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Forwards IE Insp Rept 50-220/80-05 on 800519-23 & Notice of Violation
ML17053C272
Person / Time
Site: Nine Mile Point Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 09/10/1980
From: Brunner E
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Lempges T
NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP.
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Download: ML17053C272 (4)


See also: IR 05000220/1980005

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Docket No. 50-220

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION I

631 PARK AVENUE

KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA19406

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Niagara

Mohawk Power Corporation

ATTN:

Mr. T.

E.

Lempges

Vice President

Nuclear Generation

300 Erie Boulevard West

Syracuse,

New York

13202

~Gentlemen:

Subject:

Inspection 50-220/80-05

This- refers to the inspection

conducted

by Mr.

N. J.

Blumberg of this office on

May 19-23,

1980 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. Blumberg with Mr. T. Perkins

and other

members of your

staff at the conclusion of the inspection,

and to a subsequent

telephone

discussion

between

Mr. T. Perkins

and Mr. Blumberg on May 30,

1980.

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 had taken to correct the Items of

Noncompliance

brought to your attention in letters

dated January

15, February 7,

April 12, August 21 and October 15,

1979.

We have

no further questions

regarding

your actions at this time.

Based

on the results of this inspection, it appears

that certain of your activi-

ties were not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements,

as set forth

in the Notice of Violation, enclosed

herewith

as Appendices

A and

B.

These

items of

noncompliance

have

been categorized

into the levels

as described

in our corres-

pondence 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 state-

ment 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 compliance

will be achieved.

Niagara .Mohawk Power Corporation

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Item number

B, shown in the Notice of Violation enclosed with this letter, is a

recur rent item.

In your response

please

give this matter your particular attention.

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 infor-

mation 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.

Additionally, and in accordance

with Section 2.790(d) of the NRC's "Rules of

Practice," Part 2, Title 10,

Code of Federal

Regulations,

documentation of

findings of your control

and accounting procedures

for safeguarding

special

nuclear materials

and your facility security procedures

are exempt from dis-

closure; therefore,

the pertinent section of the inspection report and Appendix

B, will not be placed in the Public. Document

Room and will receive limited

distributson.

Should you have

any questions

concerning this inspection,

we will be pleased

to

discuss

them with you.

Since<.ely,

r

ldon J.

Brun

r, Chief

Reactor Operations

and Nuclear

Support Branch

Enclosures:

,l.

Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2.

Office of Inspection

and Enforcement Inspection

Report

Number 50-220/80-05

(Contains

2.790 Information)

3.

Appendix B, Notice of Violation (Contains

2.790 Information)

CC:

T. J. Perkins,

General

Superintendent,

Nuclear Generation

(Mithout Appendix

B and

Page

16 of Report}"

T.

Roman, Station Superintendent

(Mithout Appendix

B and

Page l6 of Report)*

R. Abbott, Operations

Supervisor (Mithout Appendix

B and

Page

16 of Report)"

E.

B. Thomas, Jr.,

Esquire (Mithout Appendix

B and

Page

16 of Report)"

(Contains

2.790 Information)

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