ML20202C211

Notice of Violation from Insp on 971207-10.Violation Noted: Licensee Did Not Perform Survey to Assure Compliance with 10CFR20.1902(d)

ML20202C211
Person / Time
Site:	Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png
Issue date:	01/21/1999
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
Shared Package
ML20202C167	List: IR 05000344/1998004 ML20202C162 ML20202C211
References
50-344-98-04, 50-344-98-4, NUDOCS 9901290333
Download: ML20202C211 (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 7-10,1997, 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:

10 CFR 20.1501 requires that each licensee make or cause to be made surveys that may be necessary for the licensee to comply with the regulations in Part 20 and that are reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate the extent of radiation levels, concentrations or quantities of radioactive materials, and the potential radiological hazards that could be present.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.1003, surveys means an evaluation of the radiological conditions and potential hazards incident to the production, use, transfer, release, disposal, or presence of radioactive material or other sources of radiation.

An airborne radioactivity area is defined in 10 CFR 20.1003 as a room, enclosure, or area in which airborne radioactive materials, composed wholly or partially of licensed material exists, in concentrations in excess of the derived air concentrations (DACs) specified in appendix B, to @ 20.1001-20.2401. 10 CFR 20.1902(d) states, "The licensee shall post each airborne radioactivity area with a conspicuous sign or signs bearing the radiation symbol and the words Caution, Airbome Radioactivity Area or Danger, Airborne Radioactivity Area."

Contrary to the above, on December 9,1998, the licensee did not perform surveys to assure compliance with 10 CFR 20.1902(d). Specifically, the licensee removed an airborne radioactivity area posting under the reactor vessel prior to verifying that the radioactivity concentration in the area no longer met required posting limits.

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

The NRC has concluded that the information regarding the reason for the violation and the actions taken to correct the violation and prevent recurrence are adequately addressed in Inspection Report No. 50-344/98-04;72-17/98-01. However, you are required to submit a written statement or explanation pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201 if the description therein does not accurately reflect your corrective actions or your position. In that case, or if you choose to respond, clearly mark your response as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation," and send it to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region IV, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).

If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response, with the basis for your denial, to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

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If you choose to respond, your resportse will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room  !

(PDR). Therefore, to the extent possible, the response 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, j 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 withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions 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 a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). If safeguards information is i necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21. '

In accordance with 10 CFR 19.11, you may be required to post this Notice within two working  :

days.

Dated this 19th day of January 1999 i

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