ML19318C139
| ML19318C139 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 03/05/1980 |
| From: | Dance H, Tobin W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | |
| References | |
| PNS-II-80-007, NUDOCS 8007010089 | |
| Download: ML19318C139 (2) | |
Text
.
3,,.' *
- ..<
- c PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION
'Page 1 of 2) r,.
March 5, 1980 4
PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF SAFEGUARDS EVENT PNS-II-80-7 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of an event of POSSIBLE national security or public interest significance. The information presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation and is basically all that is known by IE staff as of this date.
FACILITY: Tennessee Valley Authority Sequoyah Unit 1 Docket No. 50-327 Chattanooga, Tennessee SLIBJECT:
UNAUTNORIZED ENTRY BY EMPLOYEE At approximately 4:00 p.m. on March 4, a TVA employee gained unauthorized entry through the guard house to the protected area and, by following behind other
-personnel, gained further unauthorized access to the Reactor Building, a non-vital This individual was observed inside containment photographing the fueling area.
operation at approximately 9:25 p.m., challenged, and voluntarily surrendered his camera and three rolls of used film. The FBI and'U.S. Attorneys office have de-clined involvement. Disciplinary measures by TVA are under review.
The licensee's investigation has determined that the employee has a valid picture badge for the protected area, but his supervisor did not aathorize his access that
' shift nor photographing activity. The employee told guards he was a TVA photo-grapher and was to accompany the official TVA photographer who, coincidentially, Guards erred in not verifying this information and gave the employee was onsite.
his picture badge. The employee then toured the siEe while the true TVA photographer was elsewhere onsite. The employee attempted to enter a vital area by walking behind certain individuals with valid key cards, but was stopped and told to use his own key card which, of. course, he did not have. The employee then entered the Reactor Building where an administrative logging entry / exit function is in effect for health-physics purposes. The employee was-observed and challenged by a TVA official familiar with the real TVA~ photographer. The employee stated that he is a part-time free lance photographer a'nd was interested in pictures for a possible future newspaper article.
TVA has voided his picture badge thus denying access to site and conducted a search of all areas this employee could have entered to include Reactor Building
+
and Containment. The search found no contraband.
RII Resident Inspector was notified of the incident at 9:45 p.m. and when responding to the site was involved in auto accident which delayed his arrival until 11:00 p.m.
Sequoyah is in pre-operational status undergoing initial fuel loading.
Media i
interest is anticipated. A TVA news release is planned later today. No press I
release is planned by NRC. The State of Tennessee has been notified.
The Incident Response Center was notified by the licensee at about 9:30 p.m o.n March 4.
The IAT has been notified. Region II special security inspection will commence March 10.
8007010 $O gd a
1
,.,.. /. -
PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION Page 2 of 2 March 5, 1980 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF SAFEGUARDS EVENT PNS-II-80-7 (Continued)
Region II (Atlanta) received notification of this occurrence by telephone from the Resident Inspector at 8:30 a.m. on March 5.
This information is current as of 12:00 Noon on March 5.
Contact:
W. J. Tobin, RII 242-5545; H. C. Danc~e, RII 242-5533
' Distribution:
Transmitted H. St. !,'
Chairman Ahearne Commissioner Hendrie S. J. Chilk, SECY Commissioner Bradford Commissioner Kennedy C. C. Kammerer, CA Commissioner Gilinsky ACRS (For Distribution)
Transmitted: MNBB /.'Q Phillips 3.'40 XOOS (IE:HQ Dist.)
W. J. Dircks, EDO H. R. Denton, NRR C. Michelson, AEOD R. C. DeYoung, NRR f(,6 min./page) i J. J. Fouchard, PA R. J. Mattson, NRR Landow f t. ).'
N. M..Haller, MPA D. Vassallo, NRR J. J. Cummings, OIA R. G. Ryan, OSP D. Eisenhut, NRR H. K. Shapar, ELD Willste 2 ' 7/
MAIL y,
J. G. Davis, XMSS R. Minogue, SD Other Regional Offices d ra h S. Levine, RES XOOS (Time)
PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION
)
..