ML20151W736

Notice of Violation from Insp on 880606-10.Violation Noted: Failure to Perform Adequate Contamination Surveys of Equipment for Unrestricted Use

ML20151W736
Person / Time
Site:	North Anna
Issue date:	08/10/1988
From:	Dan Collins NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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Shared Package
ML20151W728	List: ML20151W724 ML20151W736 ML20151W762
References
50-338-88-18, 50-339-88-18, NUDOCS 8808250111
Download: ML20151W736 (2)

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t ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Virginia Electric and Power-Company Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339 North Anna Power Station License Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7 E

During the Nuclear Regulatory Comission (NRC) inspection conducted on June 6-10, 1988, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. The violation involved an inadequate survey to identify radioactive material as required by 10 CFR 20.201. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR 2. Appendix C (1986), the violation is listed below.

10 CFR 20.201(b requires each licensee to make or cause to be made such surveys as (1))may be necessary for the licensee to comply with the regulations in 10 CFR Part 20 and (2) are reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate the extent of radiation hazards that may be present.

Technical Specification 6.8.1 requires written procedures to be established, implemented and maintained covering the activities recommended in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33 Revision 2, February 1978.

Regulatory Guide 1.33, Appendix A,1978, requires written procedures for contamination control.

Licensee procedure HP-8.0.40, Contamination Surveys, requires that lanse surface contamination levels on items being released for unrestricted use be less than 1,000 disintegrations per mir.ute per 100 square centimeters (dpm/100 cm2) beta-gama activity and less than 20 dpm/100 cm r alpha. The procedure also requires that the total contamination (fixed and loose surface contamination) on any item be less than 5,000 dpm/100 car and that tuc highest radiation level shall not exceed 100 counts per minute above background measured with a thin window GM detector (HP-210 or equivalent 4

detector).

Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to perform adequate contamination surveys of equipment prior to release of the equipment for unrestricted use in that:

a. On September 28, 1987, equipment transferred to Power Cutting '

Incorporeted for unrestricted use had loose surface contamination levels up to 2,317 dpm/100 cm2 and fixed contamination levels of 25,000 dpm/ scan,

b. On or before March 7, 1988, three rotometers, with fixed contamination levels up to 260,000 dpm/100 cm r . were released from i

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Virginia Electric and Power Company Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339 North Anna Pover Station 2 License Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7 the facility for unrestricted use and stored outside the radiologicall.y controlled area.

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

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Virginia Electric and Power Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the Nuclear Regulatory Comission, ATTH: Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555, fwith a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region II, North Anna Power Station and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice. This reply should be clearly marked as a "Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include: (1) admission or denial of the violation, (2) the reason for the violation if admitted (3) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved. (4) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and (5) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the respoase time. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order may be issued to .how cause why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked or why such other action as may be proper should r.ot be taken.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMlSSION ljh9 'h vt4 Douglas M. Collins, Chief Emergency Preparedness and Radiological Protection Branch Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 10 day of August 1988