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Forwards IE Insp Rept 50-298/79-14 on 790910-14 & 19-21 & Notice of Violation
ML19210D196
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Site: Cooper Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 10/12/1979
From: Madsen G
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To: Pilant J
NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
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Download: ML19210D196 (2)


See also: IR 05000298/1979014

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October 12, 1979

In Reply Refer To:

Docket No. 50-298/79-14

Nebraska Public Power District

ATTN: Mr. J. M. Pilant, Director

Licensing and Quality Assurance

P. O. Box 499

Columbus, Nebraska 68601

Gentlemen:

This refers to the inspection conducted by Messrs. G. L. Constable, R. Smith

and S. R. Dean of this office during the period September 10-14 and 19-21,

1979, of activities authorized by NRC Operating License DPR-46, and to the

discussions of the findings with Mr. L. C. Lessor.

Principal areas examined during the inspection included:

(1) review of plant

operations; (2) Quality Assurance Program; (3) Part 21 Report; (4) follow-up

on IE Bulletins; (5) IE Circulars; and (6) LER's. Within these areas, the

inspection consisted of selective examination of procedures and representative

records, interviews with personnel, and observations by the inspectors.

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 Enclosure (1).

This notice is sent to you pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.201 of the

NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Code of Federal Regulations. Section 2.201

requires you to submit to this office within 20 days of your rn:eipt 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 noncompliance; and (3) the date when

full compliance will be achieved.

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 arid the enclosed inspec-

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

If this report

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contains any infonnation that you or your contractors believe to be propri-

etary, 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 include a full statement of reasons on the basis of

which it is claimed that the information is proprietary and should be prepared

so that the proprietary information identified in the application is contained

in a separate part of the document.

If we do not hear from you in this regard

within the specified period, the report will be placed in the Public Document

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Room.

Should you have any questions concernin9 this inspection, we will be pleased

to discuss them with you.

Sincerely,

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G. L. Madsen, Chief,

Reactor Operations and

Nuclear Support Branch

Enclosures:

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Notice of Violation

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IE Inspection Report No. 50-298/79-14

cc w/ enclosures:

L. C. Lessor, Superintendent

Cooper Nuclear Station

P. O. Box 98

Brownville, Nebraska 68321

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