ML20211K914
| ML20211K914 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | McGuire, Mcguire  |
| Issue date: | 09/26/1997 |
| From: | Reyes L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Barron B DUKE POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20211K917 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-369-97-13, 50-370-97-13, NUDOCS 9710100066 | |
| Download: ML20211K914 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000369/1997013
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September 26, 1997
EA 97 411
Duke Energy Corporation
ATTN: Mr. B. Barron
Vice President
McGuire Site
1270J Hagers Ferry Road
Huntersville.-NC 28078 8985
SUBJECT:
(NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50 369/97 13 AND 50 370/97 13)
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Dear Mr. Barron:
This letter refers to an NRC security inspection conducted at Duke Energy
Corporation's (DEC) McGuire Nuclear Station between July 21 and 24,1997. The
results of the inspection were formally transmitted to you by letter dated
August 22, 1997. The apparent violations identified were discussed with
members of your staff during an inspection exit conducted by telephone on
August 28, 1997, and were provided to you in our letter dated September 11,
1997. ~An open predecisional enforcement conference was conducted in the
Region II office on-September 19, 1997, to discuss the apparent violations,
the root causes, and your corrective actions to preclude recurrence. A list
of conference attendees, NRC slides, and a copy of your presentation materials
.are enclosed.
Based on the information developed during the ins)ections and the information
that you provided during the conference, the NRC 1as determined that
violations of NRC requirements occurred. The violations are cited in the
enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice), and the circumstances surrounding them
are described in detail in the subject inspection report and our letter to you
dated September 11, 1997,
Violation A involves the failure to notify McGuire security officers promptly
of the termination of seven contractor employees, which resulted in a failure
to remove their security badges from the badge rack. An April 19, 1996, event
involved inadequate control of the access badges of three involuntarily
terminated contractor employees. On April 8, 1997, a more serious event
occurred.- Two individuals, both with protected and vital area access, were
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terminated (one involuntarily). They subsequently retrieved their security
badges and gained access to the protected area and could have accessed vital
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10 minutes of their entry.' In July 1997, two other contractor employees were -
terminated and McGuire security was not notified to ensure their security _
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badges were restricted. The .oot cause of these events was the failure of the
responsible contractor man *,er to make a timely notification to McGuire
security officers such t'
the security badges were removed from the plant
badge rack.
Violation B includes two xamples of the failure to remove the security badges
of individuals from the bi ge storage rack upon notification of their
favorable termination or ex)iration of a temporary clearance, As a result,
one individual, who should lave been denied access due to an expired temporary
clearance, entered the protected area on July 3, 7 and 8,1997. This
individual was subsequently granted a clearance and access to the site,
Although these access control problems were licensee identified, the
violations are of significant regulatory concern because the failure to
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vital areas of the plant could compromise overall plant security. The NRC is
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also concerned that the examples identified in Violations A and B indicate
weaknesses in the area of access control for contractor employees.
Stringent
measures to control badges are critical for an effective Security Plan.
Based
on the 6bove, Violations A and B have been classified in the aggregate in
accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedures for NRC
Enforcement Actions" (Enforcement Policy), NUREG 1600, as a Severity Level III
problem.
In accordance with the Enforcement Policy, a base civil penalty in the amount
of $55,000 is considered for a Severity Level III problem.
Because your
facility pas been the sub ect of escalated enforcement actions within the last
two years , the NRC consi ered whether credit was warranted for
Identification and Corrective Action in accordance with the civil penalty
assessment process in Section VI.B.2 of the Enforcement Policy.
Because you
identified the access control events included in Violations A and B, the NRC
determined that credit for the factor of Identification was appropriate.
Your
corrective actions for the two violations, as described at the predecisional
enforcement conference anJ provided in detail in your handout, included review
of each event, promat correction of the discrepent condition, and counseling
and retraining of tie individuals involved to address individual performance
failures and re emphasize procedural requirements.
In addition: (1) after the
April 1997 event, you initiated formal training for site access control
saonsors which was initiated on July 31, 1997: (2) in May 1997, you revised
t1e contract employee termination checklist to add security notification
requirements; and, (3) in June 1997, you established a more formal badge
termination process including site wide notification of the process and a
dedicated security phone line for reporting employee terminations.
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A severity Level III violation was issued on August 22, 1995, concerning inadequate
emergency diesel generator (EDG) turbocharger design control (EA 95 156). Two severity Level 111
violations were issued on May 9,1996 for inadequate procedures for monitoring of freeze
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protection equipment and design problems with the EDG (EA 96 080 and 96100).
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improved centrols on' computer monitoring of access authorization.
Based on
these facts -the NRC determined that credit was warranted for the factor of
Corrective Action, resulting in no civil penalty for the Severity Level III
problem.
Therefore, to encourage prompt identification and comprehensive corre: tion of
violations, I have been authorized, after consultation with the Office of
Enforcement, not to propose a civil penalty in this case. However,
significant violations in the future could result in a civil penalty.
Violation C involved ten examples of the loss of- control of protected area
badges. The bad
protected area. ges were-taken offsite by the badge holders when exiting the
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The NRC is concerned that these events were also re atitive
and could have been prevented by appropriate corrective action for tie initial
occurrences. The safety significance of this violation was low because no
unauthorized use of the badges occurred: therefore, Violation C has been
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characterized as a Severity Level IV violation.
At the conference, an additional example of Violation B was discussed
regarding an April 11, 1997, failure of security to properly remove an access
badge from the storage rack following notification of a favorable termination.
After consideration of the information you presented at the conference and
documented in an event review, the example is being withdrawn. Specifically,
although the badge was available fer issuance to the individual, security
immediately deleted the individual's access authorization in the security
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computer upon notification of the termination. This action restricted the
individual's access to the station via the security badge.
You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions
specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response,
In your
response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional
actions you plan to prevent recurrence. After reviewing your response to this
Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future-
inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action is
necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice." a co]y of
this letter, its enclosures, and your response will- be placed in the NRC
Public Document Room (PDR). To the extent possible, your response should not '
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include any personal 3rivacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that
it can be placed in tie PDR without redaction.
Sincerely.
Luis A. Reyes
Regional Administrator
Docket Nos. 50 369. 50 370
License Nos. NPF 9, NPF 17
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List of Attendees
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