ML20140G451
| ML20140G451 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Grand Gulf  |
| Issue date: | 06/14/1983 |
| From: | Kammerer C NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA) |
| To: | Cochran T, Dowdy W, Markey E, Ottinger R, Simpson A, Stennis J, Udall M HOUSE OF REP., HOUSE OF REP., ENERGY & COMMERCE, SENATE |
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| References | |
| FOIA-85-186 NUDOCS 8507130204 | |
| Download: ML20140G451 (2) | |
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Dear Mr. Chairman:
Enclosed for your information is an announcement that the Nuclear Regulatory Comission staff has proposed a $40,000 civil penalty against Mississippi Power
& Light Company for alleged noncompliance with NRC security requirements at the Grand Gulf nuclear power plant, located near Port Gibson, Mississippi.
This information has been distributed to the news media.
Sincerely, Carlton Kamerer, Director Office Congressional Affairs
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NRC STAFF PROPOSES $40,000 CIVIL PENALTY AGAINST MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT COMPANY The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has proposed a
$40,000 civil penalty against Mississippi Power & Light Company for alleged noncompliance with NRC security requirements at the Grand Gulf nuclear power plant, located near Port Gibson, Mississippi.
The proposed NRC action follows identification by the agency's senior resident inspector on April 29, 1983, of a sleeping security guard at an air lock through which personnel must pass to enter the containment building which houses the reactor and associated vital equipment.
James P. O'Reilly, Administrator of the NRC's Region II office in Atlanta, informed the company on June 13 that the civil penalty was being proposed because the company failed to provide positive access control to a vital area as required and to impress upon company management the necessity to communicate to all employees the importance of maintaining required levels of security at all times.
Grand Gulf holds an NRC low-power operating license and is conducting tests prior to beginning operations.
O'Reilly said that the company took immediate action to correct the problem and that NRC officials were satisfied with actions taken to preclude its recurrence.
The company has 30 days from receipt of the proposed penalty to either pay the fine or protest its imposition, in whole or in part.
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