ML19247A961
| ML19247A961 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 07/26/1979 |
| From: | Seyfrit K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Cavanaugh W ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7908060038 | |
| Download: ML19247A961 (1) | |
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July 26, 1979 Docket Nos.
50-313 50-368 Arkansas Power and Light Company ATTN:
Mr. William Cavanaugh III Vice President of Generation and Construction P. O. Box 551 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 Gentlemen:
Enclosed is IE Bulletin No. 79-16 which requires action by you with regard to your reactor facilities.
Should you have questions regarding this Bulletin or the actions required of you, please contact this office.
Sincerely, S
coAncy t
karl V. Seyfrit Director
Enclosures:
1.
List of IE Bulletins Issued in Last 12 Months cc:
James P. O'Hanlon, Plant Manager Arkansas Nuclear One P. O. Box 603 Russellville, Arkansas 72801 fts20183 03P 7908060 p
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D. C.
20555 IE Bulletin No. 79-16 Date: July 26, 1979 Page 1 of 4 VITAL ARE.1 ACCESS CONTROLS Description of Circumstances An attempt to damage new fuel assemblies occurred recently at an operating nuclear reactor facility.
During a routine fuel inspection, the licensee discovered that a chemical liquid had been poured over 62 of 64 new fuel assemblies. Analysis indicates that the chemical liquid was sodium hydroxide, a chemical stored and used onsite.
The licensee stores ew fuel assemblies in dry storage wells on the same elevation as the spent fuel pool within the Fuel Building, e vital area.
Access to the building is controlled by use of a coded key card which elec-tronically unlocks the alarmed personnel portals.
The lir ensee issues coded key cards to both licensee and contractor personnel aftet the successful com-pletion of a Lackground screening program.
In addition, licensee site manage-ment certifies monthly that each individual has the nced for a coded key card in order to perform required duties. Further access within this building is not limited by other barriers or controls.
As a result of this incident, an initial licensee audit determined that several hundred licensee and contractor personnel had access to this area during the period when the attempt to damage the fuel was made. The audit also revealed that one coded key card reader at a vital area portal was inaccurately recording access data at the alarm station. Also discovered during this audit were indications of frequent " tailgating" on access through the portals. Tailgating occurs when more than one person passes through a portal on one person's achnrized access.
Their passage is therefore not recorded, and unauthorized persons could gain entry in this manner.
Tailgating does not include author-ized access controlled by an escort.
10 CFR 73.55(a) requires the licensees to protect against industrial sabotage committed by an insider in any position.
10 CFR 73.55(d)(7) states that access to Vital Areas shall be ponitively controlled and limited to individuals who are authorized access to v2tal equipment and who require such access to perform their duties.
Specific conmitments irol e ntint this regulation are described in each licensee's approved Security ) L, C~
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