ML19308C249

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Forwards IE Insp Rept 50-320/79-23 on 790815-0918.No Noncompliance Noted
ML19308C249
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Issue date: 11/26/1979
From: Grier B
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Arnold R
METROPOLITAN EDISON CO.
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See also: IR 05000320/1979023

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NOV 2 01979

Docket No. 50-320

Metropolitan Edison Company

ATTN: Mr. R. C. Arnold, Sr.

Senior Vice President

260 Cherry Hill Road

Parsippany, New Jersey

07054

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Inspection 50-320/79-23

This refers to the inspection conducted by Messrs. D. Haverkamp and D. Neely of

this office on August 15-September 18, 1979, at Three Mile Island Nuclear Station,

Unit 2, Middletown, Pennsylvania, of activities authorized by NRC License No.

DPR-73 and to the discussions of our findings held by Mr. R. Keimig and others

of this office with Mr. J. Logan and other members of your staff at the conclusion

of the inspection.

Areas examined during this inspection period are described in the Office of

Inspection and Enforcement Inspection Report which is enclosed with this letter.

Within these areas, the inspection activities consisted of selective examinations

of procedures and representative records, interviews with licensee and contractor

personnel, measurements made by the inspectors, and observations by the inspectors.

NRC personnel provided 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> per day inspection coverage on site duririg this

period.

In addition, our Mobile Laboratory was also brought to your site during a portion

of this report period and used by the inspectors to make certain independent

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measurements.

The basic purpose of these independent measurements is to verify

your capability for analyzing radioactive effluents, and to achieve and maintain

comparable methods of analyses between your facility and the NRC.

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NRC concerns identified during this inspection period were relayed to management

personnel in your organization when those concerns were identified.

Corrective

actions have been undertaken; therefore, additional enforcement measures are not

being taken at this time.

Further details regarding the items involved are

contained in the enclosed inspection report.

We will review these actions

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during subsequent inspection of your licensed activities,

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In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title

10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosures will

be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.

If this report contains any information

that you (or your contractor) believe to be proprietary, it is necessary that

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you make a written application within 20 days to this office to withhold such

information from public dislosure.

Any such application must be accompanied by

an affidavit executed by the owner of the information, which identifies tae

document or part sought to be withheld, and which contains a statement of reasons

which addresses with specificity the items which will be considered by the

Commission as listed in subparagraph (b)(4) of Section 2.790.

The information

sought to be withheld shall be incorporated as far as possible into a separate

part of the affidavit.

If we do not hear from you in this regard within the

specified period, the report will be placed in the Public Document Room.

No reply to this letter is required; however, should you have any questions

concerning this inspection, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.

Sincerely,

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yce H. Grier

Director

Enclosures:

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Office of Inspection and Enforcement Inspection Report Number

50-320/79-23

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Significant Inspection Findings

cc w/encls:

J. G. Herbein, Vice President Nuclear Operations

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E. G. Wallace, Manager Licensing

G. P. Miller, Manager Support Services and Logistics

J. B. Logan, Superintendent Unit 2

G. A. Kunder, Unit 2 Superintendent - Technical Support

J. J. Colitz, Manager Plant Engineering

R. F. Wilson, Director TMI-2 Recovery, Acting

I. R. Finfrock, Jr.

R. W. Conrad

G. F. Trowbridge, Esquire

J. B. Lieberman, Esquire

Ms. Mary V. Southard, Chairperson, Citizens for a Safe Environment (Without Report)

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