ML20207B704

Notice of Violation from Insp on 981103-990118.Violations Noted:Two Different Locked High Radiation Area Doors in Containment Builiding Found Unlocked & Unattended

ML20207B704
Person / Time
Site:	Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	02/26/1999
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
Shared Package
ML20207B668	List: ML20207B664 ML20207B704
References
50-213-98-06, 50-213-98-6, NUDOCS 9903080216
Download: ML20207B704 (2)

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company Docket No. 50-213 Haddam Neck License No. DPR During an NRC inspection conducted on November 3,1998 - January 18,1999, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREC-1600, the violation is listed below:

Technical Specification 6.12.2 requires, in part, that in addition to the requirements of Specification 6.12.1, areas accessible to personnel with radiation levels greater than 1000 mR/hr at 45 cm from the radiation source shall be provided with locked doors to prevent unauthorized entry and doors shall remain locked except during periods of access by personnel under an approved RWP.

Contrary to the above, on two dates (November 5,1998 and November 30, l

1998), two different locked high radiation area doors in the containment building

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were found unlocked and unattended.

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

Pursuan' to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulato.y Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region I 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 or severity level, (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 previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response.

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' If an adequate reply is not received 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 modified, I

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.

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.

Under the authority of Section 182 of the Act,42 U.S.C. 2232, this response shall be submitted 1

under oath or affirmation.

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, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your 9903000216 970226 POR ADOCK 06000213 0

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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 of information will i

create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 l

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.

In accordance with 10 CFR 19.11, you may be required to post this Notice within two working days.

Dat King of Prussia, PA this day of February,1999 i

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