IR 05000266/1988008

Discusses Physical Security Insp Repts 50-266/88-08 & 50-301/88-08 & Forwards Notice of Violation.Violations Classified as Severity Level IV Based on Difficulty of Exploitation.Encl Withheld (Ref 10CFR73.21 & 2.790)

ML20151U420
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	04/22/1988
From:	Norelius C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Fay C WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO.
References
EA-88-100, NUDOCS 8805020054
Download: ML20151U420 (3)

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gittmy&WM.40N APR 12 M88 Docket Nos. 50-266; 50-301 License Nos. OPR-24; DPR-27 EA 88-100 Wisconsin Electric Power Company ATTN: Mr. C. W. Fay Vice President Nuclear Power Department 231 West Michigan, Room 308 Milwaukee, WI 53201 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION (NRC INSPECTION REPORTS NO. 50-266/88008(DRSS);

NO. 50-301/88008(DRSS))

This refers to the routine physical security inspection conducted during the period of March 21-31, 1988, of activities at the Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, authorized by NRC Licenses No. DPR-24 and No. DPR-2 On March 3,1988, your staff identified two unsecured vital area openings, ac described in NRC Inspection Reports No. 50-266/88008(DRSS);

No. 50-301/88008(DRSS) sent to you by letter dated April 13, 198 ,

The two violations of your Security Plan described in the enclosed Notice are similar in nature and should have been discovered at an earlier date by thorough vital area boundary surveys. The violations have apparently existed since original construction. When the first violation was identified as a potential vulnerability, it was reported to a member of Security Management who delayed evaluation of the problem for nearly 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />. This delay was based on an erroneous assumption by him that the reported opening was the sa;ne as one that was known to exist and was not a vulnerability. Acceptable site security can only be maintained when reports of vulnerabilities are evaluated and compensated, if necessary, in a timely manner. In your response, please discuss what actions you have taken to ensure that such delays in responding to reported conditions do not recur. Future failures of this type may result in more significant enforcement actio Although these Security Plan violations could be classified at Severity [

Level III in accordance with Supplement III of the "General Statement of ,'M Policy arid Procedure for Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR 2, Appendix C, 3g (Enforcement Policy) (1987), the violations are classified at Severity Level IV in this case based upon the difficulty of exploitatio Nonetheless, the violations demonstrate the need to ensure the integrity of all vital area boundaries. Therefore, we emphasize that any similar violations in the future may result in additional enforcement actio Enclosure contains SAFEGUARDS INFOR"ATION

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Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY C. E. NORCUU$

Charles E. Norelius, Director Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards Enclosure: Notice of Violation (UNCLASSIFIED SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION)

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