ML17053A455

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Forwards IE Insp Rept 50-220/78-21 on 781211-14 & Notice of Violation
ML17053A455
Person / Time
Site: Nine Mile Point Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 01/15/1979
From: Brunner E
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Schneider R
NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP.
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See also: IR 05000220/1978021

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION I

631 PARK AVENUE

KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406

I 5 JAN 1979

Docket

No'. 50-220

Niagara

Mohawk Power Corporation

ATTN:

Mr. R.,R.

Schneider

Vice

President'lectric Operations

300 Erie Boulevard West

Syracuse,

New York

13202

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Inspection

78-21

This refers to the inspection

conducted

by Mr. R. Architzel of this

office on December

11-14,

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 Mr. Architzel with

Messrs.

T. Lempges,

T. Perkins

and other members

of- your staff at the

conclusion of the inspection,

and to subsequent

telephone

discussions

between

Mr. T. Stetka

and Mr. L. McNeer on December

18, 1978,

Mr. T.

Stetka

and Mr. T.'Perkins

on December

19, 1978,

and Mr. R. Architzel and

Mr. T. Perkins

on December

21,

1978';

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.

Based

on the results of this inspection, it appears

that one of your

activities

was not conducted

in full compliance with NRC requirements,

as set forth in the Notice of Violation, enclosed

herewith as Appendix

A.

This item of noncompliance

has

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

in reply including:

(1) corrective steps

which have'een

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:

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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

enclosed

inspection report 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.

Sincerely,

ld

. Brunner, Chief

Re

tor Operations

and Nuclear

S pport Branch

Enclosures:

l. Appendix A, Notice of Yjolation

2. Office of, Inspection

and Enforcement Inspection

Report Number 220/78-21

cc w/encl:

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)