ML20205N706

Notice of Violation from Insp on 860126-31

ML20205N706
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	04/18/1986
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
Shared Package
ML20205N701	List: ML20205N695 ML20205N706 ML20205N721
References
50-313-86-04, 50-313-86-4, 50-368-86-04, 50-368-86-4, NUDOCS 8605020262
Download: ML20205N706 (2)

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.g 9 APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Arkansas Power and Light Company Dockets: 50-313/86-04 Arkansas Nuclear One 50-368/86-04 Licenses: DPR-51 NPF-6 During an NRC inspection conducted on January 26-31, 1986, two violations of NRC requirements were identified. The violations involved inadequate training for personnel assigned to the emergency response organization and inadequate procedures and equipment. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy ano Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1985),

the violations are listed below:

A. Inadequate Training of Personnel 10 CFP 50.47(b)(35) requires that radiological emergency response training be provided to tnose who may be called on to assist in an emergency.

10 CFR 50, Appendix E, Section F, requires that the training program shall ensure that employees of the licensee are familiar with their specific emergency response duties.

Section D, of the Emergency Plan for Arkansas Nuclear One states that the responsibility of the Senior Vice President, Energy Supply is to coordinate and administer emergency response training to AP&L employees in order to ensure the continuous effectiveness of the emergency plan.

Contrary to the above, the NRC inspectors found that emergency response training had not been adequately provided as evidenced by the following discrepancies:

o Health physics technicians onshift were unable to perform two main tasks: ascertain habitability conditions in the control room, and determine the radiofodine content of a radioactive plume.

o Health physics technicians were uncertain as to their duties and priorities in the event of an emergency.

o Chemists in charge of making dose projection calculations ignored the physical units pertaining to this task, e.g. radiation doses and dose rate units, and had little or no understanding as to their meaning.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement VIII.D)(313/8604-01)

(368/8604-01).

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2 B. Inadequate Procedures and Equipment 10 CFR 50, Appendix E, Part E, paragraph 2, requires that the licensee shall make adequate provisions for determining the magnitude and for continuously assessing the impact of the release of radioactive materials to the environment.

Sections B.and H, of the Emergency Plan for Arkansas Nuclear One, state that for emergency situations offsite monitoring teams will be dispatched to monitor the impact of the radioactive release on er.virons. In addition, it states that equipment is available to the monitoring teams to perform direct radiation readings and collect and analyze air samples.

Contrary to the above, the NRC inspectors found that:

o Radiation monitoring and sampling equipment used by offsite monitoring teams was inadequate for determining whether the inlividuals are immersed in a radioactive plume.

o Emergency Plan Implementing Procedure No. 1905.02, "Offsite Emergency Monitoring," failed to reference specific radiation monitoring instrumentation that would allow offsite teams to determine whether they were immersed in the radioactive plume, and failed to give instructions to the user for ascertaining whether samples are taken within a radioactive plume.

This is a Severity IV violation (Supplement VIII.D)(313/8604-02)

(368/8604-02).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Arkansas Power & Light Company is hereby_ required to submit to this office within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including for each violation: (1) the reason for the violations if admitted, (2) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

Dated at Arlington, Texas this 18th day of April 1986.

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