ML19275A100
| ML19275A100 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | West Valley Demonstration Project, 07000959 |
| Issue date: | 08/14/1979 |
| From: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Deuster R NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES, INC. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7908310221 | |
| Download: ML19275A100 (1) | |
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%, ' V August 14, 1979 Docket Nos. 50-201 50-959 Nuclear Fuel Services, Incorporated ATTN:
Mr. R. W. Deuster President Suite 600 6000 Executive Boulevard Rockville, Maryland 20352 Gentlemen:
With this Infonnation Notice the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is extending an existing mechanism previously used for informing facility licensees of signifi-cant operating events to include informing operator licensees of significant events which could impact on conditions of their NRC licenses.
It is requested that you provide copies of this Information f!otice to all NRC licensed indivi-duals at your facility.
30 specific response is requested at this time.
If you have questions regarding this matter please contact this Office.
Sincerely, I
/
oyce H. Grier Director
Enclosures:
1.
IE Information Notice No. 79-20 2.
List of IE Information Notices Issued the Last Six Months cc w/encls:
J. Duckworth, General Manager 2033 243 7 0 08 310p;>i,
ENCLOSURE 1 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 IE Information Notice No. 79-20 Date: August 14, 1979
? age 1 of 3 NRC ENFORCEMENT POLICY - NRC LICENSED INDIVIDUALS
Background:
In the past, NRC licensed individuals have been cited by the NRC for failure to comply with the conditions of their licenses.
These items of noncompliance can generally 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 violation of utility procedures, facility Technical Specifications and the Code of Federal Regulations have raised questions about the exercise 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 sunmarize the enforcement sanctions available to the NRC for use against licensed individuals.
Description of Circumstances:
1.
Responsibilities Facility licensees are charged 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 NRC licensed individuals is no less important in the overall Regulatu y scheme.
The NRC recognizes that timely actions by NRC licensed individuuls are an important part of safety.
Reliance on these actions is a part of the defense-in-depth concept.
Specifically, the NRC requires that:
(1)
Only licensed operators are directly affect reactivity (permitted to manipulate the controls that 10 CFR 50.54 (i))
(2) Licensed operators are required to b resent at the controls at all times during the operation of DUPLICATE DOCUMENT Entire document previously
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