ML20236C689

EN-89-027:on 890316,notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in Amount of $150,000 Will Be Issued to Licensee Based on Two Individual Events That Resulted in Loss of Secondary Containment Integrity

ML20236C689
Person / Time
Site:	Brunswick
Issue date:	03/13/1989
From:	Lieberman J, Troskoski W NRC OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT (OE)
To:
References
EA-88-316, EN-89-027, EN-89-27, NUDOCS 8903220277
Download: ML20236C689 (1)

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O c;7 1, a March 13,1989 EN 89-27

.0FFICE OF ENFORCEMENT NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ENFORCEMENT. ACTION Licensee: Carolina Power and Light Company (EA 88-316)

(Brunswick)

Docket No. 50-325 4

Subject:

PROPOSED IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTY .$150,000 This'is to inform the Commission that a Notice of; Violation and Proposed-Imposition of Civil. Penalty in the amount of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ~

($150,000) will be issued on or about March 16, 1989 to Carolina Power and Light

' Company. This action is based on two individual events that both individually resulted in a. loss of secondary containment integrity during fuel sipping opera-

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tions. The first involved an inoperable standby gas treatment system, and was '

l escalated 100% because the NRC identified the problem and poor past performance

-due to operator attention to detail. The second violation involved inoperable Secondary Containment Isolation Dampers and no escalation or mitigation.was deemed appropriate.

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 March 16,.1989 Telephone Notification of Licensee March 16, 1989 The State of North Carolina 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:

W. Troskoski, OE, 23281 JJ. Lieberman, _0E, '20741'-

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