ML17229A707

Responds to Violations Noted in Insp Repts 50-335/98-01 & 50-389/98-01.Corrective Actions:Terminated Access Authorization for Both Individuals & Temporarily Suspended Terminations of Access Authorization in Plant Badging Ofc

ML17229A707
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	04/28/1998
From:	Plunkett T FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
50-335-98-01, 50-335-98-1, 50-389-98-01, 50-389-98-1, EA-98-064, EA-98-64, L-98-108, NUDOCS 9805050266
Download: ML17229A707 (8)

See also: IR 05000335/1998001

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DOC.DATE: 98/04/28 NOTARIZED:

YES FACIL:50-335

St.Lucie Plant, Unit 1, Florida Power&Light Co.50-389 St.Lucie Plant, Unit 2, Florida Power&, Light Co.AUTH.NAME AUTHOR AFFILIATION

PLUNKETT,T.F.

Florida Power&Light Co.RECIP.NAME

RECIPIENT AFFILIATION

Document Control Branch (Document Control Desk)DOCKET 05000335 05000389 SUBJECT: Responds to violations

noted in insp repts 50-335/98-01

&50-389/98-01.Corrective

actions:terminated

access authorization

for both individuals

&temporarily

suspended terminations

of access authorization

in plant s badging ofc.DISTRIBUTION

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Florida Power 5 Light Company,6351

S.Ocean Drive, Jensen Beach, FL 34957 April 28.l 998 L-98-108 10 CFR 52.201 U.S.Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

'Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C.20555 Re: St.Lucie Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos.50-335 and 50-389 Reply to a Notice of Violation NRC Ins ection Re ort 98-01 EA 98-064 Florida Power and Light Company (FPL)has reviewed the subject Notice of Violation and, pursuant to 10 CFR$2.201, the responses to the violations

are attached.The violation resulted from the failure to remove the access authorization

of favorably terminated

contract employees.

FPL has concluded that the failure was not programmatic

in nature and resulted from human error.However, FPL understands

the significance

of the violation in that an unauthorized

person, as defined in our Physical Security Plan, gained access to the site's protected area.FPL has taken comprehensive

corrective

actions to resolve the identified

condition, and has reviewed the event for generic implications.

We are confident that our corrective

actions will prevent recurrence.

Please contact us with questions on the enclosed violation response.Very truly yours, Thomas F.Plunkett President Nuclear Division TFP/JAS/E JW Attachment

cc: Regional Administrator, USNRC, Region II Senior Resident Inspector, USNRC, St.Lucie Plant'ir805050266

'ir80428 PDR ADOCK 05000335 8 PDR an FPL Group company

St.Lucie Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos.50-335 and 50-389 L-98-108 Page 2 STATE OF FLORIDA))COUN'IY OF PALM BEACH)ss.Thomas F.Plunkett being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is President, Nuclear Division, of Florida Power&Light Company, the Licensee herein;That he has executed the foregoing document;that the statements

made in this document are true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information

and belief, and that he is authorized

to execute the document on behalf of said Licensee.7 Thomas F.Plunkett STATE OF FLORIDA COUNIY OF Sworn to and subscribed

before me this 8W day of I'/, 195&by Thomas F.Plunkett, who is personally

known to me.Name of N ry Public-S RObl ftl S.ECGnuu,, 1'~: Q=W COMMISSlON

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L-98-108 Attachment

P~se I Violation Facility Operating License Nos.DPR-67 and NPF-16, Amendment 151, dated May 16, 1997, require that the licensee shall fully implement and maintain in efFect all provisions

of the Commission

approved physical security, guard training and qualification, and safeguards

contingency

plans including amendments

made pursuant to the provisions

of the Miscellaneous

Amendments

and Search Requirements

revisions to 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p).Section 13.4.4 of the licensee's

Physical Security Plan, Revision 50, dated November 24, 1997, states, in part,"Upon notification

of the voluntary termination

or the termination

for cause of an individual

authorized

unescorted

access, the Plant Security Supervision

shall ensure that the keycard and hand geometry access capabilities

are inactivated." Section 5.3(d)of the licensee's

Physical Security Plan, Revision 50, dated November 24, 1997, states, in part,"Only those individuals

with identified

need for access and having appropriate

authorization, shall be granted unescorted

vital area access." Contrary to the above, on December 31, 1997, plant security supervision

failed to implement Section 13.4.4 of the Physical Security Plan to ensure that a voluntarily

terminated

individual's

keycard and hand geometry access capabilities

were inactivated.

As a result, one unauthorized

individual's

unescorted

access to vital areas continued in violation of the requirements

of Section 5.3(d)of the Physical Security Plan between December 31, 1997, and January 2, 1998, and, in fact, the individual

entered the protected area on January 2, 1998.In addition, on December 31, 1997, plant security supervision

failed to implement Section 13.4.4 of the Physical Security Plan to ensure that a second favorably terminated

individual's

keycard and hand geometry were inactivated.

This is a Severity Level III Violation (Supplement

III).R~es ense 1.FPL concurs with the violation.

2.REASON FOR VIOLATION The cause of the violation was human error in that the individual

tasked with deleting the contractor

employees'adges

failed to follow established

plant procedures

for terminating

badges.

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L-98-108 Attachment

~Pa e2 3.CORRECTIVE

STEPS TAKEN AND THE RESULTS ACHIEVED A.Upon discovery on January 2,'1998, the access authorization

for both individuals

was terminated.

B.Terminations

of access authorization

in the plant's badging office were temporarily.

suspended.

C.As an interim action, all access termination

transactions

were accomplished

in the security operations

center (Secondary

Alarm Station)where an independent

verification

process existed.D.Appropriate

personnel disciplinary

actions were administered

to the accountable

FPL and contractor

employees.

4.'ORRECTIVE

STEPS TO AVOID FURTHER VIOLATIONS

A.The termination

of access process was reviewed and standardized

so that the badging office conducted access termination

in the same manner as the security operations

center.The revised procedure specifically

requires that an independent

verification

be accomplished

prior to the required termination

time.This was achieved on January 5, 1998.B.Access processing

and badging personnel were trained on the new termination

process discussed in Corrective

Action 4.A.above.Based on benchmarking

of other licensees, a Physical Security Plan (PSP)change (Revision 51)was made to permit 48 hours5.555556e-4 days <br />0.0133 hours <br />7.936508e-5 weeks <br />1.8264e-5 months <br /> for removal of access authorization

for employee terminations

under favorable conditions.

Access authorization

terminations

under unfavorable

conditions

continue to be required to be completed immediately.

5.Full compliance

was achieved on January 2, 1998, with the removal of the access authorization

for both individuals

involved in the violation as stated in Corrective

Action 3.A.above.