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Forwards IE Insp Repts 50-315/79-26 & 50-316/79-24 on 791119-21 & Notice of Violation
ML17318A605
Person / Time
Site: Cook  American Electric Power icon.png
Issue date: 01/04/1980
From: Davis A
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To: Dolan J
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
Shared Package
ML17318A606 List:
References
NUDOCS 8002110323
Download: ML17318A605 (3)


See also: IR 05000315/1979026

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION III

799 ROOSEVELT ROAD

GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS60137

Docket No. 50-315

Docket No. 50-316

American Electric Power Service

Corporation

Indiana

and Michigan Power

Company

ATTN:

Mr. John E. Dolan, Vice

Chairman,

Engineering

2 Broadway

New York, NY

10004

Gentlemen:

This refers to the inspection

conducted

by M. C.

Schumacher

of this office

on November 19-21,

1979, of activities at D.

C.

Cook Nuclear Plant, Units

1

and

2 authorized

by NRC Operating Licenses

No. DPR-58

and DPR-74 and to the

discussion of our findings with Mr. D. Shaller

and others of his staff at

the conclusion of the inspection.

The enclosed

copy of our inspection report identifies areas

examined

during the inspection.

Within these

areas,

the inspection consisted

of a

selective

examination of procedures

and representative

records,

observa-

tions,

and interviews with personnel.

The inspection included

a review of your actions

taken in response

to IE

Bulletin No. 79-19 concerning packaging of low-level radioactive waste for

transport

and burial.

During this inspection,

certain of your activities appeared

to be in non-

compliance with NRC requirements,

as described in the enclosed

Appendix A.

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 days of

your receipt of this notice

a written statement

or explanation in reply,

including for each item of noncompliance:

(1) corrective action taken

and

the results

achieved;

(2) corrective action to be taken to avoid further

noncompliance;

and (3) the date

when full compliance will be achieved.

The matter of the April 26,

1979 shipment that arrived with water in ex-

cess of burial site limits has been referred to Headquarters

as

an unre-

solved item for evaluation

and possible action.

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American Electric Power

Service Corporation

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Based

on discussions

with your representatives

at the site,

we understand

that discrepancies

identified in this report and in your NSDRC Audit No.

57 will be corrected

by the end of the first quarter of 1980.

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, the enclosures,

and your response

to this letter will be placed in the NRC's Public Document

Room, except

as follows. If the enclosures

contain information that you

or your contractors believe to be proprietary,

you must apply in writing

to this office, within twenty days of your receipt of this letter, to

withhold such information from public disclosure.

The application must

include

a full statement

of the reasons

for which the information is

considered proprietary,

and should be prepared

so that proprietary infor-

mation identified in the application is contained in an enclosure

to the

application.

We will gladly discuss

any questions

you have concerning this inspection.

Sincerely,

A. B. Davis, Chief

Fuel Facility and

Materials Safety Branch

Enclosures:

1. Appendix A, Notice

of Violation

2. IE Inspection Rpt.

No. 50-315/79-26

and No.

50-316/79-24

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DE V. Shaller, Plant Manager

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