ML20128A594
ML20128A594 | |
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Site: | Maine Yankee |
Issue date: | 01/26/1993 |
From: | Lazarus W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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50-309-92-21, NUDOCS 9302020259 | |
Download: ML20128A594 (1) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company Docket No. 50-309 Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station License No, DPR-36' During an inspection from November 20 through December 31,1992, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedum for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1992), the violation is listed below:
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10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion III, states, in part, that licensees'shall estabhsh design control meuures for verifying the adequacy of design reviews.
Contrary to the above, in December 1989, Maine Yankee failed to properly verify the adequacy of a design review of the Primary and Secondary Component Cooling Systems. As a result, Maine Yankee failed to ensure that the plant operated with adequate loss of coolant accident heat removal capacity between December 1989 and December 1993.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I).
Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201, Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company is hereby required to submit a written statement of explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATrN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region I, and if applicable, a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector, within 30 days of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include: (1) the reasons for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation; (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved; (3) corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations; and, (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an _ order may be issued to show cause why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending this response time.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511, the response directed above is not subject to clearance by the Office of Management and Budget.
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