ML17053C861

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Forwards IE Insp Rept 50-220/81-07 on 810323-25 & Notice of Violation
ML17053C861
Person / Time
Site: Nine Mile Point Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 09/18/1981
From: Brunner E
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Lempges T
NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP.
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Download: ML17053C861 (4)


See also: IR 05000220/1981007

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Docket No. 50-220

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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

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This refers to the routine inspection

conducted

by Mr. J.J.

Kottan of this

office on March 23-25,

1981 at the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station of

activities authorized

by

NRC License

No.

DPR-63

and to the discussions

of

our findings held by Mr. Kottan with Mr.

M. Si lliman and others of your

staff at the conclusion of the inspection,

and to

a subsequent

telephone

discussion

between

Mr. Kottan of this office and Mr. E.

Leach of your staff

on March 30.

1981.

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.

In addition,

our Mobile Laboratory

was also brought to your site

and

used

by the inspector to make certain

independent

measurements.

The basic

purpose of these

independent

measurements

is to verify your capability for

analyzing radioactive effluents,

and,to achieve

and maintain comparable

methods of analyses

between your facility and the

NRC.

The complete data

from these

measurements

will be reported in

a subsequent

Inspection

Report.

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 described

in the Federal

Register Notice (45 FR 66754) dated October 7,

1980.

You are required to

respond

to this letter and in preparing your response,

you should follow

the instructions

in Appendix A.

In accordance

with .10 CFR 2 '90 of the Commission's

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 contractors)

believe to be exempt

from disclosure

under

10 CFR 9.5(a)(4), it is necessary

that you (a) notify this office by telephone within ten (10) days

from the

date of this letter of your i tention to fi e

a request for withholding;

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and (b) submit within 25 days

from the date of this letter

a written

application to this office to withhold such information.

Consistent with

section 2.790(b)(l),

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 full statement

of the reasons

on the basis which it is claimed that the information should

be withheld from public disclosure.

This section further requires

the

statement

to address

with specificity the considerations

listed in 10 CFR 2.790(b)(4).

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 periods

noted above,

the

report will be placed in the Public Document

Room.

The telephone notification

of your intent to request withholding, or any request for an extension of

the

10 day period which you believe necessary,

should

be

made to the Supervisor,

Files, Mail and Records,

USNRC Region I, at (215) 337-5223.

Should you have

any questions

concerning this inspection,

we will be pleased

to discuss

them with you.

Sincerely,

'Original Signed By:

Eldon J.

Brunner, Chief, Projects

Branch

No.

1, Division of Resident

and Project Inspection

Enclosures:

1.

Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2.

Office of Inspection

and Enforcement Inspection

Report

Number 81-07

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T. Perkins,

General

Superintendent,

Nuclear Generation

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R. Abbott, Operations

Supervisor

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Nuclear Safety Information Center

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NRC Resident

Inspector

State of New York

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Chief, Operational

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