ML19339B406
| ML19339B406 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Yankee Rowe |
| Issue date: | 05/14/1976 |
| From: | Brunner E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Groce R YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19339B404 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8011060853 | |
| Download: ML19339B406 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000029/1976011
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License No. DPR-3
Attention: Mr. Robert H. Groce
Inspection No. 76-11
Licensing Engineer
Docket No. 50-29
20 Turnpike Road
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Westborough, Massachusetts 01581
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Centlemen:
This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. D. Haverkamp of this
office on April 12-16, 1976 at your Yankee Nuclear Power Station,
Rowe, Massachusetts, of activities authorized by NRC License No. DPR-3
and to the discussions of our findings held by Mr. Haverkamp with Mr. H.
Autio and other members of your staff at the conclusion of the inspection,
and to subsequent telephone discussions between Mr. Haverkamp and Mr.
Ebert of your staf f en April 23, 1976 and betvcea Mr. Haverkamp and Mr.
Autio on May 3, 1976.
Areas examined during this inspection are described in the Office c'
Inspection and Enforcement Inspection Report which is enclosed with this
letter. Within these areas, the fripection consisted of selective
examinations of procedures and ret resentative records, interviews with
personnel, and observations by the inspector.
Our. inspector also verified the steps you had taken to correct an iten of
noncompliance brought to your attention in a letter dated March 15, 1976.
We have no further questions regarding the steps you took to correct
item A of this letter. With regard to the other items of noncompliance,
item B was previously satisfactorily corrected and items C and D will
be reviewed during a subsequent inspection.
In addicicn, our inspector examined tho'se activities con' ducted under
your license relating to the subjects covered in your letters to this
office concerning Reportable Occurrences 76-01 and 76-02. The quality
assurance aspects of maintenance activities assocd ' ed with these
occurrences will be review d during a subsequent .aspection.
Based on the results of this inspection, it appears that certain of your
activities 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 noncompliance have been categorized into the levels as
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described in our correspondence 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
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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 been
taken by you and the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be
taken to avoid further items of noncompliance; and (3) the date when full
compliance will be achieved.
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 you make a written application
within 20 days to this office to withhold such information from public
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disclosure. Any such application must be accompanied by ac affidavit
executed by the owner of the information, which 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.
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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.
Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be
pleased to discuss them with you.
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Enclosures:
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Appendix A, Notice of Violation
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IE Inspection Report No. 50-29/76-11
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H. Autio, Plant Superintendent
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