ML20216B659

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980120-0309.Violation Noted:Plant Shift Superintendent Did Not Implement Requirements of Procedure UE2-TO NS1032 for Inoperable UF6 Detection Sys in Building C-333A W/Autoclaves

ML20216B659
Person / Time
Site:	07007001
Issue date:	04/06/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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ML20216B646	List: ML20216B641 ML20216B659 ML20216B667
References
70-7001-98-03, 70-7001-98-3, NUDOCS 9804140037
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NOTICE OF VIOL.ATION United States Enrichment Corporation Docket No. 70-7001 Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Certificate No. GDP-1 During an NRC inspection conducted from January 20 through March 9,1998, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Sutement of Policy and Procedure -

for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:

! Technical' Safety Requirement 3.9.1, requires, in part, that written procedures shall be implemented for activities described in Appendix A, to Safety Analysis Report, Section 6.11.

Safety Analysis Report, Section 6.11, Appendix A, described administrative activities, including operations, as activities for which procedures shall be developed and implemented.

Procedure UE2-TO-NS1032, " Operability Evaluations and Resolution of Degraded and L Nonconforming Conditions," Revision 0, dated December 31,1996, required, in part, the plant L shift superintendent to: 1) declare a structure system or component inoperable that is unable to fulfill an intended safety function; 2) implement the Technical Safety Requirement Action Statements; and,3) make required regulatory reports in accordance with Procedure UE2-RA-RE1030, " Nuclear Regulatory Event Reporting."

Procedure UE2-RA-RE1030, " Nuclear Regulatory Event Reporting," Revision 2, dated October 31,1997, required, in part, the plant shift superintendent to make a report to the NRC, within 24-hours, for an event in which equipment that is disabled, is required by the Technical Safety Requirements to mitigate the consequences of an accident and no redundant is available and operable to perform the safety function.

Technical Safety Requirement 2.2.4.1, requires the UF, release detection system, including local l alarms, to be operable whenever the autoclaves are in Modes 4 or 5. l Contrary to the above, between March 1 and March 6,1998, th'e plant shift superintendent did '

L not implement the requirements of Procedure UE2-TO-NS1032 for an inoperable UF, detection system in Building C-333A with the autoclaves in Modes 4 or 5. Specifically, the plant shift superintendent did not: .1) declare the UF, release detection system inoperable; 2) direct implementation of the Technical Safety Requirement Action Statements; and,3) make the  ;

required 24-hour report to the NRC for the disabled safety-related equipment. l l

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement VI). (VIO 70-7001/97003-01) l Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 76.70, United States Enrichment Corporation is hereby l required to submit a written statement or explanation for the violations to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region lil, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at Paducah, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply ,

should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each l violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps i

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!. that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when fuii compiiance will be i achieved. Your response may reference or include previously dociscted correspondence, if the'

, correspondence adequately addresses the mquired response. If an adequate reply is not ~

received within the time specified in this Notice,' an order or a Demand for information may be issued as to why the Certificate should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

if you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC -

, 20555-0001.

Because your response will be' placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, propristory, 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 l 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 mynt .I specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in .

detail the basec for your claim of withholding (for example, 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 financialinformation), if safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

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Dated at Lisle, Illinois this 6th day of April 1998

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