ML070850587

EN-07-017, Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Issuance of Final Significance Determination and Notice of Violation

ML070850587
Person / Time
Site:	Kewaunee
Issue date:	03/29/2007
From:	Dave Solorio, Starkey R NRC/OE
To:	Dominion Energy Kewaunee
Starkey D
References
EA-07-058 EN-07-017
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PRELIMINARY INFORMATION - NOT FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE UNTIL VERIFICATION THAT LICENSEE HAS RECEIVED ACTIONPRELIMINARY INFORMATION - NOT FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE UNTIL VERIFICATION THAT LICENSEE HAS RECEIVED ACTION March 29, 2007 EN-07-017

OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENTNOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ENFORCEMENT ACTION Licensee:Dominion Energy Kewaunee (EA-07-058)Kewaunee Power Station Docket No. 05000305

Subject:

ISSUANCE OF FINAL SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION AND NOTICE OFVIOLATIONThis is to inform the Commission that a Notice of Violation associated with a Yellow significancedetermination process finding will be issued on or around April 3, 2007, to Dominion Energy Kewaunee as a result of inspections at the Kewaunee Power Station. This Yellow finding, an issue of substantial importance to safety that will result in additional U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection and potentially other NRC action, involved the failure of plant personnel to follow procedural requirements and enter a fuel leak on the "A" emergency diesel generator (EDG) into the corrective action program on June 28, 2006, when the leak was first identified. This failure resulted in the leak not being appropriately evaluated and repaired until August 17, 2006. Subsequent testing performed on the leaking fuel oil system components indicated that they would have failed completely after four hours of diesel operation during an accident and would have rendered the "A" EDG inoperable. A Notice of Violation is included based on a violations of Technical Specification and plantprocedures for failure to enter the EDG fuel oil leak into the station's corrective action program.

Specifically, the licensee did not complete an Action Request for the fuel oil leak on the "A" EDG as required by plant procedures.It should be noted that the licensee has not been specifically informed of the enforcementaction. The schedule of issuance and notification is:Mailing of Final Significance DeterminationApril 3, 2007Telephone Notification of LicenseeApril 3, 2007The State of Wisconsin will be notified. CONTACTS: Doug Starkey, OE, 301-415-3456David Solorio, OE, 301-415-2741 PRELIMINARY INFORMATION - NOT FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE UNTIL VERIFICATION THAT LICENSEE HAS RECEIVED ACTIONPRELIMINARY INFORMATION - NOT FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE UNTIL VERIFICATION THAT LICENSEE HAS RECEIVED ACTIONElectronic Distribution: EN-07-017, March 29, 2007OWFN Chairman KleinComm. McGaffigan Comm. Merrifield Comm. Jaczko Comm. Lyons

SECY OCA PA IPOWFN DO DEDR DEDMRS OE OGC NRR NSIR OI STPTWFN OCFOOP CENTER NMSS OIG OCIO RES ACRSRegional OfficesRI RIIRIII RIVMAILPUBLICOE staffDISTRIBUTION: (Hard copy)C. CarpenterD. Starkey D. SolorioOE r/f EA-07-058 File EN binder ML070850587 X Publicly Available X Non-SensitiveOE:ESOE:SCDStarkeyDSolorio 03/28/0703/28/07