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| title = EN 11-038, Issuance of Final Significance Determination and Notice of Violation - Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc/Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1,2, and 3 50-270/50-287 | | title = EN 11-038, Issuance of Final Significance Determination and Notice of Violation - Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc/Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1,2, and 3 50-270/50-287 | ||
| author name = Casey L | | author name = Casey L | ||
| author affiliation = NRC/OE | | author affiliation = NRC/OE | ||
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| contact person = Casey L | | contact person = Casey L | ||
| case reference number = EA-11-226 | | case reference number = EA-11-226 | ||
| document report number = EN-11-038 | | document report number = EN-11-038 | ||
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{{#Wiki_filter | {{#Wiki_filter:December 1, 2011 EN 11-038 | ||
OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ENFORCEMENT ACTION | |||
Licensee: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC | Licensee: | ||
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC | |||
ADAMS ML113350230 OFFICE OE:ES OE:BC NAME L. Casey A. Rivera DATE 12/1/2011 12/1/2011 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY | EA-11-226 | ||
Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 Docket Nos.: 50-269, 50-270, 50-287 Subject: | |||
ISSUANCE OF FINAL SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION This is to inform the Commission that a Notice of Violation will be issued on or about December 6, 2011, to Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (licensee) for a violation associated with a Yellow Significance Determination Process finding identified during an inspection and in-office review of Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and This Yellow finding, an issue of substantial safety significance, will require additional U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection It involves the failure of Oconee personnel to maintain the Standby Shutdown Facility (SSF) | |||
pressurizer heater breakers in accordance with the licensing and design basis of the plant, which resulted in the SSF being inoperable from 1983, until June 1, 201 The Notice of Violation is based on the licensees failure to meet 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion III, Design Control, which requires, in part, that measures shall be established to assure that deviations from appropriate quality and design standards are controlled and that the review for suitability of application of equipment essential to safety-related functions of structures, systems, and components is maintaine In response to the preliminary determination letter, the licensee attended a Regulatory Conference and provided additional information on the risk characterization of this findin After reviewing the information developed during the inspection and the information provided by the licensee, the staff concluded that the inspection finding is appropriately characterized as Yello Duke has informed the NRC that multiple corrective actions are in place and/or planne Their corrective actions include, in part: (1) replacing the SSF pressurizer heater breakers with environmentally qualified fuses; (2) assessing their design change process and operability determination process; and, (3) performing an overall independent assessment of the SS It should be noted that the licensee has not been specifically informed of the enforcement actio The schedule of issuance and notification is: | |||
Mailing of Final Significance Determination December 6, 2011 | |||
Telephone Notification of Licensee | |||
December 6, 2011 | |||
The State of South Carolina will be notifie Contacts: Lauren Casey, OE, (301) 415-1038 Aida Rivera-Varona, OE, (301) 415-4001 | |||
Distribution: EN-11-038, December 1, 2011 | |||
OWFN Chairman Jaczko Comm. Svinicki Comm. Apostolakis Comm. Magwood Comm. Ostendorff SECY OCA PA IP OWFN EDO DEDR DEDMRS OE OGC NRR NSIR OI | |||
TWFN OCFO OP CENTER FSME OIG OCIO RES ACRS | |||
EBB NMSS | |||
Regional Offices RI RII RIII RIV | |||
MAIL ADAMS OE staff | |||
Electronic DISTRIBUTION: | |||
R. Zimmerman, OE N. Hilton, OE A. Rivera, OE L. Casey, OE OE r/f EN binder | |||
X PUBLIC X NON-SENSITIVE | |||
ADAMS ML113350230 OFFICE OE:ES | |||
OE:BC | |||
NAME L. Casey A. Rivera DATE 12/1/2011 12/1/2011 | |||
OFFICIAL RECORD COPY | |||
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 21:46, 12 January 2025
| ML113350230 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 12/01/2011 |
| From: | Casey L NRC/OE |
| To: | |
| Casey L | |
| References | |
| EA-11-226 EN-11-038 | |
| Download: ML113350230 (2) | |
Text
December 1, 2011 EN 11-038
OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ENFORCEMENT ACTION
Licensee:
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 Docket Nos.: 50-269, 50-270, 50-287 Subject:
ISSUANCE OF FINAL SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION This is to inform the Commission that a Notice of Violation will be issued on or about December 6, 2011, to Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (licensee) for a violation associated with a Yellow Significance Determination Process finding identified during an inspection and in-office review of Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and This Yellow finding, an issue of substantial safety significance, will require additional U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection It involves the failure of Oconee personnel to maintain the Standby Shutdown Facility (SSF)
pressurizer heater breakers in accordance with the licensing and design basis of the plant, which resulted in the SSF being inoperable from 1983, until June 1, 201 The Notice of Violation is based on the licensees failure to meet 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion III, Design Control, which requires, in part, that measures shall be established to assure that deviations from appropriate quality and design standards are controlled and that the review for suitability of application of equipment essential to safety-related functions of structures, systems, and components is maintaine In response to the preliminary determination letter, the licensee attended a Regulatory Conference and provided additional information on the risk characterization of this findin After reviewing the information developed during the inspection and the information provided by the licensee, the staff concluded that the inspection finding is appropriately characterized as Yello Duke has informed the NRC that multiple corrective actions are in place and/or planne Their corrective actions include, in part: (1) replacing the SSF pressurizer heater breakers with environmentally qualified fuses; (2) assessing their design change process and operability determination process; and, (3) performing an overall independent assessment of the SS It should be noted that the licensee has not been specifically informed of the enforcement actio The schedule of issuance and notification is:
Mailing of Final Significance Determination December 6, 2011
Telephone Notification of Licensee
December 6, 2011
The State of South Carolina will be notifie Contacts: Lauren Casey, OE, (301) 415-1038 Aida Rivera-Varona, OE, (301) 415-4001
Distribution: EN-11-038, December 1, 2011
OWFN Chairman Jaczko Comm. Svinicki Comm. Apostolakis Comm. Magwood Comm. Ostendorff SECY OCA PA IP OWFN EDO DEDR DEDMRS OE OGC NRR NSIR OI
TWFN OCFO OP CENTER FSME OIG OCIO RES ACRS
EBB NMSS
Regional Offices RI RII RIII RIV
Electronic DISTRIBUTION:
R. Zimmerman, OE N. Hilton, OE A. Rivera, OE L. Casey, OE OE r/f EN binder
X PUBLIC X NON-SENSITIVE
ADAMS ML113350230 OFFICE OE:ES
OE:BC
NAME L. Casey A. Rivera DATE 12/1/2011 12/1/2011
OFFICIAL RECORD COPY