IR 05000282/2013407

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

ML14049A458
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	02/12/2014
From:	Shear G Division of Reactor Safety III
To:	Davison K Northern States Power Co
References
3-2013-017, EA-13-210 IR-13-407
Download: ML14049A458 (4)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Region III 2443 Warrenville Road, Suite 210 Lisle, IL 60532-4352 February 12, 2014 EA-13-210 Mr. Kevin Davison Site Vice President Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company, Minnesota 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION - PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT; CLOSURE OF NRC INVESTIGATION 3-2013-017; NRC REPORT NO. 05000282/2013407; 05000306/2013407 On May 2, 2013, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Office of Investigations (OI),

Region III Field Office, initiated an investigation into an event that was reported to the NRC by Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant personnel in their official capacity. The investigation was completed on October 4, 2013, and was documented in OI Report No. 3-2013-017.

Based on the information developed during the investigation, the NRC has determined that a violation of NRC requirements occurred. The violation is cited in the Notice of Violation (Notice)

in Enclosure 1 (Non-Public) and the basis for our conclusion is described in Enclosure 2 (Non-Public).

Because the NRC determined that the actions were willful on the part of one of your employees, the NRC evaluated whether the criteria for issuing a non-cited violation in Section 2.3.2.a.4 of the NRC Enforcement Policy were met. The NRCs review of the investigation results determined that a cited Notice was the appropriate action to take for the reasons discussed in Enclosure 2 and as stated during the telephonic exit meeting on January 28, 2014.

You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. We would especially appreciate your addressing changes in training and management expectations as a result of this event. If you have additional information that you believe the NRC should consider, you may provide it in your response to the Notice. The NRC review of your response to the Notice will also determine whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. Please mark your entire response Security-Related Information - Withhold from Public Disclosure under 10 CFR 2.390 in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390(d)(1) and follow the instructions for withholding in 10 CFR 2.390(b)(1). In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390(b)(1)(ii), the NRC is waiving the affidavit requirements for your respons The enclosures contain Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information. Upon separation, this cover letter is decontrolle K. Davison -2-If you contest the violation or its significance, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this inspection report, with the basis for your denial, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555-0001; with copies to the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; the Regional Administrator, Region III, 2443 Warrenville Road, Lisle, IL 60532; and the NRC resident inspector at the Prairie Island plant.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. However, because of the Security-Related Information contained in the enclosures, and in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, copies of the enclosures will not be available for public inspectio

Sincerely,

/RA/

Gary L. Shear, Director Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 050-282; 050-306 License Nos. DPR-42; DPR-60 Enclosures:

1. Notice of Violation (Non-Public)

2. Factual Summary and NRC Conclusion (Non-Public)

cc w/o encls: Distribution via ListServ' K. Davison -2-If you contest the violation or its significance, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this inspection report, with the basis for your denial, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555-0001; with copies to the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; the Regional Administrator, Region III, 2443 Warrenville Road, Lisle, IL 60532; and the NRC resident inspector at the Prairie Island plant.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. However, because of the Security-Related Information contained in the enclosures, and in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, copies of the enclosures will not be available for public inspectio

Sincerely,

/RA/

Gary L. Shear, Director Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 050-282; 050-306 License Nos. DPR-42; DPR-60 Enclosures:

1. Notice of Violation (Non-Public)

2. Factual Summary and NRC Conclusion (Non-Public)

cc w/o encls: Distribution via ListServ'

SEE PREVIOUS CONCURRENCE FILE NAME: G:\ORAIII\EICS\ENFORCEMENT\Cases\Enforcement Cases 2013\EA-13-210 Prairie Island Deliberate\EA-13-210 Prairie Island Draft Closure Letter to Licensee.docx OFFICE RIII D:OGC D:OE RIII RIII RIII RIII NAME Lougheed Clark1 Zimmerman2 Skokowski Heck Orth Shear Furst for DATE 01/29/14 12/16/13 12/18/13 02/05/14 02/05/14 02/06/14 02/12/14 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY 1 OGC No Legal Objection received via email from M. Clark on December 16, 2013 2 OE concurrence received via email from D. Furst on December 18, 2013 Letter to Kevin Davison from Gary L. Shear dated February 12, 2014 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION - PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT; CLOSURE OF NRC INVESTIGATION 3-2013-017; NRC REPORT NO. 05000282/2013407; 05000306/2013407 DISTRIBUTION w/encl Nick Hilton RidsNrrPMPrairieIsland Resource David Furst RidsNrrDorlLpl3-1 Resource Catherine Scott RidsNrrDirsIrib Resource Michael Clark Allan Barker Ronald Albert Harral Logaras Shyrl Coker Viktoria Mitlyng Daniel Holody Prema Chandrathil Brice Bickett Steven Orth Carolyn Evans Patricia Lougheed Vivian Campbell Paul Pelke Anthony Dimitriadis Magdalena Gryglak Binoy Desai Sarah Bakhsh Mark Haire Carole Ariano Holly Harrington Linda Linn Hubert Bell DRPIII Cheryl McCrary DRSIII Robert Goetz Patricia Buckley Brett Rini RidsOemailCenter Cynthia Pederson ROPassessment.Resource@nrc.gov Anne Boland