ML20197K176
| ML20197K176 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 12/29/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20197K172 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-309-97-08, 50-309-97-8, NUDOCS 9801050241 | |
| Download: ML20197K176 (2) | |
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Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company Docket No. 50 309 Brunswick, Maine 04011 License No. DPR 36 During an inspection conJacted between September 8 and November 2ff,1997, l
violations of NRC requirements were Identified in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcament Actions," NURf!G 1600,the i
violations are listed below:
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The NRC approved Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station, Physical Security Plan (the Security Plan), Revision 24, dated November 20,1996, Section 6.4.1, staies, in part, that "... continuously manned fixed assessment positions are strategically located in the protected area for alarm assessment and competisatory measures for degraded perimeter intrusion detection system (PIDS)...". Each assessmant position is equipped with a device which generates an audible and a virtual alarm in the event of an intrusion through the PIDS.
Section 1.0 of the Plan states that written procedures shall bs established, implemented, and maintained. Additionally, Section 4.3.2 of Security Procedure Number 15 204.1, Revision 1, dated May 9,1997, titled " Assessment Positions,"
requires that during post turnover, the Assessment Position Officer will verify that no tampering of the reset button associated with the audible alarm has occurred.
Contrary to the above, on October 10,1997, a security force member circumvented the reset button associated with ths audible alarm in one of the assessment towers.
This action limited the ability of the security force member '3FM) to immediately assess a postulated unanticipated intrusion in the piutected area. This degraded condition continued for approximately six hours. During that time period,6 additional SFM's failed to perform a complete post turnover check, as required by the above referenced procedure.
This is a Searity Level IV Violation. (Supplement Ill)
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Technical specifications, section 5.8.2.f, required written orocedures for fire
- protection program implementation. The Maine Yankee procedure,19 5, impairments to Fire Protection Systems, section 4.2.1, required compensatory measures to be established for impairments to fire protection plan fira protection systems. Maine Yankee implemented a roving fire watch program as a
. compensatory measure for degraded fire protection plan fare protection systems.
Contrary to the above, the Instructions for implementation of the roving fire watch program implemented by Maine Yankee were not documented by procedures.
instead, Maine Yankes used a training lesson plan and a series of memos to Implement the program, inadequate implementation of the roving firs watch program resulted in severalinstances of rounds not being performed.
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This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1). _
' Pursuant to the provisions of 10_CFR 2.201, Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company is
- hereby requ*ted to submit a written statement of explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy tc the Regional Administrator, Region I, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at I
the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a "Repb to Notice of Violation" and should include for each viole$n: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, $2) the corrective steps that have been teken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to i
acid further victations, and (41 the date when full enmpilance will be achieved. Your-1 resporue may reference or include previously docketed correspondence, if the
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Lcorrespondence edeccely addresses the required response, if an adequate reply is not l
<;vcelied within the time specified in the Notice, an order or a Demand for information may be issuud as to why the 8Rmse should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why i
~ se::h oth 4,ibo me m#y be proper should not be teken, Where good cause is shown, l'
consideretha vW twiven to extending the response time.
I ecause yout response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the B
extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the POR without reduction. However, it you find it f
necesaary to include such information, you should clearly Indicate the specific information
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that you desire not to be placed in the PDR, and provide the legal basis to support your reqvni for withholding the information from the public.
Dated at King of Prur4a, PA i
on.-29th day of December,1997 l
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