NOTICE OF VIOLATION

Energy Northwest - Docket No. 50-397
Columbia Generating Station License No. 


During an NRC inspection conducted from December 12, 2016, to February 24, 2017, a
violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy,
the violation is listed below:

10 CFR 71.5(a) requires, in part, that each licensee who transports licensed material
outside the site of usage, as specified in the NRC license, or where transport is on public
highways, shail comply with the applicabte requirements of the Department of
Transportation regulations in 49 CFR Parts 171 through 180.

49 CFR requires, in part, that low specific activity materiai must be
transported in accordance with the condition that the external dose rate may not exceed
an external radiation level of 10 mSv/hr (1 rem/hr) at 3 meters (10 feet) from the
unshielded material.

Contrary to the above, on November 9, 2016, the licensee failed to transport low specific
activity material in accordance with the condition that the external dose rate may not
exceed an external radiation levei of 10 mSv/hr (1 rem/hr) at 3 meters (10 feet) from the
unshielded material. Specificaliy, the licensee transported a package as low specific
activity material with an external radiation level of 2.1 rem/hr at a distance of 3 meters
from the unshieided material.

This violation is associated with a White Significance Determination Process finding.

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Energy Northwest is hereby required to submit a
written statement or explanation to the US. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document
Control Desk, Washington, DC 205550001, with a copy to the Regional Administrator,

Region IV, 1600 E. Lamar Blvd, Arlington, TX 76011, 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 Viotation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a ?Reply to
a Notice of Vioiation; and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the
violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the vioiation or severity levei, (2) the corrective
steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken,
and (4) the date when fuil 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 the 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 extending the response time.

If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response, with

the basis for your deniai, to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuciear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555?0001.

Enclosure

Because your response will be made available electronicalty for public inspection in the NRC
Public Document Room or from the document system (ADAMS), accessible from the
NRC Web site at to the extent possible, it shoutd not
inctude any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be made
available to the public without redaction. lf personal privacy or proprietary 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 ms;
specificatly identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withhetd and provide in
detail the bases for your claim of withholding explain why the disclosure of information will
create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by

10 CFR 2.390(b) to support a request for withholding confidentiat commerciai or financial
information). it safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please
provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

In accordance with 10 CFR 19.11, you may be required to post this Notice within two working
days of receipt.

Dated this 6th day of July 2017

M. Reddemann 5

COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION FINAL SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION OF A WHITE
FINDING, NOTICE OF VIOLATION, ASSESSMENT LETTER, AND NRC
INSPECTION REPORT 05000397/2017009 JULY 6, 2017

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