IR 05000482/1990026
| ML20216K035 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 11/14/1990 |
| From: | Collins S NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Withers B WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORP. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9011200018 | |
| Download: ML20216K035 (3) | |
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Thank you-for'your letter of October 25, 1990, in response to our letter F 4
dated September 28,1990,l requesting additional infonnation concerning our letter and Notice of Violation dated July 31, 1990. We have reviewed the n
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Violation 482/9026-01 pertaining to the failure to'take adequate corrective
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actions to; correct) repeated problems with surveillance scheduling and'
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References Letter dated-September 28, 1990 from S. :J. An11 N-NRC, to B. D. Withers, WCNOC
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Docket No.: 50-482: Response to Request for Additional Information Concerning Violation 482/9026-01
~ Gentlemen The' purpose of this: letter is to provide the additional information relative.
to ; Corrective,. Action programs' requested in the Reference.
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WCNOC intends to have~these revisions in place by November 30, 1990.
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