ML20236E890

Notice of Violation from Insp on 870509-0622.Violations Noted:Slurry pump,DWC-P-10B,inadvertently Operated Resulting in Spill of Approx 200 Gallons of Contaminated Water & Wood Pallet Found in Unrestricted Area

ML20236E890
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	07/27/1987
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
Shared Package
ML20236E861	List: IR 05000320/1987004 ML20236E857 ML20236E890
References
50-320-87-04, 50-320-87-4, NUDOCS 8708030129
Download: ML20236E890 (1)

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APPENDIX A l NOTICE OF VIOLATION r

GPU Nuclear Corporation- Docket No. 50-320 Three Mile Island Unit 2 License No. OPR-73 l As a result of the inspection conducted May 9 through June 22, 1987, and in accordance 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:

A.- Technical Specification 6.8.1.a states in part: " Written procedures shall be... implemented covering...the applicable precedures recommended in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978..."

Specific activities referenced in Regulatory Guide 1.33 include equipment control (e.g. locking and tagging).

Procedure 4000-ADM-3020.04, " Switching and Tagging Safety", Revision No.

4-00, paragraph 4.1 states..." Personnel who are to perform tasks on TMI-2 facilities shall be required to first have the equipment taken out-of-service and put in a safe mode."

Contrary to the above, a slurry pump, DWC-P-108, was inadvertently operated from 2105 hours0.0244 days <br />0.585 hours <br />0.00348 weeks <br />8.009525e-4 months <br /> on May 24, 1987 to 0430 hours0.00498 days <br />0.119 hours <br />7.109788e-4 weeks <br />1.63615e-4 months <br /> on May 25, 1987 causing a spill of approximately 200 gallons of contaminated water in the reactor building as a result of personnel failing to take the pump out-of-service and put in a safe mode.

.This is a Severity IV violation (Supplement 1).

B. Technical Specifications, Appendix A, Section 6.11 requires that personnel radiation protection be consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR 20 and the NRC-approved Radiation Protection Plan.

Sectinn 8 of the Radiation Protection Plan, 1000-PLN-4010.01, Revision 1, dated May 1, 1986, permits equipment to be released for unrestricted use when the removable beta-gamma contamination is less than 1000 .

disintegrations per minute per 100 square centimeters of surface area (dpm/100cm2).

Contrary to the above, on June 7, 1987, a wood pallet found in an unrestricted area had removable beta-gamma contamination of up to 5000 dpm/100 cm2 This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV).

i Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, the GPU Nuclear Corporation is hereby required to submit to this office within thirty days of the date of the letter which transmitted this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including: (1) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending this response H me .

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