ML18139C002
| ML18139C002 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 07/29/1982 |
| From: | Lieberman J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | Leasburg R VIRGINIA POWER (VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO.) |
| References | |
| RTR-NUREG-737 EA-82-058, EA-82-58, NUDOCS 8208260424 | |
| Download: ML18139C002 (3) | |
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Docket No. 50-280 EA 82-58 JUL 2 9 1982 Virginia Electric and Power Company ATTN:
Mr. R. H. Leasburg, Vice President Nuclear Operations P. 0. Box 26666 Richmond, VA 23261 Gentlemen:
IE HQ FILE Copy This acknowledges receipt of your letter dated June 9, 1982 and payment in full of the civil penalty proposed in our letter dated May 10, 1982.
The corrective and preventive actions you have described shall be examined in our future inspections of your program.
Your letter indicated that proper consideration by the NRC of two aspects of the February 21, 1982 event should cause remission or mitigation of the penalty.
In the first instance you stated that the incident was licensee-identified and promptly reported.
We acknowledge these facts.
However, the NRC Enforcement Policy provides for penalty reduction for prompt identification and reporting only when the incident is not self-disclosing.
In the case under consideration, the detection of the condition did not result from a creditable audit program or from personnel safety vigilance.
It was fortuitously disclosed by an instrument technician 1s request for permission to replace the three missing fuses.
In the second instance, you stated the preventive measures taken as a result of the August 1980 incident were prudent, could reasonably have been expected to prevent recurrence, and were vigorously implemented.
Moreover, you stated that NRC had agreed with these measures.
Your response to the August 1980 Notice of Violation did appear to be plausible in the light of our inspection findings and your reported evaluation of the cause of violation.
Neverthless, it is the obligation of the licensee to assure that its investigation of a noncompliance is comprehensive enough to determine the cause of violation in order to develop the appropriate corrective action.
In view of the December 1981 valve misalignment, it appears that your evaluation of, and corrective action for, the August 1980 violation was not sufficient.
We note that the corrective actions you have implemented following this most recent event would have been equally appropriate followng either of the two previous incidents.
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Virginia Electric For the reasons given above, we find no bases for remission or mitigation of the penalty.
Your cooperation in this matter is appreciated.
cc:
J. H. Ferguson, Executive Vice President J. L. Wilson, Manager IE: ES
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