ML20246H664

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp 50-298/89-07.Implementation of Corrective Actions Will Be Rviewed During Future Insp to Determine That Full Compliance Achieved

ML20246H664
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	05/04/1989
From:	Callan L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Trevors G NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
References
NUDOCS 8905160160
Download: ML20246H664 (1)

See also: IR 05000298/1989007

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In Reply Refer To:

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ATTN: George A. Trevors

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P.O. Box 499

Columbus, NE 68602-0499

Gentlemen:

Thank you for your letter of April 18, 1989, in response to our letter and

Notice of Violation dated March 20, 1989. We have reviewed your reply and find

it respons:ve to the cencerns raised in our Notice of V1olation. We will review

the implementation of your corrective actions during a fCure inspection to

determine that full compliance has been achieved and will be maintained.

Sincerely.

Onginal Signed By:

L. J. CALLAN

L. J. Callan, Director

Division of Reactor Projects

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Cooper Nuclear Station

ATTN: Guy Horn, Division Manager

of Nuclear Operations

P.O. Box 98

Brownville, Nebraska 68321

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Gentlemen:

Subject: NPPD Response to Inspection Report 50-298/89-07

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This letter is written in response to your letter dated March 2'o, 1989,

transmitting Inspection Report 50-298/89-07. Therein you indicated that

certain of our activities were in violation of NRC requirements.

Following is a statement of the violation and our response in accordance with

10 CFR 2.201.

Statement of Violation

Failure to_ Provide a Timelv Response To a Notice of Violation

10 CFR 2.201 requires that the licensee respond, in writing, to a notice

of violation within a specified time.

Appendix A, Notice of Violation, to NRC Inspection Report 50 298/88-31

required that the licensee respond, in writing, to Violation 298/8831-01

within 30 days of November 18, 1988.  :

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Contrary to the abeve, the licensee did not respond, in writing, to

Violation 298/8831-01 until February 10, 1989 (84 days after the issuance

or the violation).

This is a Severity Level IV violation. (Supplement I) (298/8907-01)

Reason For The ViolatiRD

This violation was due to a personal error on the part of the Division

Manager - Nuclear Support which resulted in the required respotise to be

delayed well beyond the required thirty day period. He failed to give the-

appropriate priority to preparing the requisite letter describing the 1

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District's actions regarding the violation described in Inspection Report

88-31. He had set aside the draft of the subject response and permitted

other duties to distract him from completing the assignment for the time

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Corrective Steps Which Have Been Taken and the Results Achievgd

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The response to Inspection keport 88-31 was submitted on February 10, i

1989. A review was conducted to ensure that other correspondence action

required by the NRC at ?. hat time was not overdue,

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Corrective Steps Taken Te Avoid Further Violation

The Division Manager was counseled on the importance of meeting the

assigned response times related to NRC correspondence. The District

believes that this is an isolated case and is riot a programmatic generic

issue or reflective of a significant breakdown in the District's tracking

systems for corrective action.

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Date When Full Compliance Will be Achieved

The District is currently in full compliance.

Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this response.

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