IR 05000369/1989038
| ML20005E660 | |
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| Site: | McGuire, Mcguire  |
| Issue date: | 12/12/1989 |
| From: | Gooden A, Rankin W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20005E657 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-369-89-38, 50-370-89-38, NUDOCS 9001100060 | |
| Download: ML20005E660 (11) | |
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L Report Nos.: 50-369/89-38 and 50-370/89-38 Licenne: Duke Power Cornpany 422 South Church Street Charlotte, NC 28242 Docket Nos.: 50-369 and 50-370 License Nos.:
NPF-9 and NPF-17 Facility Nane: McGuire 1 and 2 Inspection Conducted:
ovember 13-17, 1989 Inspector:
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/;Z -/ 2-f 7 W. Rankih, Chief Date Signed Emergency Preparedness Section Emergency Preparedness and Radiological Protection Branch Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards SUMMARY Scope:
This routine, unannounced inspection was conducted in the ares of emergency preparedness.
Several aspects of the emergency preparedness program were reviewed to. determine if the program was being maintained in a state of operational readiness for responding to emergencies. Areas examined included a review of training, audit reports.
hanges to the emergency preparedness program, distribution of changes to tne Emergency Plan and Response Procedures.
l corrective action tracking system, and the maintenance of key onsite facilities and selected emergency kits.
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Results:
Within the areas inspected, two violations were identified:
(1) failure to i
notify the State / local governnent officials within 15 minutes following the-
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declaration of an event (Paragraph 7); and (2)
a repeat violation for failure
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to conduct a quarterly operability test of emergency equipment in accordance with Procedure PT/0/A/4600/79 (Paragraph 3).
Program strengths were noted as follows:
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i Very detailed documentation of test and maintenance results for the Alert
Notification System (ANS), and planned upgrades to the ANS network; 7001100060 891226 PDR ADOCK 05000369
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Auditing and computerized tracking system for emergency kits maintained by
Radiation Protection; and Continued comitment to provide emergency response training to offsite
support groups.
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The inspection indicated that the licensee had taken appropriate action to
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increase the reliability of the ANS while reducing the number of spurious The licensee appears to maintain an effective program with good activations.
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REPORT DETAILS
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Persons Contacted
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Licensee Employees
- N. Atherton, Production Support Specialist i
- G. Gilbert, Superintendent Technical Services
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H. Harris, Shift Supervisor
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- R. Hasty, Production Support Specialist
- J. Jenkins Operations Coordinator W. Johnson, Shift Support Technician L
.R. Leonard. Station Emergency Planner T. Lewis, Shift Support Technician
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- T. McConnell. Station Manager
- B. Reeside. Shift Operations Manager
- A. Sharpet Compliance Manager
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- A. Sipe. Chairman, Safety Review Group R..Tracey. Shift Supervisor K
Other licensee employees contacted during this inspection included engineers, operators, security force members, technicians, and administrative personnel.
NRC Resident Inspector
- T. Cooper j
- Attended exit interview 2.
Emergency Plan and Implementing Procedures (82701)
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Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(16) 10 CFR 50.54(q). and Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50, this area was reviewed to determine whether changes were made to the program since the last routine inspection (December 1988), and to i
. assess the impact of these changes on the overall state of emergency preparedness at the facility.
Since the last inspection Revisions 26 (dated July 1989), 27 (dated
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September 1989), and 28 (dated October 1989) were made to the McGuire
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Emergency Plan. The Regional Office Staff were reviewing these changes to J
determine if changes were consistent with NRC requirements. The inspector noted that major changes to the emergency action levels (EALs) and classification scheme were incorporated into Revision 28.
Discussions with rembers of the licensee's staff regarding the EAL changes and procedure rewrites disclosed that the revisions resulted from an EAL Task Force Study on classification procedures.
