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Escalated Enforcement Actions Issued to Reactor Licensees - K

Kewaunee

Kewaunee - Docket No. 050-00305

NRC Action Number(s) and Facility Name	Action Type (Severity) & Civil Penalty (if any)	Date Issued	Description
EA-07-058 Kewaunee	NOV Yellow	April 3, 2007	On April 3, 2007, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation associated with a Yellow Significance Determination Finding involving the failure of licensee personnel to follow procedural requirements and enter a fuel leak on the "A" emergency diesel generator into the corrective action program on June 28, 2006, when the leak was first identified. This failure resulted in the leak not being appropriately evaluated and repaired until August 17, 2006. The NRC has determined that this failure is a performance deficiency and is also a violation of the licensee’s Technical Specifications which state, in part, that written procedures and administrative policies shall be established, implemented, and maintained.
EA-05-176 Kewaunee	NOV Yellow	12/21/05	On December 21, 2005, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation associated with a Yellow SDP finding involving the licensee’s failure to ensure that the safety-related function of the auxiliary feedwater pumps, the 480 volt safeguards buses, the safe shutdown panel, the emergency diesel generators, and the 4160 volt safeguards buses, each Class 1 systems or components, would be protected from serious flooding or excessive steam releases as a result of random or seismically induced failures of non-Class 1 systems in the turbine building. The violation cited the licensee’s failure to implement design control measures as specified in 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix, B, Criterion III, “Design Control”.
EA-05-157 Kewaunee	NOV White	09/16/2005	On September 16, 2005, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation associated with a White SDP finding involving the licensee's failure to implement design control measures to verify and check the adequacy of the auxiliary feedwater (AFW) system design to mitigate all postulated accidents. Specifically, the AFW pump discharge pressure trip switches would not have protected the AFW pumps from air ingestion during natural events such as a tornado and seismic events. In addition, the AFW system design would not have protected the pumps from "runout" conditions that may be encountered during the other design and license basis scenarios.
EA-05-021 Kewaunee	NOV White	05/05/2005	On May 5, 2005, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation associated with a White SDP finding involving the licensee ’s inability to rapidly close the containment equipment hatch during cold shutdown conditions due to an interference. The violation cited the inadequate design of the rail system that was installed in the containment to facilitate the reactor vessel head replacement activities and the licensee’s failure to have adequate procedures with specific instructions for rapid removal of the interior rail to allow expeditious hatch closure.
EA-03-105 Kewaunee	NOVCP SL III $ 60,000	12/30/2003	On December 30, 2003, 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 the licensee’s failure to implement effective monitoring procedures to provide reasonable assurance that personnel with access are fit for duty, and the failure to conduct an investigation of the circumstances or evaluate the risk involved in continued unescorted access of an employee after detecting evidence of behavior which may have impaired the job performance of an employee who had unescorted access to the Kewaunee Nuclear Plant.
EA-02-204 Kewaunee	NOV White	12/02/2002	On December 2, 2002, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation associated with a white SDP finding involving the lack of a fixed fire suppression system for a particular fire area. The violation cited the licensee's failure to comply with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, Section III.G.2, by not providing a fixed fire suppression system for the particular fire area.
EA-00-214 Kewaunee	NOV (White)	02/28/2001	On February 28, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation associated with a White SDP finding involving the emergency response staffing drills. The violation was based on the fact that timely augmentation of response capabilities was not available and that the licensee failed to correct deficiencies that were identified as a result of several monthly drill failures.
EA-99-183 Kewaunee	NOV (SL III)	10/19/1999	Failure to ensure full implementation of the NRC-approved plant security manual and falsification of security-related records.
EA-97-235 Kewaunee	NOV (SL III)	08/06/1997	Old Design issues.
EA-97-087 Kewaunee	NOVCP (SL III) $ 50,000	07/11/1997	Inadequate surveillance. Testing of RHR & AFW pumps.