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Category:Letter
MONTHYEARIR 05000282/20230042024-02-0101 February 2024 Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2023004 and 05000306/2023004 ML23356A1232024-01-29029 January 2024 Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 73 (Security Notifications, Reports, and Recordkeeping and Suspicious Activity Reporting) ML24024A0722024-01-24024 January 2024 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Onticello, Supplement to Request for Exemption from Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Implementation ML24017A0182024-01-19019 January 2024 Confirmation of Initial License Examination ML23356A0032024-01-17017 January 2024 Issuance of Amendments Revise Technical Specification 5.6.6, Reactor Coolant System (RCS) Pressure and Temperature Limits Report (PTLR) L-PI-23-034, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specification 3.7.8, Cooling Water (Cl) System,2024-01-0202 January 2024 Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specification 3.7.8, Cooling Water (Cl) System, L-PI-23-035, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specifications Section 5.6.6, Reactor Coolant System (RCS) Pressure and Temperature Limits Report2023-12-20020 December 2023 Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specifications Section 5.6.6, Reactor Coolant System (RCS) Pressure and Temperature Limits Report IR 07200010/20234012023-12-20020 December 2023 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Security Inspection Report 07200010/2023401 ML23349A0572023-12-15015 December 2023 and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Revision to Correspondence Service List for Northern States Power - Minnesota ML23215A1672023-12-15015 December 2023 Acceptance of Requested Licensing Action Amendment Request to Revise Surveillance Requirement 3.8.1.2 Note 3 IR 05000282/20234012023-12-13013 December 2023 Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000282/2023401 and 05000306/2023401 L-PI-23-033, Supplement to License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specification 3.8.1, Surveillance Requirement 3.8.1.2, Note 32023-12-0505 December 2023 Supplement to License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specification 3.8.1, Surveillance Requirement 3.8.1.2, Note 3 ML23304A1632023-11-15015 November 2023 Supplemental Information Needed for Acceptance of Requested Licensing Action Amendment Request to Revise SR 3.8.1.2 Note 3 ML23319A3182023-11-15015 November 2023 Request for Exemption from Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Implementation IR 05000282/20230032023-11-0808 November 2023 Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2023003 and 05000306/2023003 ML23311A3572023-11-0707 November 2023 Core Operating Limits Report (COLR) for Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant (PINGP) Unit 2. Cycle 33. Revision 0 ML23285A3062023-10-12012 October 2023 Implementation of the Fleet Standard Emergency Plan for the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant and the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant ML23270B9022023-09-29029 September 2023 Review of Reactor Vessel Material Surveillance Program Capsule N Technical Report L-PI-23-025, License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specification 3.8.1, Surveillance Requirement 3.8.1.2, Note 32023-09-28028 September 2023 License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specification 3.8.1, Surveillance Requirement 3.8.1.2, Note 3 ML23265A2532023-09-26026 September 2023 Review of Reactor Vessel Material Surveillance Program Capsule N Technical Report ML23262B0372023-09-19019 September 2023 Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Regarding the 2023 Monticello and Prairie Island Plant Decommissioning Funding Status Reports ML23256A1682023-09-13013 September 2023 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation and Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Voluntary Security Clearance Program 2023 Insider Threat Program Self-Inspection L-PI-23-023, Baffle Former Bolts Alternate Aging Management Strategy2023-09-11011 September 2023 Baffle Former Bolts Alternate Aging Management Strategy IR 05000282/20230052023-08-30030 August 2023 Updated Inspected Plan for Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Report 05000282/2023005 and 05000306/2023005 IR 05000282/20230102023-08-17017 August 2023 NRC Inspection Report 05000282/2023010 and 05000306/2023010 ML23222A0122023-08-10010 August 2023 