ML20216F245

Notice of Violation from Insp on 870518-22

ML20216F245
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	06/25/1987
From:	Stohr J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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ML20216F207	List: ML20216F203 ML20216F245 ML20216F272
References
50-424-87-35, NUDOCS 8706300832
Download: ML20216F245 (2)

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i ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Georgia Power Company Docket No. 50-424 ,

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant License No. NPF-68  !

l During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted on May 18-22, 1987, violations of NRC requirements were identified. The  ;

violations involved failure to conduct adequate startup radiation surveys and failure to document corrective action. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, AppendixC(1986),theviolationsarelistedbelow:

A. 10 CFR 20.201(b) requires the licensee to make or cause to be made such surveys as may be necessary for the licensee to comply with the regulations in Part 20 and are reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate the extent of rMiation hazards that may be present.

Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) Section 1.9.68.1 and 14.2.3(g) commits the licensee to conform with Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.68, Initial Test i Programs for Water Cooled Nuclear Plants, August 1978.

RG 1.68, Appendix A, Section 5.b.b requires the performance of neutron and gamma radiation surveys at 50 and 100% power levels to establish the adequacy of shielding and to identify high radiation zones as defined in 10 CFR Part 20, Standards for Protection Against Radiation.

Contrary to the above, surveys in Unit 1 for the 50% power level conducted during the period April 16-18, 1987, were not adequate to establish the adequacy of shielding in that:

1. Vertical shield areas both within and outside of Unit 1 containment were not comprehensively scanned between radiation base points.

2. Surveys of horizontal shield sections both within and outside of containment were not performed.

3. Survey measurements performed were not extrapolated to rated full power.

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

B. 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI requires that measures be established

> to assure that conditions adverse to quality are promptly identified and corrected. The identification of significant conditions adverse to quality, the cause of the condition, and the corrective action taken shall be documented and reported to appropriate levels of management.

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• Georgia Power Company Docket No. 50-424 Vogtle Electric Generating Plant 2 License No. NPF-68 FSAR Section 17.2.16 states that approved plant procedures shall be written to ensure that conditions adverse to quality, failures, ,

malfunctions, deficiencies, defective materials and equipment and nonconformances on safety-related systems are promptly identified, documented, and corrected.

Procedure 00150-C, Deficiency Control, Revision 5, February 20, 1987, describes the use of Deficiency Cards to document problems, including radiological deficiencies. ,

Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to adequately document the identification and corrective actions for a condition adverse to quality on Deficiency Card 1-87-948, written in response to a radiological event in the Unit 1 containment on March 18, 1987, during flux mapping, in that the circumstances of. the event were not fully described, related relevant documents and information were not included in the record and corrective  !

actions taken to correct the problem were not documented.

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

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Georgia Power Company is hereby required to submit to this Office within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice for each violation: (1)aadmission written statement or denialorofexplanation in rep)ly the violation, (2 theincluding reason for the violation 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 s n

/*L/ W J. Philip Stohr, Director

/ Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards Dated at AJianta, Georgia this g 2 ay of yg p g 1987 i