ML20134Q076

Conveys Results & Conclusions of Encl Operational Safeguards Response Evaluation,Conducted at Plant,Units 1,2 & 3 from 960520-23.W/o Encl

ML20134Q076
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	11/20/1996
From:	Liza Cunningham NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Hampton J DUKE POWER CO.
References
TAC-M95264, TAC-M95265, TAC-M95266, NUDOCS 9612020102
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Mr. J. W. Hampton Vice President, Oconee Site l Duke Power Company 4 P. O. Box 1439  ;

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SUBJECT:

OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1,2 AND 3 - OPERATIONAL SAFEGUARDS RESPONSE EVALUATION (TAC NOS. M95264,95265, 95266)

Dear Mr. Hampton:

This letter conveys the results and conclusions of the Operational Safeguards Response Evaluation (OSRE) conducted by the NRC's Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation at the Oconee Nuclear Station from May 20 through 23,1996.

One purpose of the OSRE program is to evaluate a licensee's ability to respond in a ,

contingency to an external threat by focusing on the interactions between operations and I security in establishing priorities for protection of equipment and on the defensive strategies used. The OSRE also includes a safety / safeguards interface review to assure '

that safeguards measures do not adversely affect safe operation of the facility.

The OSRE conclusions are documented in the enclosed report (Part I, Operational Safeguards Readiness Review; and Part 11, Safety / Safeguards Interface Review). This i enclosure, which contains safeguards information of a type specified in 10 CFR 73.21, will not be placed in the Public Document Room, and must be protected against unauthorized disclosure.

The drills, exercises, and demonstrations observed by the team and the results of

, interviews conducted by the team indicated that a weakness existed in the protection strategy. On June 7,1996, Duke Power presented lists of immediate, short term and long term actions to correct the weakness identified in the OSRE. A follow up inspection

( was conducted in July 1996 by NRC's Region 11 Office with assistance by the OSRE team. Based on the observations, exercises, and analysis of the modified protection strategy during this inspection, it was determined that Oconee had demonstrated a i

generally effective protective strategy.

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As a separate matter, it was determined during the OSRE that effective provisions we're in place to assure that safeguards measures did not adversely affect the safe operation of the facility.

' The enclosed report does not convey any new regulatory requirement. Its findings have been considered with respect to your ability to meet the general performance objective and requirements of 10 CFR 73.55(a). We request that you review the report and provide a response to this office within 90 days after receiving this letter. Your response should address actions taken or planned since the July inspection, including specific comments on the long term actions specified by you at the June 7,1996 Duke-NRC Management Meeting on OSRE Results.

If you have questions concerning this evaluation, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.

Sincerely, LeMoine J. Cunningham, Chief Safeguards Branch Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-269, 270, 287

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