ML19260D846
| ML19260D846 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | FitzPatrick  |
| Issue date: | 11/01/1979 |
| From: | Brunner E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Leonard J POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK |
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| NUDOCS 8002120495 | |
| Download: ML19260D846 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000333/1979014
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Docket No. 50-333
Power Authority of the State of New York
James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant
ATTN:
Mr. J. D. Leonard
Resident Manager
P. O. Box 41
Lycoming, New York 13093
Gentlemen:
Subject:
Inspection 50-333/79-14
This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. T. Stetka of this office on
September 10-20, 1979 at your facility and at your corporate offices in New York
City of activities authorized by NRC License No. OPR-59 and to the discussions
of our findings held by Mr. Stetka with yourself and other members of your staff
and with Mr. J. Boston and personnel of the corporate staff at the conclusion of
the inspection, and to a subsequent telephone discussion between Mr. T. Stetka
and Mr. R. Pasternack of your staff on October 4,1979.
Areas examined during this inspection are described in the Office of Inspection
and Enforcement Inspection Report which is enclosed with this letter.
Within
these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures
and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observations by the
inspector.
Our inspector also verified the steps you have taken to correct the item of
noncompliance brought to your attention in a letter dated August 8, 1979.
We
have no further questions regarding the steps you took to correct the possibility
of an inadequate review of the subjects discussed during this meeting.
'With
regard to preventing recurrence of this event, you have been requested in our
letter to you, dated September 24, 1979, to address this item.
Your response
will be reviewed during a subsequent inspection.
Based on the results of this inspection, it appears that certain of your activi-
ties were not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements, as set forth
in the Notice of Violation, enclosed herewith as Appendix A.
These items of
noncompliance have been categorized into the levels as described in our corres-
pondence to you dated December 31, 1974.
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 (20) days of your receipt of this notice, a written state-
ment or explanation in reply including:
(1) corrective steps which have been
taken by you and the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken
toavoidfurtheritemsofnoncompliance;and(3)thedatewhenfullcomp{)iane7
will be achieved.
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With respect to Appendix A, Item A, you have been requested to respond to spe-
cific NRC concerns identified in Immediate Action Letter 79-15, dated September
13, 1979, and you need not also address this matter in your response to these
inspection findings.
Item B, shown in the Notice of Violation enclosed with this letter, is a recur-
rent or uncorrected item.
In your response please give this matter your parti-
cular attention.
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 letter and the enclosures
will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.
If this report contains any
information that you (or your contractor) believe to be proprietary, it is
necessary that you make a writtan application within 20 days to this office to
withhold such information from public disclosure.
Any such application must be
accompanied by an affidavit executed by the owner of the information, which
identifies the document or part sought to be withheld, and which contains a
statement of reasons which addresses with specificity the items which will be
considered by the Commission as listed in subparagraph (b) (4) of Section 2.790.
The information sought to be withheld shall be incorporated as far as possible
into a separate part of the affidavit.
If we do not hear from you in this regard
within the specified period, the report will be placed in the Public Document
Room.
Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be pleased to
discuss them with you.
Sincerely,
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Enclosures:
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Appendix A, Notice of Violation
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Office of Inspection and Enforcement Inspection
Report Number 50-333/79-14
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George T. Berry, Executive Director
P. W. Lyon, Manager - Nuclear Operations
A. Klausmann, Director, Quality Assurance
M. C. Cosgrove, Quality Assurance Supervisor
J. F. Davis, Chairman, Safety Review Committee
V. J. Cassan, Assistant General Counsel
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G. M. Wilverding, Licensing Supervisor
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