ML20006B879

Forwards Rev 23 to Physical Security/Contingency Plan.Encl Withheld (Ref 10CFR73.21)

ML20006B879
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	01/26/1990
From:	Michael Ray TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
NUDOCS 9002060034
Download: ML20006B879 (2)

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SA:EGUARC .. EDTiMATION j TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY'  ;

CH ATTANOOGA. TENNESSEE 37401 l SN 1578 Lookout Place 4AN 261990-U'.S. Nuclear ' Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Hashington, D.C. 20555 Gentlemen:

In the Hatter of ) Docket No. 50-327 Tennessee Valley Authority ) 50-328 -

SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT (SQN) - PHYSICAL SECURITY / CONTINGENCY PLAN (PS/CP),.

REVISION 23 TVA is submitting, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(p), a change to the. Physical Security Plan for SQN to allow the granting of temporary unescorted access pending completion of a full- background investigation. A description of the plan changes, replacement pages, and instructions for' updati_ng NRC's copies' of SQN's Physical Security Plan (controlled documents 6-11) is enclosed.  :

Section 50.54(p)(2) authorizes licensees to make changes to their Physical Security Plans without prior NRC approval if the changes do not decrease the safeguards effectiveness of the plan. The changes now being implemented do ,

not decrease the safeguards effectiveness of SQN's. Physical Security Plan. By-letter dated-November 1,1989, NRC was notified of changes to the Physical Security Plan for TVA's Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant which would- allow the granting of temporary unescorted access. In a letter dated January 5, 1990, NRC indicated that these changes to the Browns Ferry plan are consistent with the provisions of 10 CFR 50.54(p) and acceptable for inclusion in- the plan.

As discussed with members of the NRC staff on January 24 and 25',1990, these

! changes to the SQN Physical Security Plan are prompted by difficulties.TVA has encountered in clearing persons for unescorted access and concurrently meeting the requirements of NRC's Fitness for Outy rule, 10 CFR Part 26. By instituting temporary unescorted access authorization,.TVA will. be able to utilize'the provision in Section 26.27(a) which states that' temporary access .

.5 provisions are not affected by Part 26, provided a prospective' worker passes a-J8 chemical test conducted according to the requirements of Section 26.24(a)(1).

N8' oo Before granting a prospective worker temporary 'unescorted access, TVA will administer, and require the prospective worker to pass, a drug and-alcohol 1

8$ test conducted according to the requirements.of Section 26.24(a)(1). .The e prospective worker will also be asked, prior to the granting of temporary su access, the suitable inquiry questions identified in Section 26.27(a). A 4

88 suitable inquiry of a prospective worker's previous employers dating back five p years will be performed in connection with the granting of permanent N unescorted access authorization and will be completed within 18,0' days of 8E granting temporary access. The same suitable inquiry process will be followed Mk for those prospective workers previously employed at TVA nuclear plant sites j who are ellglble for reinstatement of their unescorted access authorization (%

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j U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 'JAN 261990 This letter and its enclosure are being sent by registered mail. The signed  !

receipt signifies that you have received this information and acknowledge that it contains safeguards materiai which~1s.to be withheld'from public disclosure .

in accordance with 10 CFR 73.'l.

d This receipt will also provide verification to TVA that-NRC's copies of-SQN's Physical Security Plan have been updated and that the superseded material has been destroyed, t

Questions regarding this letter and its enclosure may be-directed to M. J. Ray at (615) 751-8438.

Very truly yours, TENNESSEEVALLEhAUTHORITY

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Managet, Nuclear Licensing and Regulatory'A.ffairs

.r Enclosure (copies 6-9) cc: .Ms. S. C. Black . Assistant Director for Projects TVA Projects Division-U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint, North' 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852 l

Mr. B. A. Wilson, Assistant Director for Inspection Programs TVA Projects Division U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission '

Region II 101 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 2900 ,

Atlanta,-Georgia 30323 '

l l U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Fnclosure - copies.10 and 11)

Region II P.O. Box 2257 ,

Atlanta, Georgia 30301 Sequoyah Resident Inspector Sequoyah Nuclear Plant 2600 Igou Ferry Road Soddy Daisy, Tennessee 37319 y, . .s .

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