ML20246H288

EN-89-025:on 890313,notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in Amount of $75,000 Issued to Licensee.Action Based on Licensee Failure to Properly Analyze Two Potential Safety Issues,Involving Reactor Bldg Room Coolers

ML20246H288
Person / Time
Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	03/08/1989
From:	Lieberman J, Luehman J NRC OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT (OE)
To:
References
EA-88-304, EN-89-025, EN-89-25, NUDOCS 8903200077
Download: ML20246H288 (1)

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> I March 8, 1989 EN 89-25 0FFICE OF ENFORCEMENT NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ENFORCEMENT ACTION 4  :

Licensee: New York Power' Authority (EA88-304)  ;

(FitzPatrick) '

Docket No.50-333

Subject:

PROPOSED IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTY - $75,000 This is to inform the Connission that a Notice of Violation and Proposed-Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of. Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars

($75,000) will be issued on or about March 13, 1989 to New York Power Authority, i This action is based on the licensee's failure to properly analyze two potential safety issues. In the first case, despite information available from a con-tractor's report, that questioned whether certain reactor building room coolers were receiving adequate service water flow, the licensee failed to evaluate.

system operability. In the second case, tt'e licensee failed to recognize and evaluate the rise .in ultimate heat sink temperature to e value 2.5 F above that j assumed in the plant accident analysis. The escalation and mitigation factors of the Enforcement Policy were considered and in this case escalation of the i civil penalty 50% for multiple examples was deemed appropriate 1

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 13, 1989:

Telephone Notification of Licensee March 13, 1989 The State of New York 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 1 J. Luehman, OE, 23280 J. Lieberman, OE, 20741 Distribution OWFN T/ / OWFN f'/ MNBB _ k/ /J Chairman Zech EDO RM l Conn. Roberts DEDR AEOD l Comm. Carr DEDS Comm. Rogers NRR Conn. Curtiss NMSS SECY OE ACRS OGC CA 01 GPA SP Regional Offices MAIL RI Yuf RIV ' 9.' /3 -ADM: Doc. Mgt. Br.

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