ML19263E891
| ML19263E891 | |
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| Site: | 07001319 |
| Issue date: | 05/10/1979 |
| From: | James O'Reilly NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Weaver S U.S. NUCLEAR, INC. |
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| NUDOCS 7906250428 | |
| Download: ML19263E891 (1) | |
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In Reply Refer To:
RII:JPO Q 319 3 U. S. Nuc1 car, Inc.
Dr. S. C. Weaver, President Attn:
P. O. Box 680 37830 Oak Ridge, Tennessee Gentlemen:
f a possibly This Iaformation Notice is provided as an early notification No specific action i
matien for possible applicability to their facilit es.
signif.icant matter.
If further hTC evaluations so indi-commend or request or response is requested at this time.
an IE Circular or Bulletin will be issued to reIf you have any que
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specific licensee actions.
please contact the Director of the appropriate h3C Reg ona Sincerely, omh 0 ames P. O'Reilly
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Enclosure:
IE Information Notice 1.
No. 79-12
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D. C.
20555 May 10, 1979 IE Information Notice No. 79-12 ATTEMPTED DAMAGE TO NEW FUEL ASSEMBLIES This Notice provides information concerning the surreptitous introduction of a possibly damaging liquid into the new fuel storage pool at the Virginia Electric and Power Company, Surry Power Station in Surry County, Virginia.
On Monday,Ifay 7, 1979, while conducting inspections of new fuel for Unit 2, the licensee found that plastic protective liners on 62 of 64 assemblies had been tampered with. Further inspection revealed that a white crystalline substance had been poured onto the assemblies. Preliminary analysis by VEPCO indicates that the substance is sodium hydroxide. The new fuel is stored in the Fuel Building, an area which is locked and alarmed, and to which access These cards is controlled by the issuance of specially coded access cards.
are issued after the successful completion of a background screening program for both Virginia Electric and Power Company and contractor personnel.
The FBI is presently on-site conducting an extensive investigation.
Westinghouse, the fuel vendor, is assisting in the evaluation of possible fuel damage.
This event could possibly provoke similar behavior on the part of other At this Consequently, you should be aware of such an eventuality.
persons.
time the NRC is not placing additional requirements on you, but is advising that extra caution be exercised in your existing security program.
This Information Notice is provided as an early notification of a possibly significant matter.
It is expected that recipients will review the information for possible applicability of tiair facilities. No specific action or response is requested at this time.
If further NRC evaluations so indicate, an IE Circular or Bulletin will be issued to recommend or request specific licensee actions.
If you have questions regarding the matter, please contact the Director of the appropriate h7C Regional Office.
No written response to this Information Notice is required.
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May 10, 1979 LISTING OF IE IhTOIC'ATION NOTICES ISSUED IN 1979 Date Issued To In%mation Subject Issued Notice Ib.
79-01 Bergen-Paterson Hydmulic 2/2/79 All power reactor r
facilities with an Shock and Sway Arrestor OL e a CP 79-02 Attegted Extortion -
2/2/79 All Puel Facilities 14w Enriched Umnium 79-03 Limitorque Valve Geared 2/9/79 All power reactor facilities with an Limit Switch Lubricant OL or a CP 2/16/79 All power reactor 79-04 Degmdation of facilities with an Engineered OL or a CP Safety Features 79-05 Use of Improper Materials 3/21/79 All powe reactor facilities with an in Safety-Related Cor:;cnents OL or CP 79-06 Stress Analysis of 3/23/79 All Ibiders of Reactor OL or CP Safety-Related Piping 3/26/79 All pu reactor 79-07 Rupture of Radwaste Tanks facilities with an OL or CP 79-08 Interconnection of 3/28/79 All power Ivactor facilities with an Conta-lnated Systems with OL and Pu Processing Se:vice Air Systems Used fuel facilities i
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Air 3/30/79 All pcurr reactor 79-09 Spill of Radioactively facilities with an Conta:rinated Resin OL 79-10 Nonconfoming Pipe 4/16/79 All pcuer reactor facilities with a CP Support Struts Irser Reacter Vessel Head 5/7/79 All pcuer reactor facilities with a 79-11 Insulation Support Froblem CP or OL H
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