ML24032A039
| ML24032A039 | |
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| Issue date: | 02/01/2024 |
| From: | Katherine Warner NRC Region 1 |
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| Download: ML24032A039 (6) | |
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1 Reactor Decommissioning Violations and Inspection Insights Katherine Warner, CHP Senior Health Physicist NRC Region I 2024 NEI Decommissioning Conference Regulatory Topics Panel February 1, 2024
2 Decommissioning Inspection Violations Summary
- 23 Severity Level IV Non-Cited Violations (NCVs)
- Number by subject area:
- 8 Fire protection, includes SL IV NOV
- 7 Radiation Protection
- 5 Part 37
- 3 Transportation, includes SL III NOV
- 1 50.59
- 1 REMP/RETS
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4 Inspection Insights
- Fire Protection
- Transient Combustible Controls
- Workers focused on getting work done rather than cleaning up work areas
- New to Nuclear workers
- Radiation Protection
- Various issues across the RP spectrum, but commonality is RP fundamentals
- Part 37
- Higher risk during transition to ISFSI-only Part 73 stance
- Transportation
- Notably includes the only recent escalated enforcement action (Severity Level III NOV) in decommissioning (excludes ISFSI)
- Heightened OSHA-related incidents
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- Information Notice 2023-04 on OE Related to Fire Events at Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants in the US
- Purpose was to inform addressees of fire events in radiologically controlled areas, including posted radiologically contaminated areas, or instances of failure to control combustible material and/or perform adequate fire watches at decommissioning power reactor sites
- Includes descriptions and ML numbers for recent NRC violations
- The significance of these events is the potential for the release of radionuclides, in and outside of controlled areas of the site and potentially to publicly accessible areas, occupational radiation exposure, and the impact on industrial safety.
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