ML20238A469

Notice of Violation from Insp on 870615-25.Violation Noted: Training Records of Thirty of Licensee Supervisors,Foremen & Engineering Staff Showed That Only Two Engineers Had Received Training Specified in ALARA Manual During 1985/86

ML20238A469
Person / Time
Site:	Rancho Seco
Issue date:	08/12/1987
From:	Wenslawski F NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
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Shared Package
ML20238A462	List: IR 05000312/1987022 ML20238A460 ML20238A469
References
50-312-87-22, NUDOCS 8708310089
Download: ML20238A469 (2)

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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Sacramento Municipal Utility District Docket No. 50-312 Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station License No. DPR-54 auring an NRC inspection conducted on June 15-25, 1987, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1987), the violation is listed below:

A). Technical Specifications, Section 6.11 states: " Procedures.for personnel radiation protection shall be prepared consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 20 and shall be approved, maintained and adhered to for l all operations involving personnel radiation exposure."

The Rancho Seco ALARA Manual in conjunction with the Radiation Control .

Manual provide the licensee's requirements for maintaining personnel radiation exposures As Low As Is Reasonably Achievable (ALARA).

Part 1 of the ALARA Manual reads in part: " Sacramento Utility District ,

Management is committed to a policy of maintaining radiation exposures  !

ALARA." Additionally, .

1). Part 2.2, 4.0, 4.3 and 4.4 of the ALARA Manual require that ,

Supervisors, Foremen, Engineers and Draftsmen receive specialized '

ALARA training. Refresher training is required annually.

4 2). Section 2.9 of the ALARA Manual requires that formal periodic audits to determine how exposures might be lowered are performed.

Section 2.9 states that the audits include procedure reviews, past i exposure records and plant inspections.

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Contrary to the above, 1). Training records of thirty of the licensee's Supervisors, Foremen, 1 and Engineering staff showed that only two engineers had received '

the training specified in the ALARA Manual during 1985 and 1986.

2). The licensee's audit of the ALARA program performed in 1986 did not include plant inspections. I 1

This is a Severity Level V Violation (Supplement IV). l Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commitsion, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, 1 DC 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region V, within 30 days l of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice. This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violatiof and should include for  ;

each violation: (1) the reason for the violation if admitted, (2).the '

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corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the l corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the i date when full compliance will be achieved. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order may be issued to show cause why the license should not be modified, suspended,- or revoked or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Consideration may be given to extending the response time for good cause shown.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 0.0 Y& 0ert Dated at Walnut Creek, California F.A.yehslawski,pief this g day of August , 1987 Emergendf Preparedness and Radiological Protection Branch i

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