ML19220B419

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Forwards IE Insp Rept 50-320/78-20 on 780510-12 & Notice of Violation
ML19220B419
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Issue date: 05/31/1978
From: Brunner E
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Herbein J
METROPOLITAN EDISON CO.
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See also: IR 05000320/1978020

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Docket No. 50-320

Metropolitan Edison Company

ATTN: Mr. J. G. Herbein

Vice President

P. O. Box 542

Reading, Pennsylvania 19603

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Inspection 50-320/78-20

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

on May 10-12,1978, at Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 2, Middletown,

Pennsylvania, of activities authorized by NRC License No. DPR-73 and to

the discussions of our finding: held by Mr. Higgins with Mr. J. Seei nger

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

subsequent telephone discussions between Mr. W. Potts and Mr. J. Seelinger

of your staff and Mr. Higgins on May 12, 1978.

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, 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,

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 cated 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 Regulaticns.

Section 2.201 requires you to sutxnit 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 reruits achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to

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

will be achieved.

I.: 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 Rocm.

If this

report containq any infomation that you (or your contractor) believe to

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be proprietary, it is necessary that you make a written application

withia 20 days tn 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 subparagraph (b)(4) of Section 2.790. The

informatioh sought to be withheld shall be incorporated as far as possible

into a separate part of the affidavit.

If we do not hear from you in

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

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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J. Brunner, Chief

Reactor Doerations and Nuclear

Support Branch

Enclosures:

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Appendix A, Notice of Violation

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Office of Inspection and Enforcement Inspection

Report Numcer 50-320/78-20

cc w/encls:

R. L. Wayne, QA Manager, Design & Construction

T. Broughton, Safety & Licensing Manager

R. W. Heward, Jr., Project Manager

R. C. Arnold, Vice President, Generation

L. L. Lawyer, Manager, Generation Operations

Muclear

G. P. Miller, Superintendent

J. L. Seelinger, Unit 2 Superintendent

Gerald Charnoff, Esquire

I. R. Finfrock, Jr.

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

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