ML20195B555

Forwards Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty Re Emergency Diesel Generator Inability to Perform Design Basis Function

ML20195B555
Person / Time
Site:	Crystal River
Issue date:	10/31/1988
From:	Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
To:	Wilgus W FLORIDA POWER CORP.
Shared Package
ML20195B560	List: ML20195B555 ML20195B566
References
EA-88-034, EA-88-34, NUDOCS 8811020071
Download: ML20195B555 (2)

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UNITED STATES i S\ . ., NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555

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i Occket No. 50-302 License No. DPR-72 ,

EA 88-34 Florida Power Corporation l Mr. W. S. Wilgus Vice President Nuclear Operations ,

ATTN: Manager, Nuclear Licensing ,

, Post Office Box 219 l Crystal River, Florida 32629  !

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SUBJECT:

OPDER IMPOSING A CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY This refers to your letter dated June 2, 1988, in response to the Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty (Notice) sent to you by our letter dated May 4, 1988, and in response to NRC Inspection Report No. 50-302/87-41 sent to you by our letter dated January 12, 1988. Our letter  ;

and Notice of Violation described a Severity Level III problem regarding an (

emergency diesel generator's inability to perform its design basis function because for certain design basis events it would have been loaded in excess of ,

i its maximum short-term rated load. Your June 2 letter admits that this is a However,  ;

l Severity Level !!! prcblem as defined in 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C.

you requested mitigation of the civil penalty on the basis that the mitigation i i

factors in 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C, Section V.B. were not appropriately. i applied in this particular case. You also believe the NRC may have misunder-stecd the sequence of events involved in the violation, which may have created

the impression that your actions were not tirely of sufficiently aggressive. '

After careful consideration of your answer to the Hot'.ce, the NRC staff has i

concluded, for the reasons set forth in the Appendix to the enclosed Order, that the original civil peralty be mitigated by 50%. Ac'ordingly, the NPC Staff

' hereby serves the enclosed Order on Florida Power (erporation imposing a civil  !

i 4 renetary penalty in tt e amount of Twenty-Five Thousard Collars ($25,000). t J

Attachment !! to your June 2 letter was submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201. l The NRC concurs that the actir*..; you have taken to correct those problems  !

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addressed in the Notice have ceen adequate. Full ccepliance was achieved at j the completion of Refuel Yi for the corrective actions relative to the EDG special inspection and the Technical Specification acendr.ent and bases revising l the EDG surveillance requirement were issued en February 19, 1988. l

i Attachment il also requested NRC concurrence with regard to FPC's proposal to j modify its normal conconformnce controls systems to provide a systematic approach for resolution of potential discrepancies identified by the FPC  !

Configuration Hanegu.:ent Program. We encouragar your efforts to review the design documentation to identify and resolve design problems. While your l i

CT.RTIFIED MAIL i KETUM HECEiFT REQUESTED // i GS1102Ov/1 881031  :

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• Flor'ida Power Corporation l 1 proposed systernatic approach for potential discrepancies is currently under  !

i review by the Region 11 staf f, you should be aware that the Comission has .

! recently approved the enclosed rr.odification to the enforcement policy which

' will give more credit to licensee's self-identification of prcblems as part uf  !'

comprehensive corrective action programs.

In accordance with Section 2.790 of the liRC's "Rules of Practice, "Part 2, l

Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its cr. closure will be placed in the NRC's Pcblic Document Room. ,

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Enclosures:

1. Order Imposing Civil Monetary j Peralty w/ Appendix ,

2. Enforcement Policy l i i

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