ML17053A553

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Forwards IE Insp Rept 50-220/79-01 on 790116-19 & Notice of Violation
ML17053A553
Person / Time
Site: Nine Mile Point 
Issue date: 02/07/1979
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 05000220/1979001

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Docket No. 50-220

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR

R EG ULATORY COMMISSION

REGIDN I

631 PARK AVENUE

. KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 16406

7 FE8 879

Niagara

Mohawk Power Corporation

ATTN:

Mr. R.

R. Schneider

Vice President

Electric Operations

300 Erie Boulevard West

Syracuse,

New York

13202

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Inspection

50-220/79-01

This refers to the inspection

conducted

by Mr. Architzel of this office

on January

16-19,

1979 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 others 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.

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

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 compli-

ance will be achieved.

The item shown in the Notice of Violation enclosed with this letter, is

a recurrent or uncorrected

item.

In your response

please

give this

matter your particular attention.

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Niagara

Mohawk Power Corporation

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'7 FEB 1979

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.

Sincerely,

p.C.~~,$ s..

Ac%~ W

Eldon J. Brunner, Chief

Reactor Operations

and Nuclear

Support Branch

Enclosures:

l. Appendix A, Notice of Yiolation

2. Office of Inspection

and Enforcement Inspection

Report Number 220/79-01

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)