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Forwards Insp Repts 50-269/92-03,50-270/92-03 & 50-287/92-03 on 920105-0201 & Notice of Violation.Concerns Indicate Continued Pattern of Failure to Meet Procedural Requirements & Procedures
ML16148A621
Person / Time
Site: Oconee  Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 02/27/1992
From: Herdt A
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Hampton J
DUKE POWER CO.
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Download: ML16148A621 (3)


See also: IR 05000269/1992003

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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. J. W. Hampton

Vice President

Oconee Site

P. 0. Box 1439

Seneca, SC

29679

Gent emen:

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF VIOLATION

(INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-269/92-03, 50-270/92-03 AND 50-287/92-03)

This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. P. E. Harmon of this office on

January 5 -

February 1, 1992.

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,

and 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 continued

pattern of failure to meet procedural requirements and inadequate 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 1.0 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.

920318011a 920227

PDR

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PDR

Duke Power Company

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FEB 2 7 1992

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

Sincerely,

Alan R. Herdt, Chief

Reactor Projects Branch 3

Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosures:

1.

Notice of Violation

2. NRC Inspection Report

cc w/encls:

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.

Winston and Strawn

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

Manager, LIS

NUS Corporation

2650 McCormick Drive

Clearwater, FL

34619-1035

(cc w/encls cont'd -..see page 3)

FEB 2 7 1992

Duke Power Company

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cc w/encls:

(Continued)

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

M. E. Patrick

Compliance

Duke Power Company

P. 0. Box 1439

Seneca, SC 29679

bcc w/encls:

L. Wiens, NRR

J. Johnson, RuI

W. Miller, RuI

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G. A. Belisle, RI

A. R. Herdt, RH

Document Control Desk

NRC Resident Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Route 2, Box 610

Seneca, SC

29678

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ABelisle

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