ML20127K291
| ML20127K291 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Hatch  |
| Issue date: | 01/08/1993 |
| From: | Cline W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Hairston W GEORGIA POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20127K296 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9301260088 | |
| Download: ML20127K291 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000321/1992033
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Docket Nos. 50-321, 50-366
Georgia Power Company
ATTH: Mr. W. G. Hairston, III
Senior Vice President
Nuclear Operations
P. O. Box 1295
Birmingham, AL 35201
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
(NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-321/92-33 AND 50-366/92-33)
This refers to the inspection conducted by D. W. Jones of this office on
December 7-11,-1992. - The inspection included a review of activities
authorized for your Hatch facility. The findings were discussed with those
members of your staff identified in the enclosed report.
Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the report. Within
these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures
and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observation of
activities in progress.
Based on the results of the inspection, certain of your activities appeared to
be in violation of NRC requirements as specified in the enclosed Notice of
Violation. This violation is of concern because potentia 11/ contaminated
sludge from your sewage treatment facility was spread on the ground in an
unrestr_icted area without an adequate evaluation having been performed of the
potential risk of hazardous exposure to the public or of the potential-
environmental effects.
You-are requested to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions
specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response._ In your.
response, you should document the_ specific ac_tions taken and any additional
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actions you plan to prevent recurrence.- After reviewi_ng your response to this
Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future
inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action is
necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.
.in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will
be placed in the NRC Public' Document _ Room.-
The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject =
to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as-required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No. 96.511.
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Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact us.
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William E. Cline, Chief
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Emergency Preparedness Branch
Division of Radiation Safety
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NRC Inspection Report
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R. P. Mcdonald, Executive Vice
President, Nuclear Operations
Georgia Power Company
P. O. Box 1295
Birmingham, AL 35201
J. T. Beckham
Vice President, Plant Hatch
Georgia Power Company
P. O. Box 1295
Birmingham, AL 35201
H. L. Sumner
General Manager, Plant Hatch
Georgia Power Company
Route 1, Box 439
Baxley, GA 31513
S. J. Bethay
Manager Licensing - Hatch
Georgia Power Company
P. O. Box 1295
Birmingham, AL 35201
Ernest L. Blake, Esq.
Shaw, Pittman, Potts and
Trowbridge
2300 N Street, NW
Washington, D. C.
20037
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Charles H. Badger
Office of Planning and Budget
Roon, .,10
270 Washington Street, SW-
Atlanta, GA 30334
Harold Reheis, Director
Department of Natural Resources
205 Butler Street, SE, Suite 1252
Atlanta, GA 30334
Thomas Hill, Manager
Radioactive Materials Program
Department of Natural Resources
4244 International Parkway
Sulte'114
Atlanta, GA 30354
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Chairman
Appling County Commissioners
County Courthouse
Baxley, GA 31513
Dan H. Smith
Vice President
Power Supply Operations
Oglethorpe Power Corporation
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2100 E. Exchange Place
Tucker, GA 30085-1349
Charles A. Patrizia, Esq.
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
12th Floor
1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, D. C.
20036
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Document-Control Desk-
NRC Resident Inspector
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Route 1, Box 725
Baxley, GA 31513
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