ML19256D921
| ML19256D921 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 11/19/1974 |
| From: | Knuth D US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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| NUDOCS 7910230870 | |
| Download: ML19256D921 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ATOMIC ENERGY C0101ISSION In the Matter of
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FACILITY LICENSE NO.
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METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY
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DPR-50 JERSEY CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
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PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY
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DOCKET No. 50-289
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(Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1)
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ORDER IMPOSING CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY I
Metropolitan Edison Company, Jersey Central Power and Light Company and Pennsylvania Electric Company, ("the licensee") are the holders of Facility License No. DPR-50. License DPR-50 authorizes operation of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1, in Lauphin County, Pennsylvania, under certain conditions specified therein and is due to expire on May 18, 2008.
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Inspection of the licensee's activities under the DPR-50 license was conducted during the period of September 10-12, 1974, at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1, in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. As a result of that inspection, it appears that the licensee has not conducted one of its activities in full compliance with the conditions of License No. DPR-50. A written Notice of Violation was served upon the licensee by letter dated September 23, 1974, appended hereto as Appendix A, specifying the violation cocmitted, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.201.
A Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty was concurrently served upon the licensee in accordance with Section 234 of the Atosic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2282) and 10 CFR 2.205, incorporating 1454 132 78
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by reference the Notice o.f Violation, which stated the nature of the violation and the provisions of AEC regulations and license conditions.
An answer dated October 16, 1974, to the Notice of Violation and the Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty was received on October 18, 1974, from the licensee and is appended hereto as Appendix B.
III Upon consideration of the answer received and the statements of fact, explanation, and argument contained therein, the Director of Regulatory 0perations has deter =ined that the penalty proposed for the violation in the Notice of Violation should be reduced from Four Thousand Dollars
($4,000) to Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500).
IV In view of the foregoing and pursuant to Section 234 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as acended (42 U.S.C. 2282) and 10 CFR 2.205, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
The licensee pay a civil penalty in the amount of Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500) within twenty (20) days of the date of receipt of this Order, by check, draf t, or money order payable to the Treasurer of the United States, and mailed to the Director of Regulatory Operations.
V The licensee may, within twenty (20) days of the receipt of this Order, request a hearing.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will issue 1454 133
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an Order designating the time and place of hearing. Upon failure of the licensee to request a hearing within twenty (20) days of the date of receipt of this Order, the provisions of this Order shall be effective without further proceedings and, if payment has not been made by that time, the matter may be referred to the Attorney General for collection.
VI In the event the licensee requests a hearing as provided above, the issues to be considered at such hearing shall be:
(a) chether the licensee coc.:itted the violation of the Coc:=ission's regulations as designated in the Notice of Violation referenced in Section II above; and (b) whether, on the basis of the violation, this Order should be sustained.
FOR THE AT051IC ENERGY COFSilSSION w.A.A.$
e Donald F. Knuth' Director of Regulatory Operations Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this
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