ML20214K926

Notice of Violation from Insp on 861020-24

ML20214K926
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	11/20/1986
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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Shared Package
ML20214K919	List: IR 05000277/1986021 ML20214K918 ML20214K926
References
50-277-86-21, 50-278-86-22, NUDOCS 8612020514
Download: ML20214K926 (2)

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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION 4

Philadelphia Electric Company Docket Nos. 50-277 Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station 50-278 Units Nos. 2 and 3 License Nos.DPR-44 DPR-56 As a result of the inspection conducted on October 20-24, 1986, and in accor-dance with the NRC Enforcement Policy (10 CFR 2, Appendix C), published in the Federal Register on November 20, 1985 (50 FR 47718), the following violations were identified:

A. 10 CFR 20.311(b) requires, in part, that the manifest accompanying radio-active waste shipments indicate as completely as practicable the radio-nuclide identify and quantity and the total radioactivity of the shipment.

10 CFR 20.311(c) requires, in part, that the manifest must include a cert-ification by the waste generator that the transported materials are pro-perly described.

Contrary to the above, on February 28, 1986, your Shipment No. 45-86 of dry active radioactive waste, which contained several radionuclides in- _

_- cluding Iron-55, was sent-to a burial site and was accompanied by a mani- _

1 fest which did not identify the existence and quantity of the radionuclide

, Iron-55 in the shipment. As a result, the total radioactivity stated on the manifest was in error. Further, the certification which accompanied the manifest was also in error.

B. 10 CFR 71.5(a)(1)(vi) requires that shipping papers be prepared in accor-

dance with 49 CFR 172, Subpart C. 49 CFR 172.203(d)(1) requires the name of each radionuclide in the shipment and 49 CFR 172.203(d)(iii) requires the activity of each package in the shipment be included in the shipping papers.

Contrary to the above, on February 28, 1986, your Shipment No. 45-86 of radioactive waste which contained several radionuclides including Iron-55, was sent to a burial site and the shipping papers did not include the i identity of Iron-55 in the shipment and the activity resulting from that radionuclide.

Violations A and B have been categorized in the aggregate as a Severity Level IV problem. (Supplement V)

C. 10 CFR 20.311(d)(1) requires, in part, that licensees prepare radioactive wastes so that the waste is classified according to 10 CFR 61.55. 10 CFR 61.55(a)(3)(ii) requires, in part, that wastes containing long-lived radio-nuclides (listed in Table 1 of that paragraph) exceeding 0.1 times the 8612O20514 861120 PDR ADOCK 05000277 G PDR i

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Appendix A 2 value in Table 1 be classified as Class C. 10 CFR 20.311(c) requires, in part, that the manifest accompanying radioactive waste shipments include a certification by the waste generator that the transported materials are properly classified.

Contrary to the above, on May 15, 1986, your Shipment No. 119-86 of radio-active waste contained a concentration of Carbon-14 (a long-lived radio-nuclide) of approximately 1.82 curies per cubic meter which exceeded 0.1 times the Table 1 value of 8 curies per cubic meter for that radionuclide and was classified as Class B. F rther, the certification that the ship-ment was properly classified was also in erron This violation has been categorized as a Severity IV problem. (Supplement IV)

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Philadelphia Electric Company is hereby required to submit to this office within thirty days of the date of the letter which transmitted this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including: (1) the corrective steps which have been taken and the re-suits achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further vio-lations; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending this response time.

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