ML17285B276
| ML17285B276 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 05/21/1990 |
| From: | Thompson H NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Mazur D WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM |
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| EA-88-211, NUDOCS 9005250062 | |
| Download: ML17285B276 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, O. C. 20555 NY R1 19so Docket No.
50-397 License No.
NPF-21 EA 88-211 Washington Public Power Supply System ATTN:
Mr. D.
W. Mazur Managing Director Post Office Box 968 3000 George Washington Way Richland, Washington 99352 Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
ORDER IMPOSING CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY This refers to your letter dated February 23, 1990 in response to the Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty (Notice) sent to you by our letter dated January 24, 1990.
Our letter and Notice describe violations of the environmental qualification requirements of 10 CFR 50.49 for electrical equipment important to safety.
You identified these violations after the November 30, 1985 deadline by which all electrical equipment important to safety was to be appropriately environmentally qualified.
The violations involved Limitorque IIIotor operators inside the containment and in the steam
- tunnel, and containment fan motors.
The NRC staff recognized that you identified the violations and took prompt corrective actions to replace the deficient components.
However, to emphasize the importance of environmental qualification and meeting regulatory deadlines and given the scope of the violations, a civil penalty of $50,000 was proposed.
In your response you acknowledge that certain documentation deficiencies existed; however, you disagree with the NRC staff's evaluation of the violations and claim that subsequent correspondenIce demonstrated that a majority of the equipment listed in the Notice was qualifiable.
Based on this, you claim that this problem should be categorized as no greater than a Category C and there-fore no civil penalty should be imposed.
In addition, you do not believe that any regulatory purpose has been served by the Notice and therefore urge the use of enforcement discretion and withdrawal of the proposed civil penalty.
After consideration of your response, we have concluded for the reasons given in the Appendix attached to the enclosed Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty that:
(I) the Limitorque motor operators and containment fan motors, as they were found, have not beer demonstrated to=be qualified even considering the testing and information that was developed significantly after the end of the 1986 inspection, (2) the proper Eg category for the problem is a Category B,
and (3) the exercise of enforceIIIent discretion is not warranted in this case.
Accoroingly, we hereby serve the enclosed order on Washington Public Power CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT RE UESTED 9~)og 5+0(
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Washington Public Power Supply System Supply System imposing a civil monetary penalty in the amount of $50,000.
We will review the effectiveness of your corrective actions during a subsequent inspection.
In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice", Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosures will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.
S incerely,
Enclosures:
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ety, Safeguards, and Operations Support cc w/enclosures:
Hr. C. M. Powers, WNP-2 Plant Manager Hr. A. G. Hosier, WNP-2 Licensing Manager Hr. G. D. Bouchey, Director, equality Assurance 5 Licensing Mr. G. E. Doupe, Esq.,
WPPSS Hr. A. Lee Oxsen, Assistant Managing Director for Operations, flD 1023 State of Washington Hr. H. H. Phillips, Attorney, Bishop, Cook, Purcell 8 Reynolds