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Forwards Insp Rept 50-397/78-10 on 781024-27 & Notice of Violation
ML17272A258
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Site: Columbia Energy Northwest icon.png
Issue date: 11/22/1978
From: Spencer G
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
To: Strand N
WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM
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See also: IR 05000397/1978010

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMiVISSION

REGION V

SUITE 202. V/ALNUTCREEK PLAZA

I990 N. CALIFORNIABOULEVARD

IVALNUTCREEK, CALIFORNIA 94596

tlQV RR 578

Docket No. 50-397

Washington Public Power Supply System

P. 0.

Box 968

Richland, Washington

99352

Attention:

Mr. N. 0. Strand

Managing Director

Gentlemen:

Subject:

NRC Inspection at Washington

Nuclear Project

No.

2

(WNP-2)

This refers to the inspection

conducted

by Messrs.

T. W. Bishop,

L. E. Vorderbrueggen,

P.

P. Narbut,

and J. 0. Elin of this office

on October 24-27,

1978, of activities authorized

by

NRC Construction

Permit No. CPPR-93,

and to the discussion of our findings held by

Mr. Bishop with Mr. D. L. Renberger

and other members of your staff

at the conclusion of the inspection.

Areas

examined during this inspection are described in the enclosed

inspection report.

Within these

areas,

the inspection consisted

of

selective examinations of procedures

and representative

records, in-

terviews with personnel,

and observations

by the inspectors .

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 noncompljance

has

been categorized

to

a level

as described

in our correspondence

to all

NRC licensees

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 thirty (30) days of your receipt of this notice,

a written state-

ment or explanation in reply including (1) corrective steps

which have

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Power Supply System

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been taken

by you and the results

achieved;

(2) corrective steps

which

will be taken to avoid further violations;

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 enclosed

inspection report will be placed in the NRC's Public

Document

Room.

If this report contains

any information that you believe

to be proprietary, it is necessary

that you submit

a written application

to this office, within 20 days of the date of this letter, requesting that

such information be withheld from public disclosure.

The application

must include a full statement of the reasons

why it is claimed that the

information is proprietary.

The application should

be prepared

so that

any proprietary information identified is contained. in an enclosure to

the application,

since the application without the enclosure will also

be placed in the Public Document

Room. If we do'ot 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

glad to discuss

them with you.

Sincerely,

G. S.

pencer,

Chief

Reactor Construction

and

Engineei ing Support Branch

Enclosures:

l.

Appendix

A - Notice of Yiolation

2.

IE Inspection

Report

No. 50-397/78-10

cc w/o enclosure

2:

M. E. Witherspoon, Division Manager

guality Assurance,

WPPSS

A. D. Kohler, Manager

WNP-2 Project