ML20063B554

Notifies of Observed Inadequacy in Implementation of Procedural Controls Re Failure to Inventory Facility dead-bolt Keys,Issued & Unissued.C/A:Corrected Date Entry in Master Surveillance Sys

ML20063B554
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Site:	North Carolina State University
Issue date:	01/24/1994
From:	Dudziak D, Mayo C, Perez P North Carolina State University, RALEIGH, NC
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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NUDOCS 9402010124
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North Carolina State University  ;

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, . Nuclear Reactor Program  ;

Department of Nuclear Engineering ,

1 Box 7909  !

Raleigh. NC 27695-7909 l (919) 515-2321 1

FAX (919) 515-5115 24 January 1994 i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II Administrator 101 Marietta Street, N.W.

Atlanta, GA 30323 l

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Notification of an Observed Inadequacy in the Implementation of Procedural Controls.

Docket No.: 50-297 License No.: R-120

Dear Sir:

The PULSTAR reactor facility's Physical Security Plan requires all facility dead-bolt keys, issued and unissued, to be inventoried semi-annually by the Reactor Operations l Manager (ROM) . The surveillance due by November 30,1993 was not performed until January 4,1994 when, at that time, the year-end PULSTAR surveillance verification

! revealed the discrepancy. The surveillance was completed thirty-five days over the semi-annual interval. This constitutes an observed inadequacy in the implementation of administrative controls and requires notification as delineated in our facility Technical Specifications Section 6.7.3(d)2, The surveillance was performed on January 4,1994 and the locations of the dead-bolt keys were verified. At the same time, an investigation was performed to identify the cause l of the problem and initiate corrective actions.

The cause of the inadequacy was an incorrect entry of the last surveillance date in the PULSTAR master surveillance system. In addition, the back-up surveillance board has 2

NCSU PULSTAR Physical Security Plan, Revision 5, July 12,1990, Page 2.

2 North Carolina State University, PULSTAR Technical Specifications, l December 21,1989.

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hI O l F PDR North Carolina state University is a land-grant university and a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina.

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i historically excluded surveillance requirements associated' with the Physical Security Plan.  !

These two occurrences led to missing the surveillance interval. ,

i The PULSTAR Operations staff has corrected the date entry in _the master i surveillance system and added the security plan surveillance requirements to the surveillance board. These combined corrective actions will greatly reduce the probability of the problem-re-occurring.

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Please feel free to contact me at (919) 515-4602 if you have any questions-or comments concerning this notification.

. Sincerely yours, (M 6.

Pedro B. Perez l Associate Director, NRP '

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! Donald J. Dudziak Charles W. Mayo, Ph.D.

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i cc: Director, USNRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulations James A. Mulholland, Ph D., Chairman, Reactor Safeguards Advisory Group l Frederick J. Fuller, Ph.D., Chairman, Radiation Protection Committee Mr. Stephen J. Bilyj, Manager, PULSTAR Reactor Operations l

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