ML20217N622

Notice of Violation from Investigation Conducted by Oi. Violation Noted:Safeguard Event Log,Required to Be Maintained by Licensee,Was Not Complete & Accurate in All Matl Aspects

ML20217N622
Person / Time
Site:	Salem, Hope Creek
Issue date:	04/24/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
Shared Package
ML20217N554	List: ML20217N549 ML20217N589 ML20217N622
References
EA-97-422, NUDOCS 9805050386
Download: ML20217N622 (2)

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4 ENCLOSURE NOTICE OF VIOLATION

- Public Service Electric and Gas Docket Nos. 50-272;50-311;50-354 Salem Units 1 and 2 License Nos. DPR-70; DPR-75; NPF-57 Hope Creek Unit 1 EA No.97-422 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey As a result of an investigation conducted by the NRC Office of Investigations, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the particular violation is set forth below:

10 CFR 50.9 requires, in part, that information required by the Commission's regulations or hcense conditions to be maintained by the licensee shall be complete and accurate in all material respects.

License Condition 2.E of License Number NPF-57 for the Hope Creek facility, and License Cordtions 2.E of License Numbers DPR-70 and DPR-75 for Salem, require, in part, that PSE&G fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the safeguards contingency plans approved by the Commission and all amendments and revisions to such plans made pursuant to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p).

Section 4.3.1 of the PSE&G Safeguards Contingency Plan requires that the licensee establish, implement, and maintain, security contingency procedures.

Security Contingency Plan Procedure (SCP-15), " Safeguards Event Repo'rting Procedure", requires, in Section 4.6.1 that the licensee record in the Safeguards Event Log, and retain on site for inspection by the NRC, any failure or degradation of a safeguards system or a discovered vulnerability that could have allowed unauthorized or undetected access to the protected or vital area, if compensatory measures had not been establish 9d. Section 4.3.1 requires that compensatory measures be placed in effect within ten minutes of security management becoming aware of the event.

Contrary to the above, a Safeguard Event Log, required to be maintained by the licensee, was not complete and accurate in all material respects. Specifically, after security management became aware of the failure of the security computer at 6:10 a.m. on May 25,1996, security post No.127 was not manned until 6:28 a.m.,

approximately 18 minutes after the computer failure. However, the Safeguards Event Log was inaccurate in that it documented that the compensatory measures were implemented at 6:19 a.m.. These records were' material because they provide evidence as to whether the licensee met the requirement for manning the post within 10 minutes. (01013)

This is a Severity Level 111 violation (Supplement Vil).

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Enclosure 2

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (Licensee) is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear

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Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region I, and a copy t the NRC Resident inspector at 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 " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken l

and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, l

and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may reference or l

include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the l

required response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, l

an order or a Demand for information may be issued as to why the license should not be l

modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be propor should not be l

. taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response

time, if you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the l

Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

l Under the authority of Section 182 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 2232, this response shall be submitted under oath or affirmation.

Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed l

copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such l

material, you mug specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

l Dated a King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 24th day of April 1998

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