ML20196E898
| ML20196E898 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 02/29/1988 |
| From: | Lieberman J NRC OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT (OE) |
| To: | Mroczka E NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO. |
| References | |
| EA-87-198, NUDOCS 8803010392 | |
| Download: ML20196E898 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000245/1987022
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Docket No. 50-245; 50-336; 50-423
License Nos. DPR-21; DPR-65; NPF-49
EA 87-198
Northeast Nuclear Energy Company
ATTN: Mr. E. J. Mroczka
Senior Vice President - Nuclear
Engineering and Operations Group
Post Office Box 270
Hartford, Connecticut N 41-0270
Gentlemen:
Subject: RESPONSE TO "NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND PROPOSED IMPOSITION OF CIVIL
PENALTY" (NRC Combined Inspection Nos. 50-245/87-22; 50-336/87-20;
50-423/87-13 and NRC Inspection Nos. 50-423/87-21)
We have reviewed your letter, dated January 29, 1988, in response to the Notice
of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty seilt to you with our
letter dated December 14, 1987. Our letter and Notice described several
violations identified during two NRC inspection:, conducted between August 31
and November 2, 1987.
In your response to the Notice, you (1) previded a check for $25,000 in full
payrient of the civil penalty; and (2) admitted all of the violations with the
exception of one example of one violation (Example A.I.b of the December 14
Notice). After careful consideration of your response, we have concluded,
for the reasons provided berein, that the violation occurred as described in
the Notice.
The specific example denied in your response intolved a glass insert on a door
which formed a portion of a vital area barrier, which, if broken, could allow
an individual to accass the inside door handle and open the door, thereby
defeating the door as a barrier.
The basis for your denial, as set forth in
your response, was that (1) should the glass be broken and the door opened,
an alarm would be generated and (2) the opening that would be created by the
destruction of the broken door glass would be less than the 96 square inch
vital area barrier opening criteria stated in Paragraph 5.3.1 of the NRC-
approved security plan for Millstene.
While the NRC agr_es that the opening created by breaking the glass insert
would be less than 96 square inches (man-sized), and the door, if opened,
would alarm, the opening would nonetheless be large enough for an unauthorized
individual to reach through and manipulate the inside door handle to open the
door and thereby defeat the locked door intended as a barrier to control access.
Therefore, the class insert did not meet the barrier integrity requirements of
10 CFR 73.2(f)(2) and the violation remains as cited.
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The implementation of your corrective actions will be reviewed curing future
inspections.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
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James Lieberman, Director
Office of Enforcement
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W. D. Romberg. Vice President, Nuclear Operations
S. E. Scace, Station Superintendent
D. O. Nordquist, Manager of Quality Assurance
R. M. Kacich, Nanager, Ceneration Facilities Licensing
Gerald Garfield, Esquire
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