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NRC NEWS
U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, REGION II
101 Marietta St., Suite 2900, Atlanta, GA 30323 | | CONTACT: |
Ken Clark (Phone: 404-331-5503, E-mail: kmc2@nrc.gov ) |
| Roger Hannah (Phone 404-331-7878, E-mail: rdh1@nrc.gov ) |
No: II-96-85 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ken Clark or Roger Hannah (Friday, October 18, 1996)
Telephone: (404) 331-5503 \ 331-7878
NRC STAFF HOLDS PREDECISIONAL ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE
TO DISCUSS BRUNSWICK EQUIPMENT CONCERNS WITH CP&L
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has scheduled a
predecisional enforcement conference with Carolina Power &
Light Company on October 21 to discuss apparent violations at
the Brunswick nuclear power plant related to what agency
officials describe as a failure to maintain an environmental
qualification program for safety related electrical equipment
and failure to take prompt and effective corrective actions
to fix nonconformances identified in the program since 1991.
The conference will be held in Atlanta from 10:00 a.m.
until 12:00 noon in the NRC's regional office, located at 101
Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900. The meeting is open to
the public and the press, and NRC officials will be available
at its conclusion to answer questions from interested
observers.
The conference is open to public observation under an
NRC policy initiated in 1992 which opens every fourth such
meeting to public scrutiny.
NRC officials said the decision to hold an enforcement
conference does not mean that a determination has been made
that a violation has occurred or that enforcement action will
be taken. Rather, the purpose is to discuss apparent
violations, their causes, and safety significance; to provide
the licensee an opportunity to point out any errors that may
have been made in the NRC inspection report; and to enable
the company to outline its proposed corrective actions.
No decision on the apparent violation or any
contemplated enforcement action, such as a civil penalty,
will be made at this conference. Those decisions will be made by senior NRC
officials at a later time.
Recorded information on upcoming open enforcement
conferences is also available by callling 1-800-952-9674.
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