ML20211J734

Notice of Violation from Insp on 970902-05.Violation Noted: on 970902,maintenance Worker Preparing to Participate in Reactor Head Detensioning Operations Laid Down in Contaminated Area for Several Minutes

ML20211J734
Person / Time
Site:	Big Rock Point File:Consumers Energy icon.png
Issue date:	10/06/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20211J727	List: IR 05000155/1997011 ML20211J722 ML20211J734
References
50-155-97-11, NUDOCS 9710080278
Download: ML20211J734 (2)

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Consumers Energy Company Docket No. 50-155 Big Rock Point Nuclear Plant License No. DPR-6 As a result of an inspection conducted September 2-5,1997, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG 1600, the violation is listed below:

Technical Specification 6.11 requires, in part, that procedures for personnel radiation protection shall be adnered to for all operations involving personnel radiation exposure.

Step 10 of Attachment 1, " Individual Responsibilities for Proper Radiation Protection," of Administrative Procedure 5.5, " Radiation Work Permit," (Revision 12), instructs workers to not unnecessarily contact contaminated surfaces v,ith their bodies, tools or equipment, and to not disturb such surfaces, which could spread contamination or create airborne radioactivity.

Contrary to the above, on September 2,1997, a maintenance worker preparing to participa'e in reactor head detensioning operations laid down in a contaminated area for several minutes while waiting for other workers to complete a task.

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

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Consumers Energy Company 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 a copy to the Regional Administrator, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region 111, 801 Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois 60532, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the facility which is the subject of this Notice, 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" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be bken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the corcespondence adequately addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a demand for information may be issued e . to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document room (PDR), to ll e 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, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the infonnation that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you muS1 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 or information will 9710080278 971006 i PDR ADOCK 05000155 G PDR

Notice of Violation 2 create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 ,

CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confioential 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.

Dated at Lisle, Illinois this6 th day of October 1997 4

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