ML19322A861

Discusses Insp Repts 50-269/73-04 on 730411-12 & 17-20. Noncompliance Noted Re Keowee River Sample Schedule

ML19322A861
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	05/08/1973
From:	Moseley N NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Thies A DUKE POWER CO.
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ML19322A862	List: ML19322A861
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Download: ML19322A861 (5)

See also: IR 05000269/1973004

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Duke Power Company

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Mr. A. C. Thies

Senior Vice President

Production and Transmission

Power Building

422 South Church Street

Charlotte, North Carolina

28201

Gentlemen:

This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. Warnick and others of this

office on April 11-12 and 17-20, 1973, of activities authorized by AEC

Operating License No. DPR-38 for the Oconee Unit 1 facility, and to the

discussion of our findings held by Mr. Warnick with Mr. Smith and other

members of your staff at the conclusion of the inspection.

Areas examined during this inspection are as described in the enclosed

inspection report No. 50-269/73-4. Within these areas, the inspection

consisted of selective examinations of procedures and representative

records, interviews with plant personnel, and observations by the

inspectors.

During this inspection, it was found that certain of your activities

- appear to be in violation of AEC requirements. The item and

references to pertinent requirements are listed in the enclosure

to this letter. Item 1 in the enclosure requires no response from

you since the deficiency was corrected prior to the inspection and

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your corrective actions have been examined.

It is our understanding that the penetration room ventilation system

filters will be retested using the design flow rate of 1000 cfm and

that reactor coolant maximum flow will be re-evaluated at the 75% power

level.

In regard to the iteas of nonccmpliance brought to your attention in

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procedure review (items 1 and 2), in our letter of August 24, 1972,

pertaining to organization, audits, and procedures (items 1, 2 and 3),

all items in our letter of March 8, 1972, and in cur letter of

February 28, 1972, pertaining to materials of construction, please

be advised that we have no further gaestions at this time regarding

these items.

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

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

enclosed inspection report will be placed in the AEC Public Document

Rocm.

If this report contains any information that you believe to be

proprietary, it is necessary that you make a written application within

20 days to this office to withhold such information frem public disclo-

sure. Any such application must include a full statement of the reasons

on the basis of which it is claimed that the information is proprietary,

and should be prepared so that proprietary information identified in the

application is contained in a separate part of the document. If the

report contains no information which you believe to be proprietary,

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please inform us in writing within 20 days to this effect.

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case, the report, as enclosed with this letter, will be placed in the

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Public Document Room.

Should you have any questions concerning the matters discussed in this

letter, we will be glad to discuss them with you.

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Enclosures:

1. Description of Violation

2. Inspection Report No.

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ENCICSURE

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Certain of your activities appear to be in violation of conditions

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of your license as identified below:

Technical Specification 4.11.1, " Environmental Surveillance,"

states in part that the water samples from the Keowee River

continuous sampler will be analyzed monthly for gross alpha

and beta and undergo an isotopic analysis.

Contrary to this requirement, the Keowee River was not sampled

continuously for the period February 6,1973, to March 23, 1973,

for gross alpha and beta activity and isotopic analysis.

This item requires no response since corrective actions have been

taken, the Keowee River is being continuously sampled, the viola-

tion has been investigated, and a report is being prepared for

review by the Station Review Committee as required by Technical Specification 6.1.2.1.d(3) .

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