ML20235X370
| ML20235X370 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07001100 |
| Issue date: | 10/09/1987 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML20235X350 | List: |
| References | |
| 70-1100-87-03, 70-1100-87-3, NUDOCS 8710190329 | |
| Download: ML20235X370 (2) | |
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Appendix A Notice of Violation Docket No. 70-1100 Combustion Engineering, Inc..
Windsor, Connecticut As a result'of the inspection conducted on June 1-5, 1987, and'in accor' dance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C-(Enforcement Policy, 1986), the following:
violations were identified:
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Section 4.1.4,. " Posting of Limits", of your NRC-approved license-application (Part 1-Criteria), dated June 15, 1984, states, in part, that all work stations and storage areas shall be posted with nuclear safety limits approved by the Manager, Nuclear Licensing,. Safety, Accountability and Security (NLSA&S) or the Nuclear Criticality Specialist.
Contrary)to the 'above, on June 2,1987, four of five furnace's (work stations located in the Pellet Shop were not posted with nuclear safety limits.
This is a Saverity Level V violation (Supplement VI.E).
~Section 4.3.20 of your NRC-approved license application (Part B.
1-Criteria),datedJanuary 12, 1987, states, in part, that shipping container arrays shall be separated from one another by at least 20 feet.
Contrary to the above, on June 1,1987, an array of 26 Model CE-250 shipping containers in the Powder Trailer Storage Area located outside the northwest corner of Building 17, containing uranium bearing scrap material, was within 12 feet of the building wall.
Inside the building, within three feet of the wall, was another array of shipping packages containing uranium bearing scrap materials. The total distance between the two arrays was 15 feet.
This was identified as a Security Level IV violation (Supplement VI.D.).
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Section 2.2.2, " Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing - Windsor," of your NRC-approved license application (Part 1 - Criteria) states that the General Manager delegated to the Production and Material Control Manager and to the Engineering Manager responsibility to assure that all operations involving nuclear materials have been analyzed to establish i
the required safety limits and controls.
The Manager, NLSA&S or Nuclear Criticality Specialist shall assist the Engineering Manager and the Production and Material Control Manager by performing the analysis required and establishing the appropriate controls.
The Supervisor, Health Physics and Safety shall assure tLat the required safety limits and controls are being followed by the ut.e of daily internal audits.
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Contrary to the above,'between May 10, 1986 and June 4, 1987, the Supervisor, Health Physics and Safety did not assure.that the required safety limits and controls were being followed with regard to a modification of the fuel rod storage rack at the fluoroscope work station.
One of the conditions for approval of the storage rack modification required the installation of a positive restraint to assure that carts containing fuel could not come within 12 inches of the fuel storage rack.
The required positive restraint had not been installed as of June 4, 1987.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement VI.D.).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Combustion Engineering, Incorporated is hereby required to submit to this office within thirty days of the date of this letter which transmitted this Notice, a written statement or (1) the corrective steps which have been
, explanation in reply, including:(2) corrective steps which~ will be taken to taken and the results achieved; avoid further violations; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be give to extending this response time.
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