ML20214A326

EN-86-085:on 861118,notice of Violation & Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in Amount of $25,000 Issued Based on Failure of Personnel to Follow Procedures,Rendering Two of Four power-range ex-cores Inoperable

ML20214A326
Person / Time
Site:	Cook
Issue date:	11/13/1986
From:	Beach A, Wong H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
To:
References
EN-86-085, EN-86-85, NUDOCS 8611190409
Download: ML20214A326 (1)

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November 13, 1986 B CJ EN 86-85 0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ENFORCFMENT ACTION Licensee: American Electric Power Service Corporation Indiana and Michigan Electric Company (D.C. Cook, Unit 2)

Docket No. 50-316

Subject:

PROPOSED IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTY - $25,000 This is to inform the Commission that a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars

($25,000) will be issued on or about November 18, 1986 to American Electric Power Service Corporation for the D.C. Cook, Unit 2 facility. This action is based on the failure of licensee personnel to follow procedures in the removal and reinstallation of wires and in the initiation of a nonconformance report to resolve a wiring problem. These procedural failures resulted in rendering inoperable two of the four power range excore nuclear instruments during startup of the reactor and up to 9 percent power.

It should be noted that the licensee has not been specifically informed of the enforcement action. The Regional Administrator has been authorized by the Director, Office of Inspection and Enforcement, to sign this action. The schedule of issuance and notification is:

Mailing of Notice November 18, 1986 Telephone Notification of Licensee November 18, 1986 A news release has been prepared and will be issued after the licensee receives the Notice. The State of Michigan will be notified.

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.

Contact:

H. Wong, IE 29635 A. Beach, IE 24909 Distribution:

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