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Press Release II-96-099, NRC Staff Proposed $50,000 Fine Against Southern Nuclear Operating Co at Farley
ML20135B618
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Site: Farley  Southern Nuclear icon.png
Issue date: 12/05/1996
From:
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
References
PR-II-96-099, PR-II-96-99, NUDOCS 9612050078
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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Region II 101 Marietta St., Suite 2900 i Atlanta, GA 30323 4

l j No: II-96-99 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1 Contacts: Ken Clark (404) 331-5503 (December 5, 1996)

Roger Hannah (404) 331-7878 I

d NRC STAFF PROPOSES $50,000 FINE AGAINST SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY AT FARLEY 1

The Nuclear Regulato g Commission staff has proposed a $50,000 civil penalty against Southern Nuclear Operating Company for alleged
noncompliance with federal requirements related to fire protection j at the Farley nuclear power plant near Columbia, Alabama.

l' The violation involves three examples where the plant staff failed to assure that one-hour fire barriers, called Kaowool enclosures, were installed on electrical cables associated with systems re While no fire

occurred, quired the degraded for thefire safebarriers shutdown increasedof the plant. the vulnerability of

{ safety-related equipment to potential fire hazard or damage.

E I In a letter to Southern Nuclear dated December 4, Stewart D.

, Ebneter, Administrator of the NRC's Region II office in Atlanta, said that although the plant's corrective actions were ultimately l

! comprehensive, they were not timely. Multiple discrepancies were

identified over a several month period, and the plant staff did not l institute the necessary positive actions to fully assess the extent J

of the condition until the NRC identified examples of missing Kaowool. l l The compan i

its imposition.y has 30 days to either pay the fine or to protest 9612050078 961205 PDR PRESS R RQ-II-96-099 PDR 050019 PPJDL oli