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Forwards Safety Insp Rept 50-219/85-14 on 850514-17 & Notices of Violations & Deviation.Response to Deviations from IE Bulletins 79-02 & 79-14 Required
ML20205B648
Person / Time
Site: Oyster Creek
Issue date: 09/04/1985
From: Ebneter S
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Fiedler P
GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.
Shared Package
ML20205B654 List:
References
IEB-79-02, IEB-79-14, IEB-79-2, NUDOCS 8509120185
Download: ML20205B648 (2)


See also: IR 05000219/1985014

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Docket No. 50-219 License No. DPR-16

GPU Nuclear Corporation

ATTN: Mr. P. B. Fiedler

Vice President and Director

Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station

P. O. Box 388

Forked River, NJ 08731

Gentlemen:

Subject: Inspection Report No. 50-219/85-14

This refers to the special, announced safety inspection conducted by K. Manoly

of this office on May 14-17, 1985, at GPU Nuclear Corporate Office in Parsippany

and Oyster Creek Generating Station in Forked River, New Jersey, of activities

authorized by NRC License No. DPR-16 and to the discussions of our findings

held by K. Manoly with J. Rogers of your staf f at the conclusion of the

inspection, and to'a subsequent telephone discussion between Mr. Manoly and Mr.

Rogers on May 21, 1985. This also refers to the meeting held at our office on

May 20, 1985, and attended by S. Ebneter and other members of our staff and

R. Wilson and other members of your staff.

Areas examined during this inspection are described in the NRC Region I Inspection

Report which is enclosed with this letter. Within these areas, the inspection

consisted of selective examinations of procedures and representative records,

interviews with personnel, and observations by the inspector.

Based on the results of this inspection, it appears that certain of your

activities were not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements, as set

forth in the Notice of Violation, enclosed herewith as Appendix A. This vio-

lation has been categorized by severity level in accordance with the revised

NRC Enforcement Policy (10 CFR 2, Appendix C) published in the Federal Register

Notice (49 FR 8583) dated March 8, 1984. You are required to respond to this

letter and, in preparing your response, you should follow the instructions in

Appendix A.

Certain other activities appear to be deviations from your commitments in

response to the requirements of IE Bulletins 79-02 and 79-14. You are

requested to respond to these deviations in accordance with the instructions

in Appendix B.

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The responses directed by this letter and the accompanying Notice are not

subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as

required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.

This letter also acknowledges receipt of your letter of June 14, 1985 in re-

sponse to our request at the meeting held in our office with your staff on

June 13, 1985. The bases for your conclusions and your justification for

continued operation at the Oyster Creek Generating Station are satisfactory.

In addition to the foregoing, this report has incorporated our subsequent

findings disclosed during our meeting at your Parsippany, New Jersey corporate

office on June 25, 1985. This meeting is further documented in Inspection

Report 50-219/85-22.

Your cooperation with us in this matter is appreciated.

Sincerely,

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Stewart D. Ebneter, Director

Division of Reactor Safety

Enclosures:

1. Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2. Appendix B, Notice of Deviation

3. NRC Region I Inspection Report Number 50-219/85-14

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M. Laggart, BWR Licensing Manager

Licensing Manager, Oyster Creek

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Local Public Document Room (LPDR)

Nuclaar Safety Information Center (NSIC)

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