The inspectors identified a
Severity Level IV non-citied violation of
10 CFR 50.72, Immediate Notification Requirements for Operating Nuclear Reactors, for the licensees failure to make required event notifications within the specified time following the discovery of a condition which required an event report. Specifically, a member of the public informed the Berrien County Dispatcher about a sounding
siren. The dispatcher notified the site; however, the license failed to notify the NRC. Because of the age of this issue; the licensee did not make a late report. Since 2012, the licensee has conducted training regarding notifications for alarming
sirens. The inspectors determined that the licensees failure to submit an event notification within the required time was a violation of
10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(xi). Since the failure to submit a required event report may impact the NRCs ability to regulate, the violation was evaluated using Section 2.2.4 of the NRCs
Enforcement Policy. Per the
enforcement policy, this violation was of
Severity Level IV. The inspectors concluded the reactor oversight process aspects of the finding were minor; therefore there is no cross-cutting aspect.
