IR 05000461/1988011

Discusses Enforcement Conference Rept 50-461/88-11 on 880421 & Forwards Notice of Violation.Major Areas Discussed: Inattentive Guard.Civil Penalty Will Not Be Imposed Due to Util Corrective Actions.Notice Withheld (Ref 10CFR73.21)

ML20151Z425
Person / Time
Site:	Clinton
Issue date:	05/03/1988
From:	Davis A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Gerstner W ILLINOIS POWER CO.
References
EA-88-111, NUDOCS 8805050269
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g, MAY 0 31993 Docket No. 50-461 License No. NPF-62 EA 88-111 Illinois Power Company ATTN: Mr. W. C. Gerstner Executive Vice President 500 South 27th Street Decatur, IL 62525 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION (NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-461/88011(ORSS))

This refers to the inspection conducted on April 5-8, 1988, of activities at Clinton Power Station authorized by License No. NPF-62. As described in NRC Inspection Report No. 50-461/88011(ORSS) sent to you by letter dated April 21, 1988, the inspection was in response to the licensee identified violation involving an inattentive guard on April 4, 1988. The event was reported in accordance with 10 CFR 73.71. An enforcement conference was held on April 21, 1988, between Mr. J. S. Perry and others of your staf f and Mr. C. E. Norelius and others of my staff during which the violation, its root cause and your corrective actions were discussed. ~1e enforcement conference attendees are listed in Enclosure 2 to this lette While the plant was in a maintenance outage, a security guard was posted as a compensatory measure for an open vital door. The guard appeared to be asleep and therefore was inattentive to his duties for up to thirty-five (35) minutes until found by a roving security supervisor. Nothing abnormal was found during the vital area search conducted following identification of the proble In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1988), the violation described in the enclosed Notice has been classified at a Severity Level II A civil penalty is considered for a Severity Level III violatio However, after consultation with the Director, Office of Enforcement and the Deputy Executive Director for Regional Operations, I have decided that a civil penalty will not be imposed in this case because of your prompt identification and reporting and your proactive and unusually prompt and extensive corrective actions. Your actions taken before the start of the maintenance outage included: (1) the hiring of 15 additional security force personnel to minimize overtime and (2) increasing the frequency of post rotations to occur every hour as opposed to every two hours to reduce boredom and fatigue, gok CERTIFIED MAIL ~

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ENCLOSURE 2 ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE ATTENDEES Illinois Power Company J. S. Perry, Manager, Nuclear Prograin Coordination F. A. Spangenberg, Manager, Licensing and Safety J. D. Weaver, Director, Licensing C. E. Elsasser, Supervisor, Plant Support Services S. L. Woody, Supervisor, Security J. A. Brownell, Project Specialist, Licensing J. M. Brennan, Vice President, General Manager, Nuclear Energy Division, Pinkerton R. A. Michau, Director, Central Nuclear Group, Pinkerton L. Hoffman, Site Manager, Pinkerton R. J. Lauer, Attorney, Schiff, Hardin and Waite ___ Nuclear Regulatory Commission C. E. Norelius, Director, Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards B. S. Hallett, Chief, Materials ar.d Safeguards Branch R. C. Knop, Chief, Reactor Orojects Branch 3 J. R. Creed, Chief, Safeguards Section R. W. Cooper, II, Chief, Reactor Projects Section 3B J. L. Belanger, Plant Protection Analyst B. Drouin, Security Inspector C. D. Anderson, Enforcement T,Tecialist

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