ML19275A965
| ML19275A965 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 08/05/1975 |
| From: | Jennifer Davis NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | Case E, Minogue R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC OFFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT |
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| NUDOCS 7910310573 | |
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AUG 5 1975 Note to R. B. Minogue, SD E. G. Case, llRR RESPONSE TO SECURITY ALLEGATIONS AT THREE MILE ISLAh3 AIID MILLSTONE Pier a provide coments on the attached draf t memorandun to Ralph Nader by c.o.b. August 5,1975. D e Chairman has indicated that this letter should be ready for dispatch on August 6.
We incoming letter with the allegations are attached.
Original *igned by L G. Dag, John C. Davis, IE
Enclosure:
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4 Dear Mr. Nader This is in rcsponse to your letter ef Jene 4, 1973, in which yeu request an investigation by the N"C of security operations at all nuclear pouer plants. Your request is prorpted by "...
the serious problems at Three 1111e Island and Millstone." Ue do not find that there are serious problems at these sites.
He believe our existing inspection program is sufficient to identify problems - and to have problema corrected - in a tinely manner.
An investigation has been conpleted of the allegations made by the two forner ea' cuacn who were employed at the Metropolitan Edison Conpany's T; tree Mile Island cite. A copy of the invectiLa-tion report is enclosed.
L*e found that the physical protection progran cur:ently meetc all applicabic NnC rcquiracants.
In the three instances in which infractions in the complete inplementation of the program were noted, the infractions had been identified and corrected by the licensee independently of the infory.ation provided L..,.:
by th'e.'former watchneu. Furthermore, the issues of accesa and key
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control had been identified and corrective action verified as a resolt of URC inspections.
The security issues at Millstone have been verified, by direct observation by NRC incpectors, as having been corrected. Of furthur interest is the fact that our inspectors were present at the Millstone site on April 11, wheu a bonb threat and a fire of a cuspicious origin occurred. Our inspectora verified that the procedures required by NRC vere efficiently and ef f ect vely followed by tha utility.
Ik. Ralph Nader r.ue to the recent upgrading of physical security requirements for nuclear power plants, we have devottd special attention to the inspection cf physical security during the last year.
Since 1'. arch 1974, N2C inspectors have devoted more than 205 man-days at forty-one plant sites in inspecting physical security. physical security reviews and inspections are conducted prior to the issuance of operating licenses.
Unnanounced reinspections at operating plants are part of our routine inspection program.
Although our findings do not support the bases for your specific concerns, we share your basic belief that physical protection programa f or nuclear pcwer reactors must be carefully foruulated, evaluated, implemented and 1[psected. We consider adequate phycical security to be a matter of continuing high priority.
Sincerely William A. Anders, Chairman U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission