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Forwards IE Insp Rept 50-220/78-20 on 781127-29 & Notice of Violation
ML17053A466
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Site: Nine Mile Point 
Issue date: 01/05/1979
From: Galen Smith
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Schneider R
NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP.
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Docket No. 50-220 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION I

691 PARK AVENUE KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406 JA1I

]gag Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation ATTN:

Mr. R.

R. Schneider Vice President Electric Operations 300 Erie Boulevard Hest Syracuse, New York 13202 Gentlemen:

Subject:

Inspection 50-220/78-20 This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. L. Thonus of this office on November 27-29, 1978, at the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 1, of activities authorized by NRC License No.

DPR-63 and to the discussions of our findings held by Mr. Thonus with Mr. T. Perkins and others of your staff at the conclusion of the inspection, and to a subsequent telephone discussion between Mr. Perkins of your staff and Yir. Thonus on December 6,

1978.

Areas examined during this inspection are described in the Office of Inspection and Enforcement Inspection Report which is enclosed with this letter.

Hithin these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel, measurements made by the inspector, and observations by the inspector.

Based on the results of this inspection, it appears that one of your activities was not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements, as set forth in the Notice of Violation, enclosed herewith as Appendix A.

This item of noncompliance has been categorized into the levels as described in our correspondence to you dated December 31, 1974.

This notice is sent to you pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.201 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice,"

Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations.

Section 2.201 requires you to submit to this office, within twenty (20)

days of your receipt of this notice, a written statement or explanation in reply including:

(1) corrective steps which have been taken by you and the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further -items of noncompliance; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved.

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Item number A, shown in the Notice of Violation enclosed with this letter, is a recurrent or uncorrected item.

In your response please give this matter your particular attention.

In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice,"

Part

', Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosures will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.

If this report contains any information that you (or your contractor)

believe to

'e proprietary, it is necessary that you make a written application within 20 days to this office to withhold such information from. public

'isclosure.

Any such application must be accompanied by an affidavit executed by the owner of the information, which identifies the document or part sought to be withheld, and which contains a statement of reasons which addresses with specificity the items which will be considered by the Commission as listed in subparagraph (b)(4) of Section 2.790.

The information sought to be withheld shall be incorporated as far as possible

'nto a separate part of. the affidavit. If we do not hear from you in

'his regard within the specified period, the report will be placed in

. the Public Document Room.

Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.

SincereIy, C

Ge ge H. Smith, Chief Fu 1 Facility and Materials Safety ranch Enclosures:

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Appendix A, Notice of Violation 2.

Office of Inspection and Enforcement Inspection Report Number 50-220/78-20 cc w/encls:

T.

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Lempges, General Superintendent, Nuclear Generation T. J. Perkins, Station Superintendent C. L. Stuart, Opera'tions Supervisor E.

B. Thomas, Jr.,

Esquire A. Z. Roisman, Natural Resources Defense Council (Hithout Report)

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