Press Release-II-06-011, NRC Sends Augmented Inspection Team to Review Equipment Damage at Florida Nuclear Power Plant

Press Release-II-06-011: NRC Sends Augmented Inspection Team to Review Equipment Damage at Florida Nuclear Power Plant

ML060930040
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Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	03/31/2006
From:	Office of Public Affairs Region II
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Press Release-II-06-011
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NRC NEWS UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, REGION II 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta GA 30303 Web Site: www.nrc.gov No. II-06-011 March 31, 2006 CONTACT: Ken Clark (404)562-4416 E-mail: OPA2@nrc.gov Roger Hannah (404)562-4417 NRC SENDS AUGMENTED INSPECTION TEAM TO REVIEW EQUIPMENT DAMAGE AT FLORIDA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sending an Augmented Inspection Team (AIT) to review equipment damage at Unit 3 of the Turkey Point nuclear power plant. The damage was reported by Florida Power & Light Company, which operates the plant near Florida City, about 30 miles southeast of Miami. The AIT inspection will include an evaluation of the cause of the equipment damage, including the possibility that it was damaged intentionally.

An AIT is formed to review the circumstances surrounding more significant issues at NRC-licensed facilities. The NRC inspection team includes specialists from the agencys Region II office in Atlanta. The team is expected to spend about one week at the site before returning to the regional office where the information they have gathered will be analyzed and evaluated.

Our inspection team will review the companys own investigation as well as independently assess the extent of the equipment issues and the companys response, said NRC Region II Administrator William Travers.

Travers said that because Unit 3 was shut down and the plants procedures led to the discovery of the damage early in the process of starting up, the actual safety significance was low.