ML20196G917

Notice of Violation from Insp on 981102-05.Violation Noted:Licensee Did Not Make Surveys to Ensure Compliance with 10CFR20.1902,requiring Posting of Each Radiation Area with Conspicuous Sign or Signs Bearing Radiation Symbol

ML20196G917
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	12/02/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
Shared Package
ML20196G898	List: IR 05000498/1998020 ML20196G893 ML20196G917
References
50-498-98-20, 50-499-98-20, NUDOCS 9812080149
Download: ML20196G917 (2)

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4 ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION STP Nuclear Operating Company Docket No.: 50-499 South Texas Project Electric Generating Station License No.: NPF-80 1

During an NRC inspection conducted on November 2-5,1998, one violation of NRC require'nents was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Proceoure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:

10 CFR 20.1501 requires that each licensee make or cause to be made surveys that may be necessary for the licensee to comply with the regulations in Part 20 and that are reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate the extent of radiation levels, concentrations or quantities of radioactive materials, and the potential radiological hazards that could be present.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.1003, survey means an evaluation of the radiological conditions and potential hazards incident to the production, use, transfer, release, disposal, or presence of radioactive material or other sources of radiation.

Contrary to the above, the licensee did not make surveys to ensure compliance with 10 CFR 20.1902 which requires the posting of each radiation area with a conspicuous sign or signs bearing the radiation symbol and the words " CAUTION, RADIATION AREA." Specifically, between October 29 and November 2,1998, the licensee failed to evaluate the radiological conditions and potential hazards present following the t;ansfer of steam generator nozzle dams into storage containers resulting in a radiation area not i being properly posted. i This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV) (50-499/98020-01). 1 The NRC has concluded that information regarding the reason for the violation, the corrective actions taken and planned to correct the violation and prevent recurrence and the date when full compliance was achieved is already adequately addressed on the docket in this inspection report. However, you are required to submit a written statement or explanation pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201 if the description therein does not accurately reflect your corrective actions or i your position. In that case, or if you choose to respond, cleaily mark your response as a " Reply  ;

to a Notice of Violation," and send it to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commicsion, j ATTN: 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 Resident inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notica, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).

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, if you choose to provide one, will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, 9812080149 981202 PDR 0 ADOCK 05000498 PM

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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 must specifically identify the portions of your response t that you seek to have 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 i necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21. j Dated at Arlington, Texas, this 2nd day of December 1998.

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