ML19276G992
| ML19276G992 | |
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| Site: | Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png |
| Issue date: | 08/14/1979 |
| From: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Counsil W CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER CO. |
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| NUDOCS 7908310261 | |
| Download: ML19276G992 (1) | |
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August 14, 1979 Docket No. 50-213 Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company ATTN: Mr. W. G. Counsil Vice President - Nuclear Engineering and Operations P. O. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06101 Gentlemen:
With this Infonnation Notice the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is extending an existing mechanism previously used for infonning facility licensees of significant 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 Infonnation Notice to all NRC licensed individuals at your facility.
No specific response is requested at this time.
If you have questions regarding this matter please contact this Office.
Sincerely, 8^
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oyce H. Grier Director Enclosures.
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IE Information Notice No. 79-20 2.
List of IE Information Notices Issued the Last Six Months cc w/encls:
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D. G. Diedrick, Manager of Quality Assurance J. R. Himelwright, Licensing Safeguards Engineer 7908 310M: *
.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 Page 1 of 3 NRC ENFORCEMENT POLICY - NRC LICENSED INDIVIDUALS oackground:
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 ograting 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 sumarize the enforcement sanctions available to the NRC for use against licensed individuals.
Description of Circumstances:
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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 Regulatory scheme.
The NRC recognizes that timely actions by NRC licensed individuals are an important r-rt of safety.
Reliance on these actions is a part of the defense-in-dep 6 concept.
Specifically, the NRC requires that:
(1) directly affect reactivity (permitted to manipulate the controls that Only licensed operators are 10 CFR 50.54 (i))
(2) Licensed operators are require times during the operation of DOPLICATE DOCUMENT Entire document previously on;6 265 entered into system under:
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