ML20006A071
| ML20006A071 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Kewaunee  |
| Issue date: | 11/14/1989 |
| From: | Mckee P Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Creed J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| ML20006A059 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9001250164 | |
| Download: ML20006A071 (1) | |
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Nov. 14,1989 NEMORANDUMFOR: James Creed, Section Chief Nuclear Materials Safety 3
and Safeguards Branch, RIII i
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Phil McKee, Chief' l
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. Reactor Safeguards Branch Division of Reactor Inspection l
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and Safeguards, NRR t
SUBJECT:
PROTECTION OF SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION UNDER 10 CFR 73.21 REQUIREMENTS By memorandum dated September 28, 1989, Region III requested that RSGB make a-l determination as to whether information contained in a utility's General Employee Training (GET) (1anual constitutes safeguards information as defined in 10 CFR 73.21(b).
As a result of the June 1989 inspection, the licensee submitted a letter dated 4
August 24, 1989 which responded to and disputed the violation. The RSGB staff' reviewed the licensee's overall response and concludes that the licensee's i
contention that NUREG-0794 provides for an exception to information already in the public domain is in error. The intent of Section 2.2 of the.NUREG, is that only generic lists and regulatory requirements apply to the exception.
Where plant specific information is addressed in this GET Manual, the common i
knowledge contention does not meet the exception permitted by NUREG-0794; therefore, the licensee is required to protect any identification of specific vital areas within the plant as safeguards information.
It is also noted that the areas specifically designated as vital are identified in the physical security plan and that information is appropriately marked as safeguards information. Accordingly, we have determined that the vital areas listed in the GET Manual, which are identified as equipment re down of the plant, meets the intent of 10 CFR'73.21(quired-forithe safe shut-b)(1)(vii)andshould therefore be deleted from the security section of. the'GET Manual, i
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Phil McKee, Chief Reactor Safeguards Branch Division of.. Reactor Inspection and Safeguards, NRR 1
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