If a criteria is reached according to NUREG-1022 then a Licensee to the NRC must submit a Licensee Event Report to explain what happened.
Reporting Criteria
Writing LERs
Explain exactly what happened during the entire event or condition, including how systems, components, and operating personnel performed. Do not cover specific hardware problems in excessive detail. Describe unique characteristics of a plant as well as other characteristics that influenced the event (favorably or unfavorably).
- Avoid using plant-unique terms and abbreviations, or, as a minimum, clearly define them.
- The audience for LERs is large and does not necessarily know the details of each plant.
- Include the root causes, the plant status before the event, and the sequence of occurrences.
- Describe the event from the perspective of the Operator (i.e., what the operator saw, did, perceived, understood, or misunderstood).
- If several systems actuate during an event, describe all aspects of the complete event, including all actuations sequentially, and those aspects that by themselves would not be reportable.
- For example, if a single component failure (generally not reportable) occurs following a reactor scram (reportable), describe the component failure in the narrative of the LER for the reactor scram.
- It is necessary to discuss the performance and status of equipment.
- Paraphrase pertinent sections of the latest submitted Safety analysis report (SAR) rather than referencing them because not all organizations or individuals have access to SARs.
- Extensive cross-referencing would be time consuming considering the large number of LERs and reviewers that read each LER.
- Ensure that each component's safety-significant effect on the event or condition is clearly and completely described.
- Do not use statements such as "this event is not significant with respect to the health and safety of the public" without explaining the basis for the conclusion.
Specific information that should be included, as appropriate, is described in paragraphs 50.73(b).
Submissions of LERs
Section 50.73(d) of the NUREG-1022 states that submmissions must be done with Form NRC 366 as described by section 50.4. Submissions are to be done within 60 days of the event. If that happens to be a weekend or a holiday then it must be the next working day. If a Licensee knows that a report will be late or needs an additional day or so to complete the report, the situation should be discussed with the appropriate NRC regional office. See Section 2.5 for further discussion of discovery date.
LER Forwarding Letter and Cancellations
The cover letter forwarding an LER to the NRC should be signed by a responsible official. There is no prescribed format for the letter. The date the letter is issued and the report date should be the same. Licensees are encouraged to include the NRC resident inspector and the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) in their distribution. Multiple LERs can be forwarded by one forwarding letter. Cancellations of LERs submitted should be made by letter. The letter should state that the LER is being canceled (i.e., formally withdrawn). The bases for the cancellation should be explained so that the staff can understand and review the reasons supporting the determination. The notice of cancellation will be filed and stored with the LER and acknowledgement made in various automated data systems. The LER will be removed from the LER data base.
Voluntary LERs
Indicate information-type LERS (i.e., Voluntary LERs) by checking the "Other" block in Item 11 of the LER form and type "Voluntary Report" in the space immediately below the block. Also give a sequential LER number to the voluntary report as noted in Section 5.2.4(5). Because not all requirements of 50.73(b), "Contents," may pertain to some voluntary reports, licensees should develop the content of such reports to best present the information associated with the situation being reported. See Section 2.7 for additional discussion of Voluntary LERs.
