IR 07100117/2012018
| ML20198N760 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Byron, 07100117  |
| Issue date: | 01/14/1998 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20198N753 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-454-97-23, 50-455-97-23, NUDOCS 9801210205 | |
| Download: ML20198N760 (2) | |
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Commonwealth Edison Company" Docket Nos,-60-454; 50-455 ?
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License Nos. NFF-37; NPF_-66
' During an NRC inspection completed on December 18,~ 1997, a violation of NRC requirements:
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was identifiedf In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC J
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Inforcement Actions." NUREG-1_600, the violation is listed below:
- Technical Spe Mication 6.11 requires that procedures for personnel radiation protection be
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. prepared consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR 20 and be approved,- maintained and -.
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- adhered to for all operations involving personnel radiation exposure.
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- Radiation Protection Procedure BRP 5000-7, Revision 7, dated June 26,1996, " Unescorted
" Access To And Conduct in Radiologically Posted Areas," implements the requirements of :
Technica' Specification 6.11 and requires in step 3.K that workers not loiter in radiation fields or m
t airbome radioactivity areas.
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- Contrary to the above, on November 23,1997, several workers were loitering in a radiation field
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. on the 426 foot level within Unit 1 containment,' including one worker that was sleeping.
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This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV).
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- For this Violation, the NRC has concluded that information regarding the reason for the violation, the corrective actions taken and planned to correct the violation and prevent-recurrence and the date v. tion full compliance was achieved 4 already adequately addressed on the docket in Inspection Report Nos. 50-454/97023(DRS) and 50-455/97023(DRS).
, However, you are required to submit a written statement of explanation pursuant to 10 CFR
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2.201 l'the description therein does not accurately reflect your corrective actions or your position.; in that case, or if you choose to respond, clearly mark your response as a " Rep!y to a Notice of Violation," and send it to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document
- Control Desk; Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region lil,
' 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).
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_ Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR); to the extent -
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. possible, it should not include any pnrsonal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so
' that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information
- is necessary Nrovide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your -
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response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such informai!on. ' If you request withholding of such material, you mual specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in
1 detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of infcrmation will n
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provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21,
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Dated at Lisle, Illinois ~
1 this 14th day of January 1998
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