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Forwards Insp Repts 50-269/89-31,50-270/89-31 & 50-287/89-31 on 890917-1010 & Notice of Violation.Containment Penetration Testing Violation Under Consideration for Escalated Enforcement Action & Therefore Notice Not Issued for Item
ML15224A591
Person / Time
Site: Oconee  
Issue date: 10/27/1989
From: Ebneter S
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Tucker H
DUKE POWER CO.
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ML15224A592 List:
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NUDOCS 8911130282
Download: ML15224A591 (3)


See also: IR 05000269/1989031

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OFFICIAL FILE COPY

OCT 2 7 1989

Docket Nos. 50-269. 50-270. 50-287

License Nos. DPR-38. DPR-47. DPR-55

Duke Power Company

ATTN:

Mr. H. B. Tucker. Vice President

Nuclear Production Department

422 South Church Street

Charlotte. NC 28242

Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF VIOLATION

(INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-269/89-31. 50-270/89-31 AND 50-287/89-31)

  • This refers to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted by

the resident inspectors on September 17 - October 10.

1989.

The inspection

included a review of activities authorized for your Oconee facility.

At the

conclusion of the inspection, the findings were discussed with those members of

your staff identified in the enclosed inspection report.

Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the report.

Within

Othese areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures

and representative records.

interviews with personnel.

and observation of

activities in progress.

The inspection findings indicate that certain activities appeared to violate

NRC requirements.

The violation associated with Containment Penetration

Testing is under consideration for escalated enforcement action. Accordingly,

no Notice of Violation for this item is being issued at this time. and no

response to this subject is required.

However.

please be advised that the

number and characterization of violations described in the enclosed Inspection

Report associated with this subject may change as a result of further NRC review.

An Enforcement Conference to discuss this violation is scheduled for November 8.

1989.

You will be advised by separate correspondence of the results of our

deliberations on this matter.

The additional violation described in this

report. references to pertinent requirements,

and elements to be included in

your response are described in the enclosed Notice of Violation.

In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice." Part 2.

Title 10. Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosures

will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.

The responses directed by this letter and its enclosures are not subject to the

clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980. PL 96-511.

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Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact us.

Sincerely,

Stej rt Ebneter

Regional Administrator

Enclosures:

1. Notice of Violation

2. NRC Inspection Report

cc w/encls:

M. S. Tuckman

Station Manager

Oconee Nuclear Station

P. 0. Box 1439

Seneca. SC

29678

A. V. Carr. Esq

Duke Power Company

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0. Box 33189

422 South Church Street

Charlotte, NC 28242

County Supervisor of Oconee County

Walhalla. SC 29621

Robert B. Borsum

Babcock and Wilcox Company

Nuclear Power Generation Division

Suite 525. 1700 Rockville Pike

Rockville, MD 20852

J. Michael McGarry. III. Esq.

Bishop. Cook. Purcell and Reynolds

1400 L Street. NW

Washington. D. C. 20005

Office of Intergovernmental Relations

116 West Jones Street

Raleigh, NC 27603

Heyward G. Shealy. Chief

Bureau of Radiological Health

South Carolina Department of Health

and Environmental Control

600 Pull Street

olumbia. SC

29201

cc w/encls cont'd:

(see page 2)

Duke Power Company

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OCT 2 7 1989

cc w/encls cont'd:

Manager, LIS

NUS Corporation

2536 Countryside Boulevard

Clearwater, FL

33515

Paul Guill

Duke Power Company

P. 0. Box 33189

422 South Church Street

Charlotte, NC

28242

Karen E. Long

Assistant Attorney General

N. C. Department of Justice

P. 0. Box 629

Raleigh, NC 27602

State of South Carolina

bcc w/encl:

H. Pastis, NRR

Document Control Desk

NRC Resident Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissicn

Route 2, Box 610

Seneca, SC 29678

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