ML20135F553
| ML20135F553 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 12/09/1996 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML20135F544 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-309-96-12, NUDOCS 9612130122 | |
| Download: ML20135F553 (2) | |
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Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company Brunswick, Maine 04011 I
During an NRC inspection conducted between September 15 and October 26,1996, violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the " General Statement ;
of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," (60 FR 34381; June 30,1995), the '
violations are listed below- '
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A. Technical Specification 5.8.a.3, states in part that, Monitoring, Sampling and i
Analysis of radioactive gaseous effluent is in accordance with 10 CFR 20.106 and l with the methodology and parameters in the Off-Site Dose Calculation Manual.
The ODCM requires process system operability. l l
Contrary to the above, on October 4,1996, Maine Yankee personnel disabled the Primary Vent Stack Air Particulate and Gas Monitoring system making it inoperable )
for a period of approximately one hour due to a deficient procedure and/or operator error when the normal primary vent stack sampling system was returned to service without the iodine and particulate filter cartridges installed thereby rendering the !
system inoperable.
This is a Severity Level IV Vio!ation (Supplement 1).
B. The NRC approved Maine Yankee Security Plan and 10 CFR 73.21.d(2) require in l part, that while unattended, Safeguards Infonnation shall be stored in a locked l
security storage container.
i Contrary to the above, on October 17,1996, Safeguards Information' was left unattended for approximately two hours on a desk in the security office inside the protected area.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement Ill). <
l Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Maine Yankee is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 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 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 contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been 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 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.
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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 (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include 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 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 i 73.21.
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I Dated at this 9th day of December 1996
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