ML20137B619
| ML20137B619 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 03/13/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20137B593 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-309-96-14, NUDOCS 9703240012 | |
| Download: ML20137B619 (2) | |
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f NOTICE OF VIOLATION Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company Brunswick, Maine 04011 l
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During an NRC inspection conducted between December 8,1996 and January 25,1997, l
violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the " General Statement i
of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," (60 FR 34381; June 30,1995), the l
violations are listed below:
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Technical specification 3.13, Refueling and Fuel Consolidation Operations, requires in i
Part, "A. Prior to each refueling a complete checkcut shall be conducted on fuel handling cranes that will be used to handle irradiated fuel assemblies." Operations j
procedure 13-2, Fuel Handling in the Spent Fuel Pool, performs an operational check l
l of the ability of the crane to raise and lower as a prerequisite to fuel movement.
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Contrary to the above, on four occasions from January 7, through January 13,1997, j
problems were identified that invalidated this checkout. In each of these problems, j
the cause of the crane failure was not determined and the operability of the crane was not evaluated prior to the movement of irradiated fuel.
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I This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement 1).
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Technical specification 5.11.1, requires in part that procedures for personnel radiation protection shall be implemented. Procedure 9-5-100, Contamination l
Control / Decontamination Program, Section 7.5.1, allows personnel to reach into l
contaminated areas for certain purposes and requires that personnel shall remove protective clothing prior to exiting contaminated areas.
Contrary to the above, on January 23,1997, a radiation worker failed to remove j
protective clothing from his hand prior to exiting the contaminated area around the high pressure safety injection pump, P-14A.
4 This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement IV).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 1
Commission, ATTN: Document Control Deck, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region I, 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 j
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 4
j contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been j
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
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2 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 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.
Under the authority of Section 182 of the Act,42 U.S.C. 2232, this response shall be submitted under oath of affirmation.
Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDRI, to the extent possible, it should not includa any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or propriety information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to be withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding i
confidential commercial or financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.
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