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Forwards IE Insp Repts 50-320/78-16 & 50-289/78-08 on 780417-21 & Notice of Violation
ML19207B192
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Site: Crane  
Issue date: 05/31/1978
From: Nelson P
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Herbein J
METROPOLITAN EDISON CO.
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Download: ML19207B192 (2)


See also: IR 05000289/1978008

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ATTN: Mr. J. G. Herbein

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P. O. Box 542

Reading, Pennsylvania

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Combined Inspection 50-289/78-08; 50-320/78-16

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This refers to the inspection conducted by Dr. R. Bores of this office

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on April 17-21, 1978, at Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Middletown,

Pennsylvania, and at the Metropolitan Edison corporate offices in Read-

ing, Pennsylvania, of activities authorized by NRC License Nos. DPR-50

and DPR-73, and to the discussions of our findings held by Dr. Bores

with Messrs. O'Hanlon, Dubiel, and other members of your staff at the

conclusion of the inspection, and to a subsequent telephone discussion

between Dr. Bores and Messrs. O'Haalon and Dubiel on May 5,1978.

Areas examined during this inspection are described in the Office of

Inspection and Enforcement Inspection Report which is enclosed with this

letter. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selective

examinations o procedures and representative records, interviews with

personnel

and observations by the inspector.

Our inspector also verified the steps you had taken to correct the items

of noncompliance brought to your attention in a letter dated April 6,

1977.

We have no further questions regarding the steps you took to

correct item B.

With regard to items A and C, we note that these items

have recurred, ae 2 tailed in items B anu C of Appendix A to this letter.

In your response to this letter please give these matters your particular

attention.

With respect to Unit 1, NdC License No. DPR-50, based on the results of

nis inspectien, it appears that certain of your activities were not

conducted in full ccmpliance 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 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

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Practice," Part 2 Title 19, Code of Federal Regulations.

Section 2.201

requires you to submit to tr.is office, within twenty (20) days of your

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receipt of this notice, a written statement or explanation in reply

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including:

(1) corrective steps which have been taken by you and the

results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid

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further items of noncompliance; and (3) the date when full ccmpliance

will be achieved.

With respect to Unit 2, NRC License No. OPR-73, within the scope of this

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inspection, no items of noncompliance were observed.

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In accordance with Sec.i. ion 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part

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2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the

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enclosures will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Rocm.

If this

report contains any information that you (or your contractor) believe to

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be proprietary, it is necessary that you make a written application

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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 infor nation, which identifies the document

or part 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 (b) (d) of Section 2.790.

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information sought to be withheld shall be incorpercted as far as possible

into a separate part of the affidavit.

If we do not hear from you in

this regard within the specified period, the report will be placed in

the Public Document Rocm.

Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be

pleased to discuss them with you.

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