ML20054E820
| ML20054E820 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png |
| Issue date: | 06/02/1982 |
| From: | Engelken R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Withers B PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20054E821 | List: |
| References | |
| EA-82-067, EA-82-67, NUDOCS 8206140284 | |
| Download: ML20054E820 (3) | |
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This refers to the special inspection conducted by Mr. M. H. tialmros of this office on March 16 through April 30, 1982, of circumstances associated with the inoperability of emergency diesel generators at the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant in November and December 1981 and January 1982.
The results of the inspection were discussed by Mr. fialnros with Mr. C. P. Yundt and other members of your staff on April 12, 1982. Our related concerns were also discusMd with Mr. B. D. Withers and other members of your staff during an enforcement conference in our office on May 7, 1982. We are concerned that your Quality Assurance Program permitted a design deficiency identified during the perfomance of a surveillance test in May 1977 to remain uncorrected for almost five years. As you are aware, this deficiency led to sustained inoper-ability of the Train "B" emergency diesel generator in late 1981 and early 1982, and in combination with other factors, resulted in the sinultaneous inoperability of both emergency diesel generators for more than nine hours on December 8, 1981.
We recognize that plant persennel detected and reported this problem in January 1982 and initiated appropriate corrective action.
After consultation with the Director of the Office of Inspection and Enforcement, I have been authorized to issue the enclosed Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of Sixty Thousand Dollars. This action is being taken in order to emphasize the importance of effective correc-tive actions in response to identified deficiencies in plant safety systems.
You are required to respond to the enclosed Notice and, in preparing your re-sponse, you should follow the instructions specified therein. Your written reply to this letter will be the basis for determining whether additional enforcement actions are warranted.
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2 1982-Portland General Electric Company. The responses directed by this letter and accompanying flotice are not subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of fianagement and Budget as required by the Paperwork Reducting Act of 1980, PL 96-511.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the i RC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2 Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosure will be placed in the flRC's Public Document Room.
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R. H. Engelken Regional Administrator
Enclosure:
Appendix - flotice of Violation i
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C. P. Yundt', PGE J. W. Durham, Esq., Senior Vice President
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