ML20217B470

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980223-26.Violation Noted: Licensee Not Maintained Records of Reviews of Radiation Protection Program Content & Implementation

ML20217B470
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	03/24/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
Shared Package
ML20217B463	List: ML20217B457 ML20217B470 ML20217B495
References
50-458-98-03, 50-458-98-3, NUDOCS 9803260076
Download: ML20217B470 (2)

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ENCLOSURE 1 L -

. NOT!CE OF VIOLATION

' Erttergy Operations, Inc. Docket No.: 50-458

' River Bend Station . - License No.: NPF-47 During an NRC inspection conducted o' n February 23-26,1998, 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: 1 0

- A. 10 CFR 20.2102(a)(2) states that each licensee shall maintain records of the radiation -

protection program, including audits and other reviews of program content and -

, implementation. 10 CFR 20.1101(c) states that the licensee shall periodically (at least

. . annually) review the radiation protection program content and implementation.

Contrary to the above, prior to February 26,1998, the licensee had not maintained -

. records of reviews of the radiation protection program content and implementation.-

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L ;This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV) (50-458/9803-01).

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B.~ Technical Specification 5.4.1.a requires, in part, that written procedures be established, L

. implemented, and maintained covering the activities recommended in Appendix' A of l

Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978. Section 7.e of Appendix A of this L

Regulatory Guide includes procedures for contamination control and personnel .

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' monitoring.

• Section 5.1 of Procedure RPP-0043, Revision 10, " Personnel Contamination ' 1 g , Monitoring," states that personnel alarming portal monitors after resetting one {

. time must be evaluated by qualified personnel.'

. 'Section 6.7.3.3 of Procedure RPP-0005, Revision 12," Posting .of Radiologically j

" Controlled Areas," states that contamination area posting signs shall be '

conspicuous, bear the radiation symbol, and the words:

(1) " CAUTION" or " DANGER" (2) " CONTAMINATION AREA" or" CONTAMINATED AREA"

. Contrary to the above, .

.- On October 18,1997, three individuals exiting the controlled access area at the

? Turbine Building 95-foot 'T' Tunnel Control Point were observed to alarm the .

portal monitors and immediately began to decontaminate themselves without being evaluated by qualified personnel.

.- uOn September 24/1997, a technician noted that one side of an area exceeding procedural requirements to post as a contaminated area was posted as a E

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I , contaminated area while the other sides of the contaminated area were not conspicuously posted with the words ' CONTAMINATION AREA" or

- ' CONTAMINATED AREA.*

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV) (50-458/9803-02).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Entergy Operations, Inc. is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:

Document Control Desk,1 Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region IV,611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400,' Arlington, Texas 76011, and a copy to the NRC u Resident inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of k the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a .

L " Reply to's Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation:- (1) the reason for the l L violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation or severity level,-(2) the corrective i L steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to l

<- avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response  !

% may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately l

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addresses the required response. .lf 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 license should j

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' not be modified, s'uspended,'or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not l '

be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

l ' 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, proprietary, or safeguards information so L ' that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction if personal privacy or proprietary information ,

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. 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  !

L response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you_Inust

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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

[ l create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by  :

L - 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial i L- 7g Linformation).' if safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please l provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21. i L

! , Dated at Arlington, Texas -  !

.this 24th day of March 1998 l

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