ML19275A097
| ML19275A097 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 05000139 |
| Issue date: | 08/14/1979 |
| From: | Engelken R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Carlson D WASHINGTON, UNIV. OF, SEATTLE, WA |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7908310196 | |
| Download: ML19275A097 (1) | |
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Attention:
Dr. Dale Carlson Gentlemen:
With this Information ?!otice the Nuclear Regulatory Comission is ex-tending an existing mechanism previously used for informing facility licensees of significant operating events to 1 21ude informing operator licensees of significant events which could in. pact on conditions of their NRC licenses.
It is requested that the facility licensee provide copies of this Information Notice to all flRC licensed individuals at the facility. No specific response is requested at this time.
If you have questions regarding this matter please contact the Director of the appropriate NRC Regional Office.
Sincerely, e-
'f. t R. H. E'gelken Director
Enclosures:
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IE Information Notice No. 79-20 2.
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SSIflS: 6870 Accession No:
7908090260 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMriISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTI0il AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 August 14, 1979 IE Information Notice flo. 79-20 flRC ENFORCEMEilT POLICY - NRC LICEflSED INDIVIDUALS Lackground:
In the past, NP,C licensed individuals have be~en cited by the NRC for failure to comply with the conditions of their licenses. These items of noncompliance can qenerally be characterized as serious or repeated failures to follow reactor operating procedures. Two recent events involving the radiation overexposure of NRC licensed individuals through their vjolation of utility procedures, facility Technical Specifications and the Code of Federal Regulations have raised auestions about the excercise of their responsibilities.
The purpose of this Information Notice is two-fold:
(1) To remind the NRC licensed individuals of their responsibilities, not only in the proper operation of the facility controls, but in compliance with the facility administrative procedures, and (2) To summarize the enforcement sanctions available to the NRC for use against licensed individuals.
Description of Circumstances:
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Responsibilities Facility licensees are cha jed with the responsibility to design, construct and operate their plants in accordance with NRC requirements to assure that public health and safety are protected. The role of flRC licensed individuals is no less important in the overall Psegulatory scheme.
The fiRC recognizes that timely actions by NRC licensed indivi-duals are an important part of safety.
Reliance on these actions is a part of the defense-in-depth cor, cept.
Specifically, the NRC requires that:
(1) Only licensed operators are permitted to manipulate the controls that directly affect reactivit (2) Licensed operators are required DUPLICATE DOCUMENT all times during the operation Entire document previously entered into system under:
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