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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-96-46 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Ken Clark 404-331-5503 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)
Roger Hannah 404-331-7878
NRC STAFF TO HOLD ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA TO DISCUSS
FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT CONCERNS WITH SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING
COMPANY
Meeting Will Be Open To Observation By The Public
Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials will hold a Predecisional Enforcement
Conference in Atlanta at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22 to discuss NRC concerns related to
the technical specifications for the steam generators at Southern Nuclear Operating Company's
Farley plant near Columbia, Alabama.
The meeting will be in the NRC offices at 101 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900.
NRC officials have regulatory concerns with an apparent violation involving Farley plant
employees not following their technical specifications in checking steam generator tubes where
they go through a large metal plate that provides stability for the tubes. The steam generators at
the plant are the point where primary water from the reactor heats secondary water surrounding
the tubes into steam.
The predecisional enforcement conference is open to observation by the public under an
NRC policy initiated in 1992 which opens every fourth such meeting to public scrutiny. The
meeting is between the NRC and the licensee, but NRC officials are available at its conclusion to
answer questions from interested observers.
The decision to hold an enforcement conference does not mean the NRC has determined
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 violations 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 also will be available
by calling 1-800-952-9674.
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