ML18054A457
| ML18054A457 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 12/23/1988 |
| From: | Hoffman D CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8812280222 | |
| Download: ML18054A457 (2) | |
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consumers Power POW ERi Nii MICHlliAN'S PROliRESS General Offi.~es: 1945 West Parnall Road. Jaclison, Ml 49201 * (517) 788,0453 *
,. December 23; ** 1988 Nuclear Regulatory Cormnission
- Document Control Desk Washington; DC 20555 r '
DOCKET 50-255 - LICENSE DPR PALISADES PLANT -
David P Hoffman Vice President
. Nuclear *0perations_
PAYMENT OF CiVIL PENALT°X FOR NOTICE OF VIOLATION REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION DEFICIENCIES By letter dated November 23, *1988, the _Nuclear Regulatory Commission transmitted* a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty regarding environmental qualification of el~ctrical equipment deficiencies for the Palisades Pl~nt. Pursuant to 10CFR2. 201, Payment of the. Civil Penalty for Notice of.Violation Regarding Environmental Qualifications Deficiencies is provided herein.* Pursuant to 10CFR2. 201, a Reply to the Notice of Violation was submitted by our letter dated December 23, 1988; Consumers Power-Company has.re~iewed the refere~ce~ violation ~nd civil penalty and makes no content-ions regarding the amount of th~ civil penalty.
A check for the amount of the prop6sed civil penalty is beit1g sent by wire payment. December 23, 1988.
Consumers Power Company, howeve~, would like to state for the record, that in none of the referenced qtialification violations was an attempt being made to justify eith~r a failed component or a component highly pr6bable of failure.
Als6, non~ of the violations significantly increased the probability of occurrence of a catast*r.ophic event involving "core meltdown".
The*
deficiencies were cases of insufficient documentation existing within the individual qualification files.
- These deficiencies an:a subsequent violation and civil penalty ~re a result of 1985 EQ rule misinterpretations that have been prevalent throughout ~he U.S. Nuclear Industry.
Those misinterpretations resulted in Consumers Power Company failing to ~dequately test and document
- the qualif1.cation of three types of equipm~nt:
- transmitters, solenoid valves 8812280222 881223 PDR ADOCK 05000255 Q
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Payment of Civil Penalty.
December 23, 1988 and actuators, -which_ are a small percenta-ge of -all equipment important to safety. - These testing. and doc;umentatiOn deficienceies were identified-during
- the_ NRC inspectfoil conducted December 8, 1_986 through January 13, 1987.
All of the components with identified deficienci~s were replac~d or modified to meet the ~orrect interpretation ~f the EQ rule by March of 1987.
David _p Hoffman
- vice President Nuclear Operations CC-Administrator, Region III, NRC NRC Resident Inspector -
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