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Palisades - Docket No.
050-00255
NRC Action Number(s) and
Facility Name |
Action Type
(Severity) &
Civil Penalty
(if any) |
Date
Issued |
Description |
EA-01-223
Palisades |
NOV
(White) |
10/26/2001 |
On October 26, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
associated with a White SDP finding involving smoke detectors in the
cable spreading room. The violation cited the licensee's failure to
properly locate and install the smoke detectors in accordance with
requirements including the applicable National Fire Protection Association
code. |
EA-01-088
Palisades |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 55,000 |
06/27/2001 |
On June 27, 2001, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition
of Civil Penalty in the amount of $55,000 was issued for a Severity
Level III violation. The action was based on the licensee's failure
to provide complete and accurate information in letters to the NRC
requesting enforcement discretion and an exigent Technical Specification
change. |
EA-98-433
Palisades |
NOV
(SL III) |
12/11/1998 |
Violation occurred when the HPSI system was made inoperable for
approximately 90 minutes during a surveillance test. |
EA-97-567 & EA-97-569
Palisades |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 55,000 |
04/02/1998 |
Work control - operations. |
EA-96-131
Palisades |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 50,000 |
08/13/1996 |
Appendix R violations. |
Palo Verde 1, 2 &
3 - Docket Nos. 050-00528; 050-00529; 050-00530
NRC Action Number(s) and
Facility Name |
Action Type
(Severity) &
Civil Penalty
(if any) |
Date
Issued |
Description |
EA-07-162
Palo Verde |
ORDER
|
10/19/2007 |
On October 19, 2007, a Confirmatory Order (Effective Immediately)
was issued to Arizona Public Service Company (APS) to formalize commitments
made as a result of a successful alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
mediation session. The commitments were made by APS as part of a
settlement agreement between APS and the NRC concerning the falsification,
by a qualified senior reactor operator, at the Palo Verde Nuclear
Generating Station (PVNGS), of a record related to a steam generator
blowdown. As part of the settlement agreement, APS agreed to take
a number of actions. In recognition of these actions, and those corrective
actions already completed by APS, the NRC is satisfied that its concerns
will be addressed. |
EA-06-296
Palo Verde |
NOV
(White) |
02/21/2007 |
On February 21, 2007, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
associated with a WHITE Significance Determination Process finding
involving the failure to develop adequate instructions or procedures
for corrective maintenance activities on the Unit 3, EDG A K-1 relay
and the failure to identify and correct the cause of the erratic
K-1 relay operation prior to installation of the relay. This resulted
in the emergency diesel generator being inoperable for almost four
weeks. The violation was cited against 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criteria
V, "Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings" and 10 CFR
50, Appendix B, Criteria XVI, "Corrective Action." |
EA-05-037
Palo Verde |
NOV
(SL III)
|
06/27/2005 |
On June 27, 2005, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
of 10 CFR 50.54(q). Specifically, the licensee made an emergency
plan change that decreased the plan’s effectiveness, and did
so without prior NRC approval. This violation was assessed in accordance
with the NRC Enforcement Policy because making this plan change without
NRC approval impacted the regulatory process. |
EA-05-051
Palo Verde |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 55,000 |
04/08/2005 |
On April 8, 2005, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition
of a Civil Penalty in the amount of $50,000 was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving the licensee’s failure to perform
a written safety evaluation and obtain Commission approval prior
to making a procedural change which resulted in a change to the facility
as described in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report that increased
the probability of a malfunction of equipment important to safety
previously evaluated in the safety analysis report. |
EA-04-221
Palo Verde |
NOV
(SL III)
|
04/08/2005 |
On April 8, 2005, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
associated with a Yellow SDP finding involving a failure to maintain
portions of the emergency core cooling system (ECCS) filled with
water in accordance with design control requirements. The violation
cited the licensee’s failure to establish adequate design control
measures to assure that the design basis for the ECCS was appropriately
translated into specifications, procedures, and instructions. |
EA-95-192
Palo Verde 1, 2 & 3 |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/08/1996 |
The Atlantic Group, a contractor to the Arizona Public Service Company,
discriminated against one of its employees at the Palo Verde Nuclear
Generating Station for raising safety concerns. |
Peach Bottom 2 &
3 - Docket Nos. 050-00277; 050-00278
NRC Action Number(s) and
Facility Name |
Action Type
(Severity) &
Civil Penalty
(if any) |
Date
Issued |
Description |
|
EA-03-224
Peach Bottom 2 & 3
|
NOV
(White) |
02/03/2004 |
On February 3, 2004, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
