ML18081A597
| ML18081A597 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem, Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 11/09/1979 |
| From: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Martin T Public Service Enterprise Group |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7911270203 | |
| Download: ML18081A597 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 631 PARK AVENUE KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406 Docket Nos. 50-354 50-355 50-311 NOV 0 9 i979 Public Service Electric & Gas Company ATTN:
Mr. T. J. Martin Vice President En~ineering and Construction 80 Park Place Newark, New Jersey 07101 Gentlemen:
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This Information Notice is provided to inform liceqsees of a possible significant matter. It is expected that recipients will consider dissemination of the information to all persons working at their licensed facilities~ No specific action or response is requested at this time.
If further NRC evaluations so indicate, an IE Circular or Bulletin will be issued to recommend or request specific licensee actions. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact this office.
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Enclosures:
- 1.
. IE Information Notice No.79-12A
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List of IE Information Notices Issued iri the Last Six Months CONTACT:
J. W. Devlin (215-337-5225) cc w/encls:
E. N. Schwalje, Manager - Quality Assurance, Engineering and Construction Department l
ENCLOSURE 1 United States
.*Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Inspection and Enforcement
. Washington, D.C.
20555 SSINS No.:. 6300 Accession No.:
7910250490 IE Information Notice No.79-12A
. Date:
November 9, 1979 Page 1 of 1 ATIEMPTED DAMAGE TO NEW FUEL ASSEMBLIES This notice provides supplemental information concerning the identification and conviction of the persons responsible for the introduction of a possibly damaging substance to the new. fuel stored at the Virginia Electric and Power Company 1s Surry Power Station in Surry County~ Vi"rginia.
Investigation of this incident by the FBI culminated in the surrender of William E. Kuykendall and James A. Merrill, Jr., both VEPCO employees at that time, to Surry County authorities on June 19, 1979.
A Grand jury hearing was held in Surry, Virginia on July 24, 1979.
The certified charges of breaking and entering with intent to damage electrical facilities (felony), and willful destruction of utility company equipment (felony) were returned on a true bi 11 for trial.
An earlier.charge for wi 11 ful damage (mis-demeanor) which had not been certified to the grand jury was reapplied, certified and returned on a true bill for trial.
Two additional charges against both men were introduced for conspiracy regarding the two felonies and returned on a true bi 11 for a tota.l of four. felonies and one misdemeanor against each man.
Trial commenced on October 10, 1979 in the Circuit Court, Surry County, Virgi.nia.
The presiding judge ruled that the prosecution failed to supply sufficient evidence to support the charges of conspiracy, breaking and entering, and damage to property as a misdemeanor.
The primary reason for dropping the charges was that the subjects had been authorized unescorted access to Vital Areas by VEPCO.
On October 17, 1979, the jury returned a verdict of guilty (both Kuykendall and Merrill) for violation of Virginia Code 18.2-162 (intentional damage to a facility which furnishes electric service to the public) and set punishment as two (2) years in the State Penitentiary for both subjects, the minimum sentence provided by law.
This Information Notice is provided to inform licensees of a possibly significant matter. It is expected that recipients will consider dissemination of the information to all persons working at their licensed facilities. If you have questions regarding this matter, please contact the Director of the appropriate NRC Regional Office.
No written response to this Information Notice is required.
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ENCLOSURE 2 IE Information Notice No.79-12A Date:
November 9, 1979 Page l of 2 LISTING OF IE INFORMATION NOTICES ISSUED IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS Information Subject Notice No.
79-12 Attempted Damage to New
-. Fuel Assernb 1 i es
- 79-13 Indication of Low Water Level in the Oyster Creek Reactor 79-14 Safety Classification of Electrical Cable Support Systems.
79-15 Deficient Procedures 79-16 Nuclear Incident at Three Mile Island.
79~11 Source Holder Assembly Damage from Misfit Between Assembly and Reactor Upper Grid Plate 79-18 Skylab Reentry Date Issued to ISSljed 5/11/79 All Fuel Facilities, Research Reactors, and Power Reactors with an OL or CP 5/29/79 All power reactor facilities with an OL or CP 6/11/79 All applicants for, and holders of a power reactor CP 6/7/79 All power reactor facilities with an OL or CP 6/22/79 All research and test reactors with an OL 6/20/79 All holders of reactor Ols and CPs 7/5/79 All holders of reactor Ols Information Notice No.
79~19 79-20 79-20 (Revision No. 1) 79-21 79-22 79-23 79-24 79-25 79-26 IE Information Notice No.79-12A Date:
November 9, 1979 Page 2 of 2 LISTING OF IE INFORMATION NOTICES ISSUED IN 1979 Subject Pipe Cracks in Stagnant Borated Water Systems at PWR Plants NRC Enforcement Policy -
NRC Licensed Individuals Same Title as 79-20 Transportation and Com-mercfal Burial of Radio-active Material Qualification of Control Systems Emergency Diesel Generator Lube Oil Coolers Overpressurization of Con-tainment of a PWR Plant After a Main Steam Line Break Reactor Trips at Turkey Point Unit 3 and 4 Breach of Containment Integrity Date.
Issued To Issued 7/17/79.
All power reactor facilities with an OL or CP 8/14/79 All Holders of Reactor OLs and CPs and Production Licensees with Licensed Operators 9/7/79 Same as 79-20 9/7/79 All power and research reactors with Ols 9/14/79 All power reactor faci-lities with an OL or CP 9/26/79 All power reactor faci-lities with an OL or CP 10/1/79 All power reactor faci-lities with an OL or CP 10/1/79 All Power Reactor Faci-lities with an OL or CP 11/5/79 All Power Reactor Facilities with an OL or CP