ML20138P760

Notice of Violation from Insp on 851021-25

ML20138P760
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	12/04/1985
From:	Martin T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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Shared Package
ML20138P752	List: IR 05000219/1985033 ML20138P750 ML20138P760
References
50-219-85-33, EA-85-126, NUDOCS 8512260251
Download: ML20138P760 (1)

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1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION GPU Nuclear Corporation Docket No. 50-219 Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station License No. DPR-16 EA 85-126 On October 21-25, 1985, an NRC safety inspection was conducted of the Radiological Control Program. During the inspection, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1985), the violation is set forth below:

10 CFR 71.5(a) states, in part, that each licensee who delivers licensed material to a carrier for transport, shall comply with the applicable DOT regulations appropriate to the mode of transport in 49 CFR Parts 170 through 189.

i. 49 CFR 173.441(b) states, in part, that a shipment may be transported as an exclusive use shipment if the radiation level does not exceed during transportation in an open transport vehicle 10 millirem per bem et any point 2 meters from the vertical planes projected from tb; outer edges of the conveyance.

1 Contrary to the above, on October 13, 1985, shipment OC 1036-85 containing radioactive material classified as low specific activity (LSA) was delivered as an exclusive use shipment to a carrier for transport via an open transport vehicle, and upon arrival at the Quadrex Corporation in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on October 15, 1985, the external radiation level of the shipment at the four survey points 2 meters from the vertical planes projecting from the outer edges of the conveyance were in excess of 10 millirem per hour with the highest measurement recorded as 15 millirem per hour.

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

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, GPU Nuclear Corporation is hereby required to submit to this office within thirty days of the date of the letter which transmitted this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including: (1) the reason for the violation if admitted, (2) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved; (3) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending this response time.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Original S1gneo Wr .

[C homas T. Martin, Director Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this day of December 1985 0FFICIAL RECORD COPY CP PKG OYSTER CREEK .2 - 0004.0.0 8512260251 851:M)4 PDR ADOCK 05000219 G PDR

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