ML19208B964
| ML19208B964 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 05000077 |
| Issue date: | 09/07/1979 |
| From: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Whang Y PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV., UNIVERSITY PARK, PA |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7909240224 | |
| Download: ML19208B964 (1) | |
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,o KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANI A 19406 Docket No. 50-77 SEP 7 079 Catholic University ATTN:
Dr. Y. C. Whang, Chainnan Mechanical Engineering Department 620 Michigan Avenue, N. E.
Washington, D. C.
20064 Gentlemen:
With this Information Notice the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is extending an existing mechanism previously used for infonning facility licensees of significant operating events to include informing operator licensees of significant events which could impact on conditions of their NRC licenses. This Information Notice is being reissued to correct a word omission and a punctuation error that, when taken together, completely changed the intent of a statement.
The changed state-ment is underlined in the text of the Information Notice.
It is requested that the facility licensee provide copies of this Information Notice to all NRC licensed individuals at the facility.
No specific response is requested at this time.
If you have questions regarding this matter please contact the Director of the appropriate NRC Regional Office.
Sincerely,
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Boyce H. Grier
- Director
Enclosures:
1.
IE Information Notice No. 79-20, Revision 1 2.
List of IE Information Notices Issued in the Last Six Months cc w/encls:
Dr. E. D. Jordan, Director of Information Systems and Planning W. Keene, Radiation Safety Official 311 990&ia ir 0 0924 0?>y
ENCLOSURE 1 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 IE Information Notice No. 7S-20 Revision 1 Date:
September 7, 1979 Page 1 of 3 NRC ENFORCEMENT POLICY - NRC LICENSED INDIVIDUALS
Background:
In the past, NRC licensed individuals have been cited by the NRC for failure to comply with the conditions of their licenses.
These items of noncompliance can generally be characterized as serious or repeated failures to follow reactor operating procedures.
Two recent events involving the radiation overexposure of NRC licensed individuals through their violation of utility procedures, facility Technical Specifications and the Code of Federal Regulations have raised questions about the exercise of their responsibilities.
The purpose of this Information.htice is two-fold:
(1) To remind the NRC licensed individuals of their responsibilities, not only in the proper operation of the facility controls, but in compliance with the facility administrative procedures, and (2) To surr.marize the enforcement sanctions available to tne NRC for use against licensed individuals.
Description of Circumstances:
1.
Responsibilities Facility licensees are charged with the responsibility to design, construct and operate their plants in accordance with NRC requirements to assure that public health and safety are protected.
The role of NRC licensed individuals is no less important in the overall Regulatory scheme.
The NRC recognizes that timely actions by NRC licensed individuals are an important part of safety.
Reliance on these actions is a part of the defense-in-depth concept.
Specifically, the NRC requires that:
(1) Only licansed operators are permitted to mani ulate the controls that directly affect reactivi 0 DUPLICATE DOCUMENT 3d (2) Licensedoperatorsarerequit 390. M times during the operation of Entire document previously entered
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