How To Find LERs
See also
LER list
by site
1 year
| | Site | Start date | Reporting criterion | System | Topic |
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| 05000263/LER-2025-003, Condition Prohibited by Technical Specifications for Not Implementing Setpoint Change of Primary Containment Isolation Valve | Monticello | 18 June 2036 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | Primary containment | |
| 05000395/LER-2025-003-02, Condition Prohibited by Technical Specifications | Summer | 29 April 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | Steam Generator Feedwater Auxiliary Feedwater Emergency Feedwater System | Overspeed trip |
| 05000395/LER-2025-005-01, (Vcsns), Condition Prohibited by Technical Specifications | Summer | 29 April 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | Steam Generator Feedwater Emergency Feedwater System | Enforcement Discretion Overspeed trip Overspeed |
| 05000325/LER-2026-001, Primary Containment Penetration Local Leak Rate Testing Failure | Brunswick | 29 April 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v), Loss of Safety Function 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(ii)(A), Seriously Degraded | High Pressure Coolant Injection Reactor Core Isolation Cooling Primary containment | Local Leak Rate Testing |
| 05000259/LER-2025-002-01, Unit 1/2 480V Load Shed Logic Division 1/11 Inoperable Longer than Allowed by Technical Specifications | Browns Ferry | 28 April 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | | Safe Shutdown Mission time Past operability Loss of Offsite Power |
| 05000321/LER-2026-001, Manual Reactor Trip Due to Reaching Subcriticality | Hatch | 24 April 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A), System Actuation | Feedwater Reactor Protection System Control Rod | |
| 05000296/LER-2026-001, Main Steam Isolation Valve Inoperable Due to Poppet Valve Scale Buildup | Browns Ferry | 22 April 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | Main Steam Isolation Valve Primary containment Main Steam Line | |
| 05000333/LER-2026-002, Containment Isolation Valve Actuations Caused by Spurious Undervoltage Relay Trip in Reactor Protection System Electric Power Monitoring | FitzPatrick | 21 April 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A), System Actuation | Reactor Protection System Primary Containment Isolation System Primary containment Reactor Building Ventilation Reactor Water Cleanup Standby Gas Treatment System Main Steam Line | Half scram Undervoltage Relay |
| 05000313/LER-2026-001, Emergency Diesel Generator Inoperability Due to Open Circuit in Engineered Safeguards Starting Circuit | Arkansas Nuclear | 20 April 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v)(A), Loss of Safety Function - Shutdown the Reactor 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v)(B), Loss of Safety Function - Remove Residual Heat 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v), Loss of Safety Function 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | Emergency Diesel Generator | Safe Shutdown Past operability FLEX |
| 05000446/LER-2026-001, Unit, Condition Prohibited by Technical Specifications for Containment Ventilation and Isolation Due to Human Performance Error | Comanche Peak | 20 April 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v), Loss of Safety Function | Emergency Diesel Generator | Operability Assessment |
| 05000333/LER-2026-001, Reactor Core Isolation Cooling (RCIC) Inadvertent Actuation | FitzPatrick | 16 April 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A), System Actuation | Feedwater High Pressure Coolant Injection Reactor Core Isolation Cooling Residual Heat Removal | Reactor Vessel Water Level |
| 05000416/LER-2026-002, Loss of Secondary Containment Due to Failed Seals | Grand Gulf | 14 April 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v), Loss of Safety Function | Secondary containment Primary containment | |
| 05000397/LER-2026-001, Manual Reactor Scram Due to Loss of Both Reactor Recirculation Pumps | Columbia | 9 April 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A), System Actuation 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(A), Completion of TS Shutdown | Reactor Protection System Reactor Recirculation Pump Emergency Core Cooling System | |
| 05000499/LER-2025-002-01, Supplement to Automatic Reactor Trip Due to Main Transformer Lockout | South Texas | 6 April 2026 | | Steam Generator Emergency Diesel Generator Main Transformer | Loss of Offsite Power |
| 05000298/LER-2026-001, Diesel Generator 1 Maintenance Exceeded 7-Day Limiting Condition for Operation | Cooper | 6 April 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v), Loss of Safety Function 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | | Safe Shutdown Enforcement Discretion Abnormal operational transient Loctite |
| 05000458/LER-2026-001, Loss of Division III Electrical Bus Due to Breaker Trip | River Bend | 6 April 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A), System Actuation 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(ii)(B), Unanalyzed Condition 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v)(A), Loss of Safety Function - Shutdown the Reactor 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v)(B), Loss of Safety Function - Remove Residual Heat 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v), Loss of Safety Function 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(vii), Common Cause Inoperability 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i) 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(x) 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(ii)(A), Seriously Degraded 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iii) 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(A), Completion of TS Shutdown 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(ix)(A), Prevented Safety Function in Multiple System 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(viii)(A) 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(viii)(B) | Service water Emergency Diesel Generator High Pressure Core Spray | Ultimate heat sink Loss of Offsite Power |