associated with a White SDP finding involving a performance problem
associated with one of the emergency diesel generators. The violation
cited the licensee’s failure to maintain adequate maintenance
procedures and failure to take adequate corrective actions for a
condition adverse to quality. |
|
EA-02-142
Peach Bottom 2 & 3
|
NOV
(White) |
11/26/2002 |
On November 26, 2002, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
involving a white SDP finding involving the untimely declaration of
an Alert during an actual event. The violation cited the failure of
the operations crew to properly use the standard emergency classification
and action level scheme. |
|
EA-01-188
Peach Bottom 2 & 3
|
NOV
(SL III) |
10/23/2001 |
On October 23, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III problem involving the willful creation of inaccurate and
incomplete siren testing maintenance records by two former maintenance
technicians and deficiencies with the ability to provide early notification
to the populace surrounding the facility in the event of an emergency. |
EA-01-148
Peach Bottom 2 & 3 |
NOV
(White) |
08/22/2001 |
On August 22, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
associated with a White SDP finding. The violation involved the licensee's
failure to maintain adequate emergency facilities and equipment (public
address and evacuation alarm system) required to support an emergency
response. |
EA-00-125
Peach Bottom 2 & 3 |
NOV
(White) |
08/03/2000 |
On August 3, 2000, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
that was assessed as a White SDP finding involving the improper classification
of radioactive waste for shallow land burial. |
EA-98-221;
Peach Bottom 2 & 3 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 55,000 |
06/11/1998 |
Inoperable CS Pump. |
EA-96-243
Peach Bottom 2 & 3 |
NOV
(SL III) |
02/03/1997 |
Secretary enter text file for entire physical security plan onto
LAN. Failure to protect aperture cards containing safeguards information. |
EA-96-370
Peach Bottom 2 & 3 |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/03/1997 |
The action was based a Maintenance Rule base-line inspection that
determined PECO Nuclear was not adequately monitoring the performance
of numerous systems and components against established goals, nor
had PECO Nuclear demonstrated the effectiveness of preventive maintenance
on these systems and components. Both of these deficiencies were requirements
of the Maintenance Rule. |
Perry 1 - Docket No. 050-00440
NRC Action Number(s) and
Facility Name |
Action Type
(Severity) &
Civil Penalty
(if any) |
Date
Issued |
Description |
EA-04-214
Perry 1 |
NOV
(White) |
03/29/2005 |
On March 29, 2005, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
associated with a White SDP finding involving the failure to follow
the requirements of the Perry Emergency Plan during an event that
was classified at the Alert level. The violation cited the licensee’s
failure to properly implement the required standard emergency classification
and action level scheme. |
EA-01-083
Perry 1 |
NOVCP
(SL III) |
02/24/2005 |
On February 24, 2005, the NRC issued a Severity Level III Notice
of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount
of $55,000 for violation of NRC’s employee protection regulations
by a licensee contractor, Williams Power Corporation, at the Perry
site. |
EA-03-208
Perry 1 |
NOV
(SL III) |
04/01/2004 |
On April 1, 2004, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving the willful failure of two key maintenance
personnel responsible for testing motor operated valves, a safety-related
function, to follow Technical Specification overtime guidelines. |
EA-04-020
Perry 1 |
NOV
(White) |
03/12/2004 |
On March 12, 2004, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
associated with a White SDP finding involving the air binding of
the common low pressure core spray and residual heat removal (RHR)
'A' water leg pump following a loss of offsite power event. The violation
cited the failure to establish adequate written procedures to periodically
vent the highest point on the discharge of the common low pressure
core spray and RHR 'A' water leg pump. |
EA-03-197
Perry 1 |
NOV
(White) |
01/28/2004 |
On January 28, 2004, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
associated with a White SDP finding involving the failure of the
Essential Service Water Pump A shaft on September 1, 2003 due to
improper reassembly. The violation cited the licensee’s failure
to have adequate procedures for assembly of the pump. |
EA-03-194
Perry 1 |
NOV
(White) |
01/23/2004 |
On January 23, 2004, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
associated with a White SDP finding involving an undue delay in declaring
an actual emergency condition on April 24, 200e, when the shift manager
did not follow the emergency classification and action level scheme
as required by the emergency plan when damage to irradiated fuel
caused a high alarm in the fuel handling building ventilation exhaust
gaseous radiation monitor. The violation cited the licensee’s
failure to promptly declare the Alert as a violation of 10 CFR 50.47(b)(4). |
EA-03-007
Perry 1 |
NOV
(White) |
03/04/2003 |
On March 4, 2003, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
associated with a White SDP finding involving the failure of the high
pressure core spray system to start during routine surveillance testing.
