ML20151J997

Forwards Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty in Amount of $100,00 Re Mgt Oversight of safety-related Activities to Preclude Procedural Control Weaknesses

ML20151J997
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	07/28/1988
From:	Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
To:	Withers B WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORP.
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EA-87-213, NUDOCS 8808030100
Download: ML20151J997 (2)

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\...../ JUL 8 81988 Docket No. 50-482 License No. NPF-42 EA 87-213 Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation ATTN: Bart D. Withers President and Chief Executive Officer Post Office Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

ORDER IMPOSING CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY This refers to your letter dated April 14, 1988, in response to the Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty sent to you by our letter dated March 17, 1988. Our letter and Notice described violations identified during inspections at your facility during the period from Octcber 1 through November 18, 1987.

To emphasize the importance of providing an appropriate level of nanagement oversight of safety-related activities to preclude procedural control weaknesses, a civil penalty of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) was proposed.

In your response, you admit all ten violations as set forth in the Notice.

However, you requested mitigation of the proposed penalty for several stated reasons, primarily because of your belief that the NRC inappropriately aggregated the violations to issue both a Severity Level III violation and to increase the base amount of the civil penalty and that your corrective actions did not merit escalation of the civil penalty.

After consideration of your response, we have concluded for the reasons given in the Appendix attached to the enclosed Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty that you have not provided an adequate basis for mitigation of the proposed penalty. Accordingly, we hereby serve the enclosed Order on Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation imposing a civil monetary penalty in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000). We will review the effectiveness of your corrective actions during a subsequent inspection.

CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

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Corporation In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2,-

Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosures .

will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.  !

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Ja s M. TayloFI Deputy Executive Director for Regional Operations

Enclosures:

1. Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty

2. Appendix cc w/ enclosures:

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation ATTN: Otto Maynard, Panager of Licensing P.O. Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporatien ATTN: Gary Boyer, Plant Manager P.O. Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 Kansas Corporation Commission ATTN: Robert D. Elliott, Chief Engineer Fourth Floor, Decking State Office Building Topeka, Kansas 66612-1571 Kansas Radiation Control Program Director