ML19249E720
| ML19249E720 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Waterford  |
| Issue date: | 09/07/1979 |
| From: | Seyfrit K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Aswell D LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7910020266 | |
| Download: ML19249E720 (1) | |
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UNITED STATES
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMIESION b"'A E REGION IV S
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RIV Docket No.
5^-332/IE Information Notice No. 79-20, Revision 1 Louinna; Power and Li;;ht Co.
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D. L. A3well ice President of Power Production 142 N 1 arcade Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70174 Gentle en:
With this IE Information Notice, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is ex-tending an existing mechanism previously used for informing facility licensees of significant cperating events to include informing operator licensees of significant events which could impact on conditions of their NRC licenses.
This IE 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 IE Information Notice.
It is requested that the facility licensee provide copics of this IE Information Notice to all NRC licensed individuals at the facility.
No epecific response is requested at this time.
If you have questions regarding this matter please contact the Direcior of the appropriate NRC Regional Office.
Sincerely, 7
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Karl V. Seyfrit,f Director
Enclosures:
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IE Information Notice No. 79-20, Rev. 1 2.
List of IE Information Notices Issued in 1979 01l \\Y 7910020
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C.
20555 IE Information Notice No. 79-20, Rev 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 noncoepliance can generally be characterized as serious or repeated failures to follos 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 f'egulations 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 complian a 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 operato 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:
(1) Only licensed operators are permitted to manipulate the controls that directly affect reactivity (10 CFR 50.54(i))
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