ML17313A378
| ML17313A378 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 06/22/1995 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17313A377 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-528-95-11, 50-529-95-11, 50-530-95-11, NUDOCS 9805210127 | |
| Download: ML17313A378 (6) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1
NOTICE OF VIOLATION DOCUMENT CONTAINS SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION Arizona Publ i c Servi ce Company Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Docket:
50-528 50-529 50-530 License'.
NPF-41 NPF-51 NPF-74 During an NRC inspection conducted on May 15-19,
- 1995, a violation of NRC requirements was identified.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C, the violation is listed below:
Inade uate Access Authorization Paragraph 1.3. 1 of the licensee Physical Security Plan requires the access authorization program to meet the requirements of Regulatory Guide 5.66.
Paragraph 6.2. le of the Appendix to Regulatory Guide 5.66 (NUMARC 89-01) requires the verification of periods of unemployment that exceed 30 days prior to granting unescorted access.
Paragraph 6.4e requires that the licensee provide evidence that a criminal history check through the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) was submitted prior to granting temporary unescorted access.
Paragraph 3.3.6 of licensee's Procedure 20DP-OSK11 requires the verification of any periods of unemployment exceeding 30 days prior to granting unescorted access.
Paragraph 3;6.3 requires that the licensee submit fingerprints to the FBI to gain criminal history prior to granting unescorted access.
Paragraph
- 3. 1 of licensee's Procedure 20DP-OSK18 requires that the request for unescorted access be signed by only certain responsible individuals prior to granting unescorted access.
Paragraph 3.2.6 of licensee's Procedure 20DP-OSK12 requires that the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
{MMPI) test be proctored continuously unti 1 completion of the test.
Contrary to the above requirements, the licensee granted individuals unescorted access without ensuring that background investigations and DOCUMENT CONTAINS SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION 98052iOi27 950b22 PDR ADOCK 05000528 6
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DOCUMENT CONTAINS SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION screen requirements had been completed.
Specifically, as identified and reported by the licensee.
~ 'n July 19.,
- 1994, the licensee discovered an individual was granted temporary unescorted access on June 29, 1994, without fingerprints being submitted to the FBI for a criminal history check.
The individual had left the site and no further action could be taken.
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On November 2,
- 1994, the licensee discovered, an individual was granted unescorted access on March 31, l994, prior to verification of a period of unemployment over 30 days.
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On November 16,
- 1994, the licensee discovered an individual was granted unescorted access on October 4, l994, prior to verification of a period of unemployment over 30 days.
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On January 10,
- 1995, the licensee discovered an individual was granted unescorted access on July 12, 1994, prior to verification of a period of unemployment over 30 days.
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On March 29,
- 1995, a quality assurance surveillance discovered that on February 8,
- 1995, an MMPI test proctor left two employees alone while taking the test.
The employees admitted talking while the proctor was out of the room.
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On April 18,
- 1995, the licensee discovered an individual was granted unescorted access on April 14, 1995, without a signature authorizing their unescorted access.
The personnel administering the access program failed to recognize that the access authorization document was not signed.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement III) (528/9511-01, 529/9511-01, 530/9511-01)
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Arizona Public Service Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:
Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C.
20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region IV, 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas
- 76011, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).
This reply should be clearly marked as a "Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation:
(1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results
- achieved, (3) the corrective steps that DOCUMENT CONTAINS ENCLOSURE CONTAINS t
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If an adequate reply is not received within the time speci fied in this Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may be issued to show cause why the license should not be modified, suspended, or
- revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken.
Where good cause is shown, consideration wi 11 be.given to extending the response time.
Dated at Arlington, Texas this 22 day of June 1995 DOCUMENT CONTAINS SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION ENCLOSURE CONTAINS SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION UPON SEPARATION THIS PAGE IS DECONTROLLED
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