ML20199F029

Notice of Violation from Insp on 971201-03.Violation Noted: Licensee Failed to Ensure Adequate Survey of Certain Contaminated Tools

ML20199F029
Person / Time
Site:	Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png
Issue date:	01/15/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
Shared Package
ML20199F007	List: ML20199F002 ML20199F024 ML20199F029 ML20199F036
References
50-344-97-05, 50-344-97-5, NUDOCS 9802030038
Download: ML20199F029 (2)

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ENCLOSURE 1_

NOTICE OF VIOLATION Portland General Electric Company Docket No.: 50-344 Trojan Nuclear Plant License No.: NPF-1 During an NRC inspection conducted on December 1-3,1997, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,' NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:

Trojan Technical Specification 5.7.2.1 states, " Procedures for personnel radiation protection shall be prepared consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR 20 and shall be approved, maintained, and adhered to for all operations involving personnel radiation exposure." 10 CFR 20.1501(a)(2)(ii) states, in part, that each licensee shall make or cause to be made, surveys that evaluate concentrations and quantities of radioactive material.

Limits for the release of contaminated material from radiologically controlled areas at Trojan are established in the NRC-approved Trojan Decommissioning Plan, Table 4.2.1, 2

as 5,000 dpm/100 cm average,15,000 dpm/100 cnf maximum, and 1,000 dpm/100 caf smearable. The 5,000 dpm/100 crd fixed and 1,000 dpm/100 cnf smearable limits were also specified in Step 6.1 of Trojan Procedure 20-19, " Release of Materials from Radiologically Controlled Areas," Revision 1.

Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to ensure that adequate surveys of certain contaminated tools and scaffolding had been made prior to removal from the radiologically controlled area to ensure that release limits were not exceeded. These tools were later discovered outside the radiologically controlled area during a site radiological survey conducted between September 15,1997 and the date of the onsite inspection with contamination levels exceeding both the average and maximum fixed contamination limits for release from the radiologically controlled area.

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

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Portland Genera; Electric Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region IV,611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitCng this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis 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 may reference or include previous docketed correspondence,if the correspondence adequately addresses the req' ired response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other 44  ;

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ed action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the .

Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 2055-0001.

Under the authority of Section 182 of the Act,42 U.S.C. 2232, this response shall be submitted under oath or affirmation.

Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent i possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without 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 aad a redacted copy of your

. response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you_must specifically identify the por1 ions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support your request for withholding 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 7321.

Dated at Arlington, Texas this 15th day of January 1998  :

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