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation and Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Changes in Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence IR 05000282/20230022023-08-0303 August 2023 Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2023002 and 05000306/2023002 ML23214A2032023-08-0202 August 2023 Request for Information for an NRC Quadrennial Comprehensive Engineering Team Inspection: Inspection Report 05000282/2024010; 05000306/2024010 ML23206A2342023-07-25025 July 2023 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, and Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Changes in Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence ML23202A0032023-07-21021 July 2023 Independent Spent Fuel and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Submittal of Quality Assurance Topical Report (NSPM-1) ML23199A0922023-07-18018 July 2023 Notification of NRC Baseline Inspection and Request for Information; Inspection Report 05000306/2023004 ML23195A1732023-07-14014 July 2023 Revision of Standard Practice Procedures Plan L-PI-23-018, License Amendment Request to Revise ISFSI Technical Specification 4.4 to Allow Use of a Code Alternative to ASME Code, NB-5130, Examination of Weld Edge Preparation Surfaces, for the TN-40HT2023-07-14014 July 2023 License Amendment Request to Revise ISFSI Technical Specification 4.4 to Allow Use of a Code Alternative to ASME Code, NB-5130, Examination of Weld Edge Preparation Surfaces, for the TN-40HT ML23181A0192023-06-30030 June 2023 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Revision to Correspondence Service List for Northern States Power - Minnesota ML23178A2422023-06-28028 June 2023 Reassignment of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Branch Chief in the Division of Operating Reactor Licensing for Plant Licensing Branch III L-PI-23-006, License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specification 3.7.8 Required Actions2023-06-22022 June 2023 License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specification 3.7.8 Required Actions L-PI-23-016, 2022 10 CFR 50.46 LOCA Annual Report2023-06-14014 June 2023 2022 10 CFR 50.46 LOCA Annual Report IR 05000282/20234202023-06-0101 June 2023 Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000282/2023420 and 05000306/2023420 ML23150A1722023-05-30030 May 2023 Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations 2024-02-01
[Table view] Category:Notice of Violation
MONTHYEARIR 05000282/20150082016-01-0505 January 2016 IR 05000282/2015008 and 05000306/2015008; 10/05/2015 - 11/24/2015; Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2; Annual Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection (Njf) ML16005A5672016-01-0505 January 2016 IR 05000282/2015008 and 05000306/2015008; 10/05/2015 - 11/24/2015; Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2; Annual Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection (Njf) IR 05000282/20134072014-02-12012 February 2014 EA-13-210, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant; Notice of Violation - Closure of NRC Investigation 3-2013-017; NRC Report No. 05000282/2013407; 05000306/2013407 - Cover Letter Only IR 05000282/20130032013-07-30030 July 2013 IR 05000282-13-003 & 05000306-13-003, 04/01/2013 - 06/30/2013, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1 & 2, NRC Integrated Inspection Report and Notice of Violation IR 05000282/20135032013-03-26026 March 2013 EA-12-273, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1, Final Significance Determination of a White Finding with Assessment Followup and Notice of Violation; NRC Inspection Report No. 05000282/2013503 ML12104A1742012-04-12012 April 2012 IA-12-003 Barnes, Final Letter and Notice of Violation IR 05000282/20110112011-08-17017 August 2011 EA-11-110, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, Final Significance Determination of White Finding with Assessment Followup and Notice of Violation; NRC Inspection Report 05000282-11-011 IR 05000282/20090142009-10-27027 October 2009 IR 050000282-09-014, on 05/01/2009, for Prairie Island, Units 1 and 2, Notice of Violation ML0924506242009-09-0303 September 2009 EA-09-167, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 2, Final Significance Determination for a White Finding and Notice of Violation, NRC Inspection Report No. 05000306-09-013 IR 05000282/20090082009-05-0606 May 2009 NRC000021-Final Significance Determining of White Finding and Notice of Violation; NRC Inspection Report No. 05000282/2009008; 05000306/2009008; Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 