| 05000416/LER-2026-001, High Pressure Core Spray Inoperable Due to Breaker Trip | Grand Gulf | 2 April 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A), System Actuation 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(ii)(B), Unanalyzed Condition 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v)(A), Loss of Safety Function - Shutdown the Reactor 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v)(B), Loss of Safety Function - Remove Residual Heat 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v), Loss of Safety Function 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(vii), Common Cause Inoperability 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i) 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(x) 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(ii)(A), Seriously Degraded 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iii) 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(A), Completion of TS Shutdown 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(ix)(A), Prevented Safety Function in Multiple System 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(viii)(A) 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(viii)(B) | Service water Reactor Core Isolation Cooling High Pressure Core Spray Emergency Core Cooling System | |
| 05000395/LER-2026-002, (Vcsns), Manual Reactor Trip for Steam Leak Near Feedwater Heater 1A | Summer | 31 March 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A), System Actuation | Emergency Feedwater System | Flow Accelerated Corrosion Feedwater Heater |
| 05000282/LER-2026-001, Diesel Driven Cooling Water Pump Auto Start Based on How System Pressure Due to Broken Valve Reach-Rod Bolt | Prairie Island | 30 March 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A), System Actuation | Service water | |
| 05000373/LER-2025-001-01, Automatic Scram on Turbine Control Valves Fast Closure on Generator Lockout | LaSalle | 27 March 2026 | | Reactor Protection System Emergency Core Cooling System Control Rod | |
| 05000269/LER-2026-001, Switchyard Vital Battery Specific Gravity Surveillance Error Results in Operation or Condition Prohibited by Technical Specifications | Oconee | 26 March 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | Feedwater Service water | FLEX Large early release frequency |
| 05000395/LER-2026-001, (Vcsns), Operations Prohibited by Technical Specifications (TS) | Summer | 20 March 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(1), Submit an LER 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | Feedwater | |
| 05000334/LER-2025-001-01, Condition Prohibited by Technical Specifications and Event or Condition That Could Have Prevented Fulfillment of a Safety Function | Beaver Valley | 19 March 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v), Loss of Safety Function 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | | Unanalyzed Condition Time of Discovery Past operability Aging Management Large early release frequency License Renewal Through-Wall Leak |
| 05000259/LER-2026-001, Plant, Unit 1, Safety System Functional Failure Due to High Pressure Coolant Injection Drain Valves Inoperable | Browns Ferry | 19 March 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v), Loss of Safety Function | High Pressure Coolant Injection | |
| 05000482/LER-2025-002-01, Generation Station, Loss of Both Trains of Control Room Air Conditioning Causes Condition That Could Have Prevented Fulfillment of a Safety Function | Wolf Creek | 16 March 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v), Loss of Safety Function | Control Room Emergency Ventilation | |
| 05000316/LER-2026-001, Automatic Reactor Trip Due to 21 Steam Generator Low Water Level with Steam Flow-Feed Flow Mismatch | Cook | 12 March 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A), System Actuation | Steam Generator Feedwater Reactor Protection System Auxiliary Feedwater Decay Heat Removal Control Rod | |
| 05000530/LER-2025-002, Violation of Technical Specification Limiting Condition of Operation 3.6.3 | Palo Verde | 5 March 2026 | | | Time of Discovery |
| 05000348/LER-2026-001, Three Pressurizer Safety Valves Lift Pressure Outside of Technical Specifications Limits Due to Setpoint Drift | Farley | 3 March 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(8) | | Time of Discovery |
| 05000461/LER-2025-002-01, Automatic Scram on High Reactor Water Level | Clinton | 3 March 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A), System Actuation | Feedwater Reactor Protection System Reactor Pressure Vessel | Safe Shutdown |
| 05000259/LER-2025-002, Unit 1/2 480V Load Shed Logic Division I/Ii Inoperable Longer than Allowed by Technical Specifications | Browns Ferry | 17 February 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | | Mission time Past operability Loss of Offsite Power |
| 05000530/LER-2025-001, Unintentional Uncontrolled Vital Area Keys | Palo Verde | 13 February 2026 | | | |
