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PNS-76-039:760805 Edition of Zion Benton News Contained Article Re Bugs in Ceco Security.Informant Provided Detailed Info Re Location of Guard Stations,Alarm & Television Camera Operations.Newspaper Asked Not to Publish Articles

ML20236J732
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Site:	Zion  File:ZionSolutions icon.png
Issue date:	08/09/1976
From:	Roy G, Thompson D, Warnick R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
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References
PNS-76-039, PNS-76-39, NUDOCS 9807080330
Download: ML20236J732 (1)

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l PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION EXEMPT FROM _

PUBLIC DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 2.790(d)

_ __ __ a August 9, 1976 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF SAFEGUARDS EVENT-- PNS-76-39 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE national security or public interest significance. The information presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation and is basically all that is known by IE staff as of this date.

Facility: Commonwealth Edison Company, Zion Generating Station, Units 1 & 2 (DNs 50-295 & 50-304), Zion, Illinois

Subject:

NEWS ARTICLE CONTAINING DETAILED INFORMATION RELATING TO THE ZION SECURITY PROGRAM.

The August 5, 1976, edition of the Zion Benton News contained an article titled "Com-Ed Security: Have the bugs been worked out?" An informant to the newspaper, suspected to be a former guard whose daughter works for the newspaper, has provided detailed information in a " taped inter-view" relating to the location of guard stations, alarm and television y camera operation and vulnerabilities. The informant described scenarios "

which could lead to acts of sabotage by individuals or groups determined

, to commit such acts. '

This article is the first of a series of three - the next to be published in the August 12 and 19 editions. Both Commonwealth Edison and the Zion Police have asked the newspaper not to publish succeeding articles f

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but the newspaper intends to do so. While the information published to '

date is not classified information, it is proprietary and provides detailed security measures designed to prevent industrial sabotage.

Region III (Chicago) has requested information from the Zion Station on g contingencies in the security plan to compensate for information developed in the newspaper articles. The NRC is exploring the advisability of 3 contacting the newspaper regarding the. published and proposed articles.

The IAT has been informed of this incident, t%en

, Region III received notification of this occurrence by telephone from Zion Station at 2:30 p.m. August 6, 1976. The newspaper article was received by' mail from Commonwealth Edison on August 9. The

,@ information in this PN is current as of 12:00 a.m. August 9,1976.

Contact:

RFWarnick, IE x27261 GWRoy, IE x27261 DThonpson, IE x27541 l a Distribution:

< ts o& Chairman Rowden 't Commissioner Mason S. J. Chilk, SECY Commissioner Gilinsky C. C. Kammerer, CA G. F. Murphy, JCAE

$4 Commissioner Kennedy L. V. Gossick, EDO 4 g y E. Volgenau, OIE J. A. Harris, PA

. o mtn B. C. Rusche, NRR H. K. Shapar, ELD T. J. McTiernan, AIA JN K. R. Chapman, NMSS R. G. Ryan, OSP

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