ML0912700802009-05-0606 May 2009 IR 05000282-09-008, and IR 05000306-09-008, for Prairie Island, Units 1 & 2, Final Significance Determination of White Finding and Notice of Violation IR 05000282/20060152006-09-28028 September 2006 EA-06-162, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Notice of Violation (NRC Inspection Report 05000282/2006015; and 05000306/2006015 and NRC Investigation Report No. 3-2006-004) ML0701001382006-08-22022 August 2006 Dennis L. Koehl Ltr. Apparent Violation of Employee Protection Requirements (Office of Investigations Report No. 3-2005-010) ML0235002672002-12-13013 December 2002 IA-02-012, Hiedeman, Notice of Violation 2016-01-05
[Table view] Category:Inspection Report
MONTHYEARIR 05000282/20230042024-02-0101 February 2024 Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2023004 and 05000306/2023004 IR 07200010/20234012023-12-20020 December 2023 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Security Inspection Report 07200010/2023401 IR 05000282/20234012023-12-13013 December 2023 Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000282/2023401 and 05000306/2023401 IR 05000282/20230032023-11-0808 November 2023 Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2023003 and 05000306/2023003 IR 05000282/20230052023-08-30030 August 2023 Updated Inspected Plan for Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Report 05000282/2023005 and 05000306/2023005 IR 05000282/20230102023-08-17017 August 2023 NRC Inspection Report 05000282/2023010 and 05000306/2023010 IR 05000282/20230022023-08-0303 August 2023 Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2023002 and 05000306/2023002 IR 05000282/20234202023-06-0101 June 2023 Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000282/2023420 and 05000306/2023420 IR 05000282/20230112023-05-16016 May 2023 Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection Report 05000282/2023011 and 05000306/2023011 IR 05000282/20230012023-05-10010 May 2023 Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2023001 and 05000306/2023001 IR 05000282/20220062023-03-0101 March 2023 Annual Assessment Letter for Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Report, Units 1 and 2 (Report 05000282/2022006 and 05000306/2022006) IR 05000282/20224042023-01-30030 January 2023 Material Control and Accounting Program Inspection Report 05000282/2022404 and 05000306/2022404 (Public) IR 05000282/20220042023-01-26026 January 2023 Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2022004 and 05000306/2022004 IR 05000282/20224032023-01-24024 January 2023 Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000282/2022403 and 05000306/2022403 IR 05000282/20220022022-12-0808 December 2022 RE-Issue Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2022002 and 05000306/2022002 IR 05000282/20224022022-11-30030 November 2022 Cyber Security Inspection Report 05000282/2022402 and 05000306/2022402 IR 07200010/20222012022-11-0909 November 2022 TN-40HT, Dry Storage Cask, Inspection Report No. 07200010/2022201 IR 05000282/20220032022-11-0101 November 2022 Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2022003 and 05000306/2022003 IR 05000282/20220112022-09-26026 September 2022 Phase 4 Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal Report 05000282/2022011 and 05000306/2022011 IR 05000282/20223012022-08-31031 August 2022 NRC Initial License Examination Report 05000282/2022301; 05000306/2022301 IR 05000282/20220052022-08-29029 August 2022 Updated Inspection Plan for Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant (Report 05000282/2022005; 05000306/2022005) IR 05000282/20225012022-08-22022 August 2022 Emergency Preparedness Biennial Exercise Inspection Report 05000282/2022501 and 05000306/2022501 ML22227A1902022-08-16016 August 2022 Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1 - Notification of NRC Baseline Inspection and Request for Information: Inspection Report 05000282/2022004 ML22222A1732022-08-11011 August 2022 Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2022002 and 05000306/2022002 IR 05000282/20220102022-06-24024 June 2022 Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Report 05000282/2022010 and 05000306/2022010 IR 05000282/20224012022-05-23023 May 2022 Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000282/2022401 and 05000306/2022401 ML22103A2522022-05-0404 May 2022 Review of the 2021 Steam Generator Tube Inspection Report IR 05000282/20220012022-05-0303 May 2022 Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2022001, 05000306/2022001, and 07200010/2020001 