IR 05000306/1997002

Forwards Corrected NOV Re Insp Rept 50-306/97-02

ML20141B921
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	05/12/1997
From:	Beach A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Wadley M NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
Shared Package
ML20141B926	List: IR 05000306/1997002 ML20141C139
References
50-306-97-02, 50-306-97-2, EA-97-073, EA-97-73, NUDOCS 9705160064
Download: ML20141B921 (3)

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May 12, 1997

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EA 97-073

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Mr. M. D. Wadley, Vice President Nuclear Generation Northern States Power Company 414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55401 SUBJECT: CORRECTION TO A NOTICE OF VIOLATION (NRC ROUTINE INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-306/97002(DRP))

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Dear Mr. Wadley:

This refers to a letter to you from our office dated April 30,1997, enclosing a Notice of Violation for moving a heavy load of greater than 2100 pounds within 15 horizontal feet over irradiated fuel that was in an open reactor vessel without the appropriate controls.

Subsequent to issuing this Notice of Violation, an error was identified in the footnote on the second page of the letter. Specifically, we indicated that two escalated enforcement actions had been issued within the last two years. However, only one escalated enforcement action was issued for Prairie Island during this time period. The corrected footnote will now read, "A Severity Level ll1 violation with a $50,000 civil penalty was issued on January 23,1997 (EA 96-402)." The corrected page is enclosed.

This error does not alter the fact that your facility has been the subject of escalated enforcement actions during the last two years. As such, the enforcement action will

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remain the same. We regret any inconvenience this error may have caused you.

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.

Sincerely, (Original signed by A. Bill Beach)

A. Bill Beach Regional Administrator Docket No. 50-306 License No. DPR-60 I

Enclosure: Corrected Page 2 of Letter Transmitting a ll ll ll llll llllllll i Notice of Violation

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