ML17053B228
| ML17053B228 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 11/09/1979 |
| From: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Schneider R NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7911270189 | |
| Download: ML17053B228 (8) | |
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 631 PARK AVENUE KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA19406 NOY 09 I979 Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation ATTN:
Mr.
R.
R. Schneider Vice President Electric Operations 300 Erie Boulevard Mest
- Syracuse, New York 13202 Gentlemen:
This Information Notice is provided to inform licensees of a possible significant matter. It is expected that recipients will consider dissemination of the information to all persons working at their licensed facilities.
No specific action or response is requested at this time.
If further NRC evaluations so
- indicate, an IE Circular or Bulletin will be issued to recommend or request specific licensee actions.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact this office.
Director
Enclosures:
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IE Information Notice No.79-12A 2.
List of IE Information Notices Issued in the Last Six Months CONTACT:
J.
M. Devlin (215"337"5225) 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
0 ENCLOSURE 1 SSINS No.:
6300 United States Accession No.:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7910250490 Office of Inspection and Enforcement
,. Mashington, D.C.
20555 IE Information Notice No.79-12A Date:
November 9, 1979 Page 1 of 1 ATTEMPTED DAMAGE TO NEW FUEL ASSEMBLIES This notice provides supplemental information concerning the identification and conviction of the persons responsible for the introduction of a possibly damaging substance to the new fuel stored at the Virginia Electric and Power Company's Surry Power Station in Surry County, Virginia.
Investigation of this incident by the FBI culminated in the surrender of Milliam E. Kuykendall and James A. Merrill, Jr., both VEPCO employees at that time, to Surry County authorities on June 19, 1979.
A Grand jury hearing was held in Surry, Virginia on July 24, 1979.
The certified charges of breaking and entering with intent to damage electrical facilities (felony), and willful destruction of utility company equipment (felony) were returned on a true bill for trial.
An earlier charge for willful damage (mis-demeanor) which had not been certified to "the grand jury was reapplied, certified and returned on a true bill for trial.
Two additional charges against both men were introduced for conspiracy regarding the two felonies and returned on a true bill for a total of four felonies and one misdemeanor against each man.
Trial commenced on October 10, 1979 in the Circuit Court, Surry County, Virginia.
The presiding judge ruled that the prosecution failed to supply sufficient evidence to support the charges of conspiracy, breaking and entering, and damage to property as a misdemeanor.
The primary reason for dropping the charges was that the subjects had been authorized unescorted access to Vital Areas by VEPCO.
On October 17, 1979, the jury returned a verdict of guilty (both Kuykendall and Merrill) for violation of Virginia Code 18.2-162 (intentional damage to a facility which furnishes electric service to the public) and set punishment as two (2) years in the State Penitentiary for both subjects, the minimum sentence provided by law.
This Information Notice is provided to inform licensees of a possibly significant matter.
It is expected that recipients will consider'dissemination of the information to all persons working at their licensed facilities. If you have questions regarding this matter, please contact the Director of the appropriate NRC Regional Office.
No written response to this Information Notice is required.
ENCLOSURE 2
'IE Information Notice No.79-12A Date:
November 9, 1979 Page 1 of 2 LISTING OF IE INFORMATION NOTICES ISSUED IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS Informati on Subject Notice No.
79 Attempt'ed Damage to New Fuel Assemblies Date Issued 5/11/79 Issued to All Fuel Facilities, Research
- Reactors, and Power Reactors with an OL or CP 79-13 79-14 79" 15 79" 16 79-17 Indication of Low Mater Level:in the Oyster Creek Reactor Safety Classification of Electrical Cable Support Systems Deficient Procedures Nuclear Incident at Three Mile Island Source Holder Assembly Damage from Misfit Between Assembly and Reactor Upper Grid Plate 5/29/79 6/11/79 6/7/79 6/22/79 6/20/79 All power reactor facilities with an OL or CP All applicants for, and holders of a power reactor CP All power reactor facilities with an OL or CP All research and test reactors with an,OL All holders of reactor OLs and CPs 79-18 Skylab Reentry 7/5/79 All holders of reactor OLs
Enclosure 2
IE Information Notice No.79-12A Date:
November 9, 1979 Page 2 of 2 LISTING OF IE INFORMATION NOTICES ISSUED IN 1979 Information Subject Notice No.
79-19 1
Pipe Cracks in Stagnant Borated Mater Systems at PMR Plants Date Issued 7/17/79 Issued To All power reactor facilities with an OL or CP 79-20 NRC Enforcement Policy-NRC Licensed Individuals 8/14/79 All Holders of Reactor OLs and CPs and Production Licensees with Licensed Operators 79-20 (Revision No. 1) 79-21 Same Title as 79-20 Transportation and Com-mercial Burial of Radio-active Material 9/7/79 Same as 79-20 9/7/79 All power and research reactors with OLs 79"22 gualification of Control
'/14/79 Systems All power reactor faci-lities with an OL or CP 79-23 79-24 79-25 79-26
,Emergency Diesel Generator Lube Oil Coolers Overpressurization of Con-tainment of a PMR Plant After a Hain Steam Line Break Reactor Trips at Turkey Point Unit 3 and 4 Breach of Containment Integrity 9/26/79 10/1/79 1
10/1/79 11/5/79 All power reactor faci-lities with an OL or CP All power reactor faci-lities with an QL or CP All Power Reactor Faci-lities with an OL or CP All Power Reactor Facilities with an OL or CP
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