IR 05000282/20210062022-03-0202 March 2022 Annual Assessment Letter (Report 05000282/2021006 and 05000306/2021006) IR 05000282/20210042022-02-11011 February 2022 Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2021004 and 05000306/2021004 ML22017A0052022-01-17017 January 2022 (PINGP) 2021 Unit 2 180-Day Steam Generator Tube Inspection Report IR 05000282/20214032021-12-0202 December 2021 Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000282/2021403 and 05000306/2021403 IR 05000282/20210032021-11-12012 November 2021 Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2021003 and 05000306/2021003 IR 05000282/20210122021-10-27027 October 2021 NRC Inspection Report 05000282/2021012 and 05000306/2021012 IR 05000282/20210052021-09-0101 September 2021 Updated Inspection Plan for Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Units 1 and 2 (Report 05000282/2021005 and 05000306/2021005) IR 05000282/20215012021-08-25025 August 2021 Emergency Preparedness Biennial Exercise Inspection Report 05000282/2021501 and 05000306/2021501 IR 05000282/20210022021-08-0606 August 2021 Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2021002 and 05000306/2021002 IR 05000282/20214022021-07-28028 July 2021 Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000282/2021402 and 05000306/2021402 IR 05000282/20210102021-06-22022 June 2021 Design Basis Assurance Inspection (Teams) Inspection Report 05000282/2021010 and 05000306/2021010 IR 05000282/20210112021-06-0303 June 2021 Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection Report 05000282/2021011 and 05000306/2021011 IR 05000282/20210012021-05-0606 May 2021 Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2021001 and 05000306/2021001 IR 05000282/20214012021-04-21021 April 2021 Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000282/2021401 and 05000306/2021401; Independent Spent Storage Security Inspection Report 07200010/2021401 IR 05000282/20200062021-03-0404 March 2021 Annual Assessment Letter for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant (Report 05000282/2020006 and 05000306/2020006) IR 05000282/20200022021-02-16016 February 2021 Reissue - Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant - Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2020002; 05000306/2020002; and 07200010/2020001 IR 05000282/20200042021-02-0404 February 2021 Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2020004 and 05000306/2020004 ML20352A1562020-12-21021 December 2020 Review of the 2018 Steam Generator Tube Inspection Report IR 05000282/20204022020-11-12012 November 2020 Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000282/2020402 and 05000306/2020402 IR 05000282/20200032020-11-10010 November 2020 Integrated Inspection Report 05000282/2020003; 05000306/2020003; and 07200010/2020002 IR 05000282/20203012020-09-22022 September 2020 NRC Initial License Examination Report 05000282/2020301 and 05000306/2020301 IR 05000282/20200052020-09-0101 September 2020 Updated Inspection Plan for Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Report 05000282/2020005 and 05000306/2020005) 2024-02-01
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SUBJECT:
NOTICE OF VIOLATION - PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2; NRC INSPECTION REPORT 050000282/2009014(DRS);
05000306/2009014(DRS)
Dear Mr. Schimmel:
This refers to the inspection conducted on May 1, 2009, through August 10, 2009, to review your request to medically condition a Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant operators senior reactor operator (SRO) license. During the inspection, an apparent violation of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requirements was identified. Details regarding the apparent violation were provided in NRC Inspection Report Nos. 050000282/2009012(DRS);
05000306/2009012(DRS) dated September 3, 2009.
In the letter transmitting the inspection report, we provided you with the opportunity to address the apparent violation identified in the report by either attending a Predecisional Enforcement Conference or by providing a written response before we made our final enforcement decision.
In a letter dated September 30, 2009, you provided your response to the apparent violation.
Based on the information developed during the inspection and the information that you provided in your response, the NRC has determined that a violation of NRC requirements occurred. The violation is cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice) and the circumstances surrounding it are described in detail in the subject inspection report.
