ML20153D101

Notice of Violation from Insp on 880317-18.Violation Noted: Individual,Working in Restrictive Area,Given Inadequate Instruction in Precautions to Minimize Contamination of Person & Function of Personnel Contamination Monitors

ML20153D101
Person / Time
Site:	07000687
Issue date:	04/29/1988
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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Shared Package
ML20153D084	List: ML20153D078 ML20153D101 ML20153D119
References
70-0687-88-02, 70-687-88-2, NUDOCS 8805090061
Download: ML20153D101 (2)

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION .

• Cintichem, Inc. Docket No.70-687 q 4

Tuxedo, New York 10987 License No. ShM-639 ,

As a result of the inspection conducted on Marchid "18, 1988, and in' s accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC

, Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (Enforcement Policy 1986),

the.following violations were identified:

A. 10 CFR 19.12, Instructions to Workers, requires, in part, that all "

individuals workingein a restricted area be instructed in precautions or procedures to minimize exposure and in the purposes and functions of.

protecti.ve devices employed.

Contrary to the above, an individual,' working in the licensee's ,

restricted area during thre period February 26 - March 3, 1988, was -

provided inadequate instruction in precautions to minimize contamination ,

, of his person and in the fuoction and purpose of personnel contamination monitors which the individual used. As a result, the individual left the .

facility with an estimated 200,000 disintegrations per minute of radioactive material on his left shoe. p This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV). i; i

B. 10 CFR 20.201, Surveys, requires, in part, in Section (b), that each licensee shall make or cause to be made such surveys as (1) may be i necessary to comply with the regulations in this part and (2).are reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate the extent of radiation  :

l hazards that may be present. 10 CFR 20,201(a) defines a survey as an -

evaluation of the radiation hazards incident to, among other riatters, the presence of radioactive material and when a;,propriate includes measure- .

ments of concentrations of radioactive material present, ,

Contrary to the above, mea nrements of the ccncentrations of airborne radioactivity present were not made during replacement of a viewing window in Hot Cell No. 1 on February 27, 1988. The measurements were necessary to comply with the regulations in 10 CFR'20.103 and were ,

reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate the extent of radiation hazards that may be present.

t This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV) ,

7: A) Y.T.D OFFICIAL RECORD COPY iR HL 88 0003.0.0 I 8805090061 880429 PDR ADOCK 07000687

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k Appendix A 2 Pursuant to the provisions of 10 C. R 2.201, Cintichem, Inc. is hereby required to submit to this office withir,' thirty days of the date of the letter which transultted this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, it)cluaing: (1) the corrective steps which Faye 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 te achieved. Where geod cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending this' response time, t

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