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
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CATEGORY j.REGULATORY INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (RIDS)~~~'ACCESSION NBR'.9805050266 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 CODE: IE04D COP1ES RECEIVED:LTR

,.ENCL SIZE: TITLE: Safeguards Inspection Rpt/NOV Response (50 DKT)-Publicly Available NOTES: G RECIPIENT ID CODE/NAME PD2-3 PD INTERNAL: ACRS NRR/DRPM/PERB NUDOCS-ABSTRACT RGN2 FILE 01 COPIES LTTR ENCL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 RECXPIENT ID CODE/NAME GLEAVES,W NUDOCS FULLTEXT OE DIR COP1ES LTTR ENCL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 EXTERNAL: NOAC 1 1 NRC PDR 1 1 NOTE TO ALL"RIDS" RECIPIENTS:

PLEASE HELP US TO REDUCE WASTE.TO HAVE YOUR NAME OR ORGANIZATION REMOVED FROM DISTRIBUTION LISTS OR REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COPIES RECEIVED BY YOU OR YOUR ORGANIZATION, CONTACT THE DOCUMENT CONTROL DESK (DCD)ON EXTENSION 415-2083 TOTAL NUMBER OF COPIES REQUIRED: LTTR 11 ENCL 11

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

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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 f CC633<64 nap.Y:~:o!June 1, 2001"J o"ri80NOEO IHRU TROY fAIH SllRAPCE.uC.Print, type or stamp Commissioned Name of Notary Public)

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.