ML20217Q784

EN-97-071:on 970811,notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in Amount of $176,000 Issued to Licensee.Action Based on Three Violations Constituting Severity Level II Problem Involving Inadequate Radiological Controls

ML20217Q784
Person / Time
Site:	Calvert Cliffs
Issue date:	08/06/1997
From:	Lieberman J, Reis T NRC OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT (OE)
To:
References
EN-97-071, EN-97-71, NUDOCS 9709030360
Download: ML20217Q784 (2)

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• August 6. 199/

EN 97 071 0FFICE OF ENFORCEMEMT NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ENF01 CEMENT ACTION Licensee: Baltimore Gas and Electric Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. Units 1 & 2 Docket Nos. 50 317:50-318

Subject:

PROPOSED IMPOSITION OF civil PENALTY - $176.000 This is to inform the Commission that a Notice of Violation and Proposed imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $176.000 will be issued on or about August 11, 1997, to Baltimore Gas & Electric Company (BGE). The action is based on three violations constituting a Severity Level 11 problem involving inadequate radiological controls surrounding a spent fuel pool diving effort that very nearly caused a substantial radiation exposure in excess of regulatory limits when a diver inadvertently accessed an unauthorized and unsurveyed area of the spent fuel pool adjacent to fresh irradiated fuel. Ten other non escalated violations were identified related to other inadequate radiological controls and inadequate control of refueling

, activities.

No actual overexposure did occur and the diver was not injured. However, due to insufficient controls inadequate pre job planning and communication.

ineffective monitoring of the diver, and deficient supervisory oversight of the activity, the individual was inadvertently able to gain access to areas in which rauiation levels could be encountered at 500 rads per hour due to the proximity of spent fuel.

In accnrdance with the Enforcement Policy, a bcse civil penalty in the amount of $88.0000 is considered for a Severity Level 11 violation. The staff found that credit was not warranted for either Identiffcation or Corrective Actfon.

Credit for Identf ffcat1on was not warranted because the were several missed opportunities during the dive to identify these problems. Credit for Correctf vc Actfons was also not warranted principally because the licensee's immediate corrective actions were not commensurate with the event in that the licensee sent the diver back into a radiation area after the dive, before his radiological dose from the dive had been assessed. With credit not granted for either Identf ffcat1on or Corrective Act1on, application of the Enforcement Policy results in a $176.000 fine for this Severity Level 11 violation, it should be noted that the licensee has not been specifically informed of the enforcement action. The schedule of issuance and notification is:

Mailing of Notice August 11, 1997 Telephone Notification of Licensee August 11, 1997 The State of Maryland will be notified.

The licensee has thirty days from the date of the Notice in which to respond.

Following NRC evaluation of the response, the civil penalty may be remitted, mitigated, or imposed by Order.

l Contacts: T. Reis. OE. 415-3281 J. Lieberman. OE. 415-2741

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