ML20248L435

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980209-18.Violation Noted: Licensee Failed to Advise Appropriate Mgt of NRC Concerns Re Abnormal Conditions Noted in Facility Problem Repts

ML20248L435
Person / Time
Site:	Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Issue date:	06/05/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:
Shared Package
ML20248L431	List: ML20248L429 ML20248L435 ML20248L437
References
70-7002-98-204, NUDOCS 9806110157
Download: ML20248L435 (2)

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y NOTICE OF VIOLATION Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Docket No. 70-7002 Piketon, Ohio Certificate No. GDP-2 During an NRC inspection conducted February 9 - 18,1998, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:

Certificate of Compliance, Condition 9, requires, in part, that "The United States Enrichment Corporation shah conduct its operations in accordance with the Technical Safety Requirements that are contained in Volume 4. . of the Application .

Technical Safety Requirement (TSR) 3.11, requires, in part, that "a Criticality Safety Program shall be established, implemented, and maintained as described in the Safety Analysis Report and shall address . . nuclear criticality safety responsibilities."

Safety Analysis Report (SAR), Section 5.2.2.2, states, in part, that " NCS engineers are responsible for . . advising appropriate management of any NCS concerns . "

Contrary to the above, as of February 18,1998, NCS engineers did not advise appropriate management of NCS concerns, in that they did not recognize that abnormal conditions described in facility problem reports constituted the loss of approved NCS control barriers and as such did not advise appropriate management of the NCS problem.

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

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, USEC is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with copies to the Regional Administrator, Region Ill, and Chief, Fuel Cycle Operations Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, NMSS, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" ar d shouki include: (1) the reason for the vietation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violetion, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may reference or include previously docketed correspondence if the correspondence adec;uately addressed the required response. If an adequate reply is not received wthin the l time specified in this Notice, an order or Demand for informatiori may be issued as to why the Certificate should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other actions a., may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

Because your re',ponse will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible,. it shot i not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be ph ced in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information Enclosure 1 i 9006110157 900.05 PDR ADOCK 0700 0 2 C

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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 l response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld, and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure ofinformation 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. Ifsafeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 5th day ofJune 1998 l

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