ML16154A816
| ML16154A816 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 07/27/1995 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML16154A815 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-269-95-15, 50-270-95-15, 50-287-95-15, NUDOCS 9508020015 | |
| Download: ML16154A816 (3) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Duke Power Company Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, 50-287 Oconee Nuclear Plant License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, DPR-55 During an NRC inspection conducted at Oconee on June 26-29, 1995, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," (60 FR 34381; June 30, 1995), the violation is listed below:
Technical Specification (TS) 6.4.1 states that the station shall be operated and maintained in accordance with approved procedures. Written procedures with appropriate check-off lists and instructions shall be provided, including personnel radiation protection procedures.
Oconee Nuclear Site Directive 1.1.2, "Radioactive Material Control,"
dated August 29, 1994, delineates the following requirements:
Step 3.1.1 - Personnel Frisking Requirements Frisk yourself as required below or as otherwise directed by Radiation Protection (RP).
a)
Perform a minimum of a hand and foot frisk upon exit of a clean (not contaminated) radiation control zone (RCZ) located outside the radiation control drea (RCA).
b)
Perform a whole body frisk upon exit of a contaminated area.
c)
Perform a whole body frisk upon exit of the RCA/RCA Buffer Zone(s) to clean areas.
d)
Perform a minimum of a hand and foot frisk when entering the RCA Buffer Zone from the RCA prior to changing elevations.
If you are exiting the RCA and passing through the RCA Buffer Zone to the Turbine Building (all on same elevation),
you may go directly to the whole body monitor at the RCA Buffer Zone/Turbine Building boundary and perform a whole body frisk prior to exiting the Turbine Building.
Step 3.1.2 - Equipment/Item Frisking Requirements Frisk/Monitor equipment items for radioactivity as follows:
a)
Frisk your dosimetry, hard hats and safety glasses upon exiting a contaminated area or RCA by wearing them while performing a whole body frisk in the PCM-1B whole body 9508020015 950727 PDR ADOCK 05000269 a
monitor or by frisking them with a hand held frisker as any other hand held item(s).
RP is required to monitor and release all other items that have been in contaminated area(s).
b)
Frisk hand held items, clean carts and equipment, food and tobacco products that have been in an RCZ or the RCA but have not been in a contaminated area by using the same techniques and limits required for personnel frisking.
c)
Hand held items carried through the RCA Buffer Zone(s) do not require frisking if positive control is maintained of the items to ensure that they do not have the potential to be contaminated.
d)
Clean carts, etc., that are rolled through the RCA Buffer Zone(s) shall have their wheels and handles frisked prior to exiting the RCA Buffer Zone to clean areas.
e)
Food, drinks, tobacco products, chewing gum, etc., may be hand caried through the RCA Buffer Zone and RCA provided they are in a closed container and frisked as required for any other hand held item.
Contrary to the above requirements, during the period of June 13-26, 1995, the licensee identified:
(1) approximately six instances in which an individual failed to employ proper personnel frisking requirements as noted in Step 3.1.1 above, and (2) approximately 158 instances in which personnel failed to employ proper frisking requirements as noted above in Step 3.1.2 for hand held items such as hard hats, lunch boxes, coolers, notebooks/papers, etc. In all instances, after each occurrence was noted by RP personnel, RP personnel directed the individuals or items to be properly frisked.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Duke Power 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, Region II and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility that 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 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. 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, 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 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. However, if you find it necessary to include such information, you should clearly indicate the specific information that you desire not to be placed in the PDR, and provide the legal basis to support your request for withholding the information from the public.
Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this tlday of July 1995