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The revisions were intended to:
Increase the scope of EALs under specific initiating conditions and
improve the wording of specific EALs to remove ambiguities; Make EAls more user friendly;
Achieve consistency in EALs between McGuire Oconee, and Catawba
Stations.
The inspector discussed with a licensee representative the program for making changes.to the Emergency Plan and Emergency Plan Implementing Procedure (RPs). Documentation was reviewed to verify that changes to the Emergency Plan and randomly selected RPs had been done in accordance with procedural requirements caverning the review and approval. All changes to
' the Emergency Plan ' and pcocedures were approved by the Station Manager and/or designated approving authorities, and changes were submitted to the
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NRC within 30 days of the approval date.
An audit of select controlled j
copies shown on the distribution list found in Appendix 6 of the Plan indicated that changes were distributed in a timely manner. The inspector
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reviewed controlled copies of the Emergency Plan and RPs in the Control Room, Technical Support Center (TSC), Master File, Shift Supervisor's Office, and the NRC Resident's Office.
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Appendix 5 of the McGuire Emergency Plan required that Letters of In Agreement be updated as necessary and at least every three years.
accordance with Appendix 5, all Agreement Letters were updated during the Calendar Year 1989.
No violations or deviations were identified.
Emergency Facilities, Equipment. Instrumentation, and Supplies (82701)
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Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(8) and (9),Section IV.E of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50, and Section 7.0 of the licensee's Emergency Plan, this area was inspected to determine whether the licensee's emergency response fecilities and other essential emergency equipment, instrumentation, and suppites were maintained in a state of operational readiness.
Discussions were held with a licensee representative concerning modifications to facilities, equipment, and instrumentation since the last inspection.
The inspector toured the Control Room, TSC, and Operation l
Support Center (OSC).
During the tour, the licensee representative pointed out the following facility enhancements:
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Control Room - the availability of facsimile equipment for
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transmission of notification messages as well as plant parameter data.
TSC - A computerized data link was aveilable for transmitting data to
the Crisis Management Center (CMC).
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-In assessing the operational status of the energency facilities, the
inspector verified that protective equipment, and supplies were operational and inventoried on a periodic basis.
Emergency kits and/or
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cabinets from the Control Room TSC, OSC, and Technical Services Building (Environmental Monitoring Team survey kits) were inventoried, and randomly selected equipment was checked for operability.
The selected equipment operated properly, displayed current calibretion stickers, and successful battery and source checks were obtained.
By review of applicable procedures and check-list documentation covering the period of
January 1989 to November 1989, the inspector determined that with one exception, emergency equipment were being checked in accordance with procedures governing such tests (PT/0/A/4600/79 and PT/0/A/4600/11). The one exception involved a cuarterly test of the emergency boat. According to Enclosure 13.1 of procedure PT/0/A/4600/79, on a quarterly basis (weather permitting), an operability test will be conducted to include a run time of one hour for the emergency boat and, additionally, operators
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shall verify radio communication capability with the McGuire Control Room.
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Based on discussions with licensee personnel and a review of the completed check-list documentation (covering January to November 1989), during the calendar year 1989 only one operability test was conducted, September 1989.
During September, the operability test was performed in accordance with PT/0/A/4600/79.
A previous unannounced inspection at McGuire (December 1988 Report Nos. 50-369,370/88-34)
resulted in the identification of a Non-Cited Violation (NCV) for failure to document the TSC supply locker inventory in accordance with procedure PT/0/A/4600/19.
Consequently, failure to conduct an operability test on the emergency boat-in accordance with procedural requirements it a repeat violation for failure ' to follow procedure PT/0/A/4600/79.
The licensee was informed that failure to conduct the periodic test in accordance with procedure is a violation.
A member of the licensee staff acknowledged the findino as stated, and indicated that the omission of the periodic test from the surveillance tracking system may have resulted in this finding.
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Violation (50-369, 370/83-38-01):
Failure to conduct a periodic test in accordance with procedure PT/0/A/4600/79.
