ML16148A524
| ML16148A524 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 07/16/1991 |
| From: | Herdt A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Tuckman M DUKE POWER CO. |
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| ML16148A525 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 9108120215 | |
| Download: ML16148A524 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000269/1991012
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JUL 16 1991
Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, 50-287 and 72-4
License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, DPR-55 and SNM-2503
Duke Power Company
ATTN: Mr. M. S. Tuckman, Vice President
Nuclear Operations
P. 0. Box 1007
Charlotte, NC 28201-1007
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
(INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-269/91-12, 50-270/91-12 AND 50-287/91-12)
This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. W. K. Poertner of this office on
May 26 -
June 29, 1991.
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
these areas, the inspection consisted-of selective examinations of procedures
and representative records, interviews with personnel,
ahd observation of
activities in progress.
Based on the results of this inspection, certain activities appeared to be in
violation of NRC requirements, as specified in the enclosed Notice of Violation
(Notice).
The violations are of concern because they involve a lack of
configuration control of plant instrumentation and the operation of safety
related systems without approved procedures.
'You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions
specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response.
In your
response, you should, document the specific actions taken- and any additional
actions you plan to prevent recurrence. After reviewing your response to this
Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future
inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action is
necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice", a copy of
this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice'are not subject
to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No.96-511.
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Duke Power Company
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JUL 16 1991
Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact us.
Sincerely,
ORIGINAL SIGNFED BY
ALAN R. HERDT
Alan R. Herdt, Chief
Reactor Projects Branch 3
Division of Reactor Projects
Enclosures:
2. NRC Inspection Report
cc w/encls:
H. B. Barron
Station Manager
Oconee Nuclear Station
P. 0. Box 1439
Seneca, -SC 29679
A V. Carr, Esq
Duke Power Company
422 South Church Street
Charlotte, NC 28242-0001
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
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC
29201
(cc w/encls cont'd -
see page 3)
JUL 1 6 1991
Duke Power Company
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cc w/encls:
(Continued)
Manager, LIS
NUS Corporation
2650 McCormick Drive
Clearwater, FL 34619-1035
Stephen Benesole
Duke Power Company
P. 0. Box 1007
Charlotte, NC 28201-1007
R. L. Gill
Nuclear Production Department
Duke Power Company
P. 0. Box 1007
Charlotte, NC 28201-1007
Karen E. Long
Assistant Attorney General
N. C. Department of Justice
P. 0..Box 629
Raleigh, NC 27602
H. B. Tucker
- Senior Vice President-Nuclear
Duke Power Company
P. 0. Box 1007
Charlotte, NC
28201-1007
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L. Wiens, NRR
W. H. Miller, RII
G. A. Belisle, RII
. Herdt, RH
Document Control Desk
NRC Resident Inspector
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Route 2, Box 610
Seneca, SC 29678
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