ML19249E647
| ML19249E647 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 09/07/1979 |
| From: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Counsil W NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7910020097 | |
| Download: ML19249E647 (1) | |
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Docket Nos. 50-245 50-336 A. 7E 50-423 Northeast Nuclear Energy Company ATTH:
Mr. W. G. Counsil Vice President - Nuclear Engineering and Operations P. O. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06101 Gentlemen:
With this Information Notice the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is extending an existing mechanism previously used for informing facility licensees of significant operating events to include informing operator licensees of significant events which could impact on conditions of their NRC licenses. This Information Notice is being reissued to correct a word omission and a punctuation error that, when taken together, completely changed the intent of a statement.
The changed statement is underlined in the text of the Information Notice.
It is requested that the facility licensee provide copies of this Information 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.
Sincerely, hfY.
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Boyce H. Grier Director
Enclosures:
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IE Information Notice No. 79-20, Revision 1 2.
List of IE Information Notices Issued in most Six Months cc w/encls:
J. F. Opeka, Station Superintendent D. G. Diedrick, Manager of Quality Assurance J. R. Himmelwright, Licensing Safeguards Engineer K. W. Gray, Construction Quality Assurance Lead H. R. Nims, Director of Nuclear Projects A. Z. Roisman, Natural Resources Defense Council 1052 N
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ENCLOSURE 1 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 IE Information Notice No. 79-20 Revision 1 Date:
September 7, 1979 Page 1 of 3 NRC ENFORCEMENT POLICY - NRC LICENSED INDIVIDUALS
Background:
In the p;st, NRC licensed indi r' duals 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.
Two 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 respon-Silities.
The purpose of this Information Notice is two-fold:
(1) To remind the NRC licensed individuals of their responsibill+'es,:.P only in the proper operation of the facility controls, but in compliance with the facility administrative procedures, and (2) To. summarize the enforcement sanctions M lable 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 prctected.
The role of NRC licensed individuals is no less important in the overall Regulatory scheme.
The NRC recognizes that timely actions by NRC licensed individuals 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 require'
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