ML19249B345
| ML19249B345 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 08/14/1979 |
| From: | Seyfrit K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Pilant J NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7909040303 | |
| Download: ML19249B345 (1) | |
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August 14, 1979 Docket No.
50-298 Nebraska Public Power District ATTN:
J. M. Pilant, Director Licensing & Quality Assurance Post Of fice Box 499 Colu= bus, Nebraska 68601 Gentic2en:
With this IE Infornation Notice the Nuclear Regulatory Cocaission is extending an existing mechanis previously used for inforcing facility licensees of significant operating events to include informing operator licensees of significant events which could impact on conditions of their NRC licenses.
It is raquested that the facility licensee provide copies of this IE Inforcation 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.
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Enclosures:
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IE Information h'otice No. 79-20 2.
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COM)!ISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASIIINGTON, D.C. 20555 IE Information Notice No. 79-20 Date: August 14, 1979 Page 1 of 3 NRC ENFORCEMENT POLICY - NRC LICENSED INDIVIDUALS Backgroed:
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 serious or repeated failures to follow reactor cperating procedures. Two recent events involving the radiation overexposure of NRC licensed individuals through their violation of utility procedures, f amility Technical Specifications and the Code of Federal Regulations have raised questions about the exercise of their responsibilities.
The purpose of this Information Notice is two-fold:
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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 Facilt.ty 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 P.c 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 e part of the defense-in-depth concept.
Specifically, the NRC requires that:
(1) Only licensed operators are permitted to manipulate the controls that directly affect reactivity (10 CFR 50.54(i))
(2) Licenmd operators are required to be present at the controls at all times during the operatior P " " m 4" ' P '
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