ML19263E916
| ML19263E916 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Summer  |
| Issue date: | 05/10/1979 |
| From: | James O'Reilly NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Nichols T SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7906250458 | |
| Download: ML19263E916 (1) | |
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Vice President and Group Executive Power Production and System Operations P. O. Box 764 Columbia, South Carolina 29218 Gentlemen:
ibly This Information Notice is provided as an early notification of significant matter.
No specific action mation for possible applicabi'lity to their facilities.If further h1C evaluations so indi-or response is requested at this time.
t an IE Circular or Bulletin will be issued to recommend or r
- cate, please contact the Director of the appropriate h3C Regional Office.
specific licensee actions.
Sincerely, DS p ( O'Reilly es P.
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Enclosure:
IE Information Notice 1.
No. 79-12 2.
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e UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COTfISSION 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, May 7, 1979, while conducting inspections of new fuel for Unit 2, the licensee found that plastic prctective 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 is controlled by the issuance of specially coded access cards. These 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 Consequently, you should be aware of such an eventuality. At this 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 their 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 NRC Regional Office.
No written response to this Information Notice is required, i
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i Enclosure Infon:ntion Notice No. 79-12 Page 1 of 1 Msy 10, 1979 LISTDJG OF II INF0FFATION NOTICES ISSUED Di 1979 Date Issued To Inforration Subject Issued lbtice No.
79-01 Bergen-Patemon Hydruulic 2/2/79 All power reactor r
facilities with an Shock and Sway Arrestor OL or a CP 79-02 Attempted Extortion -
2/2/79 All Fuel Facilities low Enriched Urenium 79-03 Limitorque Valve Geared 2/9/79 All power ream _ or Limit Switch Lubricant facilities with an OL cr a CP 79-04 Degruiltion of 2/16/79 All power n actor facilities with an Engineered OL or a CP Safety Teatures 79-05 Use of Improper Materials 3/21/79 All power reactor facilities with an in Safety-Related Ccrponents OL or CP 79-06 Stress Analysis of 3/23/79 All Ibider" of Reactor OL or CP Safety-Related Piping 79-07 Rupture of Radmste Tanks 3/26/79 All pcwJ reactor facilities with an OL or CP 79-08 Interconnection of 3/28/79 All power reactor facilities with an Contaminated Syste.s with OL and Pu Pmeessing Service Air Systems Used As the Soume of Breathing fuel facilities l
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79-09 Spill of Eadioactively 3/30/79 All pcwx reactor facilities with an Contaminated Resin OL lbnconforr?ng Pipe 4/16/79 All per reactor 79-10 facilities with a CP Support St2vts 79-11 Lower Ecacter Vessel Head 5/7/79 All per Mactor facilities with a Insulation Support Pmblem CP or OL I
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