ML19262B885
| ML19262B885 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hatch, Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 12/31/1979 |
| From: | James O'Reilly NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | John Miller GEORGIA POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8001160287 | |
| Download: ML19262B885 (1) | |
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RII:JPO 50-321. 50-366 Q 424, 502 253 Georgia Power Company Attn:
J. H. Miller, Jr.
Executive Vice President 270 Peachtree Street, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Gentlemen:
The" enclosed IE Information Notice No. 79-35 provides information on the control of maintenance and essential equipment.
Sincerely,
%LZ q J James P. O'Reilly Director
Enclosures:
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IE Information Notice No. 79-35 w/its enclosures 2.
Recently Issued IE Information Notices 1/54 321 8001160
SEC 311979 Georgia Power Company.
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M. Hanry, Plant Manager Post Office Box 442 Baxley, Georgia 31513 C. E. Belflower Site QA Supervisor Post Office Box 442 E4xley, Georgia 31513 K. M. Gillespie Construction Project Manager Post Office Box 282 Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 E. D. Groover QA Site Supervisor Post Office Box 282 Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 W. A. Widner, General Manager Nuclear Generation Georgia Power Company Post Office Box 4545 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 O
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UNITED STATES SSINS No.: 6870 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Accessions No.:
OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT 7910250510 WASHINGTON, D.C.
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D December 31, 1979 3o IE Information Notice No. 79-35 CONTROL OF MAINTENANCE AND ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT Description of Circumstances:
Enclosed is a copy of a recent enforcement action against Duguesne Light Company.
A copy of this action is being forwarded to all utilities with a power reactor operating license or a construction permit. This is being done to apprise you of a serious condition which revealed an apparent weakness in facility control of maintenance and essential equipment.
You should review your existing procedures and control for independent verification of operability of redundant counterpart equipment when an essential component, subsystem, or system is determined inoperable.
Operability is defined as follows:
A system, subsystem, train, component or device shall be OPERABLE or have OPERABILITY when it is capable of performing its specified function (s).
In;plicit in this definition shall be the assumption that all necessary attendant instrumentation, controls, normal and emergency electrical power sourcta, cooling or seal water, lubrication or other auxiliary equipment that are required for the system, subsystem, train, component or device to perform its function (s) are also capable of performing their related support function (s).
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the Director of the NRC Regional Office in which your facilities are located. No written response to this IE Information Notice is required.
Enclosure:
Letter to Duguesne Light Company from V. Stello, Jr., dtd. 12/5/79 w/Appendicies A, B and C 323 DUPLICATE DOCUMENT Entire docun1ent previously entered t
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