ML20128E880
| ML20128E880 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 02/02/1993 |
| From: | Kinsey W HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9302110131 | |
| Download: ML20128E880 (4) | |
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February 2, 1993 ST-HL-AE-4314 File No.:
G3.12 10CFR50 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 South Texas Project Units 1 and 2 Docket Hos. STN 50-498, STN 50-499 Clarification of Information in Inspection RepgIt 91-21 Referencet Letter from A.
Bill Beach, NRC, to D.
P. Hall, dated November 5, 1991 Inspection Report 91-21 The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has been conducting an investigation of activities at the South Texas Project.
As part of the investigation, between July and November 1992 OIG conducted interviews with a number of present and former employees of Houston Lighting & Power Company (HL&P).
During the interviews, questions were raised about the accuracy of various statements in NRC Inspection Report 91-21, which documented the results of a NRC inspect. ton - conducted in August 1991.
As a result of those questions, HL&P reviewed the statements of fact in Inspection Report 91-21 in detail and identified statements of fact that are inaccurate.
The inaccuracies range from misspelling of names and incorrect job titles to potentially substantive matters that should be clarified. A record of the identified inaccuracies is available at the South Texas Project for NRC review.
The clarifications are provided below.
Item 3.e. on page 6 of Appendix B of the referenced Inspection Report discusses a test of the security power system conducted in-August 1991.
The NRC discussion should be clarified as noted below.
...due to recent battery-replacements, 1.
NRC Statementt the capacity of the batteries was rapidly diminished."
HL&P-Commentt The difficulty with the batteries was due to damage to two battery cells, and not due to battery replacements.
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NRC Statementt HL&P's investigation "on a preliminary basis reported that the last diesel test -was in-March 1991."
HL&P Comment:
The NRC statement implies-that the diesel was out of service since March, 1991, due to its output breaker being mispositioned.
HL&P records indicato that the breaker was shown to have been positioned properly during an incomplete test of the security lighting diesel in May 1991.
Item 4 on page 8 of Appendix B of the referenced Inspection Report discusses an HL&P investigation of the modification of the security forco handguns. The NRC Inspection Report states that the HL&P investigation concluded that "the altered weapons were made less safe in an unauthorized manner."
HL&P's investigation concluded that the alteration made the handguns less safe, but did not find that the alterations were done in an unauthorized manner.
Item 5.a.
on page 9 of App. B of the referenced Inspection-Report discusses an incident in which safeguards information (SGI) was left unattended for a short period of time.
The NRC discussion chould be clarified as noted below.
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NRC Statement!
" Safeguards Event Logs reflect that'the event... was reported".
HL&P Comment:
The Safeguards Event-Logs do not mention the svent.
The _ event was-reported promptly to HL&P-Security management and documented in a Security Incident.
Report (SIR).
The SIR and -the investigationL files indicate that HL&P determined the event was neither reportable nor loggable because the SGI was not compromiced, and that this was discussed. with the NRC.
Senior Resident-Inspector.
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NRC Statement:
"The document was left unattended in an office for approximately'18 minutes"~.
HL&P Comment::
The SIR indicates the document,"was unattended for approximately 28 minutes.
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NRC Statement:
"In front of the office sits the secretary to the security force..."
HL&P Comment:
As 'the Nuclear. Security Department of fices -
-were arranged.at the time, a - secretary did-not sit =in front of the office in which the SGI was -left unattended.
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G3.12 Page 3 The llL&P investigations and disposition of the event take no credit for the presence of a secretary.
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NRC Statomont:
"...the office is located insido the security building which is insido the protected area".
IIL&P comment:
The office was not in the " security building".
It was one of the Nuclear Securf ty Departnant officos located in what was at that time the Administration Building.
The building was (and is now) inside the protected area.
If you have any questions regarding those comments, please contact Mr.
A.
W Harrison at (512) 972-7290 or no at (512) 972-7921.
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l Regional Administrator, Region-IV Rurus S. Scott Nuclear Regulatory Commission Associato Gor. oral Counsel 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suito 400 Houston Lighting & Power _ Company i
Arlington, TX 76011 P. 0. Box 61867 Houston, TX 77208 W. D. Reckley, Projnct Manager l
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission INPO Washington, DC 20555 Records Conter 1100 Circle 75 Parkway J.
I. Tapia Atlanta, GA 30339-3064 Senior Resident Inspector c/o U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Dr. Joseph M. llendrie Commission 50 Bellport Lane P. O. Box 910-Bellport, NY 11713 Bay City, TX 77414 D. K. Lacker J. R. Newman, Esquiro Bureau of Radiation Control Newman & Holtzinger, P.C., STE 1000 Texas Department of Health, 1615 L Street, N.W.
1100 West 49th Street Washington, DC 20036 Austin, TX- _78756-3189 D. E. Ward /T. M. Puckett Central Power and Light Company P. O. Box 2121 Corpus Christi, TX 78403 J. C. Lanier/M. 3.
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