ML20150C655

Discusses Insp Repts 50-298/87-27,50-298/87-31 & 50-298/87-32 & Forwards Notice of Violation & Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty.W/O Encl

ML20150C655
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	03/14/1988
From:	Martin R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Trevors G NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
References
EA-87-237, EA-88-002, EA-88-2, TAC-67034, NUDOCS 8803210138
Download: ML20150C655 (2)

See also: IR 05000298/1987027

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Docket No. 50-298

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EA 87-237 and EA 88-02

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ATTN: George A. Trevors  ;'

Division Manager - Nuclear

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Post Office Box 499

Columbus, Nebraska 68601

Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: NOTICES OF VIOLATION AND PROPOSED IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTY

(NRC INSPECTION REPORTS 50-298/87-27, 50-298/87-31, AND

50-298/87-32)

This refers to the inspections conducted during the periods October 26-29,

November 1-30, and December 1-21, 1987, respectively at the Cooper Nuclear

Station, Brownville, Nebraska, by personnel of the NRC Region IV office.

During these inspections, NRC personnel identified one violation and reviewed

the circumstances surrounding three licensee identified violatici~. These

violations were discussed at an enforcement conference on Janumrj 28, 1988, at

the NRC Region IV office in Arlington, Texas.

The inspections conducted on October 26-29, and November 1-30, 1987, reviewed

the circumstances surrounding violations that included: (a) an inadequate search

of a contr:ctor vehicle that entered the protected area with undetected amunition

in the vehicle, (b) the issuing of the wrong encoded access bad

on four occasions between December 1986 and October c) the1987, failureand to (ges to in

identify a key controlling access to a vital area as a vital area key which

Vesented the possibility for a compromise.

To emphasize the need for increased management attention to ensure that the

Physical Security Plan is followed, 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 Iwenty-Five Thousand Dollars

($25,000) for the inadequate search of a contractor vehicle. In accordance

with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"

10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1987) (Enforcement Policy), the violation described

in the enclosed Notice hes been categorized as a Severity Level !!! violation.

The other two security violations have been categorized as Severity Level IV

violations. The base value of a civil penalty for a Severity Level III violation

is $50,000. The NRC Enforcement Policy allows for reduction of a civil penalty

under certain circumstances. Ir this case, the base civil penalty is reduced

by 50 percent because of your identificatior and reporting of the search incident.

CERTIFIED HAIL

RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

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An additional violation was reviewed during the inspection conducted December 1-  !

21, 1987 This violation involved a two inch motor operated valve installed

to bypass the Drywell- Exhaust Inboard Isolation Valve. The valve was installed

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in 1981 without the automatic isolation feature required by the Updated Safety

Analysis Report. Not powering the bypass valve from a source that would

automatically re-energize after a loss of off site power set up the potential

for a two inch diameter release path from containment through the Standby Gas e

Treatment System under certain circumstances.

A second Notice of Violation is also enclosed for the problem associated with

the bypass for the Drywell Exhaust Intoard Isolation Velve. In accordance with

the Enforcement Policy the violation described in that Notice has also been

categorized as a Severity Level III violation. The base civil penalty for

this second Notice has been mitigated by 100 percent because of your self

identification and prompt reporting of the problem as well as your corrective

actions. The NRC encourages you to pursue future review progranis such as the

one which allowed you to identify this problem.

You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions

specified in the enclosed Notices when preparing your response. In your

responses, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional

actions you plan to prevent recurrence. After reviewing your responses to these

Notices, including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future

inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action is

necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.

Some of the material enclosed herewith contains Safeguards Information as defined

by 10 CFR Part 73.21 and its disclosure to unauthorized individuals is prohibited

by Section 147 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. Therefore, the

material will not be placed in the Public Document Room.

The respunses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notices are not subject

to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required '

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No.96-511.

Sincerely,

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Robert D. Martin

Regional Administrator

Enclosure:

Notice of Violation and

Proposed Imposition

of Civil Penalty

Notice of Violation

cc: Nebraska Radiation Control Program Directnr

(Nor-Safeguards Portions Only)

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