Home > Electronic Reading Room > Document Collections > Enforcement Documents > Significant Enforcement
Actions > Reactor
Licensees
> K
Escalated Enforcement Actions Issued
to Reactor Licensees - K
A | B
| C | D |
E | F | G
| H | I |
J | K | L
| M | N |
O | P | Q
| R | S |
T | U | V
| W | X |
Y | Z
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. |
|