ML20197F248
| ML20197F248 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 12/19/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20197F239 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-413-97-14, 50-414-97-14, NUDOCS 9712300168 | |
| Download: ML20197F248 (2) | |
See also: IR 07100012/2011022
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Duke Energy Corporation
Docket Nos. 50 413. b:n-414
Catawba Nuclear Station
-License Not. NPF-35. NPF 52
During an NRC inspection conducted on November 18-22, 1997. 4 violation of NRC
requirements was identified.
In accordance with the " General Statement of-
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Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions." NUREG 1600 the violation
is listed below:
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10 CFR 20.1904(a) requires, the licensee shais ensure that each
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container of licensed material bears a durable. clearly visible label
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bearing the radiation symbol and the words " CAUTION RADI0 ACTIVE
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MATERIAL" or "0 ANGER RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL." The label must also provide
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sufficient information (such as radionuclides present, an estimate of
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the quantity of radioactivity, radiation levels. kinds of materials.- and
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mass enrichment) to permit individuals handling or using the containers.
or working in the vicinity of the containers, to take precautions to
avoid or minimize exposures.
Technical S>ecification 6.8.1 requires. in part. that written procedures
'be establisled 1,nplemented and maintained covering the activities
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referenced in the applicable procedui'es recommended in Ap>endix A of.
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Regulatory Guide 1.33. Revision-2. dated February 1978.
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of Appendix A to Regulatory Guide 1.33 states that tne licensee should
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ha:ve written radiation protection procedures.
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Duke Power Company. System Radiation Protection Manual. Procedure Number
111 18 titled 'Use of Vacuum Cleaners In Radiologically Controlled
Areas." Revision 3. dated August 1.1996. states that vacuum cleaners
should be surveyed during and after use and update dose rates on " yellow
tags." if applicable, each time a raatation survey is performed.
Contrary to the above on November 19, 1997. the licensee failed to
follow radiation protection procedures in that, current radiation dose
rates were not on a vacuum cleaner-label as required.
This is a-Severity Level -IV violation (Supplement IV).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201. "> e Energy Corporation is hereby
required b 'ubmit a written statement or e
.onation to the U.S. Nuclear
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' Regulatory Commission. ATTN: Document Control Desk. Washington, D.C. 20555
with a copy.to the Regional Administrator. Region II, and a copy to the NRC
. Resident Inspector.-Catawba Nuclear Station, within 30 days of the date of the
. letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).
This reply should be
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clearly marked as a:" Reply .to a Notice of-Violation." and should include for
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each violation:
(1) the-reason;for the violation, or. if contested, the basis
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for disputing the violation,'(2) the corrective steps that have been taken and
the results achieved. (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid
further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Your response mc
,eference or include previously docketed correspondence if
the correspondence adequately addresses the recuired res)onse.
If an adequate
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reply is not received within the time specifiec in this ictice, an Order or a
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Demand for Information may be issued as.to why the license should not be
modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be ) roper
should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will )e given
- to extending the response time.
Because your resso.1se will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to
the extent possiale, it should not include any personal privacy. 3roprietary,
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or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR wit 1out
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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
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withholding of such material, you muit s)ecifically identify the portions of
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your response that you seek to have withleid and provide in detail the bases
for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information
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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
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confidential commercial or financial information).
If safeguards information
is necessary to provide an acceptable response. please provide the level of-
protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.
Dated at Atlanta, Georgia
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this 19th. day of December 1997.
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