ML19209A079
| ML19209A079 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Clinton  |
| Issue date: | 09/07/1979 |
| From: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Gerstner W ILLINOIS POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7910020204 | |
| Download: ML19209A079 (1) | |
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Mr. W. C. Gerstner Executive Vice President 500 South 27th Street Dicatur, IL 62525 Gentlenen:
With this Information Notice the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is extending an existing mechanism previously used for informing 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, coupletely changed the intent of a statement. The changed statement is underlined in th:- text of the Information Fotice.
It is requested that the facility licensee provide copies of this Information Not.ce 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, N.
W/
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Enclosure:
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Central Files Director, NRR/DPM Director, NRR/ DOR PDR Local PDR NSIC TIC Mr. Dean Hansell, Office of Assistant Attorney General
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7908220108 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 September 7, 1979 IE Information Notice No. 7P 20 Rev. 1 NRC ENFORCEhENT POLICY - NRC LICENSED INDIVIDUALS Backgrour.d:
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 failuras 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 Notice 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 summarize the enforcement sanctions avai'able to the NRC for use against licensed individuals.
Description of Circumstances-1.
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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 rue of NRC licensed individuals is no less important in the overall Regulatory schen:a.
The NRC recognizes that timely actions by NRC licensed indivi-duals are an important part of safety.
Reliance on these ections is a part of the defense-in-depth concept.
Specifically, the NRC requires that:
(1) Only licensed operators are permitted to manipulate the controls that directly affect reactivhB&MhW544%mmm-e (2) Licensed operators are requi DUPLICATE DOCUMENT all times during the operati j j }6 Q ]()
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