ML20249A078

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980315-0504.Violation Noted:Radiation Area Signs Were Not Visible Nor Conspicuous

ML20249A078
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	06/09/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
Shared Package
ML20249A071	List: IR 05000277/1998002 ML20249A070 ML20249A078
References
50-277-98-02, 50-277-98-2, 50-278-98-02, 50-278-98-2, NUDOCS 9806160032
Download: ML20249A078 (2)

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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION PECO Energy Company Docket Nos. 50-277,50-278 .

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Units 2 & 3 . License Nos. DPR-44, DPR-56' l Delta, PA 1

~ During an NRC inspection cor iucted from March 15,1998, through May 4,1998, two I

violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600,these violations are listed below:

A. Technical Specification 5.4.1 requires, in part, that written procedures be established, implemented, and maintained covering the applicable procedures recommended in Regulatory Guide 1.33, Appendix A, November 1972. The procedures listed in Regulatory Guide 1.33, Appendix A, include emergency core j cooling systems. d Contrary to the above, prior to March 22,1998, PECO failed to properly maintain system operation procedure SO 23.1.B-2,"High Pressure Coolant injection (HPCI)

System Manual Operation," resulting in inadequate instructions for the operation of the HPCI vibration monitoring equipment. This procedure did not allow for the

' vibration monitoring equipment warmup time of 30 minutes required to ensure -

equipment r. Mnbility.

This is a Severity Level IV ' violation (Supplement 1).

-B. Technical Specification 5.4.1 requires, in part, that written procedures be established, implemented, and maintained covering the applicable procedures recommended in Regulatory Guide 1.33, Appendix A, November 1972. The procedures listed in Regulatory Guide 1.33, Appendix A irmlude restrictions for activities in radiation and high radiation areas.

PECO Health Physics procedure HP-C-215, " Establishing and Posting Radiologically Controlled Areas," Revision 2, required each Radiation Area to be conspicuously 1 i  ; posted with a sign or signs bearing the radiation symbol and the words, " CAUTION

- RADIATION AREA." :j j

Contrary to the above, on April 24,1998, the NRC identified that the radiation area

! signs at the access to the North Isolation Valve Room (NIVR), a known and

' surveyed radiation area, were not visible nor conspicuous.

l' This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplemont 1).

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1 Enclosure 1 2 Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, PECO Energy Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ,

o .. ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional )

Administrator, Region I, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the facility that is the  !

_ subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notico). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Viola-tion" and shculd include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if

contested, the basis for disputing the violation or severity level, (2) the corrective steps

, that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to j

. avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance'will be achieved. Your 1

. response may reference or include previous oocketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not:

Lreceived within the' time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may

. be issued as to why the license should not be madified, suspended, or revoked, or why 2

such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, l

consideration will be given to extending the response time. '

- 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 will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, 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, thsa please provide j a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected i and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request l withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions of your response j that you seek to have withheld and provido in detail the basis for your claim of withholding i

_ (e.g., explain why the disclosure of inf ormation will create an unwarranted invasion of I 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 necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.  ;

1 Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

- this 9th day of June,1998.

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