ML19249E667
| ML19249E667 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Yankee Rowe |
| Issue date: | 09/07/1979 |
| From: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Groce R YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7910020129 | |
| Download: ML19249E667 (1) | |
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Docket No. 50-23 SEP 7 m3 Yankee Atomic Electric Company ATTN: Mr. Robert H. Groce Licensing Engineer 20 Turnpike Road Westborough, Massachusetts 01581 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 state-ment is underlined in the text of the Information Notice.
It is requested that the facility licensee p ovide 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, Boyce H. Grier Director
Enclosures:
1.
IE Infonnation Notice No. 79-20, Revision 1 9
List of IE Information Notices Issued in the Last Six Months cc w/encls:
H. Autio, Plant Superintendent L. E. Minn kk, President 1075 270 7010020\\1
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 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 charac*.erized as serious or repeated failures to follow reactor operating proccJures.
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 responsibilities.
The purpose of this Information Notice is two-fold:
(1) To cemind the NRC licensed individuals of their responsibilities, not only in the proper operation of the facility controls, but in coupliance with the facility administrative procedures, and (2) To summarize the enh scement sanctions available to the NRC for use against licensed individuals.
Description of Circumstances:
1.
Responsibilities Facility licensees are charged with the responsibility to design, construct and operate their plants in ncordance with NRC requirements to assure that public health and safety are protected.
The role of NRC licensed individuals is no less important in the overall Regulatory scheme.
The NRC recognizes t'lat 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 reacti g il& Cf 54_Cip,, -
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Licensed operators are req DUPLICATE DCCUMENT times during the operation Entire document previously entered into system under:
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