ML20236K765

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980622-26.Violation Noted: Licensee Failed to Verify Calculations That Support Criticality Safety Limits

ML20236K765
Person / Time
Site:	Westinghouse
Issue date:	07/07/1998
From:	NRC
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Shared Package
ML20236K763	List: ML20236K759 ML20236K765 ML20236K768
References
70-1151-98-203, NUDOCS 9807100074
Download: ML20236K765 (2)

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, NOTiCF. OF VIOLATION Westinghouse Electric Corporation Docket No.70-1151 Columbia, South Carolina License No. SNM-1107 During an NRC inspection conducted from June 22 - 26,1998, a violation of NRC requirements

w;as identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below

! Safety Condition S-1 of License SNM-1107 requires the use oflicensed material in i

j. accordance with the statements, representations, and conditions of the License Application  !

and supplements.-

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l_ . License Section 6.4.2(c.2) requires, in part, that "Indgendent tedmcal reviews of l criticality safety assessments, criticality safety evaluations. m calculations in support of l hauts specified in CSA's or CSE's will be perfonned."

l Contrarv to the above, as of June 26,199'3, independent reviews of 11 criticality safety calculations u sed to support safety limits rpecified in CSEs and CSAs had not been performed.

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

. Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Westinghouse Electric Corporation is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory -

l Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with copies to the Regional Admir; naJor, Rrion II, and Chief, Fuel Cycle Operations Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, NMSS, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility l that is the subject of this Notice, Within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis l for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, l (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. - Your response may reference or include presiously docketed correspondence if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not received Within the time specified in this Notice, an order or Demand for Information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other actions as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

l If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the i Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. l 20555-0001. l Enclosure 1

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Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information-is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then I, lease provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you mug specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld, and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure ofinformation will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the infom1ation required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential cominercial or financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 7th day of July 1998 j 1

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