ML19249B346
| ML19249B346 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Fort Calhoun  |
| Issue date: | 08/14/1979 |
| From: | Seyfrit K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Short T OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7909040305 | |
| Download: ML19249B346 (1) | |
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August 14, 1979 Docket No.
50-285 Omaha Public Power District ATTN:
T. E. Short, Assistant General Manager 1623 Farney Street Omaha, Nebraska 68102 Centleren:
With this IE Information Notice the Nuclear Regulatory Cornission is extending an existing cechanisa previously used for informing facility licensees of significant operating events to include inforcing operator licensees of significant events which could impact on conditions of their NRC licenses.
It is requested that the facility licensee provide copics of this IE Information Notice to all NRC licensed individuals at the facility.
No specific response is requested at this tiae.
If you have questions regarding this natter please contact the Director of the appropriate NRC Regional Office.
Sincerely, 7
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Enclosures:
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IE Information Notice No. 79-20 2.
List of IE Inf mation Notices Issued in 1979 cc:
R. L. Andrews, !!anager Fo e t Calhoun Station Past Office Box 98 Fort Calhoun, Nebraska 63102 o:, rp v t i c. <. v u 7 909 0 4 0 1'c-a
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 IE Information Notice No. 79-20 Date: August 14, 1979 Page 1 of 3 NRC ENFORCEMENT POLICY - NRC LICENSED INDIVIDUALS
Background:
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 operating procedures.
Twc, recent events involving the radiation overexposure of NRC licensed individuals through their violation of utility procedures, facility 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:
1.
To remind the h3C licensed individuals of their responsibilities, not only in the proper opera' tion 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 Facility 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 h7C licensed individuals is no less important in the 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 a 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) Licensed operators are required t o bgesent at the controls at all times during the operatiorh1
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