| 05000254/LER-2025-005-01, For Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, Scram Due to 125 Vdc Voltage Fluctuations from Battery Cell Failure | Quad Cities | 6 February 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A), System Actuation 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | Feedwater Reactor Protection System Emergency Diesel Generator Main Steam Isolation Valve Reactor Core Isolation Cooling Primary containment Main Turbine Core Spray Reactor Building Ventilation Automatic Depressurization System Emergency Core Cooling System Main Condenser | Reactor Vessel Water Level Past operability Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking |
| 05000296/LER-2025-002-01, Reactor Core Isolation Cooling Inoperable Due to a Failed Ramp Generating Signal Converter | Browns Ferry | 2 February 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | High Pressure Coolant Injection Reactor Core Isolation Cooling | |
| 05000395/LER-2025-003-01, V.C Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1, Condition Prohibited by Technical Specifications | Summer | 29 January 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | Steam Generator Feedwater Auxiliary Feedwater Emergency Feedwater System | Overspeed trip |
| 05000259/LER-2025-001-01, Reactor Scram Due to Low Reactor Water Level | Browns Ferry | 29 January 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A), System Actuation | Feedwater High Pressure Coolant Injection Reactor Protection System Primary Containment Isolation System Reactor Recirculation Pump | |
| 05000499/LER-2025-001-01, Inoperable Essential Cooling Water Strainer Could Have Prevented Fulfillment of a Safety Function and Resulted in Condition Prohibited by Technical Specifications | South Texas | 29 January 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v)(B), Loss of Safety Function - Remove Residual Heat 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | | Past operability |
| 05000528/LER-2025-004-01, Train a Emergency Diesel Generator Emergency Stop with System Actuation Supplement | Palo Verde | 27 January 2026 | | Emergency Diesel Generator | |
| 05000318/LER-2025-002-01, Condition Prohibited by Technical Specifications Due to Condition 3.7.12.A Required Restoration Time Exceeded | Calvert Cliffs | 22 January 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | Steam Generator Service water Main Turbine | High Energy Line Break |
| 05000499/LER-2025-002, Automatic Reactor Trip Due to Main Transformer Lockout | South Texas | 20 January 2026 | | Steam Generator Emergency Diesel Generator Main Transformer | Loss of Offsite Power |
| 05000237/LER-2025-003, High Pressure Coolant Injection Inoperable Due to Failed Indicating Light and Blown Fuse | Dresden | 15 January 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v), Loss of Safety Function | High Pressure Coolant Injection Core Spray Automatic Depressurization System Low Pressure Coolant Injection | |
| 05000461/LER-2025-004, Emergency Diesel Generator Automatic Start Due to Emergency Reserve Auxiliary Transformer Trip | Clinton | 13 January 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A), System Actuation | Emergency Diesel Generator | |
| 05000270/LER-2026-001, Loss of AC Power to Unit 2 Main Feeder Buses After Opening Potential Transformer Drawer Resulting in Actuation of Keowee Hydroelectric Units | Oconee | 13 January 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A), System Actuation | Service water | |
| 05000395/LER-2025-005, V. C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1, Condition Prohibited by Technical Specifications | Summer | 12 January 2026 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | Steam Generator Feedwater Emergency Feedwater System | Enforcement Discretion Overspeed trip Overspeed |
| 05000373/LER-2025-001, Automatic Scram on Turbine Control Valves Fast Closure on Generator Lockout | LaSalle | 31 December 2025 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A), System Actuation | Reactor Protection System Emergency Core Cooling System Control Rod | Temporary Modification |
| 05000400/LER-2025-002, Incorrect Current Value Used During Power Range Nuclear Instrument Calibration | Harris | 29 December 2025 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | Feedwater | |
| 05000445/LER-2025-002, Pressure Transmitter Inoperable for a Duration Prohibited by TS | Comanche Peak | 29 December 2025 | | Reactor Coolant System | Time of Discovery Anticipated operational occurrence Past operability |
| 05000237/LER-2025-002, Valid Reactor Protection System Actuation While Shutdown | Dresden | 26 December 2025 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A), System Actuation | Reactor Protection System Control Rod | Scram Discharge Volume |
| 05000382/LER-2025-004, Station Air Leak in Control Room Envelope Results in a Condition That Could Have Prevented Fulfilment of a Safety Function | Waterford | 23 December 2025 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v), Loss of Safety Function | Control Room Envelope | Stress corrosion cracking |
| 05000334/LER-2025-001, Condition Prohibited by Technical Specifications and Event or Condition That Could Have Prevented Fulfillment of a Safety Function | Beaver Valley | 23 December 2025 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v), Loss of Safety Function 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications | | Unanalyzed Condition Time of Discovery Past operability Large early release frequency Through-Wall Leak |
| 05000321/LER-2025-002, Reactor Protection System Instrumentation for Turbine Control Valve Fast Closure Inoperable | Hatch | 19 December 2025 | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v)(A), Loss of Safety Function - Shutdown the Reactor 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(vii), Common Cause Inoperability 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2) | Reactor Protection System Electrohydraulic Control | Past operability |