ML20207P499
| ML20207P499 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saxton File:GPU Nuclear icon.png |
| Issue date: | 01/09/1987 |
| From: | Heward R SAXTON NUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL CORP. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
| References | |
| 5201-87-0001, 5201-87-1, SNEC-87-0002, SNEC-87-2, NUDOCS 8701160193 | |
| Download: ML20207P499 (2) | |
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SAXTON NUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL CORPORATION uE GENERAL P U B LIC UTILITIES S Y S 'l E M G
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100 INTERPACE PARKWAY 201-263-6500 PARSIPPANY, N.J. 07054 January 9, 1987 SNEC-87-0002 5201-87-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555
Dear Sir:
Saxton Nuclear Facility Operating License No., DPR-4 Docket No. 50-146 Response to Notice of Violation on Inspection Report 50-146/86-02 Attached is the Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporation (SNEC) response to the Notice of Violation contained in Appendix A of Inspection Report 50-146/86-02.
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ATTACHMENT NOTICE OF VIOLATION As a result of an inspection conducted on November 6-10, 1986, and in accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy (10 CFR 2, Appendix C), the following violation was identified:
Technical Specification section 5, Reports, reauires, in part, that SNEC shall submit to the NRC"...a report of any occurrence of a possible unsafe condition relating to the facility or to the public.
For each occurrence, SNEC shall promptly, within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> of discovery, notify by telephone or telegraph the Director of Region I, Office of Inspection and Enforcement, and shall submit a written follow-up report within 15 days which describes the circumstances and corrective actions taken".
Technical Specifications section 5.a.3 reauires that such a report shall include"...any confirmed analysis of residual water from the Containment Vessel or Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility which indicates that the activity concentration is above the limits of Table II, 10 CFR Part 20 for unrestricted release".
Contrary to the above, 15-day written reports for three Containment Vessel sump water samples with activity concentrations above the limits of 10 CFR 20 Appendix B Table II were not submitted to the NRC as reauired.
Specifically, Containment Vessel sump samples collected on May 13, 1982, June 14, 1983, and February 7, 1986, each showed isotopic concentrations of Cs-134, Cs-137, and Sr-90 greater than the unrestricted release concentrations of 10 CFR 20 Appendix B Table II.
No written reports were submitted to the NRC as reauired.
SNEC RESPONSE The failure to submit the technical specification reauired 15-day written follow-up report in each of the three (3) examples cited above was due to inadeauate control of regulatory correspondence by the licensee. To correct this condition and to prevent recurrence, the licensee has implemented the use of existing GPU Nuclear (GPUN) procedures which govern the control of regulatory correspondence and control. These procedures I
l had not been in use by SNEC previously. Further, increased attention to l
regulatory correspondence by the licensee has been emphasized by SNEC l
management.
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