ML20247F967

Ack Receipt of 980423 Ltr Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 70-1113/98-01.Response Meets Requirements of 10CFR2.201

ML20247F967
Person / Time
Site:	07001113
Issue date:	05/05/1998
From:	Mcalpine E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Kipp C GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
References
70-1113-98-01, 70-1113-98-1, NUDOCS 9805200102
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May 5, 1998 General Electric Company ATTN: Mr. C. P. Kipp, General Manager GE Nuclear Energy Production P. O. Box 780 Wilmington, NC 28402

SUBJECT:

NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 70-1113/98-01

Dear Mr. Kipp:

Thank you for your response of April 23, 1998 to our Notice of Violation.

issued on March 26, 19" concerning activities conducted at your General Electric facility. We iave evaluated your response and found that it meets the requirements of 10 CFR 2.201. We will examine the implementation of your corrective actions during future inspections.

We appreciate your cooperation in this matter.

Sincerely.

(original signed by W. B. Gloersen)

Edward J. McAlpine. Chief Fuel Facilities Branch Division of Nuclear Materials Safety cc: Charles Vaughan. Acting Manager Fuels and Facility Licensing General Electric Company P. O. Box 780. Mail Code J26 Wilmington. NC 28402 Mel Fry. Director Division of Radiation Protection N. C. Department of Environmental Health & Natural Resources 3825 Barrett Drive Raleigh. NC 27609-7721 Distribution:

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Subject:

Reply to Notice of Violation

References:

1) NRC License SNM-1097, Docket 70-1113

2) NRC Inspection Report 98-01,3/26/98 GE's Nuclear Energy Production (NEP) facility, in Wilmington, N.C., hereby responds to the Notice of Violation dated March 26,1998. This violation resulted from an NRC team inspection conducted at our licensed fuel fabrication facility by inspectors D. Ayres and D.

Seymour.

Our reply to the item of apparent noncompliance with NRC requirements is provided as an attachment to this letter.

The NRC inspection report comments and suggestions are helpful to us in our constant efforts to improve our programs, to ensure continued health and safety of plant personnel, and to ensure our compliance with NRC regulations and licensed conditions.

Neither your inspection report (referred to above) nor our response contains information which we believe to be proprietary. We also welcome further discussion with your staff on our reply, as you deem appropriate.

Please contact me on (910) 675-5656 if you wish to discuss this matter further.

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U.S. Nucleir Regulatory Commission Docum:nt Control Desk April 23,1998 Attachment I Page 1 of 1 The information given below refers to the Notice of Violation dated March 26,1998, relative to NRC Inspection Report 70-1113/98-01.

Violation (70-1113/96-01-01)

License Condition S-1 of Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM-1097 requires that licensed materials be used in accordance with statements, representations, and conditions of Part i of the application dated June 6,1997, ar.d supplements thereto.

,i Part I, Chapter 3, Section 3.9, of the license application (LA) requires that j

" License material processing or activities wl!I be conducted in accordance with

... operating procedures." Subsection 3.9.2 further describes that Nuclear Safety Release / Requirement (NSR/R) limitations and requirements are incorporated into Operating Procedures.

NSR/Rs document number 04.06.06 dated September 16,1996, required unscanned solvent drums to be storud at a distance of at least 12 feet from other drums and drum arrays.

Contrary to the above, on February 26,1998, three unscanned solvent drums were being stored at distances of four to ten feet from other drum arrays.

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

GE Response to Violation:

GE concurs with the violation.

When the finding was identified by the inspector, it was immediately corrected by moving the drums to obtain the correct spacing.

Our investigation indicated that the nuclear safety requirements for minimum drum spacing of 12 feet were not maintamed as required by the responsible individual.

Discussions with the individual determined that he was familiar with the spacing requirements and failed to follow them. As a result, appropriate disciplinary actions have been taken consistent with Company policy.

The finding was communicated to other affected individuals, and they were reminded of the importance to maintain container spacing requirements.

Subsequent audits and inspections have identified no further problems.

Full compliance has now been achieved.

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