ML20204F785

Ack Receipt of 870116 & 30 Ltrs Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Repts 50-321/86-37 & 50-366/86-37.Violations Will Remain as Presented in Notice. Assessment of Licensee Response Withheld (Ref 10CFR2.790)

ML20204F785
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	03/18/1987
From:	Reyes L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	James O'Reilly GEORGIA POWER CO.
References
NUDOCS 8703260270
Download: ML20204F785 (2)

See also: IR 05000321/1986037

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SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION

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MAR 18 887

Georgia Power Company

ATTN:

Mr. James P. O'Reilly

Senior Vice President - Nuclear

Operations

P. O. Box 4545

Atlanta, GA 30302

Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-321/86-37 AND 50-366/86-37

Thank you for your responses of January 16 and 30,1987, to our Notice of

Violation issued on December 17, 1986, concerning activities conducted at your

Hatch facility.

We have evaluated your response and found that it meets the

requirements 10 CFR 2.201.

We will examine the implementation of your

corrective actions during future inspections.

After careful consideration of the basis for your request that the violations be

withdrawn, we have concluded for the reasons presented in the enclosure to this

letter that the violations should remain as presented in the Notice of

Violation.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790(d) and 10 CFR 73.21, Safeguards Information is

exempt from public disclosure.

Therefore, the enclosure to this letter will not

be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.

Should you have any questions about this letter, please contact us.

Sincerely,

Luis A. Reyes, Director

Division of Reactor Projects

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This letter is in response to the Notice of Violation cited in Inspection

Report Nos. 50-321/86-37 and SC-366/86-37, dated December 17, 1986.

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referenced report relates to an NRC inspection conducted November 17-20,

The inspection covered a broad range of the security operations at the

1986.

plant and resulted in the identiff cation of two . Severity Level V findings.-

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Georgia Power Company (GPC) has undertaken numercus security improvements

at both Plant Hatch and Plant Vogtie, and at our Corporate office to further

enhance the Nuclear Security Program, as indicated in previous correspondence

and meetings. We specifically wt.sh to note that GPC has created and fully

- staffed a corporate nuclear security organization that monitors and provides

Security Operations.

The recent Regulatory

assistance and direction to Plant:

Effectiveness Review of Plant Hatch, which concentrated - on actual physical

security issues, resulted in a favorable preliminary report on the security

We belfewe this review is but another confirmation of

operation of the plant.our efforts to achieve excellenc:e and the exemplary results a

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the past year.

Georgia Power Company beliewes that the effort and attention given to

these two minor _ findings and

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indicators and noncompliance stat-istics is contrary to effective and eff.icient

regulatory practices inherent im the NRC's Enforcement Policy (10 CFR

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describes the reasons which suppcort our request that these two violations be

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The enclosure to this letter is exempt from disclosure in accordance with

10 CFR 2.790(d) and 10 CFR 73.27.

If you have any questions, please contact

this office.

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Georgia Power Company

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Mr. J. P. O'Reilly

Dr. J. N. Grace, Regional Administrator

Mr. J. T. Beckham, Jr.

Mr. P. Holmes-Ray, Senior Resident

Mr. H. C. Nix, Jr.

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