ML20206N443

Forwards Security Insp Repts 50-454/98-22 & 50-455/98-22 on 981116-20.No Violations noted.Challenge-testing of Some Detection Equipment Showed Some Vulnerabilities That Util Indicated Would Be Corrected

ML20206N443
Person / Time
Site:	Byron
Issue date:	12/10/1998
From:	Creed J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Kingsley O COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
Shared Package
ML20206N447	List: IR 05000454/1998022 ML20206N443
References
50-454-98-22, 50-455-98-22, NUDOCS 9812180075
Download: ML20206N443 (3)

See also: IR 05000454/1998022

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December 10,1998

Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley

President, Nuclear Generation Group

Commonwealth Edison Company

ATTN: Regulatory Services

Executive Towers West lli

1400 Opus Place, Suite 500

Downers Grove, IL 60515

SUBJECT: BYRON SECURITY INSPECTION REPORTS 50-454/98022(DRS);

50-455/98022(DRS)

Dear Mr. Kingsley:

On November 20,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at your Byron Nuclear Generating

Plant reactor facility. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.

Areas examined within your security program are identified in the report. Within those areas,

the inspection consisted of a selective examination of procedures and representative records,

observation of performance, and interviews with staff. The objective of the inspection effort was

to determine whether activities authorized by the license were conducted safely and in

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accordance wi'h 4RC requirements. Additionally, at your request we evaluated the adequacy

of the modifications to your protective strategy.

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Based on the results of this inspection, no violations of NRC requirements were identified. Our

observation of table-top time line drills and force-on-force drills conducted by your security

organization indicated that the modifications to your protective strategy may be appropriate for

the Byron site. Completed and ongoing physical enhancements to your system are needed for

those modifications. Challenge-testing of some detection equipment showed some

vut.7erabilities that your staff indicated would be corrected. The identified vulnerabilities reduce

the margin of protection afforded by your otherwise effective system. The observed

weaknesses in your assessent system led us to identify that you had previously identified

needed maintenance. However, that maintenance was not completed. Had it been completed,

some of the weaknesses we identified may not have existed.

The material enclosed herewith contains Safeguards information as defined by 10 CFR 73.21,

and its disclosure to unauthorized individuals is prohibited by Section 147 of the Atomic Energy

Act of 1954, as amended. Therefore, the material will not be placed in the Public Document

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We will gladly discuss any quest,fons you have concerning this inspection.

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Docket Nos.: 50-454;50-455

License Nos.: NPF-37; NPF-66

Enclosure: Inspection Reports 50-454/98022(DRS); 50-455/98022(DRS)

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