ML20212R224

Notice of Violation from Insp on 861026-31

ML20212R224
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	01/23/1987
From:	Reyes L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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Shared Package
ML20212R205	List: ML20212R204 ML20212R224 ML20212R269
References
50-321-86-34, 50-366-86-34, NUDOCS 8702020554
Download: ML20212R224 (2)

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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Georgia Power Company Docket Nos. 50-321 and 50-366 Hatch License Nos. DPR-57 and NPF-5 During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted on October 26-31, 1986, violations of NRC requirements were identified. The violations involved failure to post radiation areas as required by 10 CFR 20.203(b) and failure to perform adequate surveys of material leaving the radiation control area. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1986), the violations are listed below:

A. Technical Specification 6.8.1.a requires the licensee to establish, implement and maintain written procedures covering the applicable activities recommended in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978. Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978, recommends procedures for radiation surveys and contamination control.

Contrary to the above, the requirement to establish, implement and maintain written procedures for raoiation surveys and contamination control was not met in that:

1. On October 28-29, 1986, four security radios were released from the radiation controlled area for unrestricted use without being monitored by health physics and the release authorized as required by Section 8.6.1 of Plant Procedure 60AC-HPX-07-0.

2. On October 27-29, 1986, radiation surveys of materials removed from operating buildings past Control Points C-52 and T-16 were not' adequate to detect radiation levels of 100 counts per minute above background using a GM detector as required by Plant Procedure 62RP-RAD-017-0. The detector was being moved over the material too rapidly to detect the specific release limit.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV).

This violation is similar to the Notice of Violation contained in Report Number 50-321/86-18, 50-366/86-18 sent to you in our letter of July 29, l

1986.

B. 10 CFR 20.203(b) requires that each radiation area shall be conspicuously posted with a sign or signs bearing the radiation caution symbol and the words Caution (or Danger), Radiation Area. A radiation area is defined as any area, accessible to personnel, in which there exists radiation, t originating in whole or in part within licensed material, at such levels l that a major portion of the body could receive in any one hour a dose in I

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1 Georgia Power Company 2 Docket Nos. 50-321 and 50-366 Hatch License Nos. DPR-57 and NPF-5 excess of 5 millirems, or in any 5 consecutive days a dose in excess of 100 millirems.

Contrary to the above, the requirement that each radiation area shall be conspicuously posted was not met, in that on October 26-29, 1986:

1. Dose rates of approximately 8 millirems per hour were present near the Unit 2 south accumulator bank on the 130-foot elevation of the reactor building and the area was not posted as a radiation area.

2. Dose rates of approximately 22 millirems per hour were present near the Unit 1 fuel pool demineralizer precoat panel area on the 185-foot elevation of the reactor building and the area was not posted as a radiation area.

3. Dose rates of approximately 35 millirems per hour were present near the Unit 1 fuel pool cooling heat exchanger on the 185-foot elevation of the reactor building and the area was not posted as a radiation area.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Georgia Power Company is hereby required to submit to this Office within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice a written statement or explanation in reply including for each violation: (1) admission or denial of the violation, (2) the reason for the violation if admitted, (3) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved, (4) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and (5) the date when full compliance will be achieved.

Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION L&f w hvtusA.Reys,ActingDirector Di ision of Reactor Projects Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 23 day of January 1987

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