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Forwards IE Insp Rept 50-289/77-18 on 770607-10 & Notice of Violation
ML19209C697
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Issue date: 07/12/1977
From: Nelson P
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Herbein J
METROPOLITAN EDISON CO.
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Download: ML19209C697 (3)


See also: IR 05000289/1977018

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Docket No. 50-289

Metropolitan Edison Company

ATIN: Mr. J. G. Herbein

Vice President

P. 0. Box 542

Reading, Pennsylvania 19603

Gentlemen:

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This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. Donaldson of this office

on June 7-10,1977 at the Three Mile Island 1 Nuclear Facility of activ-

ities authorized by NRC License No. DPR-50 and to the discussions of our

findings held by Mr. Donaldson with Mr. G. Miller and other members of

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

telephone discussions between Messrs. Stohr, Donaldson and Kellogg of

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this office and Messrs. Miller and Dubiel of your organization on June

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23, 1977 and between Mr. Donaldson and Mr. Dubiel on ~ June 28, 1977.

Areas examined during this inspection are described in the Office of

Inspection and. Enforcement Inspection Report which is enclosed with this

letter.

Within these areau, the inspection consisted of selective

examinations of procedures and representative records, interviews with

personnel, and observations by the inspector.

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 com-

pliance will be achieved.

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Another activity appears to be a deviation from accepted health and

safety practices, i.e., smoking while handling contaminated materials.

Please include in your response your coments concerning this activity

which is discussed in the enclosed Inspection Report as a Deviation.

Item A, shown in the Notice of Violation enclosed with this letter, is a

recurrent or uncorrected item.

In your response please give this matter

your particular attention.

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

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 Commission as listed in suboaragraph (b)(4) of Section 2.790.

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information sought to be withhe.d shall be incorporated as far as possible

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into a separate part of the affidavit.

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

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the Public Document Room.

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

pleased to discuss them with you.

Sincerely,

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Enclosures:

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Appendix A, Notice of Violation

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Office of Inspection ano Enforcement Inspection

Report Number 50-289/77-18

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L. L. Lawyer, Manager, Generation Operations - Nuclear

G. P. Miller, Superintendent

R. W. Heward, Project Manager, GPUSC

Miss Mary V. Southard, Chairman, Citizens for a Safe Environment

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