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Forwards IE Insp Rept 50-334/79-27 on 791219-800111 & Notice of Violation
ML19323E863
Person / Time
Site: Beaver Valley
Issue date: 03/10/1980
From: Brunner E
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Dunn C
DUQUESNE LIGHT CO.
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Download: ML19323E863 (2)


See also: IR 05000334/1979027

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MAR 10 1980

Docket No. 50-334

Duquesne Light Company

ATTN:

Mr. C. N. Dunn

Vice President

Operations Division

435 Sixth Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Inspection No. 50-334/79-27

This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. D. A. Beckman of this office on

December 19, 1979 through January 11, 1980, at the Beaver Valley Power Station,

Unit 1, Shippingport, Pennsylvania of activities authorized by NRC License No.

DPR-66 and to the discussions of our findings held by Mr. Beckman with Mr. J. A.

Werling and other members of your staff at the conclusion of the inspection.

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

and Enforcement Inspection Report which is enclosed with this letter.

Within

these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures

and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observations by the

inspector.

Based on the results of this inspection, it appears that certain of your activi-

ties were not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements, as set forth

in the Notice of Violation, enclosed herewith as Appendix A.

These items of

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noncompliance have been categorized into the levels as described in our corre-

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spondence to you dated December 31, 1974.

This notice is sent to you pursuant

to the provisions of Section 2.201 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2,

Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations.

Section 2.201 requires you to submit to

this office, within twenty (20) days of your receipt of this notice, a written

statement or explanation in reply including:

(1) corrective steps which have

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been taken by you and the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be

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taken to avoid further items of noncompliance; and (3) the date when full com-

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pliance will be achieved.

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With respect to Appendix A, we note that you have corrected Item No. A, and

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therefore you need not address yourself to this matter in your response.

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

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will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.

If this report contains any

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

necessary that you make a written application within 20 days to this office to

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withhold such information from public disclosure. Any such application must be

accompanied by an affidavit executed by the owner of the information, which

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identifies the 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 infonnation 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.

Additionally, and in accordance with Section 2.790(d) of the NRC's " Rules

of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, documentation

of findings of your control and accounting procedures for safeguarding

special nuclear materials and your facility security procedures are exempt

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from disclosure; therefore, the pertinent section of the inspection report

will not be placed in the Public Document Room and will receive limited

distribution.

Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be pleased

to discuss them with you.

Sincerely.

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E"d n . Brunner, Chief

Reactor Operations and Nuclear

S6pport Branch

Enclosures:

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Appendix A, Notice of Violation

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Office of Inspection and Enforcement

Inspection Report No. 50-344/79-27

cc w/encls:

F. Bissert, Technical Assistant Nuclear (Without Pages 24 & 25 of Report)*

R. Washabaugh, QA Manager (Without Pages 24 & 25 of Report)*

J. Werling, Station Superintendent (Without Pages 24 & 25 of Report)*

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G. Moore, General Superintendent, Power Stations Department (Without Pages

24 & 25 of Report)*

J. J. Carey, Director of Nuclear Operations (Without Pages 24 & 25 of

Report)*

R. Martin, Nuclear-Engineer (Without Pages 24 & 25 of Report)*

J. Sieber, Superintendent of Licensing ~ and Compliance, BVPS (Without Pages

24 & 25 of Report)*

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