ML20237L765
| ML20237L765 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Yankee Rowe |
| Issue date: | 08/24/1987 |
| From: | Martin T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Heider L YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20237L768 | List: |
| References | |
| EA-87-154, NUDOCS 8708280240 | |
| Download: ML20237L765 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000029/1987010
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AUG 2 41987
Docket No.
50-29
License No. DPR-3
EA 87-154
Yankee Atomic Electric Company
ATTN:
Mr. L. H. Heider
Vice President of Operations
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Gentlemen:
Subject:
(Inspection No. 50-29/87-10)
This refers to the special safety inspection conducted on June 15-19, 1987 at
the fankee Nuclear Power Station, Rowe, Massachusetts. The inspection report
is enclosed.
The inspection was conducted to (1) review the circumstances
associated with an incident at your facility, which was identified by your
staff and reported to the NRC, involving the exposure of the skin of the head
of an individual worker from radioactive material in an amount in excess of the
regulatory limit, and (2) evaluate the status of your program for controlling
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exposures from small, radioactive particles, commonly referred to as " hot
particles," and to limit the spread of these particles both within and beyond
the radiological control areas.
During the inspection, two violations of NRC
requirements were identified.
The violations, which are described in the enclosed Notice, include the over-
exposure and the failure to perform an adequate survey which could have pre-
vented the overexposure.
These violations are of concern to the NRC because
the hot particle was detected on the individual's head on May 30, 1987, but was
not removed until June 2,1987. Your basis for the delay was an initial dose
rate estimate of 8 mrem /hr which led the supervisor to conclude that immediate
surgical removal was unwarranted.
However, this initial estimate was incorrect
and the actual dose rate was closer to 100 mrem /hr.
If the initial dose rate
estimate was closer to the actual dose rate, you indicated steps would have
been taken to immediately remove the particle, and the overexposure could
have been prevented.
These violations demonstrate the importance of proper
evaluation of radiological incid~s.
Violation A described in the attached Notice of Violation, involving an
exposure in excess of the regulatory limit, is classified as a Severity
Level IV violation. As indicated in Supplement IV of the NRC Enforcement
Policy, significant violations of this type are normally classified as
However, after careful consideration of the factors
involved in this specific instance, we have classified this violation as
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Severity Level IV since the safety implications of this exposure are small
given the small area of skin that was exposed.
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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.
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response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional
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actions you plan to prevent recurrence. After reviewing your response to this
Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future
inspections, 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 copy of this letter and its enclosure
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will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
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The responses 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, Pub. L. No.96-511.
Sincerely,
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J. E. Tribble, President
G. J. Papanic, Jr., Senior Project Engineer - Licensing
Public Document Room (PDR)
Local Public Document Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident Inspector
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2)
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