ML20236F951

Forwards Notice of Violation from Insp Repts 50-338/87-30 & 50-339/87-30 on 870825-27.Violations Categorized as Severity Level Iv.Corrective Actions Should Be Documented

ML20236F951
Person / Time
Site:	North Anna
Issue date:	10/26/1987
From:	Grace J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Stewart W VIRGINIA POWER (VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO.)
Shared Package
ML20236F954	List: ML20236F951 ML20236F985
References
EA-87-183, NUDOCS 8711020350
Download: ML20236F951 (2)

See also: IR 05000338/1987030

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Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339

License Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7

EA 87-183

Virginia Electric and Power Company

ATTN: Mr. W. L. Stewart, Vice President,

Nuclear Operations

Post Office Box 26666

Richmond, Virginia 23261

Gentlemen:

! SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-338/87-30 AND 50-339/87-30)

This refers to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted by

B. K. Revsin at the North Anna Facility on August 25-27, 1987. The inspection

included a review of events associated with an exposure in excess of regulatory

limits of the skin of a worker's whole body. The report documenting this

inspection was sent to you by letter dated September 9, 1987. As a result of

this inspection, failures to comply with NRC regulatory requirements were

identified, and accordingly, NRC concerns relative to the inspection findings

were discussed during an Enforcement Conference held on September 24, 1987. A

letter summarizing this Enforcement Conference was sent to you on October 1,1987.

The violations described in the enclosed Notice of Violation involved a failure

to maintain occupational exposures to the skin below regulatory limits, failure

to perform adequate radiological surveys, and failure to adhere to Radiation

Work Permit procedures involving protective clothing. The event that resulted

in these violations involved a contract health physics technician who had been

performing work in Unit I containment on the evening of August 19, 1987. Upon

exit from the Radiation Control Area, the technician was found to be contaminated.

Subsequent isotopic analysis showed that the contamination consisted of a

single microscopic particle of pure cobalt-60 with a total activity of 1.6 micro-

curies. The dose to the skin from the particle was determined to be 23.6 rem

based upon an estimated 3.25 hour2.893519e-4 days <br />0.00694 hours <br />4.133598e-5 weeks <br />9.5125e-6 months <br /> exposure time. When added to previous skin

exposure for the quarter, this localized skin dose increased the total dose to

the skin of the whole body for the third quarter of 1937 to 23.8 rem.

Violation A described in the enclosed Notice of Violation, which involves an

exposure to the skin in excess of regulatory limits, has been categorized as a

Severity Level IV violation. As indicated in Supplement IV of the NRC Enforce-

ment Policy, overexposure of this type are normally classified as Severity

Level III violations. However, after careful consideration of the factors

involved in this specific instance, we have classified this violation as a

Severity Level IV since the health implications of this exposure hre very small

due to the small area of skin that was exposed. The remaining violations have

also been categorized as Severity Level IV violations.

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You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions

specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. In your response, )

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you should document the specific actions taken and any additional actions you

plan to prevent recurrence. After reviewing your response to this Notice,

including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future inspections, i

the NRC will determine.whether further NRC enforcement action is necessary to

ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.

In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, '

Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a cnpy of this letter and its enclosure

will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.

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The response directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject

to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL No.96-511.

Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact us. l

Sincerely,

OR!GINAL SIGNED BY:

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J. NELSON GRACE

J. Nelson Grace

Regional Administrator

Enclosure:

Notice of Violation

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