ML20212B199

EN-86-029A:on 870226,order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty in Amount of $50,000 Issued to Licensee Based on Licensee 860703 Response to 860501 Notice of Violation & Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty.Section I Violation Did Occur

ML20212B199
Person / Time
Site:	Byron
Issue date:	02/26/1987
From:	Beach A, Wong H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
To:
References
EN-86-029A, EN-86-29A, NUDOCS 8703030493
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Dcs February 26, 1987 EN 86-29A 0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ENFORCEMENT ACTION Licensee: Commonwealth Edison Company (Byron Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1) i-Docket No. 50-454

Subject:

IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTY - $50,000 1

By EN 86-?9 dated May 1,1986 the Commission was notified of the intent of IE to issue a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) to Commonwealth Edison Company. This action was based on several violations of NRC requirements.

Section I of the Notice involved the use of suryeillance procedures at its i

Byron Station that contained incorrect valve alionments for the residual heat i

removal (RHR) system which resulted in neither train of the RHR system beina able to inject into the four legs of the reactor coolant system.Section II of the Notice involved other violations related to surveillance testina, application of action statements, and post-maintenance inspections.

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l The licensee responded to the Notice in a letter dated July 3,1986, which submitted payment of $50,000 for the violations in Section II of the Notice and disaareed with the violation in Section I of the Notice. After careful l

consideration of the licensee's response, the staff has concluded that the violation did occur as set forth in Section I of in the Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition o# Civil Penalty.

j Accordinaly, an Order Imposina Civil Monetary Penalty in the amount of $50,000 i

has been issued today.

Under the terms of the Order, the licensee may within 30 days of the date of the Order, pay the civil penalty or request a hearina.

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