IR 05000254/1987018

Forwards Physical Security Insp Repts 50-254/87-18, 50-265/87-18 & Notice of Violation.Civil Penalty Not Proposed for Violation Due to Good Licensee Performance. Response Required.Encl Withheld (Ref 10CFR73.21)

ML20238C685
Person / Time
Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	09/01/1987
From:	Davis A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Oconnor J COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
References
EA-87-129, NUDOCS 8709100299
Download: ML20238C685 (4)

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SEP 0119BI Docket No. 50-254 Docket No. 50-265 Licenses No. DPR-29; No. DPR-30 EA 87-129 Commonwealth Edison Company ATTN: Mr. J. J. O'Connor President Post Office Box 767 Chicago, IL 60690 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION (NRC INSPECTION REPORTS NO. 50-254/87018(DRSS)

AND NO. 50-265/87018(DRSS))

This refers to the special physical security inspection conducted during the period June 23-26, 1987 at the Quad Cities Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, Cordova, Illinoi The inspection was in response to a licensee identified event regarding an unlocked, unalarmed vital area door for which the compensatory measure had been removed. An enforcement conference to discuss this matter was held on July 16, 1987 between Mr. D. Galle and other members of your staff and Mr. C. Paperiello and other members of the NRC Region III staf The violation involved a vital area door which was unlocked, unalarmed, and unguarded for several minutes when an officer posted as a compensatory measure for the vital area door was erroneously dispatched to another alarm. This failure to control access resulted in two of the three elements of access control being inadequate such that an individual could have gained unauthorized undetected access during the time the violation occurred. The root causes of the event appear to be significantly inadequate communications between members of the security force and the lack of supervision of post rotations involving compensatory measure In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1987), the violation i described in the enclosed Notice has been classified at a Severity Level II '

A civil penalty is considered for a Severity Level III violatio However, after consultation with the Director, Office of Enforcement and the Deputy Executive Director for Regional Operations, I have decided that a civil penalty will not be proposed in this case because of your prompt identification and reporting of the event, prompt and extensive corrective actions, and good, prior enforcement histor PDR ADOCK 05000254 G PDR 4 Encicsure contains SUIGUARDS INFG;,;g7793 U

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, SEP 01 1987 In particular, mitigation of the civil penalty is appropriate due to l your good performance in the area of security over the past several year Your performance has been rated Category 1 during Systematic Assessments of Licensee Performance (SALP) and you have not had any violations in this area over the last two and one-half year In addition, your corrective actions were prompt and extensive and consisted of:

(1) formalization of communications requiring feedback , (2) briefings of all shift personnel on the event and its causes, (3) increased awarenesses by the guard force concerning compensatory security posts, and (4) changes in the implementation and supervision of compensatory security post You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions )

specified in the enclosed Notic In your response, you should document j tne specific actions taken and any additional actions you plan to prevent recurrence. You should place all Safeguards Information as defined in 10 CFR 73.21 only in enclosures, so that your letter may be placed in the  !

Public Document Room. After reviewing your response to this Notice, including )

your proposed corrective actions, the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirement The material enclosed 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 amende Therefore, with the exception of the cover letter, this material will not be placed in the Public Document Roo The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-51

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