ML20135F135
| ML20135F135 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07000734 |
| Issue date: | 03/06/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| ML20135F132 | List: |
| References | |
| 70-0734-97-01, 70-734-97-1, NUDOCS 9703110222 | |
| Download: ML20135F135 (2) | |
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General Atomics Docket No..70-734 License No.:
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During an NRC inspection conducted on February 25-27,1997, two violations of NRC l
requirements were identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and I
Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violations are listed be!ow:
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License Condition 9.1 of license number SNM-696, Amendment 38, requires, in part, that the licensee follow the measures described in the physical protection plan entitled, " Fixed Site and Transportation Plan for the Protection of Special Nuclear Material of Moderate and j
Low Strategic Significance," dated May 1989, submitted by letter dated May 8,1989; and as it may be further revised in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 70.32(e).
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Chance of Locks Section 3.3 of the licensee's physical protection plan requires, in part, that key locks (cores) controlling access to Controlled Access Areas be changed at least annually.
Contrary to the above, on February 26,1997, the inspector determined that the licensee had not changed lock cores to all Controlled Access areas at least annually.
Specifically, the lock cores for its Sorrento Valley facility, and for its Station 1, had l
1 ot been changed since May 1995 and Fall 1995, respectively.
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This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 111). (70-734/9701-01) l B.
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Page xi (Plan Change Procedure) of the licensee's physical protection plan states, in part, " Changes made (to the physical protection plan) without prior NRC approval will be furnished to the NRC in the form of a report containing a description of each change within two months after the change."
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10 CFR 70.32(e) requires, in part, that changes to the security plan made without prior NRC approval will be furnished to the NRC in the form of a report containing a l
description of each change within two months after the change is made.
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Contrary to the above, on February 26,1997, the inspector determined that the licensee had made changes to its physical protection plan (Plan) without prior NRC approval and did not furnish to the NRC a report containing a description of each change within two months after the change. Specifically, the NRC was not notified of security plan changes in which permanent storage of fual samples inside a separate building was initiated in January 1996, and also a manufacturing operation inside a portion of a building described in the security plan was discontinued m September 1995.
1 This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement Ill). (70-734/9701-02) 9703110222 970306 PDR ADOCK 07000734 C
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Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, General Atomics is hereby required to submit i
a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:
Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region IV, 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011, and a copy to the Region IV Walnut Creek Field Office,1450 Maria Lane, Walnut Creek, j
California 94596, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of s
l Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if
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contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction, if personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected
- and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withhold-ing (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financialinformation). If safeguards j
information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.
Dated at Arlington, Texas this 6th day of March 1997 j
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