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Washington Nuclear
2 - Docket No. 050-00397
NRC Action Number(s) and
Facility Name |
Action Type
(Severity) &
Civil Penalty
(if any) |
Date
Issued |
Description |
EA-98-480
Washington Nuclear |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/29/1999 |
Violation involved failure to assure that a rupture of the plant's
fire main would not impair equipment important to safety. |
EA-97-573
Washington Nuclear |
NOV
(SL III) |
06/01/1998 |
Failure to perform an adequate safety evaluation in accordance to
10 CFR 50.59 and failure to maintain inservice testing of Valve RCIC-V-45
as required by 10 CFR 50.55a(f). |
EA-97-138
Washington Nuclear |
NOV
(SL III) |
02/20/1998 |
Performance of response time measurements. |
EA-96-327-I
EA-96-327
Washington Nuclear |
NOVCP
(SL III)
ORDERCP
$100,000
|
02/14/1997
11/26/1996 |
This action was based on several instances in which required surveillances
were not performed. In some cases, mode changes were made without
assurance that required equipment was operable, and in one case, a
mode change was made with one train of the control room emergency
filtration system inoperable. The violations have been collectively
characterized as a Severity Level III problem. |
EA-96-267
Washington Nuclear |
NOV
(SL III) |
10/01/1996 |
Miscalibration of monitors resulted in inadequate dose assessment
and protective action assessment process. |
Waterford 3 - Docket
No. 050-00382
NRC Action Number(s) and
Facility Name |
Action Type
(Severity) &
Civil Penalty
(if any) |
Date
Issued |
Description |
EA-03-230
Waterford 3 |
NOV
(White) |
04/12/2004 |
On April 12, 2004, a Notice of Violation was issued for
a violation associated with a White SDP finding involving the failure
to establish
appropriate instruction and accomplish those instructions for installation
of a fuel line for the Train A emergency diesel generator in May
2003. |
EA-99-104
Waterford 3 |
NOV
(SL III) |
06/15/1999 |
Failure involving access authorization program. |
EA-98-479
Waterford 3 |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/07/1999 |
Violation involved a failure to maintain required control of a copy
of the Waterford-3 Physical Security Plan |
EA-98-022
EA-98-022-W
Waterford 3 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$110,000
Withdrawal
|
06/16/98
05/24/1999 |
50.59 violations involving AFW, and ECCS analysis deficiencies. |
EA-97-589
Waterford 3 |
NOV
(SL III) |
02/25/1998 |
ACCW inoperable. |
EA-97-099
Waterford 3 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 55,000 |
05/09/1997 |
The action was based on a Severity Level III problem consisting
of: 1) a failure to assure containment fan cooler flows met Technical
Specification surveillance acceptance requirements; 2) a failure to
properly translate design basis information into accident analyses
and specifications; 3) a failure to test containment fan cooler flows
under post-accident conditions; and 4) a failure to take prompt action
to resolve discrepancies between design basis documents and attained
flows. |
EA-96-255
Waterford 3 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 50,000 |
12/26/1996 |
Failure to test valves pursuant to the requirements of Sections
of the IST program. |
EA-96-025
Waterford 3 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 50,000 |
03/28/1996 |
Failure to implement effective actions to correct a known design
deficiency in the auxiliary component cooling water system. |
Watts Bar 1 - Docket No.
050-00390
NRC Action Number(s) and
Facility Name |
Action Type
(Severity) &
Civil Penalty
(if any) |
Date
Issued |
Description |
EA-05-169 Watts Bar 1 |
NOV (White) |
04/07/2006 |
On April 7, 2006, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation associated with a White SDP finding involving a challenge to reactor coolant system (RCS) integrity by multiple pressurizer power-operated relief valve (PORV) actuations and a challenge to RCS inventory control by loss of RCS coolant via the open PORV.
This occurred on February 22, 2005, during transition to solid plant operations. The violation cited the licensee’s failure to slowly raise charging flow to fill the pressure at less than 30 gallons per minute as required by Technical Specification 5.7.1.1 and Procedure GO-6, Unit Stutdown from Hot Standby to Cold Shutdown. |
EA-05-036 Watts Bar 1 |
NOV (White) |
04/11/2005 |
On April 11, 2005, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation
associated with a White SDP finding involving the licensee’s
failure to promptly identify and correct silt blockage of the essential
raw cooling water (ERCW) line to the 1A-A centrifugal charging pump
(CCP). The violation cited the licensee’s failure to establish
measures to assure that conditions adverse to quality, such as failures
and malfunctions, are promptly identified and corrected, as required
in 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI, “Corrective Actions.” |
EA-98-327
Watts Bar 1 |
NOVCP
(SL II)
$ 88,000 |
10/15/2001 |
On October 15, 2001, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation and Proposed
Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $88,000 for a Severity
Level II violation involving employment discrimination against a power
maintenance specialist for engaging in protected activities. |
Wolf Creek - Docket No.
050-00482
NRC Action Number(s) and
Facility Name |
Action Type
(Severity) &
Civil Penalty
(if any) |
Date
Issued |
Description |
EA-96-470
Wolf Creek |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$100,000 |
04/03/1997 |
The action is based on a Severity Level III problem consisting of
three violations involving: (1) the failure to correct erroneous Technical
Specification clarifications after being alerted of their existence
by licensee Quality Assurance findings, (2) the continued existence
of an erroneous Technical Specification clarification after being
informed by the NRC that it was incorrect, and (3) an unauthorized
change to the Technical Specifications. |
EA-96-124
Wolf Creek |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$300,000 |
07/01/1996 |
Frazil ice renders on train of ESW inoperable and the other train
degraded; inoperable turbine driven AFW; operational inadequacies
in response to icing event. |
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