ML20236G936

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980526-0617.Violation Noted:Record Reviews & Interviews Showed That Unescorted Access to Protected Area Granted to Two Security Officers W/O All Required Elements of Employment History

ML20236G936
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	06/30/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20236G927	List: ML20236G924 ML20236G936 ML20236G943
References
50-346-98-08, 50-346-98-8, NUDOCS 9807070024
Download: ML20236G936 (2)

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!- NOTICE OF VIOLATION l

Centerior Service' Company Docket No. 50-346 Davis Besse Nuclear Power Station License No. NPF-3 During an.NRC inspection conducted from May 26 to June 17,1998, a violation of NRC

. requirements was identified. In accordance with NUREG-1600, Revision 1, " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," the violation is listed below:

l .' Section 2'of Amendment 14, dated April 13,1979, to Facility Operating License No. NPF-3, l

requires the licensee to implement all provisions of the Commission Approved physical security plan, including amendments and changes made pursuant to the authority of 10 CFR 50.54(p).

Section 1.1.1.3 of the Davis Besse Security Plan requires access authorization to the protected and vital areas at the plant to be granted in accordance with federal regulations and company  ;

procedures.

.l Section 1.3.1 of the Davis Besse Security Plan requires the Access Authorization Program to  !

u meet the req'uirements of Regulatory Guide 5.66, (" Access Authorization Program For Nuclear Power Plants", dated June 1991) which are specified in licensee procedure IS-AC-00516,

" Unescorted Access Requirements." NUMARC document 89-01 is an appendix to USNRC Regulatory Guide 5.66.

Section 1.6.1 of the Dav;s Besse Security Plan requires successful completion of the access authorization requirements specified in licensee procedure IS-AC-00516, " Unescorted Access Requirements", before unescorted access is granted to the protected and/or vital areas.

Section 6.5.1.d of licensee procedure IS-AC-00516, Unescorted Access Requirements", '

l Revision 9, approved January 30,1998, and Section 6.2.1 of NUMARC document 89-01, "

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Industry Guidelines for Nuclear Power Plant Access Authorization Programs". August 1989, y

- (Appendix to USNRC Regulatory Guide 5.66, " Access Authorization Program For Nuclear Power Plants", dated June 1991) requires employment history to be obtained by contacting employers for the past five years to verify the following information for all claimed periods of

.. employment of 30 days or more

Position held by the individual; disciplinary history; reasons for

[. - termination and eligibility for re-hire; and any other information that would adversely reflect upon

', the reliability and trustworthiness of the individual as it relates to being granted unescoried access.-

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10 CFR 73.56(f)(2) requires licensees, contractors, and vendors to make background investigation personal information required by 10 CFR 73.56 available to another licensee, contractor, or vendor provided that the request is accompanied by a signed release from the

- Individual.

Contrary to the above, record reviews and interviews showed that unescorted access to the protected area was granted to two security officers without all required elements of employment

, L history being provided by the licensee or evaluated.- Additionally, for an indeterminate period of time, the licensee failed to make personal information available to other licensees and i

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L Notice of Violation 2 contractors authorized to receive such information. Required information pertaining to disciplinary history, reasons for termination and eligibility for re-hire, and any other information that would reflect upon the reliability and trustworthiness of the individual as it relates to being

. granted unescorted access would not be released.

. This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement lil).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Centerior Service Company is hercby required to submit a' written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:

Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator,

. Region Ill, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the facility that is the subject of this

- Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). _This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for_ each violation:' (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation or severity level; (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved; (3) the

! corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations; and (4) the date when full

! compliance will be achieved. Your response may reference or include previous docketed ,

correspondence,if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response. If an  !

adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or j revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is  !

. shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

. If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,  ;

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Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent

! possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so ,

that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information  ;

is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your i response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your -

- response that deletes such information, if you request withholding of such material, you mu11 3 specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in

> detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the inforrnation required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial

. information).- If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21. I Dated at Lisle, Illinois

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l ~ this 30th day of June 1998

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