ML20246J649
| ML20246J649 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 08/31/1989 |
| From: | Thompson H NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Tucker H DUKE POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20246J654 | List: |
| References | |
| EA-89-046, EA-89-46, NUDOCS 8909050229 | |
| Download: ML20246J649 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000413/1988038
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AUG 31 1989
Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414
License Nos. NPF-35 and NPF-52
EA 89-46
Duke Power Company
ATTH: Mr. H. B. Tucker, Vice President
. Nuclear Production Department
422 South Church Street
Charlotte,i; orth Carolina
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SUBJECT: ORDER IMPOSING A CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY - $75,000
This refers to your letter dated June 16, 1989, in response to the Notica of
Violation and Proposed imposition of Civil Penalty (Notice) sent to you by our
letter dated May 19, 1989, related to NRC Inspection Report Nos. 50-413/88-38
and 50-414/88-38 sent to you by our letter dated March 2,1989. Our letter and
Notice described the inoperability of one train of the Containment Air Return
and Hydrogen Skimmer System due to an electrical wiring error associated with
the January 1988 installation of a station modification (Violation A) and the
failure to report the degraded safety system for ten months after its discovery
(ViolationB). To emphasize the need for adequate post modification testing
and prompt reporting of inoperable safety systems, the May enforcement action
was issued which included a proposed civil penalty of Seventy-Five Thousand
Dollars ($75,000) for Violation A.
The NRC has reviewed your r_sponse in which you admitted Violations A and B.
You stated that you do not believe Violation A warranted escalation and requested
the civil penalty be partially mitigated.
In addition, you also requested that
Violation B be reduced to a Severity Level IV violation.
After careful consideration of your response, we have concluded for the reasons
giver, in the Appendix attached to the enclosed Order Imposing Civil Monetary
Penalty, that there is insufficient cause to mitigate the Civil Penalty for
Violation A or to reduce the severity level of Violation B.
Accordingly, we
hereby serve the enclosed Order on Duke Power Company imposing a civil monetary
penalty in the amount of Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000). We will
review the effectiveness of your corrective actions during a subsequent
inspection.
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In'accordance with Section 2.790 of. the NRC's " Rule of Practice," Part 2,
Titie.10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter sted the enclosure
will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.
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Enclosure:
Order w/ Appendix
cc w/ encl:
T. B. Owen, Station Manager
Senior Resident Inspector - Catawba
State of South Carolina
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