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Forwards IE Insp Repts 50-003/77-14,50-247/77-33 & 50-286/77-31 on 770927-29 & 1012 & Notice of Violation
ML20050A062
Person / Time
Site: Indian Point  Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 11/15/1977
From: Grier B
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: William Cahill
CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO. OF NEW YORK, INC.
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ML20050A063 List:
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NUDOCS 8203310048
Download: ML20050A062 (3)


See also: IR 05000003/1977014

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Consolidated Edison Company of

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ATTN: Mr. W. J. Cahill, Jr.

Vice President

4 Irving Place

New York, New York 10003

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Combined Inspection 50-03/77-14, 50-247/77-33 and 50-286/77-31

This refers to the inspection conducted by Dr. R. Bores of this office

on September 27-29, 1977 and October 12, 1977, at Indian Point Nuclear

Generating Units 1, 2 and 3 at Buchanan, New York and at the corporate

offices of the Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., in New

York City, of activities authorized by NRC License Nos. DPR-5, DPR-26

and DPR-64 and to the discussions of our findings held by Dr. Bores with

Messers. Law, Hartman, Makepeace and others of your staff at the conclusion

of the inspection. This also refers to the meeting held at your office

on October 12, 1977 and attended by Messrs. Stohr, Streeter and Bores of

our office and by you and Messrs. Kessig, Jannarone and others of your

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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.

Our inspector also verified the steps you had taken to correct the

deviation brought to your attention in a letter dated January 19, 1977.

We have no further questions with this action at this time.

In addition, our inspector verified the steps you had taken to correct

the items of noncompliance brought to your attention in a letter dated

May 27,1977. We have no further questions regarding the steps you took

to correct items C, D and F.

With regard to items E and G, we note that

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corrective action has been initiated, but has not yet been completed.

These items are considered unresolved pending their completion and

review at a subsequant inspection.

With regard to items A and B of the

aforementioned letter, we note that these items have recurred as described

in Appendix A, items A and B of this letter.

In your response to this

letter, please give this matter your particular attention.

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 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 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 addition to the need for corrective action regarding

these specific items of noncompliance, we are concerned about the imple-

mentation of your management control systems that permitted them to

Consequently, in your reply, you should describe in particular,

occur.

those actions taken or plann.?? to improve the effectiveness of your

management control systems.

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 an affidavit

executed by the owner of the information, which identifies the document

or part sought to be withheld, a>.d 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

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

pleased to discuss them with you.

Sincerely,

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Boyce H. Grier

Director

Enclosures:

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Appendix A, Notice of Violation

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Office of Inspection and Enforcement Combined Inspection

Report Numbers 50-03/77-14; 50-247/77-33; 50-286/77-31

cc w/encls:

L. O. Brooks, Project Manager, IP Nuclear (Con Ed)

E. R. McGrath, Manager, Nuclear Power Generation Department (Con Ed)

T. Law, Plant Manager (Con Ed)

J. M. Makepeace, Director, Technical Engineering (Con Ed)

L. M. Trosten, Esquire (Representing PASNY)

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George T. Berry, General Manager and Chief Engineer (PASNY)

L. R. Bennett, General Counsel (PASNY)

Rear Admiral P. J. Early, Assistant Chief Engineer - Projects (PASNY)

Manager - Nuclear Operations (PASNY)

J. P. Bayne, Resident Manager (PASNY)

J. D. Block, Esquire, Executive Vice President - Administration

E. J. Sack, Esquire

A. Z. Roisman, Counsel for Citizens Committee for

Protection of the Environment (Without Report)

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IE Mail & Files (For Appropriate Distribution)

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Region Directors (III, IV) (Report Only)

State of New York

A. Z. Roisman, Counsel for Citizens Connittee for

Protection of the Environment

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