ML021910442
| ML021910442 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee, Mcguire, Catawba, McGuire  |
| Issue date: | 08/07/2002 |
| From: | Zwolinski J NRC/NRR/DLPM |
| To: | Tuckman M Duke Energy Corp |
| Moroney B, NRR/DLPM, 415-3974 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML021910442 (8) | |
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August 7, 2002 Mr. Michael S. Tuckman Executive Vice President Nuclear Generation Duke Energy Corporation Mail Code: EC 07 H Charlotte, NC 28242
SUBJECT:
STORAGE OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION - CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 & 2; WILLIAM B. MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 & 2; OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1, 2 & 3
Dear Mr. Tuckman:
Following the terrorist events of September 11, 2001, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recognized that there may be a need to periodically provide classified information, up to the Secret National Security Information level, to licensee officials. The purpose of this letter is to ask for your cooperation with the handling of this classified information.
The NRC has determined that classified information will require fewer additional controls if it is stored inside rather than outside the protected area. Most resident inspector sites are inside the protected area. The subject sites are among those where the resident inspector offices are located outside the protected areas.
All classified information sent to resident inspector offices, and not under the direct control of an appropriately cleared person, is required to be stored in an approved security container (safe) with a combination lock. Storage of classified information in resident inspector offices located outside the protected area would require a monitored alarm system intended to provide a security response time of 15 minutes or less. Security containers located within the protected area will not require an additional alarm system. The NRC does not intend to store classified information in resident inspector offices located outside the protected area. Therefore, as an initial measure, these offices will be provided with shredders to destroy classified information rather than store it overnight.
We recognize that all of the licensee staff with a need to access classified information may not be able to see it on the day it is transmitted, due to travel, work schedules, etc. Therefore, to afford those offices located outside the protected area with a facility approved for storage of classified information, we request that a location be provided inside the protected area. This will permit storage and facilitate review of the classified information. Options to accomplish this would be to: 1) relocate the resident inspector office inside the protected area, 2) provide a satellite resident office inside the protected area, or 3) install a small two-drawer NRC security container inside the protected area, preferably inside the Central Alarm Station (CAS) or Secondary Alarm Station (SAS). The security container will be the property of the NRC and will be opened and closed only by NRC personnel. The licensee will be expected to exercise reasonable care for the protection of the security container and its contents if found unlocked and unattended.
M. Tuckman Please respond within 10 days of your receipt of this letter indicating whether or not you are willing to accept one of the proposed options or have other suggestions. Responses should be sent to the NRC Document Control Desk, ATTN: Brendan Moroney, Lead Project Manager, Mail Stop O-8G9.
If you do agree to place this security container within your protected area, your response should indicate which option you prefer and the proposed location of the container. It should also include the commitment that you will not move this security container or attempt to gain access to it without permission from the NRC, and that if the container is found unlocked and unattended, you will immediately notify the resident inspector or the NRC Headquarters Operations Officer and guard the contents of the container until NRC personnel are present. If you decide not to provide space for this container within the protected area, classified information will likely be destroyed on the same day that it is transmitted to the site.
Arrangements can be made to retransmit this information, if necessary; however, there may be delays.
Should you have questions regarding the requirements for storage of classified information, please contact Calvin Byrd at 301-415-7402 or Thomas Martin at 301-415-8080.
Sincerely,
/RA/
John A. Zwolinski, Director Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, 50-287, 50-369, 50-370, 50-413 and 50-414 cc: See next page
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M. Tuckman cc:
Ms. Lisa F. Vaughn Legal Department (PBO5E)
Duke Energy Corporation 422 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 County Manager of Mecklenburg County 720 East Fourth Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Mr. Michael T. Cash Regulatory Compliance Manager Duke Energy Corporation McGuire Nuclear Site 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, North Carolina 28078 Anne Cottingham, Esquire Winston and Strawn 1400 L Street, NW.
Washington, DC 20005 Senior Resident Inspector c/o U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, North Carolina 28078 Mr. Peter R. Harden, IV VP-Customer Relations and Sales Westinghouse Electric Company 6000 Fairview Road 12th Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28210 Dr. John M. Barry Mecklenburg County Department of Environmental Protection 700 N. Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
M. Tuckman McGuire Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation Catawba Nuclear Station Mr. Richard M. Fry, Director Division of Radiation Protection North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources 3825 Barrett Drive Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 Ms. Karen E. Long Assistant Attorney General North Carolina Department of Justice P. O. Box 629 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Mr. C. Jeffrey Thomas Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Licensing Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 Elaine Wathen Lead REP Planner Division of Emergency Management 116 West Jones Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-1335 Mr. T. Richard Puryear Owners Group (NCEMC)
Duke Energy Corporation 4800 Concord Road York, South Carolina 29745
Mr. Gary Gilbert Regulatory Compliance Manager Duke Energy Corporation 4800 Concord Road York, South Carolina 29745 North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number 1 1427 Meadowwood Boulevard P. O. Box 29513 Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0513 County Manager of York County York County Courthouse York, South Carolina 29745 Piedmont Municipal Power Agency 121 Village Drive Greer, South Carolina 29651 Saluda River Electric P. O. Box 929 Laurens, South Carolina 29360 Virgil R. Autry, Director Division of Radioactive Waste Management Bureau of Solid and Hazardous Waste Department of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201 North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation P. O. Box 27306 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 Senior Resident Inspector 4830 Concord Road York, South Carolina 29745 Mr. G. R. Peterson Site Vice President Catawba Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation 4800 Concord Road York, South Carolina 29745 Mr. H. B. Barron Vice President, McGuire Site Duke Energy Corporation 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, North Carolina 28078
M. Tuckman M. Tuckman Duke Energy Corporation cc:
Ms. Lisa F. Vaughn Legal Department (PBO5E)
Duke Energy Corporation 422 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 Anne W. Cottingham, Esquire Winston and Strawn 1400 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Manager, LIS NUS Corporation 2650 McCormick Drive, 3rd Floor Clearwater, Florida 34619-1035 Senior Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7812B Rochester Highway Seneca, South Carolina 29672 Mr. Henry Porter, Director Division of Radioactive Waste Management Bureau of Land and Waste Management Department of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201-1708 Mr. Michael A. Schoppman Framatome ANP 1911 North Ft. Myer Drive Suite 705 Rosslyn, VA 22209 Oconee Nuclear Station Mr. L. E. Nicholson Compliance Manager Duke Energy Corporation Oconee Nuclear Site 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, South Carolina 29672 Ms. Karen E. Long Assistant Attorney General North Carolina Department of Justice P. O. Box 629 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Mr. C. Jeffrey Thomas Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Licensing Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 Mr. Richard M. Fry, Director Division of Radiation Protection North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources 3825 Barrett Drive Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 Mr. Peter R. Harden, IV VP-Customer Relations and Sales Westinghouse Electric Company 6000 Fairview Road 12th Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28210