The violation cited the licensee's failure to implement procedures
during the installation and inspection of the high pressure core spray
pump breaker from 1994 through October 23, 2002. |
EA-99-012
Perry 1 |
NOVCP
(SL II)
$110,000 |
05/20/1999 |
Discriminated against a Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS) as
a result of the RPS engaging in protected activities. |
CPORDER
$110,000 |
08/03/2000 |
On August 3, 2000, an Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty in
the amount of $110,000 was issued. The action was based on a Notice
of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount
of $110,000 that was issued on May 20, 1999, for a violation
of the employee protection requirement. The Licensee's February
25, 2000, response denied the violation and requested that
the violation be withdrawn and the civil penalty rescinded. After considering the licensees response, the NRC concluded that
the violation occurred as stated and that there was not an adequate basis for withdrawing the civil penalty. |
EAs-96-482, 96-542, 97-047, and 97-430
Perry 1
|
NOVCP
(SL III)
$100,000 |
11/18/1997 |
Inadequate corrective actions regarding repetitive reactivity
excursions and failure to incorporate design aspects into plant construction
and failure to identify USQ. |
ORDERCP
$ 50,000 |
04/09/1998 |
EA-96-367
Perry 1 |
NOV
(SL III) |
11/06/1996 |
Criteria XVI - associated with cooling systems emergency closed
cooling system and CRHVAC chillers. |
EA-96-253
Perry 1 |
NOVCP
(SL II)
$160,000 |
10/09/1996 |
Discrimination against 5 insulators who sued licensee after they
were contaminated while working in plant. |
Pilgrim 1 - Docket No.
050-00293
NRC Action Number(s) and
Facility Name |
Action Type
(Severity) &
Civil Penalty
(if any) |
Date
Issued |
Description |
EA-05-039
Pilgrim |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 60,000 |
07/14/2005 |
On July 14, 2005, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition
of Civil Penalty in the base amount of $60,000 for a Severity Level
III problem consisting of three violations was issued. The violations
involved the failure of the Control Room Supervisor (CRS), the Reactor
Operator (RO), and the Shift Manager (SM) to follow the requirements
in 10 CFR 26.20 and procedures in Technical Specification 5.4.1.
