ML19263E025

From kanterella
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Forwards IE Insp Repts 50-491/79-03,50-492/79-03 & 50-493/79-03 on 790206-08 & Notice of Violation
ML19263E025
Person / Time
Site: Cherokee  Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 03/05/1979
From: Murphy C
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To: Dail L
DUKE POWER CO.
Shared Package
ML19263E018 List:
References
NUDOCS 7904240408
Download: ML19263E025 (2)


See also: IR 05000491/1979003

Text

5

.

.

UNITED STATES

t " "'Oug

k

(p

o

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

g

REGloN ll

g

') g'

g

I

101 M ARIETTA STREET, N.W.

.

ATLANTA, GEORGI A 3o303

o,% ...../

MAR 0 51979

In Reply Refer To:

RII:JKR

50-491/79-03

50-492/79-03

50-493/79-03

Duke Power Company

Attn:

Mr. L. C. Dail, Vice President

Design Engineering

Post Office Eox 33189

Charlotte, North Carolina 28242

Gentlemen:

This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. J. K. Rausch of this

office on February 6-8, 1979 of activities authorized by NRC License

Nos. CPPR-167, CPPR-168 and CPPR-169 for the Cherokee Nuclear Station

facility, and to the discussion of our findings held with Mr. C. B.

Aycock at the conclusion of the inspection.

Areas examined during the inspection and our findings are discussed in

the enclosed inspection report. Within these areas, the inspection

consisted of selective examinations of procedures and representative

records, interviews with personnel, and observations by the inspectors.

We have examined actions you have taken with regard to previously

identified inspection findings. These are discussed in the enclosed inspection

report.

One new unresolved item resulted from this inspection and is discussed

in the enclosed report.

This item will be examined during subsequent

inspections.

During the inspection, it was found that certain activities under your

license appear to be in noncompliance with h3C requirements.

This item

and references to pertinent requirements are listed in the Notice of

Violation enclosed herewith as Appendix A.

This notice is sent to you

pursuant to the previsions of Section 2.201 of the NRC's " Ruler, of

Practice", Part 2, iitle 10, Code of Federal Regulations.

Section 2.201

requires you to submit to this office, within 20 days of your receipt of

this notice, a written statement 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 to avoid further noncompliance;

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

hDb

7 90424 0 3d6

.

MAR 0 51379

.

Duke Power Company

-2-

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 enclosed inspection report will be placed in the NRC's Public Document

Room.

If this report contains any information that you (or your contrac-

tor) believe to be proprietary, it is necessary that you make a written

application within 20 days to this office to withhold such information

from public disclosure. Any such application must include a full state-

ment of the reasons on the basis of which it is claimed that the informa-

tion is proprietary, and should be prepared so that proprietary informa-

tion identified in the application is contained in a separate part of

the document.

If we do not hear f rom 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 letter, we will be glad to

discuss them with you.

Sincerely,

jf[ f/h

Charles E. Murphy, Chief

Reactor Construction and

Engineering Support Branch

Enclosures:

1.

Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2.

Inspection Report Nos. 50-491/79-03,

50-492/79-03 and 50-493/79-03

cc w/ enclosures:

Mr. J. T. Moore, Project .ianager

Cherokee Nuclear Station

Post Office Box 422

Gaffney, South Carolina 29340