ML20137T673

Notice of Violation from Insp on 970303-07.Violation Noted:Plant Security Response Plan Rev 3 Phase 2 Defined Deployment Strategy That Allowed CAS to Be Left Unmanned During Contingency

ML20137T673
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	04/04/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
Shared Package
ML20137T649	List: ML20137T644 ML20137T673 ML20137T711
References
50-424-97-03, 50-424-97-3, 50-425-97-03, 50-425-97-3, NUDOCS 9704160143
Download: ML20137T673 (2)

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4 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Southern Nuclear Operating Company Docket Nos. 50-424, 50-425 Vogtle Electric Generating Plant License Nos. NPF-68, NPF-81 During an NRC inspection conducted on March 3-7,1997, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:

License Condition E of the Vogtle Operating License, dated March 17,1997, states in part that Southern Nuclear shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the Commission-approved physical security, guard training and qualification, and safeguards contingency plans...and to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p).

Section 6.6 A, of the licensee's Physical Security Plan, Revision 33, dated September 12,1996, states that the Central Alarm Station (CAS) and Secondary Alarm Station (SAS) are continuously manned by at least one authorized person.

Contrary to the above, from January 1996 to March 1997, the Vogtle Security Response Plan, Revision 3. Phase 2, defined a deployment strategy that allowed the CAS to be left unmanned during a contingency.

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

i Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Southem Nuclear Operating Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region 11, 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, (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 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.

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 ENCLOSURE 1 9704160143 970404 PDR ADOCK 05000424 G PDR 1

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proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide -

a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request l

withholding of such material, you must 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 information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for with-holding 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.

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