IR 05000382/1986001

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-382/86-01.Addl Info Re Listed Security Violations Requested within 30 Days of Ltr Date

ML20206T092
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	09/18/1986
From:	Gagliardo J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Muench G LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO.
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Download: ML20206T092 (4)

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In Reply Refer To:

Docket: 50-382/86-01 Louisiana Power & Light Company ATTN: G. W. Muench, Director-Nuclear Operations 317 Baronne Street P. O. Box 60340 New Orleans, Louisiana 70160 Gentlemen:

Thank you for your letter of July 24, 1986, in response to our letter and the attached Notice of Violation dated June 24, 1986. As a result of our review, we find that additional information, as discussed with your Messrs. G. E. Wuller and Bob Lailhauque (during a telephone call on August 13, 1986), is needed. Specifically, the following information is needed:

Violation 8601-01 What percent of the Waterford 3 Steam Electric Station (W35ES) active badged employees having unescorted access to the protected area also have unescorted access to the vital areas of the switch gear room A, A/B, and B?

What are the good cause criteria your staff uses for granting unescorted access to vital areas for general familiarization and non-work.related activities?

How much time do you allow for general f amiliarization with your vital area ,

access authorization; i.e., how many days per year do you provide unescorted vital area access for non-work related activities or general familiarization?

Violation 8601-02 Is a security officer posted at a door / portal prior to a normally locked and alarmed door / portal being open when it is known by the maintenance person or

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craftsman that it will be opened for a period of time which will be longer j than that time required for normal access?

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Is a normally locked and alarmed door / portal returned to a locked and alarmed mode after the craftsman or maintenance person executes normal entry, or is

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the door / portal left only with an alarm but no lock, or is the door locked with the alarm accessed?

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Louisiana Power.& Light Company -2-Is a normally locked and alarmed door / portal posted with a security person when either the alarm is accessed or the door / portal is unlocked but has an active alarm circuit?

Violation 8601-03 What are the six point criteria established in Nuclear Operations Executive

. Directive ED-0297 Violation 8601-05

What was the interval of time in hours or days that door 266 was unlocked?

Was stealth used to open door 266 or was an authorized key used to open door 266?

If an authorized key was used, was the key in the possession of the authorized key custodian?

Who was the last person to exit door 266? What was the elapsed time between this exit and the alarm received?

i Who or what caused the alarm on door 266?

Are the balanced magnetic switches so insensitive that a false presumption of a door being locked can be made because there is no alarm?

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Do security officers responding to an alarm and unlocked door routinely accept statements from personnel outside the alarmed area that were unaware of the cause for an alarm?

Are unexplained alarms with unlocked doors routinely and arbitrarily documented

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as an unknown cause?

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Was there an investigation initiated after it was discovered that the security officer failed to document the alarm properly?

Do you routinely check for the root cause of doors / portals found unlocked?

Violation 8601-07 Was there a review made of all vital area barriers to assure that no other vital barriers had openings as the specific one mentioned in this violation?

- If so, what were the results of such a review? Confirm that all other inner compartment vital area barriers met or exceeded 10 CFR 73.2(f)(2) criteria and

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did not have openings exceeding the 96 square inch criteria for such openings?

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Louisiana Power & Light Company -3-Violation 8601-08 Was there a review made of all locking devices securing inner compartment

- vital areas to assure that no other vital area locking device could so easily be defeated?

If so, confirm that the locking devices meet or exceed the requirements for sufficient strength and manipulation resistance as defined in 10 CFR 73.2(m)

and assure the high assurance objective of 10 CFR 73.55(a).

Please provide the supplemental information within 30 days of the date of this letter.

Sincerely,

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J. E. Gagliardo, Chief-Reactor Projects Branch cc:

Louisiana Power & Light Company ATTN: G. E. Wuller, Onsite Licensing Coordinator P. O. Box B Killona, Louisiana 70066 Louisiana Power & Light Company ATTN: R. P. Barkhurst, Plant Manager P. O. Box B Killona, Louisiana 70066 Middle South Services ATTN: Mr. R. T. Lally P. O. Box 61000 New Orleans, Louisiana 70161 Louisiana Power & Light Company ATTN: K. W. Cook, Nuclear Support and Licensing Manager 317 Baronne Street P. O. Box 60340 New Orleans, Louisiana 70160 Louisiana Radiation Control Program Director bec: (see next page)

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611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Arlington, TX 76011 , _- I Subject: Waterford 3 SES Docket No. 50-382 License No. NPF-38 NRC Inspection Report 86-01 Reference: NRC Region IV letter (50-382/86-01) dated 6/24/86, J.E. Gagliardo to G.W. Muench (LP&L) .

Dear Mr. Martin:

The attachment gives the Louisiana Power & Light Company responses to Violations Nos. 8601-01, -02, -03, -04, -05, -07 and -08 which are cited in the referenced inspection report.

If you have any questions on the LP&L responses, please contact G.E. Wuller, Onsite Licensing, at (504) 464-3499.

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