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Forwards Three Copies of Amend 35 to Physical Security & Contingency Plan,Per 10CFR50.54(p) & 10CFR50.4.Amend Describes Addl Method That Meets Applicable Search Requirements of 10CFR73.55(d)(3).Encl Withheld

ML20216D144
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Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	03/06/1998
From:	Mccoy C SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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LCV-1171, NUDOCS 9804150195
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C. K. McCoy South:rn Nucl2ar Vice President Op:r: ting Cornpany, Inc.

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Fa4 205992 0403 March 6, 1998 SOUTHERNkL COMPANY Docket Nos. 50-424 Ennp u Snu DuMur 50-425 LCV-1171 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555 VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT PilYSICAL SECURITY A.ND CONTINGENCY PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 35 Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with 10 CFR 50.54 (p) and 10 CFR 50.4, Southern Nuclear Operating i Company hereby submits three copies of Amendment 35 to the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP) Unit I and Unit 2 Physical Security ar.d Contingency Plan. By copy of this letter, two copies of Amendment 35 are being provided to the NRC Region II oflice.

This amendment describes an additional method that has been implemented at VEGP for meeting the applicable search requirements of 10 CFR 73.55(d)(3) by allowing Category III packages and containers to be searched and sealed offsite prior to protected area entry.

Enclosure 1 provides the description and justification for the changes, and Enclosure 2 contains the actual Amendment 35 pages. Enclosures 3 and 4 give insertion instructions and the new effective page list for the VEGP Physical Security and Contingency Plan.

Only Enclosure 2 is safeguards information and should be withheld from public disclosure in accordance with 10 CFR 73.21.

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1. Changes and Justification

2. Amendment 35 - Revised Pages (SafeguardsInformation) I

3. Insertion Instructions

4. Effective Page List xc: Southern Nuclear Operating Company Ms. R. II. Parker (w)

Mr. J. B. Beasley (w/o)

Mr. M. Sheibani (w/o)

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. L. A. Reyes, Regional Administrator (w/2 copies) j Mr. D. II. Jaffe, Senior Project Manager, NRR (w/o)

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VEGP PHYSICAL SECURITY AND CONTINGENCY PLAN - 1 AMENDMENT NO. 35 l

l CHANGES AND JUSTIFICATION Channes asweiated with Packaees and MaterialSearches: l Section 5.3.3.4, " Package andMaterialSearch Conducted Offsite. "

l Add a new section that describes the requirements for properly searching and sealing Category III material offsite, in order to exclude it from search upon i delivery for PA entry at VEGP. l Glossary, page 4, " Security Seal"  ;

1 Add dermition of" security seal." I Justification: j This change does not delete or contradict any regulatory requirement nor does it ,

decrease the safeguards effectiveness of the Security Plan. In accordance with 10 l CFR 73.55(d)(3), some material may be excluded from search prior to protected j area (PA) entry due to safety concerns such as radiological hazards. At VEGP i these packages are denoted as Category III material. Although this material I remains under the control of security personnel while inside the PA prior to its initial search, this practice introduces the possibility of contraband being entered into the PA initially undetected. By utilizing offsite search and seal techniques for Category III material, the possibility ofintroducing contraband to the PA is .

reduced. Therefore, this change does not decrease the overall level of secunty  ;

system performance as described in paragraphs (b) through (h) of 10 CFR 73.55. l The Security Plan and procedures continue to protect with the same objective of j high assurance against the design basis threat of radiological sabotage as stated in 10 CFR 73.l(a).

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