ML20235J302

Notice of Violation from Insp on 870831-0904.Violation Noted:Failure to Provide Lock & Access Controls of Type Required on Personnel Access Door to Unit 1 Containment on & Before 870803

ML20235J302
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	09/24/1987
From:	Grace J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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50-424-87-52, NUDOCS 8710010392
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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION l

Georgia Power Company Docket No. 50-424

.Vogtle Electric Generating. Plant License No. NPF l During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission -(NRC) inspection ' conducted on ,

August 31L - Septenter 4,1987, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. l The. violation involved failure to meet Technical Specification requirements for q locking high radiation areas. In accordance with the. " Gene ai St;tJent of  !

Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1986), the violation is listed below:

Technical Specification (TS) 6.11.2 requires that areas accessible to i personnel with radiation levels greater than 1,000 millirem / hour at 45 cm.

(18 in.) from the radiation source or from any surface which the radiat_1on penetrates shall be provided with locked doors to prevent _ unauthorized . I entry, and the keys shall be maintained under the administrative control of the shift foremen on duty and/or health physics supervision. This TS J; also requires dcors to remain locked except .during periods of access by_ -1 I personnel under an approved radiation work permit.

Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to provide locked doors of the j type required to prevent unauthorized entry into a high radiation area in. q that on August 3,1987, and prior to this date a lock and access controls i of the type required was not provided on the personnel access door to Unit No. 1 containment. y

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

l l 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 a written statement or explanation in. reply including:  ;

(1) admission er denial of the violation, (2) the reason for the violation if i admitted, (3) the corrective steps which have been taken and .the ~ results I achieved, (4) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further  !

l violations, and (5) the cate when full compliance.will be achieved. Where good- l cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response tire.  :

j FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION i n ,

, w J. Nelson Grace  !

Regional Administrator Dated at Atlanta, Georgic this 24 day of September 1987 9710010392 870924 PDR ADOCK 05000424 G PDR W __ _-__________-_--_.______--_u - - _ _ - -~x------ - - - - - --