ML20199B554

EN-97-097:on 971014,notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in Amount of $50,000 Issued to Licensee.Action Based on Severity Level III Problem Involving Four Violations Pertaining to Prairie Island Staff Failure to Establish IST

ML20199B554
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	10/08/1997
From:	James Heller, Lieberman J NRC OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT (OE)
To:
References
EA-97-290, EN-97-097, EN-97-97, NUDOCS 9711190026
Download: ML20199B554 (1)

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October 8,1997 EN 97-097 OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT N_pTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ENFORCEMENT ACTION LigeJatt;' Northern States Power - (EA 97-290)

Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Docket Nos. 50-282, 50-306

Subject:

PROPOSED IMPOSITION OF civil PENALTY - $50,000 This is to inform the Commission that a Notice of Violation and Proposed imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $50,000 will be issued on or about October 14,1997 'o Northern States Power. This action is based on e Severity Level 111 problem involving four violations pertaining to the Prairie Island staffs failure to establish an Inservice Test (IST) procedure acceptance criteria that would not compromise the auxiliary feedwater (AFW) system design basis requirements, to implement corrective actions when incorrect acceptance criteria for a safety injection pump IST procedure were identified, to analyza a discrepancy between the Updated Safety Analysis Report (USAR) and the anticipated AFW flow, and to maintain the fidelity of the USAR.

According to the Enforcament Policy, a base civil penalty for $50,000 is considered for a Severity Levelill problem occurring before November 12,1996. Because the majority of the period of

- noncomoliance occurred prior to Novernber 12,1996, a civil penalty in the amount of $50,000 is being proposed. Because this was not the first escalated enforcement action within 2 years, the staff considered whether credit was warranted for identification and corrective actk,n. The NRC determined that credit was not warranted for Identification since these violations were identified by the NRC or the plant staff identified the violation but failed to recognize the significance until prompted by the NRC. The NRC determined that credit was warranted for Corrective Actions.

i Therefore, a base civil penalty of $50,000 is being proposed for the Severity Level til problem.

it should be noted that the licensee has not been specifically informed of the enforcement action.

The schedule of issuance and notification is:

Mailing of Notice October 14,1997

- Telephone Notification of Licensee October 14,1997 The State of Minnesota will be noti'ied.

The licensee has thirty days from the date of the Notice in which to respond. Following NRC evaluation of the response, the civil penalty may be remitted, mitigated, or imposed by Order.

Contacts: J. Heller, Rlli, (630) 810-4374 James Lieberman, OE, 415-2741 9711190026 971006 Distribution PDR 18 E EN-97-097 PDR OWFN _ OWFN TWFN Regional Offices

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PRELIMINARY INFORMATION - NOT FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE UNTIL p\

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