ML20006D851
| ML20006D851 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Waterford  |
| Issue date: | 02/02/1990 |
| From: | Thompson H NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Dewease J LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20006D852 | List: |
| References | |
| EA-89-069, EA-89-69, NUDOCS 9002150131 | |
| Download: ML20006D851 (3) | |
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~ .5 WASHINGTON, D. C. 20666 S c g..... . FEB 01 1990 Docket No. 50-382 M License No. NPF-38 EA 89-69 Louisiana F)wer & Light Company ATTN: J. G. Dewease, Senior Vice President . Nuclear Operations 317 Baronne Street .New Orleans, Louisiana 70160 5 Gentlenen:
SUBJECT:
~ORDERIMPOSINGCIVILHONETARYPENALTY(WATERFORD3) This refers;to your. letter dated July 28, 1989, in response to the Notice of Violation and' Proposed Imposition of Civil-Penalty (Notice) sent to you by our - ' letter dated June 28, 1989. Our letter and the Notice described a violation identified during.an ins 8-9, 1989, at Louisiana-Power'. '& Light Company'sL (LP&L)pection conducted on March 'Waterford nuclear power plant. This violation LP&L's failure to test the plant's High Pressure Safety Injection (HPSI) involved E pumps in accordance with' applicable requirements and the resultant failure to recognize. H a condition, in November-1988, that should have caused LP&L to declare one of these. pumps inoperable and take certain required actions. To emphasize the importance of assuring that surveillance procedures contain. l adequate ~ acceptance: criteria and'the 'importance of promptly assessing conditions -i that may: affect the. operability of important safety systems, a civil penalty of Fifty Thousand: Dollars ($50,000)'was-proposed. L In your. response, you admitted-to having violated Waterford Technical i" Specification 4.0.5.a'but attributed this violation to a misunderstanding- 'between LP&L and the NRC. LP&L also-requested NRC..to reduce Lthe severity gj level of the violation and to fully mitigate.the-proposed civil penalty, i Further,< LP&L requested that should the NRC conclude a civil penalty is-still warranted after considering the company's arguments, it should mitigate the. fine-in its entirety with the amount of the mitigated fine being offset by i LP&L's payment of an equal amount to Nichols State University. ' After consideration of your response, we have concluded, for the reasons given b in the Appendix. attached to the enclosed Order Imposing Civil Penalty, that the L: violation ~ occurred as stated in the original Notice and that the proposed' civil? penalty should-be imposed by Order. In addition', the NRC has not changed its position that it is inappropriate to mitigate a civil penalty and permit a licensee to donate an equal amount to an educational institution. Accordingly, L we hereby serve the enclosed Order on Louisiana Power & Light Company imposing l l-CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT' REQUESTED ll 9002150131 900202 ^ -{DR..ADOCK 05000382 PDC g ,p
Louisiana Power 8 Light Company, a civil monetary penalty in the amount of fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000). lWe will review the effectiveness of your corrective actions during a subsequent inspection. L 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 eacksures will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room. Sincerely, et?]? h H/gh L. Thompson (Jr. Di ty Executive Dir or for-Nuclear Materials Safety, Safeguards, and Operations Support
Enclosures:
As Stated CC: Louisiana Radiation Control Program Director NRC Public Document Room itRC Local Public Document Room ~ Louisiana Power & Light Company ATTN: R. P. Barkhurst, Vice President Nuclear Operations-P.O. Box B Killona, Louisiana 70066 Louisiana Power & Light Company ATTN: J. R. McGaha, Jr., Plant Manager P.O.-Box B Killona, Louisiana 70066 Louisiana Power & Light Company ATTN: R. F. Burski, Manager, Nuclear Safety & Regulatory Affairs .317-Baronne Street P.O.-Box 60340 flew Orleans, Louisiana 70160 Louisiana Power 8 Light Corapany ATTN: L. W. Laughlin, Site Licensing Support Supervisor P.O. Box B Killona, Louisiana 70066
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