The licensee's management control system for the Alert and Notification System (ANS) was reviewed.
The current system consists of 53 fixed sirens, and tone-alert radios had been distributed to various institutions (schools, convalescent homes, and businesses with 50 or more employees)
located within the plume exposure EPZ.
Regarding the tone-alert radios, in view of the commercial and residential growth within the 10 mile plume EPZ, the inspector discussed with a member of the licensee staff if periodic maintenance and accountability had been performed on the tone-alert radios to determine the following:
(1) total number of radios issued that are operational, (2) total number of replacement radios needed, and (3) need for additional distribution due to the areas growth.
According to a licensee contact, actions had been initiated, but were not complete at this time.
The county governments within the plume EPZ were providing input to the Emergency Planning staff regarding industrial
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building permits; and funds had been allocated for conducting a population
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census for updating the evacuation time estimates around McGuire Station.
Subsequently, data from the county governments combined with the census i
study will provide the data base for verifying current distribution and
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determining if upgrades are necessary to the current tone-alert radio The inspector informed the licensee that this item would be distribution.
trackedasanInspectorfollow-upItem(IFI).
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IF1 (50-369,370/89-38-02):
Complete the updates to the tone-alert radios distribution list.
The Mecklenburg county portion of the ANS had been upgraded with a This system appeared to have
computerized, control and feedback system.
reduced the number of spurious siren activations, while providing a quick
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assurance of test results, and simplification of the siren activation A licensee representative indicated that Duke Power plan to procedure.
- upgrade the entire ANS with the computerized, control and feedback system The siren test records for the period January 1989 to by early 1990.
October 1989, showed that tests were being conducted at the frequency Documentation was available to show that annual specified by procedure.
siren maintenance was performed durino the period May 1989 to August 1989 in accordance with the Distribution Policy and Engineering Standards Further, documentation was available to show that all corrective Manual.
to failed sirens were prompt and well actions taken in response documented.
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On violation was identified.
Orgenization and Management Control (62701)
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Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(1) and (16),Section IV.A of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50, and Section 5.0 of the licensee's Emergency Plan, this area was inspected to determine the effects of any changes in the licensee's emergency organization and/or management control systems on the emergency preparedness program, and to verify that any such changes were properly factored into the Emergency Plan and RPs.
The inspector's discussion with a licensee representative disclosed two personnel changes involving the emergency organization since the December 1988 inspection.
At the plant, the position Superintendent of Technical Services had been reassigned. The primary for this position was also designated as an alternate to the Station Manager as the Emergency When training records were reviewed for such individual, no Coordinator.
At the Corporate Office, the Recovery Manager problems were noted.
position was reassigned to an individual who was previously designated as Other administrative changes were made to an alternate for the position.
the plant normal and emergency organization but had no impact on the One administrative change since the last emergency preparedness program.
inspection involved the assignment of a Production Specialist to assist the Station Emergency Planner; this change is viewed as a positive impact on the emergency preparedness program and evidence of the licensee's As a result of the commitment to the emergency preparedness program.
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Steam. Generator-incident (March 1989), two ch6nges from an organization
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and managenent control standpoint were made:
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The notification ca*A out tree (Enclosure 1 of Station Directive
' 3.8.2) was revised'to include early notification to compliance and According to licensee contact.
corporate comunications personnel.
this provides early comunications capability for media inquires and L
assurance - that-NRC requirements (notification.
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Specifications, etc.) are satisfied.
Three additional communicators were added to the TSC organization for
comunicating with the State / local' agencies.-
In addition, the Emergency Notification System (ENS) comunicator's position was reassigned from compliance personnel to the off-duty Shift Manager (licensed operator).
Regarding changes to the offsite emergency organization, the inspector was informed that a change was made to the offsite support group providing ambulance and/or rescue service.
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The inspector reviewed the Letter of Agreement and verified training.
An agreement letter was executed on May 12, 1989, and training was conducted during the period March 28-30, 1989.
