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Forwards Insp Repts 50-269/97-15,50-270/97-15 & 50-287/97-15 on 971019-1115 & Notice of Violation.Three Cited Violations of NRC Requirements Identified
	ML15118A274
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Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	12/15/1997
From:	Reyes L; NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Mccollum W; DUKE POWER CO.
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ML15118A275	List: IR 07100019/2011015; ML15118A274; ML15118A277;
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FACIL:50-269 Oconee Nuclear Station, Unit 1, Duke Power Co.

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December 15, 1997

EA 97-551

EA 97-586

Duke Energy Corporation

ATTN: Mr. W. R. McCollum

Vice President

Oconee Nuclear Station

P. 0. Box 1439

Seneca, SC 29679

SUBJECT:

NRC INSPECTIONREPORT 50-269/97-15, 50-270/97-15, 50-287/97-15,

NOTICE OF VIOLATION, AND EXERCISE OF DISCRETION

Dear Mr. McCollum:

On November 15. 1997, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an

integrated inspection at your Oconee 1, 2, and 3 reactor facilities. The

enclosed report presents the results of that inspection and concludes

inspections for the Systematic Assessment of License Performance (SALP)

period.

During the four-week period covered by this inspection, your conduct of

activities at the Oconee facilities was generally characterized by safety

conscious operations, maintenance, and engineering practices. However, three

violations of NRC requirements were identified. These violations are cited

in the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice), and the circumstance's

surrounding the violations are described in detail in the enclosed report.

You are required to respond to-this letter and should follow the instructions

specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. As part of

your response to Violation C in the enclosed Notice, you are requested to

address your corrective actions for the failure to appropriately follow

through on the problem identification process report which initially

identified the Final Safety Analysis Report discrepancy concerning fuel

enrichments. The NRC will use your response, in part, to determine whether

further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with regulatory

requirements.

Included in this report is the closeout of an Unresolved Item involving the

potential violation of 10 CFR 70.24. Criticality Accident Requirements. We

have determined that your facility was in violation of this regulation in

that you did nothave in place either a criticality monitoring system for

storage and handling of new (non-irradiated) fuel or an NRC approved

exemption to the regulation. Numerous other facilities have similar

circumstances. The NRC has reconsidered this violation and concluded based

'on the information discussed in the report that, although a violation did

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exist, it is appropriate to exercise enforcement discretion for Violations

Involving Special Circumstances in accordance with Section VII B.6 of the

"General Statement of Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions"

(Enforcement Policy), NUREG-1600. The bases for exercising this discretion

are the lack of safety significance of the failure to meet 10 CFR 70.24; the

failure of the NRC-staff to recognize the need for an exemption during sthe

licensing process: the prior NRC position concerning the lack of a need for

an exemption; and finally, the NRC's intention to amend 10 CFR 70.24 through

rulemaking to provide-for administrative controls in lieu of criticality

monitors. Therefore, I have been authorized after consultation with the

Director, Office of Enforcement, to exercise enforcement discretion and not

issue a violation for this matter.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of

this letter, its enclosures, and your response will be placed in the NRC

Public Document Room (PDR).

Sincerely,

Orig signed by Loren R. Plisco for

Luis A. Reyes

Regional Administrator

Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, 50-287, 72-04

License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, DPR-55, SNM-2503

Enclosures: 1. Notice of Violation

2. Inspection Report 50-269/97-15,

50-270/97-15, 50-287/97-15

cc w/encls:

Mr. J. E. Burchfield

Compliance

Duke Energy Corporation

P. 0. Box 1439

Seneca, SC 29679

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cc w/encls: Continued

Mr. Paul R. Newton

Legal Department (PB05E)

Duke Energy.Corporation

422 South Church' Street

Charlotte, NC 28242-0001

Mr. Robert P.' Gruber

Executive Director

,Public Staff -.NCUC

P. 0. Box 29520

Raleigh, NC 27626-0520

Mr. Robert B. Borsum

Framatome Technologies

1700 Rockville Pike, Suite 525

Rockville, MD 20852

Mr. J. Michael McGarry. III, Esq.

Winston and Strawn

1400 L Street, NW

Washington, D.

C. 20005

Mel Fry, Acting Director

Division of Radiation Protection

N. C. Department of Environmental

Health & Natural Resources

3825 Barrett Drive

Raleigh, NC 27609-7721

Mr. Max Batavia, Chief

Bureau of Radiological Health

South Carolina Department of Health

and Environmental Control

2600 Bull Street

Columbia, SC 29201

County Supervisor of

Oconee County

Walhalla, SC 29621

Manager, LIS

NUS Corporation

2650 McCormick Drive

Clearwater, FL '34619-1035

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Mr. G. A. Copp

Licensing - EC050

Duke Energy Corporation

P. 0. Box 1006

Charlotte, NC 28201-1006

Ms. Karen E. Long

Assistant Attorney General

N. C. Department of Justice

P. 0. Box 629

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P. 0. Box 1006

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