IR 05000324/1987022
| ML20245G595 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Brunswick  |
| Issue date: | 06/26/1989 |
| From: | Thompson H NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Utley E CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20245G597 | List: |
| References | |
| EA-87-165, NUDOCS 8906290188 | |
| Download: ML20245G595 (2) | |
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Doc'ket Nos.. 50-325'and'50-324 License Nos.. DPR-71 and DPR-62 P
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Carolina Power and Light Company ATTN: Mr. E. E. Utley '
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Senior Executive Vice President Y i Power Supply and' Engineering -
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SUBJECT: ORDERIMPOSINGACIVILHONETARYPENALTY(BRUNSWICK)
This refers to your letter cated July 1,1988, in response to the Notice of
Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty l(Notice).sent to you by our letter dated May 5. 1988, related to NRC: Inspection Report Nos. 50-325/87-22.and 50-324/87-22 sent to you by.our. letter' dated August 27, 1987..Our. letter and Notice described one Environmental' Qualification (EQ) Category B problem regard-ing the environmental qualification of electrical equipment important to safety.
This problem affected a moderate number of components and plant systems and it resulted.from inadequate field inspections / verifications and inadequate design.
. interface controls. To emphasize the need to ensure qualification of. electrical
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equipment important to safety, a civil. penalty of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000)
was proposed.
The NRC staff has reviewed your response in which you admit the deficiencies but protest the im The protest.is based upon arguments that (1) position of a civil penalty.
the NRC failed to establish that you " clearly should have known" about the EQ' violations prior to November 30,1985;(2) the NRC impro-perly cited CP&L for.a: Unit 2 deficiency that was corrected prior to operation following.the November 30, 1985 deadline; (3) the NRC incorrectly classified the violations as significant; and (4) the NRC incorrectly grouped the violations as an EQ Category B problem.
After careful consideration of your response to the Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty, the NRC staff has concluded, for the
. reasons given in the App (endix attached to the enclosed Order Imposing Civil 1) the." c Monetary Penalty, that applied, (2) the violation involving the Vulkene wire in a Unit 2 motor operator j
should be withdrawn as the deficiency was corrected prior to operation after the
' deadline, (3) the NRC correctly classified the violations as significant, and (4)'considering only the remaining violations, the NRC still concludes that an EQ. Category B problem existed. Accordingly, the NRC staff hereby serves the
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enclosed Order on Carolina Power and Light Company imposing a civil monetary J
penalty in the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000). The effectiveness i
of your corrective actions will be reviewed during subsequent inspections.
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In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rule of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosure
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