear Material License SNM-33 requires that licensed, material be used in accordance with the statements, I

representations, and conditions in Chapters 1 through 8 of the  !

application dated October 29, 1993, and supplements thereto. '

1 Section 4.1.3, Chapter 4 of the license application requires, in part, that criticality evaluations associated with facility changes consider i potential scenarios which could lead to criticality and barriers erected j against criticality in establishing limits and controls, and that these

, limits and controls be incorporated into applicable procedures and j postings.

Nuclear and Industrial Safety Authorization (NISA) No. 96048, dated December 20, 1996, required, for the rod storage matrix, that the applicable operating procedure must state that, " collisions between heavy equipment and the matrix must be reported to the process engineer and the NCSS [ Nuclear Criticality Safety Specialist]." In addition, the NISA required, for the fuel assembly storage rack, that the applicable operating procedure must state that " collisions between heavy equipment and the array or impact with an assembly severe enough to cause assembly damage must be reported to the process engineer and the NCSS."

Contrary to the above, during the period of December 20, 1996, N February 6,1997, the applicable Operating System (0S) Procedures, OS No. 3260, " Helium Leak Detection'& Transfer Rods to Storage," and OS No. 3310', " Crane Instructions for Bundles and Containers," did not include the specified safety instructions related to collisions that could effect the criticality safety controls employed for the respective system.

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

Pursuant-to the provisions of 10 CFR Part 2.201, ABB Combustion Engineering is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U. S. Nuclear _ Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555, with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region III, 801 Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (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 9703130062 970306 PDR ADOCK 07000036 C PDR

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l 1 1 S I i i Notice of Violation I l will be taken to' avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full

, compliance will be achieved. Your Notice of Violation response may reference

or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately l

! addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not received within I the time specified in this Notice, an Order or Demand for Information may be )

issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or

. why sich other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is sh mm, consideration will be given to extending.the response time.

1 j Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to i the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, -

i or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without

redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your

, response that identifies the information that should be protected and a

! redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request

! withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions of

your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases 4

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 l protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

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Dated at Lisle, Illinois this day of March 1997 l

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