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Forwards IE Inspec Rept 50-220/78-15 on 780925-29 & Notice of Violation
ML17053A301
Person / Time
Site: Nine Mile Point Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 11/09/1978
From: Galen Smith
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Schneider R
NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP.
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ML17053A302 List:
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NUDOCS 7812280199
Download: ML17053A301 (4)


See also: IR 05000220/1978015

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Docket No. 50-220

1

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION

I

63I PARK AVENUE

KING OF PRUSSIA. PENNSVLVANIA 10406

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Niagara

Mohawk Power Corporation

ATTN:

Mr. R.

R. Schneider

Vice President

Electric Operations

300 Erie Boulevard

West

Syracuse,

New York

13202

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Inspection

50-220/78-15

This refers to the inspection

conducted

by Dr. M. Shanbaky of this

office on September

25-29,

1978, at Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station,

Unit 1, Scriba,

New York, of activities authorized

by

NRC License

No.

DPR-63-and to the discussions

of our findings held by Dr. Shanbaky with

Messrs.

T.- Perkins,

E. Leach,

M. Hedrick,

and other members of your

staff at the conclusion of the inspection.

Areas

examined during this inspection

are described

in the Office of

Inspection

and Enforcement Inspection

Report which is enclosed with this

letter.

Within these

areas,

the inspection consisted of selective

examinations of procedures

and representative

records,

interviews with

personnel,

and observations

by the inspector.

Our inspector also verified the steps

you have taken to correct the

items of noncompliance

brought to your attention in a letter dated

September

30,

1977.

We have

no further questions

regarding your actions

at this time.

Based

on the results of this inspection, it appears

that certain of your

activities were not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements,

as set forth in the Notice of Violation, enclosed

herewith

as Appendix

A.

These

items of noncompliance

have

been categorized into the levels

as described

in our correspondence

to you dated

December

31,

1974.

This

notice is sent to you pursuant to the'provisions of Section

2.201 of the

NRC's "Rules of Practice,"

Part 2, Title 10,

Code of Federal

Regulations.

Section

2.201 requires

you to submit to this office, within twenty (20)

days of your receipt of this notice,

a written statement

or explanation

Niagara

Mohawk Power Corporation

2

in reply including:

(1) corrective steps

which have

been taken

by you

and the results

achieved;

(2) corrective steps

which will be taken to

avoid further items of noncompliance;

and (3) the date

when full compliance

will be achieved.

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 the

enclosures will be placed in the

NRC's Public Document

Room.

If this

report contains

any information that you (or your contractor)

believe to

be proprietary, it is necessary

that you make

a written application

within 20 days to this office to withhold such information from public

disclosure.

Any such application must be accompanied

by an affidavit

executed

by the owner of the information, which identifies the document

or part sought to be withheld,

and which contains

a statement of reasons

which addresses

with specificity the items which will be considered

by

the Commission

as listed in subparagraph

(b)(4) of Section 2.790.

The

information sought to be withheld shall

be incorporated

as far as possible

into a separate

part of the affidavit. If we do not hear from you in

this regard within the specified period, the report will be placed in

the Public Document

Room.

Should you have any questions

concerning this inspection,

we will be

pleased

to discuss

them with you.

N

Sincerely,

Fuel Facility and Materials Safety

Branch

Enclosures:

l.

Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2.

Office of Inspection

and Enforcement Inspection

Report

Number

50-220/78-15

cc w/encls:

T. E. Lempges,

General

Superintendent,

Nuclear Generation

T. J. Perkins, Station Superintendent

C. L. Stuart,

Operations

Supervisor

E.

B. Thomas, Jr.,

Esquire

A. Z. Roisman,

Natural

Resources

Defense

Council (Without Report)