ML19296B545
| ML19296B545 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png |
| Issue date: | 09/13/1979 |
| From: | Goodwin C PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. |
| To: | Engelken R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| References | |
| IEB-79-16, NUDOCS 8002210030 | |
| Download: ML19296B545 (4) | |
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Dear Sir:
NRC IE Bulletin 79-16 advised Portland General Electric Company of an attempt to damage new fuel assemblies which occurred recently at an operating nuclear reactor facility. Upon investigating this incident, it was found that several hundred licensee and contract personnel had access to the new fuel storage area during the period when the attempt to damage the fuel was made. A number of other problems related to the vital area access control were also identified.
The subject Bulletin summarizes the contents of K 73.55, the Security Plan Evaluation Report, and NRR Review Guidelines 21 and 23, which are related to vital area access controls. Nine specific action items are identified to each licensee with a request that the licensee report in writing within 45 days the action taken with regard to those nine items.
This letter identifies those actions which PGE has taken or has scheduled to take in response to that Bulletin. The item numbers correspond to those action item numbers identified in the Bulletin.
1.
The criteria for granting unescorted access to vital areas of the Trojan Nuclear Plant are idertified in the Trojan Security Plan (PGE-1017), which has previously been approved by the NRC.
These criteria have been reviewed and found to be adequate for personnel assigned to work at the Plant.
It was determined that the Security Plan could be improved by stricter control of badges allowing unrestricted access to the protected and vital areas of the Plant, which are issued to personnel not working at the Plant on a regular basis. A procedure is being developed which will provide an " inactive" status for the badges of personnel 121 sW pren Rwt Pcard C egen 97204 do G75
Portland General BechicCcarvuly Mr. R. H. Engelken September 13, 1979 Page two who have satisfactorily passed the screening program, but have only periodic needs for access to protected and vital areas of the Plant. These " inactive" badges will be reactivated by a request from the cognizant Trojan Staff Supervisor to the Security Supervisor based on a valid work-related need. The procedures necessary to implement the inactive badge concept will be completed and imple-mented prior to December 1, 1979.
2.
The personnel access list used at Trojan is prepared and issued by computer. The list is revised at least once every 31 days and can be updated daily if required to meet specific Plant needs.
In addition, procedures allow hand-written changes to be made to the list by authorized personnel as required, which can be done in conjunction with the " inactive" badge procedure ' dentified above.
This will ensure that the minimum practical number of personnel is authorized unescorted access at any given time.
3.
As noted above, the Plant access list can be updated at any time as required. Names are immediately removed from the access list when personnel are terminated for cause or it is found necessary to restrict access for any other reason.
In addition, the Plant procedures for reviewing and approv-ing the Plant access lists are being changed to require review by each department supervisor who is authorized to approve changes to the Ifst on a monthly basis.
This additional review will be accomplished for all access lists issued after October 1, 1979.
4.
Control of the authorized access list is discussed in Items 2 and 3 above. Access authorization is provided only by the access list since Trojan does not use a keycard system.
5.
Plant management endeavors to minimize the number of people employed by and working at the Plant at any given time, and to closely monitor and supervise the activities of personnel working within the Plant. Non-Plant personnel who have been screened for unrestricted access to the Plant are limited from that access unless a specific need has been identified and that access authorized by a Plant supervisor as identified in Item 1 above.
Ptxtland General BectricCcmpiny Mr. R. H. Engelken September 13, 1979 Page three 6.
During an emergency, additional authorized personnel would be working with or under the direction of appropriate members of the Plant Staff. Plant security procedures will be revised to assign responsibility for reviewing and updating, as required, affected access logs following an emergency. These procedure revisions will be completed by December 1, 1979.
7.
Plant procedures presently exist which prevent the practice of " tailgating". All personnel authorized unescorted access are trained in the procedures required for properly documenting entry into vital areas. An auxiliary security station, the Vital Area Control Point, has been established to monitor and control access to the Auxiliary and Fuel Buildings, which accounts for most of the vital area access activities. The guard stationed at that location will ensure that proper vital area access procedures are followed for entry to those areas.
In addition, other guards are used in high traffic areas during refueling or major maintenance outages as required.
8.
The corporate security staff has added a position of security inspector who will be assigned responsibility for monitoring Plant Staff and security personnel compliance with security procedures, particularly those involving vital area access control. This function was assigned full time to the Trojan Nuclear Plant beginning September 10, 1979 for the conduct of a complete security audit. The inspector will be assigned to Trojan after that time based on the results of that audit and as determined to be neces-sary by the Corporate Security Director.
9.
Trojan does not utilize electronic access control but uses a hard key system with access logs maintained at the vital area portals as identified in the Trojan Security Plan. The auditing program identified in Item 8 above will verify the adequacy of this system. Other security hard-ware surveillance requirements are identified within the Trojan Security Plan.
During the preparation of the Trojan Security Plan and in numerous negotiations with NRC personnel concerning that plan, PGE has attempted to maintain a balance between operational necessity and the administra-tive burden of validating the need for access each time entry is to be
Portland General E!echicConpuiy Mr. R. H. Engelken September 13, 1979 Page four afforded. An attempt has been made to limit that burden on those indi-viduals requiring continual or daily access. Some problems have been experienced in the past obtaining full compliance with the sign-in and sign-out requirements at the various vital access area portals. Much management attention has been focused on this effort, including the assignment of a security inspector to assist line management in enforcing full compliance with these requirements.
Those actions identified to provide the stringent control of access which is required are also submitted in response to concerns of your staff related to vital area access control as a result of this audit of Trojan security during June 1979.
Sincerely,
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C. Goodwin, Jr.
Assistant Vice President Thermal Plant Operation and Maintenance CC/BDW/4kk6A19 c:
Mr. Lynn Frank, Director State of Oregon Department of Energy