ML20217F186

Forwards Insp Rept 50-482/97-14 on 970810-0920 & NOV Re Concern That Operations Personnel Implemented TS Amend 108 in Manner That Failed to Provide Shift Supervisor W/Adequate Guidance for Implementing TS 3.6.3

ML20217F186
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	10/02/1997
From:	Gwynn T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Maynard O WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORP.
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ML20217F190	List: IR 05000482/1997014 ML20217F186 ML20217F191
References
50-482-97-14, NUDOCS 9710070387
Download: ML20217F186 (5)

See also: IR 05000482/1997014

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Otto L. Maynard, President and

Chief Executive Officer

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

P.O. Box 411

Burlington, Kansas 66839

SUBJECT: NRC INSPLCTION REPORT 50 482/9714 AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION-

Dear Mr. Maynard:

An NRC inspection was conducted August 10 to September 20,1997, at your Wolf Creek

Generating Station reactor facility. The enclosed report presents the scope and results of

that inspection.

During this inspection, three cited violations of NRC requirements were identified in the '

operations and plant support areas. Violation A is of concern because operations

personnel implemented Technical Specification Amendment 108 in a manner that failed to

provide shift supervisors with adequate guidance for implementing Technical

Specification 3.6.3 Violation B is of concern because another radiation worker failed to '

comply with radiation work permit requirements. While this violation is repetitive, notable

corrective actions demonstrate that you have placed additional emphasis on this issue.

Violation C occurred when radiation protection personnel failed to perform the surveys '

required and, consequently, allowed the dose rate in an unrestricted area to exceed

10 CFR 20.1301 limits.  :

These violations are cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice) and the f

circumstances surrounding the violations are described in detailin the enclosed report.

Please note that you are required to respond to this letter and should follow the

instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. The NRC will j

use your response, in part, to determine whether further enforcement action is necessary

to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, /

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter,

its enclosures, and your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).

To the extent possible, your response should not include any personal privacy, proprietary,

or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction.

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P.O. Box 411

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Jay Silberg, Esq.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 1

2300 N Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20037 >

Supervisor Licensing

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.

P.O. Box 411

Burlington, Kansas 66839

Chief Engineer

Utilities Division -

Kansas Corporation Commission

1500 SW Arrowhead Rd.

Topeka, Kansas 66604 4027. ,

Office of the Governor

State of Kansas

Topeka, Kansas 66612

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Attorney General

Judicial Center

301 S.W.10th

2nd Floor

Topeka, Kansas 66612-1597

County Clerk

Coffey County Courthouse

Burlington, Kansas 66839 1798

Vick L. Cooper, Chief

Radiation Control Program

Kansas Department of Health

and Environment

Bureau of Air and Radiation

Forbes Field Building 283

, Topeka, Kansas 66620

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Mr. Frank Moussa

Division of Emergency Preparedness

2800 SW Topeka Blvd

Topeka, Kansas 66611 1287

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