ML20206R209

Notice of Violation from Insp on 981207-11.Violations Noted:Workers Did Not Inform Health Physics Control Personnel of Work Location Prior to Entry in Radiological Controlled Area

ML20206R209
Person / Time
Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	01/07/1999
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
Shared Package
ML20206R199	List: IR 05000361/1998022 ML20206R195 ML20206R209
References
50-361-98-22, NUDOCS 9901190184
Download: ML20206R209 (2)

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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION l

Southern California Edison Co. Docket No.: 50-361 San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station License No.: NPF-10 During an NRC inspection conducted on December 7-11,1998, two violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violations are listed below:

A. 10 CFR 20.1902(b) states, "The licensee shall post each high radiation area with a conspicuous sign or signs bearing the radiation symbol and the words ' CAUTION, HIGH RADIATION AREA' or ' DANGER, HIGH RADIATION AREA.'" 10 CFR 20.1003 defines a high radiation area as an area, accessible to individuals, in which radiation levels could result in an individual receiving a dose equivalent in excess of 0.1 rem (1 mSv) in 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> at 30 centimeters from the radiation source or from any surface that the radiation penetrates.

Contrary to the above, on December 8,1998, the licensee did not post a high radiation area with a conspicuous sign. Specifically, Room 16 in Unit 2, a room in which high radiation areas were accessible to individuals, was not posted as a high radiation area.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV)(50-361/9822-01).

B. Technical Specification 5.5.1.1.a requires that written procedures be established, implemented, and maintained covering the activities listed in Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, Appendix A, February 1978. Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, Appendix A, Section 7.e. (1) lists, " Access control to radiation areas, including a radiation work permit system."

Procedure SO123-Vil-20.11, " Access Control Program," Section 6.1.3.2, states,

' Workers are required by their radiation exposure permits to inform the health physics control point [ personnel) of their job scope and work location prior to entry into the radiological controlled area."

Contrary to the above, on December 10,1998, a worker did not inform the health physics control personnel of work location prior to entry into the radiological controlled area. Specifically, the worker entered an overhead area on the 63-foot elevation of the Unit 2 fuel handling building.

l This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV)(50-361/9822-02).

l The NRC has concluded that information regarding the reason for the violations, the corrective t

actions taken and planned to correct the violation and prevent recurrence and the date when full compliance was achieved is already adequately addressed on the docket in NRC Inspection Report 50-361/98-22; 50-362/98-22. 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 9901190184 990107 i PDR ADOCK 05000361 l

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I i your response as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation," and send it to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory i 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, I and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within l 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 to the J Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, l DC 20555-0001.

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 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 1 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 Arlington, Texas, this 7th day of January 1999.

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