ML19209A792

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Forwards IE Info Notice 79-20, NRC Enforcement Policy - NRC Licensed Individuals. No Action Required
ML19209A792
Person / Time
Site: Perry  
Issue date: 08/14/1979
From: James Keppler
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To: Davidson D
CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO.
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NUDOCS 7910050400
Download: ML19209A792 (1)


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Mr. Dalwyn R. Davidson Vice President - Engineering P. O. Box 5000 Cleveland, OH 44101 Gentlemen:

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 licenser.

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, 42c~ 0 hamesG.Keppler U Director

Enclosure:

IE Information Notice No. 79-20 cc w/ enc 1:

Central Files Director, NRR/DPM Director, NRR/ DOR PDR Local PDR NSIC TIC Harold W. Kohn, Power Siting Commission Mr. Daniel D. Wilt, Attorney 1126 334 7 92ooso ygo;

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7908090260 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 August 14, 1979 IE Information Notice No. 79-20 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 eerious 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 Regu?=tions 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 available to the NRC for use against licensed individuals.

Description of Circumstances:

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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 indivi-duals 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 licensed operators are permittad to manipulate the controls that directly affect reactivit b

I DOW (2) Licensed operators are require all times during the operation Intire document previously entered into syster under:

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