ML20149L827
| ML20149L827 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Fort Calhoun  |
| Issue date: | 02/22/1988 |
| From: | Martin R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Andrews R OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20149L829 | List: |
| References | |
| EA-87-210, NUDOCS 8802250063 | |
| Download: ML20149L827 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000285/1987027
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Docket No. 50-285
License No. DPR-40
EA 87-210
Omaha Public Power District
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R. L. Andrews, Division Manager-
Nuclear Production
1623 Harney Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68102
Gentlemen:
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SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND PROPOSED IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTY
(NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-285/87-27)
This refers to inspections conducted during the periods of September 23 through
October 2, 1987, and November 2-6, 1987, of activities authorized by NRC
Operating License DRP-40 for the Fort Calhoun Station, by personnel of the NRC
Region IV office. The inspections included reviews of the events that
resulted in the inoperability of Emergency Diesel Generator (EDG) 2 due
to the introduction of water into the Instrument Air System on July 6 and a
sepacate occurrence on August 25, 1987. As a result of these inspections, it
was found that certain of your activities were in violation of NRC requirements.
Accordingly, an enforcement conference was held in the Region IV office on
October 29, 1987, to didoss the issues related to these events. On October
23, 1987, NRC Inspectics ' sport 50-285/87-27 was issued to provide details of
the initial inspection performed September 23 through October 2, 1987, and NRC
Inspection Report 50-285/87-30 was issued on December 10, 1987, to provide
details of the followup inspection performed November 2-6, 1987, by a special
review team from the NRC's Region IV office.
Inadequate evaluation and testing of a plant modification as well as inadequate
procedures led to a situation where an emergency diesel generator was rendered ;
inoperable because of the intrusion of water into the instrument air system.
Additionally, once the water intrusion was discovered it was not adequately
corrected, properly classified as a Notice of Unusual Event (NOVE) or properly
reported to the NRC. Collectively, the sequence of events outlined above
indicate a significant failure of your management control system to ensure
activities that affect quality were properly conducted at the Fort Calhoun
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Station. This fsilure resulted in the plant being operated in an unanalyzed
condition where a potential common mode failure condition existed.
To emphasize the need to improve your management control program, I have been
authorized, after consultation with the Director, Office of Enforcement, and
the Deputy Executive Director for Regional Operations, to issue the enclosed
Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of
One Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000) for the violations described
in the enclosed Notice.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy
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andProcedureforNRCEnforcementActions,"10CFRPart2,AppendixC(1987)
(Enforcement Policy), the two violations and the one problem described in the
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enclosed Notice have each been categorized at Severity Level III. The base
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value of a civil penalty for a Severity Level III violation is $50,000. The
escalation and mitigation factors in the Enforcement Policy were considered.
The base civil penalty amount for Violation A has been increased by 50% because
of poor enforcement history in the area of concern.
You are required to respond to this letter.and should follow the instructions
specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response.
In your
response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional
actions you plan to prevent recurrence.
In formalizing your corrective actions,
you should be aware that the three Severity Level III problems arising out of
the inspections are a clear indication of a need to take strong and effective
corrective actions in the area of your management controls. After reviewing
your response to this Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and
the results of future inspections, the NRC will determine whether more stringent
enforcement action is necessary to ensure lasting corrective action in this
area.
In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2,
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Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosure
will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room. The responses directed by
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this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject to the clearance procedures
of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the Paperwork Reduction
of 1980, Pub. L. No.96-511.
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Robert D. Martin
Regional Administrator
Enclosure:
Appendix - Notice of Violation and Proposed
Imposition of Civil Penalty
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W. G. Gates, Manager
Fort Calhoun Station
P. O. Box 399
Fort Calhoun, Nebraska 68023
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Harry H. Voigt, Esq.
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae
1333 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washinfon,DC 20036
Kansas Radiation Control Program Director
Nebraska Radiation Control Program Director
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