On May 11, 2007, you requested the NRC to condition an SROs license with a Corrective Lenses Must Be Worn When Performing Licensed Duties restriction. On May 22, 2007, we renewed the SROs license with a corrective lenses restriction. On May 1, 2009, you requested the NRC to condition the SROs license with a Must Take Medication as Prescribed to Maintain Medical Qualifications restriction. While reviewing the medical information supporting the requested license restriction, we identified that the SRO had been taking medication for a potentially disqualifying medical condition since July 1998. The May 2007 renewal request did not include a request to have the SROs license conditioned with a Must Take Medication as Prescribed to Maintain Medical Qualifications restriction. Title 10 CFR 50.9 requires, in part, that information provided to the Commission by an applicant for a license or by a licensee or information required by statute or by the Commissions regulations, Orders, or license conditions to be maintained by the applicant or the licensee shall be complete and accurate in all material respects.
Your failure to provide complete and accurate information regarding the medical condition of the SRO and failure to request that a medical restriction to be included in the SROs license in the NRC Form 396 provided to the NRC on May 11, 2007, is a violation of 10 CFR 50.9. As a result of inaccurate information in the renewal request, the NRC renewed the SROs license without a restriction for the medical condition. The incomplete and incorrect information in the renewal application was material to the NRC because it had the ability to, and did, incorrectly influence an NRC licensing action. You determined that the reason for the violation was that in 2007 the station had not yet incorporated the revised NRC Form 396 reporting requirements into the applicable processes and procedures.
The NRC entrusts licensed operators with the safe operation of nuclear power plants and these individuals must be capable of performing their assigned duties under normal, abnormal, and emergency conditions. The NRC requires facility licensees to closely monitor the physical condition and general health of licensed operators in an effort to minimize the potential for the sudden incapacitation of a licensed operator. Minimum medical qualification requirements for licensed operators are provided by the American National Standards Institute and are used by the NRC, in part, to determine if specific restrictions should be included in an operators license.
A licensees failure to provide complete and accurate information to the NRC regarding medical conditions, which may require the inclusion of specific restrictions in an operators license, may result in an unnecessary risk to safe plant operations. Therefore, the violation has been categorized, in accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy, as a Severity Level III violation.
In accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy, a base civil penalty in the amount of $65,000 is considered for a Severity Level III violation. Because your facility has not been the subject of escalated enforcement actions within the last two years, the NRC considered whether credit was warranted for Corrective Action in accordance with the civil penalty assessment process in Section VI.C.2 of the Enforcement Policy. The NRC determined that credit was warranted for your corrective actions which included, but were not limited to correcting the NRC Form 396 for the SRO license on May 1, 2009, initiating Action Request No. 1184252, incorporating the revised 2006 NRC Form 396 requirements into Procedure FP-T-SAT-74, NRC Operator License Application and Renewal Requirements, validating that all operator license renewals submitted after the 2006 change had appropriate restrictions placed on their licenses, and validating that all operator license amendments submitted after the 2006 change included all appropriate restrictions.
Therefore, to encourage prompt and comprehensive correction of violations, and in recognition of the absence of previous escalated enforcement action, I have been authorized, after consultation with the Director, Office of Enforcement, to not propose a civil penalty in this case.
However, significant violations in the future could result in a civil penalty. In addition, issuance of this Severity Level III violation constitutes escalated enforcement action, which may subject you to increased inspection effort. The NRC has concluded that information regarding the reason for the violation, the corrective actions taken to correct the violation and prevent recurrence and the date when full compliance was achieved is already adequately addressed on the docket in your letter L-PI-09-104 dated September 30, 2009. Therefore, you are not required to respond to this letter unless the description therein does not accurately reflect your corrective actions or your position. In that case, or if you choose to provide additional information, you should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response, if you choose to respond, will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRC=s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To the extent possible, your response, if you choose to respond, should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be made available to the public without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such information, you must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.390(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). The NRC also includes significant enforcement actions on its Web site at (http://www.nrc.gov/reading rm/doc collections/enforcement/actions/).
Should you have any questions, please contact Mr. Hironori Peterson, Chief, Operations Branch, at (630) 829-9707.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Mark A. Satorius Regional Administrator Docket Nos. 50-282; 50-306 License Nos. DPR-42; DPR-60 Enclosure:
Notice of Violation cc: Distribution via Listserv
Letter to Mr. Mark