ML20148C294

Notice of Violation from Insp on 970421-25.Violation Noted: in Sept 96,licensee Granted Items Unconditional Release & Determined W/Portable Radiation Detection Instrumentation, to Show Activity Primarily Caused by Co-60

ML20148C294
Person / Time
Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	05/09/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20148C290	List: ML20148C285 ML20148C294 ML20148C300
References
50-254-97-07, 50-254-97-7, 50-265-97-07, 50-265-97-7, NUDOCS 9705150304
Download: ML20148C294 (2)

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Commonwealth Edison Company Docket Nos. 50-254; 50-265 Quad Cities Station, Unita 1 and 2 Licenses No. DPR-29; DPR-30 During an NRC inspection completed on April 25,1997, violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG 1600, the violations are listed below:

1. Technical Specification 6.11 requires that procedures for personal radiation

protection shall be prepared consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 20 and shall be approved, maintained and adhered to for all operations involving

{ mraonal radiation exposure. '

i i Quad Cities Administrative Procedure No. 600-01 (Revision 0, dated December 4,

{ 1995), " Control of Materials for Unconditional Release from Radiologically Posted i Areas," Step B.10, requires that items being granted unconditional release shall not

! show activity above background with portable radiation detection instrumentation.

l i Contrary to the above, in September 1996, the licensee, granted items unconditional release that were determined with portable radiation detection

) instrumentation, to show activity primarily caused by cobalt-60, a beta-gamma j omitting radionuclide, ranging from approximately 400 to 500,000 disintegrations

,_ per minute per square centimeter above background, averaged over the surface j wiped.

1 This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplen ent IV).

2. 10 CFR 20.1701 requires that the licensee use, to the extent practical, process or other engineering controls (e.g. containment or ventilation) to control the concentrations of radioactive materialin air.

Contrary to the above, on April 15,1997, the licensee did not use, to the extent practical, process or other engineering controls to control the concentrations of 1 radioactive materials in air while working on a reactor water cleanup system valve.

Specifically, e on one occasion, a ventilation system which was specified and practical for use while work was being performed in a containment device, was not used and I e on one occasion, decontamination work was performed outside of a containment device which was specified and practical for use during this j work. '

The failure to use these engineering controls resulted in the failure to control the concentrations of radioactive materialin air.

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

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l Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CTR 2.201, Commonwealth Edison is hereby required to  !

submit a written statement of explanation to the U.S. NucJonr Regulatory Commission, j ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington D.C. 20555 v. ih a copy to the Regional

- Administrator, Region lil, and a copy to the NRC Resident in;pector at the facility that is  !

l the subject of this Notice of Violation (Notice), within 30 days of the date of the letter  ;

transmitting this 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 i 3

contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been i

j. taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further  ;

i violation, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may  ;

reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately i addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time l specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may be issued as to why the i 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 j extending the response time. l i

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 l request for withholding the information from the public. ,

i Dated at Lisle, Illinois,  ;

this May 9th day of May 1997  ;

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