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Forwards IE Insp Rept 50-244/79-18 on 791203-06 & Notice of Violation
ML17249A859
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Issue date: 02/07/1980
From: Galen Smith
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: White L
ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
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See also: IR 05000244/1979018

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UNITEDSTATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION I

691 PARK AVENUE

KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA19406

80040 00/5+

Docket No. 50-244

Rochester

Gas

and Electric Corporation

ATTN:

Mr. Leon D. White, Jr.

Vice President

Electric and Steam Production

89 East Avenue

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Rochester,

New Yor k

14649

Gentlemen:

Subject: 'nspection

Report 50-244/79-18

This refers to the inspection

conducted

by Messrs.

R. S. Markowski and

G.

P.

Yuhas of this office on December 3-6,

1979 of. activities authorized

by

NRC License

No.

DPR-.18 and to the discussions

of our findings held by

Mr. G.

P.

Yuhas with Mr. B.

Snow and other members of your staff at the

conclusion of the inspection,

and to a subsequent

telephone

discussion

between

Mr. G.

P.

Yuhas and Mr. B.

Snow on January

14, 1980.

Areas

examined during this inspection are described

in the Office of

Inspection

and Enforcement Inspection Report which is enclosed with this

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letter.

Within these

areas,.

the inspection consisted of'elective

examinations of procedures

and representative

records,

interviews with

personnel,

measurements

made by the inspector,

and observations

by the

inspector.

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Our inspector also verif'ied the steps

you have'.taken

to correct the item

of noncompliance

brought to your attention in a letter dated

November

10,

1976.

Me have

no further questions

regarding your action at this

time.

Based

on the results of this inspection, it appears

that cel tain of your

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activities were not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements

as set forth in the Notice of Violation, enclosed

herewith as Appendix

A.

These items of noncompliance

have

been categorized

into the levels

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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'aken

to

avoid further items of noncompliance;

and (3) the date when full'ompliance

Rochester

Gas

and Electric Corporation

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will be achieved.

In addition to the need for corrective action regarding

these specific items of noncompliance,

we are concerned

about the implementation

of your management

control

systems that permitted

them to occur.

Consequently,

in your reply, you should describe in particular, those actions

taken or

planned to improve the effectiveness

of your management

control systems.

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With respect to Appendix A, we note that you have corrected

Item No. E.

and therefore you need not address

yoursel.f to this matter. in your

response.

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

disclosure;

therefore,

Item

E of Appendix A, and Paragraph

13B of the

enclosed

inspection report, will'not be placed in the Publ.ic Document

Room and will receive limited distribution. If this report contains

any

information that you (or your contractor) believe to be proprietary,

it's

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. peart 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

(bJ (4} of Section.2.790.

The information .sought

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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 specif'ied period, the report wIill be placed in the Public Document

Room.

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Should you have any questions

concerning this inspection," we wil.l be

pleased

to discuss

them with you.

Sincerely,

J (~.c'p (

4'eor'pe

H. Stealth, Chief

Fuel, Fqcility and Naterials

Safety Branch

Enclosures:

l.

Appendix A, Notice of Violation

(Item

E contains

2.790(d) Information}

2.

Office of Inspection

and Enforcement Inspection

Report

Number 50-244/79-18

(Paragraph

13b contains

2.790(d) Infomation)

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cc w/encls

(w/o Item

E and Para..13b]:-

B. A. Snow, Plant Superintendent

S. Bullock, gC Engineer

Harry H. Voigt, Esquire