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Forwards IE Insp Rept 50-334/79-05 on 790227-0302 & Notice of Violation
ML19208D520
Person / Time
Site: Beaver Valley
Issue date: 04/04/1979
From: Grier B
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Dunn C
DUQUESNE LIGHT CO.
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See also: IR 05000334/1979005

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Docket No. 50-334

Duquesne Light Company

ATTN: Mr. C. N. Dunn

Vice President

Operations Division

435 Sixth Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Inspection 60-334/79-05

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

on February 27 - Maich 2,1979, at Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1,

Shippingport, Pennsylvania, of activities authorized by NRC License No.

DPR-66 and to the discussions of our findings held by Dr. Bores with

Messrs. J. Werling, J. Carey, J. Wenkhous, and other members of your

staff at the conclusion of the inspection, and to subsequent telephone

discussions between Mr. G. Smith of this office and Mr. G. Moore on

March 15,1979, and between Dr. Cores and Mr. Werling on March 16, 1979.

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 of procedures and representative records, interviews with

personnel, measurements made by the inspector, and observations by the

inspector.

Our inspector also verified the steps you have taken to correct the

items of noncompliance brought to your attention in a letter dated

February 16, 1978.

We have no further questions regarding the steps you

took to correct item B.

With regard to item A of that letter we note

that while immediate corrective action had been taken to correct deficient

items in the emergency kits specifically examined during the last inspection

(onsite emergency kits), the corrective actions were not taken relative

to the offsite emergency kits until November 1978.

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Based on the results of this inspection, it appears that certain of your

activities were not conducted in full compliance 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 Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations.

Section 2.201 requires you to submit to this office, within twenty (20)

days of your receipt of this notice, a written statement or explanation

in reply including:

(1) corrective steps which have been taken by you

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

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

will be achieved.

In addition to the need for corrective action regarding

these specific items cf noncompliance, we are concerned about the implemen-

tation of your management control systems that permitted them to occur.

Consequently, in your reply, you should describe in particular, those

actions taken or planned to improve the effectiveness of your management

control systems relative to emergency preparedness.

Items A and B, shown in the Notice of Violation enclosed with this

letter, are recurrent or uncorrected items.

With regard to Item A, in

your response to this item, we note that this was the second recurrence

(third occurrence) of this item in the last three inspections.

Since

the inmediate corrective actions have been taken regarding this item,

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you need only address your actions to prevent further recurrence. With

regard to Item B, we note that this item has recurred since the NRC

. inspection of emergency planning in January / February 1977. This item is

considered recurrent since the present emergency plan training cycle is

at a once-per-two-year frequency and this inspection coincides with the

first training completion requirement since the 1977 inspection.

In

.,nur response you should give these two items your particular attention.

With regard to the telephone discussions on March 15 and 16,1979, it is

our understanding that the actions described in Detail 11 of the attached

Inspection Report will be accomplished in accordance with the schedule

in Detail 11.

If this understanding is not correct, please advise us as

to your intent in your response to this letter.

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 and the

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

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

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 information, 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 %: mission as ". isted in subparagraph (b) (4) of Section 2.790. The

h' rrm ; ion sought to be withheld shall be incorporated as far as possible

s 6 separate part of the affidavit.

If we do not hear from you in

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

the Pcalic Document Room.

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

pleased to discuss them with you.

Sincerely,

Ms. 2/

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yce H. Grier

f irector

Enclosures:

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Appendix A, iotice of Violation

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Office of Insoection and Enforcement Inspection Report Numb u

50-334/79-Oi

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F. Bissert, Technical Assistant Nuclear

R. Washabaugh, QA Manager

J. Werling, Station Superintendent

G. Moore, General Superintendent, Pc'.2r Stations Department

J. J. Carey, Nuclear Technical Assistant

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