No problems were noted. There were no other channe' *n the organization and staffing of the offsite support agencies.
No violations or deviations were ntified.
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Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(2).
J5),Section IV.F of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50, and Section 0 of the Energency Plan, this area was inspected to determine whether the licensee's key emergency response
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responsibilities.
The inspector reviewed Section 0 of the Emergency Plan and Station Directive 2.5.1 for a descriptien of the training program and training In addition, selected lesson plans or instructor guides were procedures.
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tracking the emergency response training were interviewed.
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detemined that the licensee maintains a formal emergency training L
program.
The inspector conducted walk-through evaluations with selected key members The individuals were given various of the emergency organization.
hypothetical sets of emergency conditions and data and asked to respond as if an emergency actually existed.
Interviewees demonstrated familiarity l-and various l<
with the emergency classification procedure (RP/0/A/5700/00)
other RPs which implement the Station's Emergency Plan.
No problems were l-and observed in the areas of emergency detection, classification, In addition, an interview was protective action recommendations.
conducted with two individuals designated as Offsite Communicator for the Control Room.
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The interviewees demonstrated familiarity with their role and When information recarding a postulated responsibility as a Communicator.
accident was provided, the interviewees response for completion and
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approval of the Emergency Notification form was prompt and appropriate.
Training records were reviewed for several members of the onsite energency Training records were chosen based on the personnel organization.
assignments to the Station Emergency) Organization described in Statio
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Directive 3.8.2 (Enclosures 1 and 2 Section S.3 of the Radiation When Protection Manual, and the current operations shift schedule.
g personnel training records were compared with position assignnents, noO
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problems were noted. fire, ambulance, rescue, hospital, and local law enforcement a
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Training was conducted in accordance with commitments in the Emergency Plan and/or Agreement Letters.
No violations or deviations were identified.
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Independent Review / Audits (82701)
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(14) and 10CFR50.54(t), this area was inspected to determ1ne whether the licensee had performed an independent
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review or audit of the emercency preparedness program and whether the licensee had a corrective action systeL1 for deficiencies and weaknesses identified during exercise and drills.
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Records showed that the most recent audit of the program was conducted 11, 1988 through January 6, 1989.
This during the period of November audit was conducted by the Audit Division of the licensee's Quality
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Assurance Department and documented in Audit Report No. NP-88-20(CM).
The referenced audit was previously reviewed by the NRC and discussed in Inspection Report Nos. 50-369,370/88-34.
The inspector was informed that a
a more recent audit would be initiated on November 27, 1989, documented in Audit Report No. NP-89-33(CM), and would include an audit of the annual This audit would satisfy the 12-month emergency preparedness exercise.
frequency requirement for such audits as required by 10 CFR 50.54(t) and Section P.9 of the Crisis Management Plan (CMP).
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The licensee's program for followup action on audit, drill, and exercise Section N of the CMP requires a critique be held findings were reviewed.
During the critique, verbal evaluations (from following each exercise.
licensee. NRC, or other observers) and written evaluations are compiled Items into a " Critique Action Item List" by the System Emergency Planner.
are assioned to various individuals for lead responsibility in resolving
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A review of documentation entitled " Crisis Management action Items items.
Status Summary" dated November 10. 1989, disclosed 23 items were identified from the calendar year 1988 exercise and all 23 items had been
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Event-Followup (92700)
The inspector reviewed completed procedure packages which resulted from emergency declarations that had occurred since December 1988.
All declarations were at the Notification of Unusual Event (NOVE) level, except for.one which was classified as an Alert due to a steam generator
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tube rupture.
Details of the steam generator tube event were documented in NRC Inspection Report Nos. 50-309, 370/89-10.
The inspector's review
of documentation. for four events classified at the NOUE level disclosed the following:
On August 24, 1989, both trains of annulus ventilation became
o inoperable due to non-conservative setpoint values for the system.
