ML19259B633

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Forwards IE Insp Repts 50-282/78-23 & 50-306/78-23 on 781201-29 & Notice of Violation
ML19259B633
Person / Time
Site: Prairie Island  Xcel Energy icon.png
Issue date: 02/01/1979
From: Fiorelli G
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To: Wachter L
NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
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Download: ML19259B633 (2)


See also: IR 05000282/1978023

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Docket No. 50-282

Docket No. 50-306

Northern States Power Company

ATTN:

Mr. Leo Wachter

Vice President

Power Production and

System Operation

414 Nicollet Mall

Minneapolis, MN 55401

Gentlemen:

This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. C. D. Feierabend of

this office on December 1 through 29, 1978, of activities at Prairie

Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, authorized by NRC

Operating Licenses No. DPR-42 and No. DPR-60 and to the discussion

of our findings with Mr. Tierney and others of your staff at the

conclusion of the inspection.

The enclosed copy of our inspection report identifies areas examined

during the inspection. Within these areas, the inspection consisted

of a selective examination of procedures and representative records,

observations, and interviews with personnel.

During this inspection, certain of your activities appeared to be

in noncompliance with NRC requirements, as described in the enclosed

Appendix A.

This notice is sent to you pursuant to the provisions of Section

2.201 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of

Federal Regulations. Section 2.201 requires you to submit to this

office within twenty days of your receipt of this notice a written

statement or explanation in reply, including for each item of non-

compliance: (1) corrective action taken and the results achieved;

(2) corrective action to be taken to avoid further noncompliance;

and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved.

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In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice,"

Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letts

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the enclosures, and your response to this letter will be placed in

the NRC's Public Document Room, except as follows.

If the enclo-

sures contain information that you or your contractors believe to be

proprietary, you must apply in writing to this office, within twenty

days of your receipt of this letter, to withhold such information

from public disclosure. The application must include a full statement

of the reasons for which the information is considered proprietary,

and should be prepared so that proprietary information identified in

the application is contained in an enclosure to the application.

We will gladly discuss any questions you have concerning this

inspection.

Sincerely,

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Gaston Fiorelli, Chief

Reactor Operations and

Nuclear Support Branch

Enclosures:

1. Appendix A, Notice

of Violation

2. IE Inspection Report

No. 50-282/78-23

and No. SC"306/78-23

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Mr. F. P. Tierney, Jr. ,

Plant Manager

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