ML20151G563

Notice of Violation from Insp on 880222-26.Violation Noted: on 870908 Shipment Number 0951 of Radwaste Sent to Supercompacting Facility & Accompanied by Manifest Which Did Not Identify Existence & Quantities of Radwaste in Shipment

ML20151G563
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	04/08/1988
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
Shared Package
ML20151G556	List: ML20151G552 ML20151G563 ML20151G572
References
50-334-88-09, 50-334-88-9, NUDOCS 8804200044
Download: ML20151G563 (1)

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f APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION -

Duquesne Light Company Docket No. 50-334 Beaver Valley-Power Station : License No. DPR-66 As a result of the inspection conducted on February 22-26, 1988, and in accord-ance with the NRC Enforcement Policy (10 CFR 2, Appendix C) published in the Federal Register on September 28,1987 (52FR36215), the following violations were identified:

A. 10 CFR 20.311(b) requires, in part, that the manifest accompanying radio-active waste shipments indicate as completely as practicable the radionuclide identity and quantity and the total radioactivity in the shipment. 10 CFR 20.311(c) requires, in part, the the manifest must include a certification by the waste generator that the transported materials are properly described.

Contrary to the above, on September 8,1987, your Shipment Number 0951 of radioactive waste was sent to a supercompacting facility and was accompanied by a manifest which did not identify the existence and quantities of radioactive wtites contained in four of the eighty-four drums in the shipment. As a result, the total radioactivity stated on the manifest was in error. Further, the certification which accompanied the manifest was also in error.

B. 10 CFR 71.5(a)(1)(vi) requires that shipping papers te prepared in

, accordance with 49 CFR 172, Subpart C. 49 CFR 172.203(d)(iii) requires the activity of each package in the shipment be included in the shipping papers.

Contrary to the above, on September 8, 1987, your Shipment Number 0951 of radioactive waste was sent to a supercompacting facility and the shipping papers did not include the activities of the radionuclides contained in four of the eighty-four drums in the shipment.

Violations A and B have been categorized in the aggregate as a Severity

. Level IV problem. (Supplement V)

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Duquesne Light Company is hereby required to submit to this office within thirty days of the date of the letter which transmitted this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including: (1) the corrective steps which have been taken and the  ;

results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration wil; be given to extending this response time.

OFFICIAL RECORD COPY CIR BV 88-09/05 - 0003.0.0 04/06/88 8804200044 880406 PDR ADOCK 05000334 O DCD

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