ML20236W293

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980606-10.Violation Noted: Licensee Did Not Take Dry Active Samples Annually.Dry Active Waste Stream Samples Were Collected in June 1995 & Aug 1997

ML20236W293
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	07/29/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
Shared Package
ML20236W292	List: IR 05000285/1998016 ML20236W289 ML20236W293
References
50-285-98-16, NUDOCS 9808050192
Download: ML20236W293 (2)

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i i ENCLOSURE 1 l

NOTICE OF VIOLATION l

Omaha Public Power District Docket No.: 50-285 I Fort Calhoun Station License No.: DPR-40 During an NRC inspection conducted on July 6-10,1998, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:

Technical Specification 5.6.1 requires written procedures and administrative policies be established, implemented, and maintained that meet or exceed the minimum requirements of Sections 5.1 and 5.3 of ANSI N18.7-1972 and Appendix A of USNRC Regulatory Guide 1.33. Appendix A of USNRC Regulatory Guide 1.33 includes procedures for the solid waste system. j Procedure RW-221, "10 CFR 61 Sampling," Revision 3, Section 7.9.1 requires that annual samples be taken of the dry active waste stream. Section 7.15.1, requires that off-site laboratory results be compared with Fort Calhoun gamma isotopic results for l

each waste ctream sample to verify consistency between the two analyses. Section 7.16.2 requires that the annual off-site laboratory waste stream sampling results be compared with the previous year's results from the same waste stream. Section 7.16.3 requires that scaling factor values be updated with the new data. '

Contrary to the above, the licensee did not implement the requirements of Procedure RW-221 in the following ways:

(a) Dry active waste samples were not taken annually. Dry active waste stream samples were collected in June 1995 and August 1997.

(b) Off-site laboratory results of the dry active waste stream were not compared with Fort Calhoun gamma isotopic results for the same waste stream sample to verify consistency between the two analyses from August 1995 to July 1998.

(c) Annual off-site laboratory waste streem sampling results for the dry active waste stream were not compared with the previous year's results from the same waste stream from August 1995 to July 1998.

(d) Scaling factors for the dry active waste stream were not updated from August 1995 to July 1998.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV)(50-285/9816-01).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Omaha Public Power District is hereby required to

submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN

i Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region IV,611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011, and a copy to the NRC 9808050192 980729 7 PDR ADOCK 05000285 G PDR

Resident inspector at the facility 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 for disputing the violation or severity level, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (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 previous 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 a Demand for Information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

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 please 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_rnust specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to havs withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial 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 Arlington, Texas, this 29th day of July 1998, i

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