ML20140H956

Forwards Press Release 84-109 Re NRC Mitigation of Proposed Civil Penalty in Amount of $30,000 Against Util for Alleged Violation of NRC Radiation Protection Requirements Due to Prompt Reporting

ML20140H956
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Site:	Robinson, 05000000
Issue date:	09/11/1984
From:	Kammerer C NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA)
To:	Hollings, Markey, Ottinger R, Simpson, Tallon, Thurmond, Udall HOUSE OF REP., HOUSE OF REP., ENERGY & COMMERCE, SENATE
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Dear Mr. Chairman:

Enclosed for your information is an announcement that the Nuclear Regulatory Comission staff has mitigated a $30,000 civil penalty _

i proposed on March 13 of this year for an alleged violation of NRC radiation protection requirements at Carolina Power and Light Company's H. B. Robinson nuclear plant.

It is planned to mail this information to the news media today, September 11, 1984.

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Carlton Kammerer, Director Office of Congressional Affairs

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1 Washington, D.C. 20555 No.84-109 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel. 301/492-7715 (Tuesday, September 11,1984)

NRC STAFF MITIGATES PROPOSED $30,000 FINE AGAINST CPL The Nuclear Regulatory Comission staff has mitigated a $30,000 civil penalty proposed on March 13 of this year for an alleged violation of NRC radiation protection requirements at Carolina Power and Light (CPL) Company's H. B. Robinson nuclear plant near Hartsville, South Carolina. -

Richard C. DeYoung, D'irector of NRC's Office of Inspection and -

Enforcement, told CPL in a letter that this action was taken after reviewing the company's response to the proposed fine. Mr. DeYoung said he decided to mitigate the penalty in recognition of CPL's prompt reporting of the incident, prompt investigation of the circumstances, and decisive corrective action. He also took note of the acknowledgment of mistakes by the shift foreman and reactor operator involved.

"I wish to emphasize that the full mitigation of the civil penalty does not diminish the NRC's concern for the lack of adequate radiation protection control demonstrated by this... violation and the need for continued steady progress in improved performance in this area," Mr. DeYoung added.

The penalt'y was proposed because of an incident on February 21-22 of this year, when a CPL licensed reactor operator and a contractor health physics employee entered a high radiation area without the necessary procedural controls being followed.

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