ML20137R366

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Notice of Violation from Insp on 851209-13
ML20137R366
Person / Time
Site: Catawba  Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 01/31/1986
From:
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
Shared Package
ML20137R365 List:
References
50-413-85-50, 50-414-85-60, NUDOCS 8602130087
Download: ML20137R366 (1)


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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Duke Power Company Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414 Catawba Units 1 and 2 License Nos. NPF-35 and CPPR-117 The following violation was identified during an inspection conducted on December 9-13,' 1985.

The Severity Level was assigned in accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy (10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C).

10 CFR 20.201(b) requires the licensee to make surveys that are reasonable under the circumstance to evaluate radiation hazards that may be present.

Technical Specification 6.8.1.g requires procedures to be established, implemented, and maintained for Quality Assurance (QA) Program implementation for effluent and environmental monitoring.

Contrary to the above requirements, the licensee's evaluation and QA procedures relating to. effluent monitoring measurements were inadequate in that implementation of the licensee's QA procedures failed to identify gamma spectroscopy analysis inaccuracies and prevent inaccurate calibrations associated with reactor coolant charcoal cartridge, gas vial and gas marinelli ' geometries utilized for reactor coolant and effluent monitoring measurements.

This is a Severity Level V 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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