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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 ) |
Number: II-96-68 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ken Clark or Roger Hannah (Friday, August 16, 1996)
Telephone: (404) 331-5503/7878
NRC DISPATCHES SPECIAL INSPECTION TEAM TO ST. LUCIE
TO REVIEW CIRCUMSTANCES ASSOCIATED WITH TAMPERING EVENT
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has dispatched a special inspection team to the
St. Lucie nuclear power plant, operated by Florida Power & Light Company near Ft. Pierce,
Florida, to review circumstances associated with an event the company identified and reported on
August 14 involving injection of a glue-like substance into the locks of three key-operated
switches located in a restricted area of the plant.
NRC officials said the company took immediate steps to secure the plant and prevent
similar acts. The company also replaced the locks, located on a device called a remote shutdown
panel, the same day.
The NRC inspectors are scheduled to arrive at St. Lucie on Monday, August 19 to
conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the company's response to the event. The team will be
made up of NRC managers and inspectors from the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C.
and its Region II office in Atlanta. The team leader is Kenneth P. Barr, a branch chief in the
Atlanta office's Division of Reactor Safety.
A final, unclassified report on the team's findings is scheduled to be completed by before
the end of September.
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