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Forwards IE Insp Rept 50-309/81-12 on 810413-24 & Notice of Violation
ML20005B151
Person / Time
Site: Maine Yankee
Issue date: 06/19/1981
From: Grier B
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Thurlow E
Maine Yankee
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NUDOCS 8107060372
Download: ML20005B151 (2)


See also: IR 05000309/1981012

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Docket No. 50-309

JUN 19 1981

Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company

ATTN: Mr.

E. W. Thurlov

President

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Augusta, Maine 04336

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Inspection 50-309/81-12

This refers to the routine safety inspection conducted by Messrs. Lazarus and

P. Swetland of this office on April 13-24, 1931 at the Maine Yankee Nuclear

Power Station, Wiscasset, Maine of activities authorized by NRC License No.

OPR-36 and to the discussions of our findings held by Messrs. Lazarus and

Sweti. ~i with Mr. E. Wood and J. Brinkler of your staff at the conclusion of

the in ,,ection.

This also refers to the meeting held at our office on May 18,

1981 and attended by Mr. J. Randazza and others of your staff and by myself

and members of my staff.

Areas examined during this inspection are described in the Office of

Inspection and Enforcement Inspection Report which is enclosed with this

letter. Witnin 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 insper

't appears that certain of your

activities were not conducted ir, f

_....pliance 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 described in the

Federal Register Notice (45 FR 66754) dated October 7, 1980. You are required

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to respond to this letter and in preparing your response, you should follow

the instructions in Appendix A.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, a copy of

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this letter and the enclosures will be placed in the NRC's Public Occument

Room.

If this report contains any information that you (or your contractors)

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believe to be exempt from disclosure under 10 CFR 9.5(a)(4), it is necessary

that you (a) notify this office by telephone within ten (10) days'from the

date of this letter of your intention to file a request for withholding; and

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(b) submit within 25 days from the date of this letter a written application

to this office to withhold such information.

Consistent with sectior

2.790(b)(1), any such application must be accompanied by an affidavit executed

by the owner of the information which identifies the document or part sought

to be withheld, and which contains a full statement of the reasons on the

basis which it is claimed that the information should be withheld from public

disclosure.

This section further requires the statement to ad&ess with

specificity the considerations listed in 10 CFR 2.790(b)(4). 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 periods noted above, the report will be placed in the Public

Document Room.

The telephone notification of your intent to request

withholding, or any request for an extension of the 10 day period which you

believe necessary, should be made to the Supervisor, Files, Mail and Records,

USNRC Region I, at (215) 337-5223.

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

to discuss them with you.

Sincerely,

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Director

Enclosures:

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Appendix A, Notice of Violation

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Office of Inspection and Enforcement Inspection

Repcrt Number 50-309/81-12

cc w/encls:

E. Wed, Plant Superintendent

R. H. Groce, Senior Engineer - Licensing

J. H. Garrity, Director, Nuclear Engineering & Licensing

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