ML20214M684

Notice of Violation from Insp on 860721-25

ML20214M684
Person / Time
Site:	Crystal River
Issue date:	08/29/1986
From:	Grace J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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Shared Package
ML20214M669	List: IR 05000302/1986026 ML20214M667 ML20214M684
References
50-302-86-26, NUDOCS 8609110223
Download: ML20214M684 (2)

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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Florida Power Corporation Docket No. 50-302 Crystal River License No. DPR-72 During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted on July 21-25, 1986, violations of NRC requirements were identified. The violations involved the failure to comply with the entry requirements for high radiation areas, failure to adequately evaluate the presence of alpha radiation in the plant and the failure to adequately brace a shipment of low specific activity (LSA) Radioactive Material. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1986),

the violations are listed below:

A. Technical Specification 6.12.1(a) requires that a High Radiation Area in which the radiation intensity is greater than 100 millirem per hour (mrem /hr) but less than 1000 mrem /hr-be barricaded and conspicuously posted as a High Radiation Area, the entrance controlled by issuance of a Radiation Work Permit and any individual or group of individuals permitted to enter such areas be provided with a radiation monitoring device which continuously' indicates the radiation dose rate in the area.

Contrary to the above, the requirement that any individuals or group of individuals permitted to enter a high radiation area be provided with a

-radiation monitoring device which continuously indicates the radiation dose rate in the area was not met in that on February 18 and 19,1986, individuals were present in posted high radiation areas where the intensity of radiation was greater than 100 mrem /hr, and did not possess radiation monitoring devices which continuously indicated the radiation dose rate in the area.

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

This violation is similar -to the Notice of Violation contained in Inspection Report No. 50-302/86-06 sent to you in our March 25, 1986 letter.

B. 10 CFR 20.201(b) requires that each licensee make or cause to be made, such surveys as may be necessary for the licensee to comply with the regulations in this part and are reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate the extent of the radiation hazards that may be present. A survey is defined as an evaluation of the radiation hazards incident to the production, use, release, disposal or presence of radioactive materials under a specific set of conditions.

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Florida Power Corporation Docket No. 50-302 Crystal River 2 License No. DPR-72 Contrary to the above, during the period of January through July, 1986, the licensee failed to perform surveys as were necessary and reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate alpha radiation hazards that may have been present in containment in that alpha contamination was known to be present in containment, yet personnel and equipment leaving the controlled area within the containment were not routinely surveyed for alpha contamination nor were airborne radioactivity and smear survey samples, taken to establish personnel protective measures, routinely evaluated for alpha radioactivity.

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

C. 10 CFR 71.5 prohibits transport of any licensed material outside the confines of a plant or other place of use, or delivery of licensed material to a carrier for transport unless the licensee complies with applicable regulations of the Department of Transportation in 49 CFR 170-189.

49CFR173.425(b)(6) requires that exclusive use shipments of LSA material must be braced so as to prevent shifting of lading under conditions normally incident to transportation.

Contrary to the above, on June 5,1986, at the Barnwell waste burial facility, a State of South Carolina inspector found that, due to inadequate blocking and bracing, some of the drums in the rear of the transport vehicle underwent a shift of lading during transport of LSA exclusive use Shipment Number 0686-061-A.

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

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, FPC 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) admission or denial of the violations, (2) the reason for the violations if admitted, (3) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved, (4) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and (5) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Of J. Nelson Grace

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Regional Administrator Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this1Thay of Ag) 1986 i