Actions were.taken by the licensee in accordance with Technical Specification requirements and resulted in the NOUE declaration at 5:20 p.m. on August 24, 1989.
However. State / local notifications were not made unti1~ 30. minutes later (5:50 p.m.).
Procedure RP/0/A/5700/01, Section 2.1.2.,
requires that State and county notification be made within 15 minutes of declaration of the emergency.
On September 1,1989, a hydrazine drum ruptured during transport and
resulted in a spill of approximately 20 gallons. Actions were taken by the licensee to contain the spill, and as a precautiorary measure personnel were evacuated from the immediate area of the spill.
In accordance with the Emergency Plan and classification procedure, a NOUE was declared at 1:40 p.m. and offsite State / local agencies notified. The exact time of notification to the State / local agencies could not be determined in that personnel making the offsite
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notifications failed to complete all sections of the Notification form in accordance with Section 2.0 of Procedure RP/0/A/5700/01. The agency contact names were recorded, but no date, or time when the agency was notified was indicated.
According to RP/0/A/5700/01 (Notification of Unusual Event, dated April 6, 1989), Sections 2.1.1 and 2.1.2:
-(1) complete emergency notification form, record receivers name and time of initial contact on back of form; and (2) the State-and county notification must be made within 15 minutes of declaration of the emergency.
The licensee was informed that in view of the examples given for f ailures on the part of control room personnel to complete notifications to State / local agencies in accordance with procedural requirements found in RP/0/A/5700/01, a violation is identified.
Violation (50-369,370/89-38-03):
Failure to follow RP/0/A/5700/01 (Notification of Unusual Event) which implements Section E of the Emergency Plan regarding notification and activation.
Regarding the remaining two events, both declared as NOUEs due to an injured potentially contaminated victim requiring transport to offsite
hospital, no problems were noted with the notifications.
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notifications were done within the tine limits specified in RP/P/A/5700/01.
One violation was identi'ied.
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Action on Previous Inspection Findings (92701)
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(Closed) IFI 50-369,370/89-10-03:
Provide and train additional ERF a.
communicators to ensure availability of same during prolonged plant emergencies.
The inspector reviewed Enclosure 1 to Station Directive 3.8.2 which establishes the station emergency organization and various personnel Enclosure 1 disclosed additional personnel were listed assignnents.
as offsite communicators when compared to a superseded copy of Enclosure 1.
Training documentation was reviewed for communicators and'found to be current and up to date.
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(Closed)IFI 50-369,370/89-10-04: Define the process of coordinating news releases with the NRC prior to deployment of the NRC site team to the TSC and CMC.
A licensee memo dated June 27, 1989 documented an aoreement between the licensee's Corporate Communications representatives and the NRC Public Affairs Officer regarding the coordination of news releases.
In addition, page 183 of the Crisis News Plan (Revision 22, dated July 1,.1989) discuss the specific details regarding the news releases approval process prior to NRC arrival in the CMC.
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Exit Interview The inspection scope and results were summarized on November 17, 1989, with those persons indicated in Paragraph 1.
The inspector described the areas inspected and discussed in detail the inspection results listed below.
The licensee did not identify as proprietary any of the material provided to or. reviewed by the inspectnr during this inspection.
In response to the IFI detailed in Paragraph 3 of the report, the Station Manager committed to a review of the current tone-alert distribution program for making upgrades by the end of calendar year 1990. There were no dissenting comments regarding any of the inspection findings.
Item Number Description / Reference 50-369,370/89-38-01 Violation - Failure to conduct a periodic test in accordance with procedure PT/0/A/4600/79 (Paragraph 3).
50-369, 370/89-38-02 IF1 - Complete the updates to the tone-alert radios distribution list (Paragraph 3).
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notifications to State / local agencies in accordance with RP/0/A/5700/01 (Paragraph 7).
Licensee inanagement were informed that two IFis from a previous inspection werereviewedandclosed(Paragraph 8).
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