ML20140H550

Forwards Press Release 84-4 Re NRC Proposed Civil Penalty in Amount of $40,000 Against Util for Failure to Post Continuous Firewatch While Both Trains of Standby Gas Treatment Sys Fire Suppression Sys Inoperable

ML20140H550
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Site:	Brunswick, 05000000
Issue date:	01/10/1984
From:	Kammerer C NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA)
To:	East, Helms, Markey, Ottinger R, Rose, Simpson, Udall HOUSE OF REP., HOUSE OF REP., ENERGY & COMMERCE, SENATE
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The Honorable Richard L. Ottinger, Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power Committee on Energy and Commerce United States House of Representatives Washington 0.C. 20515 .

Dear Mr. Chairman:

Enclosed for your information is an announcement that the Nuc-lear Regulatory Commission staff has proposed a $40,000 civil penalty against Carolina Power & Light Company for alleged -

noncompliance with NRC requirements at the Brunswick nuclear power plant.

It is planned to mail this information to the news media today, January 10, 1984 Sincerely, Carlton Kammerer, Directot l

Office of Congressional Affairs l

Enclosure:

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Washington, D.C. 20555 No. 84-4 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel. 301/492-7715 (Tuesday, January 10, 1984)

NRC STAFF PROPOSES $40,000 CIVIL PENALTY AGAINST CP&L FOR NONCOMPLIANCE AT BRUNSWICK NUCLEAR PLANT The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has proposed a

$40,000 civil penalty against Carolina Power & Light Company for alleged noncompliance with NRC requirements at the Brunswick nuclear power plant, located near Southport, North -

Carolina.

James P. O'Reilly, Administrator of the NRC's Region II -

office in Atlanta, told the company in a letter that the civil penalty was being proposed because CP&L failed to post a continuous fire watch, as required, while both trains of

.the Unit 1 standby gas treatment system fire suppression system were inoperable between February 11 and March 13, 1983. The standby gas treatment system is a filter system.

designed for use in treating the reactor containment building air before release to the outside atmosphere during accident conditions. When both trains of the fire suppression system, designed to extinguish unexpected fire in the filter system, are out, the plant is required to place'a fire watch and arrange for alternate fire suppression mechanisms within one hour if plant operation continues.,

O'Reilly said, based upon additional violations detected in the fire protection area, that surveillance performed by fire protection personnel was incorrectly documented due to "a programmatic breakdown of fire protection administrative and managerial controls."

In another enforcement action contained in the letter, the NRC staff cited, but did not fine, CP&L for an additional violation of NRC requirements. O'Reilly said the utility was being cited for " submittal to the NRC of an inaccurate statement having safety implications" in a company response to an April 2, 1982, NRC Notice of Violation. In that case, the company responded to the NRC notice with a statement that discrepancies in a required list of equipment important to safety had been corrected. However, a later followup inspection by the NRC resident inspector at the plant in November and December of 1982 indicated that discrepancies continued to exist.

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'0'Reilly told the company that the inaccurate statement

" appears'tcr have resulted from. . . failure to have an'appro-priate system in effect to ensure the accuracy of statements submitted to the NRC." However, he said that because " substantive improvements haye been made" in the company's_ program to ensure that statements made to the NRC are accurate and complete, a-dec'ision was made not to impose a civil penalty for submittal of-the inaccurate statement.

s The company has'30 days in which to either pay the pro-posed civil _ penalty or to protest its imposition, in whole or in part.

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