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Forwards IE Insp Rept 50-220/79-23 on 790918-20 & Notice of Violation
ML17053B274
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Site: Nine Mile Point Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 10/15/1979
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 05000220/1979023

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION I

631 PARK AVENUE

KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA19406

Docket No. 50-220

OCT i 5 1978

Niagara

tlohawk Power Corporation

ATTN'.

Hr.

R.

R. Schneider

Vice President

Electric Operations

300 Erie Boulevard West

Syracu'se,

New York

13202

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Inspection 50-220/79-23

This refers to the inspection

conducted

by Hr. P.

Graham of this office on

September

18-20,

1979, at Nine Nile 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 Nr. Graham with Mr. T.

Lempges

at the

conclusion of the inspection.

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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

IIhich 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'hat you (or your contractor)

believe to be proprietary, it

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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,

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Enclosures:

E

n J. Brunner, Chief

Rd ctor Operations

and Nuclear

Support Branch

l.

Appendix A, Notice of Yiolation

2.

Office of Inspection

and Enforcement

Inspection

Report

Number

50-220/79-23

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 ('tIithout Report)