The violations cited: (1) the CRS being asleep, and therefore, not
in
a condition to respond to plant conditions or emergencies (Violation
A); (2) the RO observing the CRS asleep, but failing to take immediate
actions to awaken the CRS, inform appropriate site personnel, and
initiate a CR (Violation B.1) and the SM failing to inform appropriate
site personnel and initiate a CR (Violation B.2); and (3) the CRS
not being relieved of duty and for-cause FFD tested (Violation C). |
EA-98-191
Pilgrim 1 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 55,000 |
05/19/1998 |
Equipment failures associated with protected area assessment system. |
EA-96-271
Pilgrim 1 |
NOV
(SL III) |
10/21/1996 |
Improper setpoints for 12 containment electrical penetration circuit
breakers. |
Point Beach 1 &
2 - Docket Nos. 050-00266; 050-00301
NRC Action Number(s) and
Facility Name |
Action Type
(Severity) &
Civil Penalty
(if any) |
Date
Issued |
Description |
EA-06-274
Point Beach 1 & 2 |
NOV
SL III |
01/29/2007 |
On January 29, 2007, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity
Level III violation. The violation involved the licensee’s
failure to update its FSAR in 1983 which, combined with the licensee’s
continued failure to fully understand the facility’s licensing
and design basis since that time, impacted the licensee’s ability
in 2005 to understand the current Point Beach licensing and design
basis, and resulted in a performance deficiency. The performance
deficiency also impacted the NRC’s ability to perform its regulatory
function. The licensee’s failure to update the FSAR and understand
the facility’s licensing and design basis represented a challenge
to the regulatory envelope upon which certain activities were licensed,
such as reactor vessel head lift activities. |
EA-06-178
Point Beach 1 & 2 |
ORDER
|
01/03/2007 |
On January 3, 2007, a Confirmatory Order (Effective Immediately)
was issued to the Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC), documenting
a number of actions the licensee has agreed to take as part of an
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) settlement agreement. An ADR
session was held at the licensee’s request to address the apparent
violation of 10 CFR 50.7, "Employee protection." The actions
the licensee has agreed to take include: (1) revising NMC’s
policy on writing corrective action program reports; (2) training
NMC supervisory employees on safety conscious work environment principles;
(3) communicating NMC’s safety culture policy to its employees;
and (4) conducting a safety culture survey at the Point Beach Nuclear
Plant. As reflected in the Order, in response to these actions, the
NRC agreed not to pursue further enforcement action on this issue. |
EA-05-192
Point Beach 1 & 2 |
NOV
(White) |
12/16/2005 |
On December 16, 2005, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
associated with a White Significance Determination Process (SDP)
finding. The violation of 10 CFR 50.47 associated with a White finding
involved the licensee’s failure to self-identify the untimely
declaration of an Alert classification during an August 2002 emergency
preparedness (EP) drill. |
EA-05-191
Point Beach 1 & 2 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$60,000 |
12/16/2005 |
On December 16, 2005, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition
of Civil Penalty in the amount of $60,000 was issued for a Severity
Level III violation of 10 CFR 50.9 involving the licensee’s
failure to provide accurate information to the NRC associated with
a critique of an August 2002 Emergency Preparedness drill. |
EA-03-181
Point Beach 1 & 2 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$60,000 |
03/17/2004 |
On March 17, 2004, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition
of Civil Penalty in the amount of $60,000 was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving changes made to the Emergency Action
Level scheme that reduced the effectiveness of the Emergency Plan
without requesting and receiving prior NRC approval. |
EA-03-057
Point Beach 1 & 2 |
NOV
(Red) |
12/11/2003 |
On December 11, 2003, a Notice of Violation for a violation associated
with a Red SDP finding involving the potential common mode failure
of all trains of the auxiliary feedwater (AFW) system. The violation
cited the licensee’s failure to establish adequate measures
to assure that the AFW system design bases were correctly translated
into specifications, drawings, procedures, and instructions (modification
packages). . |
EA-03-059
Point Beach 1 & 2 |
NOV
(Red) |
04/02/2003 |
On April 2, 2003, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
associated with a previously identified Red SDP finding involving
the potential common mode failure of the auxiliary feedwater (AFW)
pumps due to inadequate operator response to a loss of instrument
air. The violation cited the licensee's failure to implement corrective
actions to preclude repetition of a significant condition adverse
to quality associated with an AFW system potential common mode failure. |
EA-02-031
Point Beach 1 & 2 |
NOV
(Red) |
07/12/2002 |
On July 12, 2002, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
associated with a Red SDP finding involving the potential common mode
failure of the auxiliary feedwater (AFW) pumps during specific accident
scenarios. The violation cited the licensee's failure to ensure that
activities affecting quality were prescribed by documented instructions,
procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstances
and failure from at least 1997 to 2001, to promptly identify and correct
a condition adverse to quality. |
EA-02-090
Point Beach 2 |
NOV
(White) |
06/13/2002 |
On June 13, 2002, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
associated with a White SDP finding involving the self-revealing failure
of safety injection system pump 2P-15B due to nitrogen gas binding.
