BVY-90-086, Responds to NRC Re Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-271/90-06.Corrective Actions:Incident Rept Initiated & All Required Locking Devices in Place by 900706

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Responds to NRC Re Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-271/90-06.Corrective Actions:Incident Rept Initiated & All Required Locking Devices in Place by 900706
ML20056B524
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Site: Vermont Yankee Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 08/24/1990
From: Murphy W
VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP.
To:
NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
BVY-90-086, BVY-90-86, NUDOCS 9008290165
Download: ML20056B524 (2)


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  • ($08) 7794711 August 24, 1990 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Attention: Document Control Desk References a) License No. OPR-28 (Docket No. 50-271) b) Letter, USNRC to VYNPC, Inspection Report 50-271/90-06, dated 7/25/90 Dear Sira

Subject:

Response to Inspection Report 50-271/90-06, Notice of Violation During a routine unannounced raciological controls inspection conducted on Junc 18-22, 1990, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. Our response to this violation is provided below.

VIOLATION Technical Specification 6.5.B states that " Radiation control standards and procedures shall be prepared, approved and maintained and made available to all station personnel. These procedures shall show permissible radiation exposure, and shall be consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 20. This radiation protection program shall be organized to meet the requirements of 10 CFR Part 20."

A.- Radiation procedure, OP 0545, " Fuel Pool Storage Requirements", requires, in part, in Section 2.b that " Items greater than 500 R/hr, but less than 100,000 R/hr shall be stored on the fuel pool floor, or suspended from the side of the pool and fastened with a rigid locking mechanism designed to prevent inadvertent removal of the material."

Contrary to the above, on June 19, 1990 the inspector noted several items

' suspended from the side of the spent fuel pool which were not fastened with a rigid locking mechanism designed to prevent inadvertent removal of the material. Survey tags on these items indicated exposure rates of up to 20,000 R/hr.

B. Radiation protection procedure AP 0529, " Health Physics Incident Reports",

requires, in part, in Section 1.0 that whenever an individual observes or becomes cognizant of events or conditions such as noncompliance with radiation protection procedures or requirements, the individual shall ini-tinte a Plant Information Report.

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Contary to the above, from February 20, 1990 until June 21, 1990 several personnel in the radiation protection department were aware that several items were stored in the spent fuel pool without a rigid locking device.

These individuals were aware that this was not in accordance with the requirements of radiation protecton procedure 0545, yet a Plant Information ,

Report had not been initiated.

These two examples in the aggregate constitute e Severity Level IV Violation. (Supplement IV)

, RESPONSE e

Immediately after the deficiency was identified a Radiation Protection Incident Report, 90-09, was initiated /dispositioned and the appropriate locking "

devices were procured. All required locking devices were in place by July 6, 1990. These initiatives put Vermont Yankee in full compliance with existing procedures. ,

This situation existed because Vermont Yankee had implemented a procedure revision to strengthen the controls for storing materials in the Spent Fuel Pool. Previous $rocedures had limited administrative controls to prevent inad-vertent removal of a potentially high level source. In an effort to achieve better control of the storage of items in the pool, the Radiation Protection Department revised the storage procedure, DP 0545. Regrettably, this procedure revision was issued without ensuring that all revised requirements would be met upon issuance of the procedure. While implementing housekeeping items in the

  • pool, it was found that the locking devices were not installed. The responsible l

supervisor inappropriately concluded that due to the long history of storing the i

( items without a locking device, an incident report was not required. All appropriate personnel are now fully aware of the need to generate an incident report even if the situation involves a pre-existing cor ' tion. We believe this to be an isolated instance since our normal practice is to assure changes are made prior to implementing a procedure revision, i We trust that this information is responsive to your requests however, I. should you have additional questions or desire additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Very truly yours, l

VERM0 T YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION 7 W Warren P. M phy 0

Senior Vice Presiden rations

/dm cc: USNRC Regionril Administrator, Region I USNRC Resident Inspector, VYNPS l USNRC Project Manage *, VYNPS

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