ML19249E672
| ML19249E672 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 05000294 |
| Issue date: | 09/07/1979 |
| From: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Terry S MICHIGAN STATE UNIV., EAST LANSING, MI |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7910020139 | |
| Download: ML19249E672 (1) | |
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SEP 719W Docket No. 50-294 Michigan State University ATTN:
Mr. Stephen H. Terry Assistant Vice President
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for Business and Finance East Lansing, MI 48824 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 puncteation 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,
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A ames G. Keppler Director
Enclosure:
IE Information Notice No. 79-20, Rev. 1 cc w/ encl:
Mr. J. T. Carrick, Reactor Supervisor Central Files Director, NRR/DPM Director, NRR/ DOR PDR NSIC TIC 1075 278 2 c' 7910020 J-
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Background:
In the past, NRC licensed individuals have been cited Ly 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 d 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:
(3) To remind the NRC licensed individuals of their responsibilities, not only in the proper cperation 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 NRC 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:
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