ML20236S995

Notice of Violation from Insp on 871102-06.Violation Noted: Failure to Perform Adequate Release Surveys of Bags of Noncontaminated Trash Filled Inside Radiation Control Zone

ML20236S995
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	11/19/1987
From:	Dan Collins NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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Shared Package
ML20236S945	List: IR 05000424/1987061 ML20236S944 ML20236S995
References
50-424-87-61, NUDOCS 8711300225
Download: ML20236S995 (2)

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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Georgia Power Company Docket No. 50-424 Yogtle Electric Generating Plant License No. NPF-68 During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted on November 2-6, 1987, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. The violation involved failure to perform adequate release surveys. In accordance with the

" General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"

10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1986), the violation is listed below:

10 CFR 20.301 forbids a licensee to dispose of licensed material as waste except (1) by transfer to an authorized recipient or disposal facility as provided in the applicable parts of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, (2) by release into sanitary sewerage systems in accordance ,

with 10 CFR 20.203, (3) for specified quantities of hydrogen-3 or '

carbon-14 in accordance with 10 CFR 20.306, and (4) as effluents to the

" unrestricted area in accordance with 10 CFR 20.106.

10 CFR 20.201(b) states that each licensee shall make or cause to be made '

such surveys as (1) may be necessary for the licensee to comply with the regulations in this part, and (?) are reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate the extent of radiation hazards that may be present.

Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to perform adequate release surveys of bags of "non-contaminated" trash filled inside the Radiation l Control Zone in that the survey method used did not ensure that the bags  !

of trash were free of radioactivity prior to release.

o 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 l transmitting this Notice a written statement or explanation in reply including:

(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 i

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Georgia Power Company Docket No. 50-424 Vogtle Elertric Generating Plant 2 -License No. NPF-68 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 COMISSION a s 84 uglas 11. Collins, Chief Emergency Preparedness and Radiological Protection Branch Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards tlanta.. Georgia Datedat/ayofNovember1987 thisgTd f o

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