The violation cited the licensee's failure to promptly identify and
correct a significant condition adverse to quality regarding leakage
from the 2T-34A safety injection accumulator. |
EA-99-002
Point Beach 1 & 2 |
NOV
(SL III) |
04/28/1999 |
Violation occurred because the on-shift crew, the operations support
group, and the WEPCo site management team failed to acknowledge the
validity of the temperature alarm and appreciate the significance
of low temperature readings for the Unit 1 SI pumps' minimum flow
line. |
EA-97-075
Point Beach 1 & 2 |
NOV
(SL III) |
08/08/1997 |
Multiple violations associated with corrective action program and
application of Technical Specification requirements. |
EA-96-273
Point Beach 1 & 2 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$325,000
|
12/03/1996 |
The action was based on two inspections performed at the Point Beach
Nuclear Power Plant. Three Severity Level III problems were cited
for failing to adequately: 1) conduct control room activities; 2)
maintain plant configuration control; and 3) conduct independent fuel
dry cask storage activities. In addition, a single Severity Level
III violation was cited for the licensee failing to take prompt corrective
actions following the identification that the Technical Specifications
for the safety-related service water system were non-conservative. |
Prairie Island 1
& 2 - Docket Nos. 050-00282; 050-00306
NRC Action Number(s) and
Facility Name |
Action Type
(Severity) &
Civil Penalty
(if any) |
Date
Issued |
Description |
EA-06-162
Prairie Island 1 & 2 |
NOV
(SL III) |
09/28/2006 |
On September 28, 2006, a Severity Level III Notice of Violation
was issued to the Nuclear Management Company, Inc. (NMC), for a violation
of 10 CFR 50.9, “Completeness and Accuracy of Information.” The
violation is associated with information that NMC provided to the
NRC on July 21, 2005, in two applications for reactor operator licenses
at the licensee’s Prairie Island facility. Specifically, the
facility licensee provided information on each application indicating
the applicant performed reactivity control manipulations on the Prairie
Island plant simulator on January 18, 2005, and that the simulator
had a current core model that replicated the plant as verified by
performance testing. However, the licensee failed to retain records
for simulator performance testing associated with reactivity control
manipulations that was conducted on the plant-referenced simulator. |
EA-02-068
Prairie Island 1 & 2
|
NOVCP
(SL III)
$60,000 |
12/13/2002 |
On December 13, 2002, Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition
of Civil Penalty in the amount of $60,000 was issued for a Severity
Level III violation involving the failure to provide complete and
accurate information to the NRC from April 13 to 16, 2001, regarding
Prairie Island's request for a Notice of Enforcement Discretion (NOED)
involving an emergency diesel generator (EDG). Although the normal
civil penalty assessment process would have fully mitigated the civil
penalty in this case, the NRC exercised discretion in accordance with
Section VII.A.1.(c) of the Enforcement Policy and assessed a base
civil penalty. Discretion was warranted based on Prairie Island's
particularly poor performance leading up to and during the EDG degradation,
during the request for an NOED, and during the time period the NOED
was in effect. |
EA-00-282
Prairie Island 1 & 2 |
NOV
(White) |
02/20/2001 |
On February 20, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
associated with a White SDP finding involving the potential inability
of the deep cooling water (service water) pumps to perform their intended
safety function. The violation was based on the licensee's failure
to ensure that design control measures would verify the adequacy of
the design and would assure that appropriate quality standards were
specified. |
EA-97-290
Prairie Island 1 & 2 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 50,000 |
10/14/1997 |
Violations associated with AFW system. |
EA-97-073
Prairie Island 1 & 2 |
NOV
(SL III) |
04/30/1997 |
Failure to follow procedures for control of heavy loads. |
EA-96-402
Prairie Island 1 & 2 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 50,000 |
01/23/1997 |
Licensee was taking credit for manual operator actions to isolate
cooling H20 loads |
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