NUREG-0760, Forwards Notice of Violation & NUREG-0760 Detailing Investigation Conducted Mar 1980-Jan 1981 Into Info Flow During 790328 Accident
| ML20003B792 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 01/27/1981 |
| From: | Stello V NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | Arnold R METROPOLITAN EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20003B793 | List: |
| References | |
| RTR-NUREG-0760, RTR-NUREG-760 EA-81-017, EA-81-17, NUDOCS 8102250535 | |
| Download: ML20003B792 (2) | |
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NUCLEAR REGULATOHY CdMMISSION 5.hSh I W ASmNG 1 ON, D. C. 20555 Waq/s January 27, 1981 Dock [tfo.50-320 EA-81-17 c3 pr s
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Metropolitan Edison Company f "'g g D T ATTN:
Mr. R. C. Arnold Senior Vice President T,*gwon //
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N Gentlemen:
1 On April 1,1980, the Office of Inspection and Enforcement (IE) resumed its investigation into the flow of information on March 28, 1979 surrounding the accident which occurred at your Three Mile Island Unit 2 facility (TMI-2).
That effort has now been completed and a copy of the report (NUREG-0760) is enclosed for your use.
i Two items of noncompliance identified during this investigation are set forth in Appendix A.
These items relate to the f ailure of the licensee to implement an adequate system to obtain, evaluate and communicate information within the
' onsite organizatior, and between the onsite and responsible offsite agencies.
It is the responsibility of each licensee to ensure that information is adequately transmitted to management personnel during normal, as well as emergency, conditions.
Each licensee is responsible that procedures provide
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for and are implemented to assure that information and interpretation of it l
are immediately available to plant managers as well as responsible offsite agencies during emergency conditions.
Our decision to take enforcement action based on the findings of this investigation reflects the judgment that Metropolitan Edison Company as a
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licensee has a unique and direct responsibility for protecting the health and l
l safety of the public during an emergency.
While other entities play a signi-ficant role in responding to an emergency situation, it is the licensee who I
j must effectively gather data and analyze the incident for its own emergency response, as well as those of supporting local, state and federal agencies, to be effective.
It is in this particular area that on the day of the TMI-2 accident, there was a clear failure in Metropolitan Edison Company's response.
The attached Notice of Violation specifies the items of noncompliance involved.
I Because of statutory limits in effect at the time of the accident, no further civil penalties are proposed.
Since your corrective actions will be~ assessed by the NRC Staff in conjunction with the issues related to restart of your THI-1 facility, no response to the Notice of Violation is required.
A copy of this letter and our investigation report will be forwarded to the Atomic '
Safety and Licensing Board for use in that proceeding.
Should you wish to respond to my office with respect to the identified items of noncompliance, your comments will certainly be considered.
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14etropolitan Edison Company January 27, 1981 In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a ccpy of this letter and the enclosures will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.
Sincerely, b
ctor Stel o, Director Office of Inspection and Enforcement
Enclosures:
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Appendix A - Notice of Violation 3
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Investigation Report - NUREG-0760 f
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