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• Texas A&M
• Three Mile Island 1
• Trojan Nuclear
• Turkey Point 3 & 4

Texas A&M - Docket No. 050-00128

NRC Action Number(s) and Facility Name	Action Type (Severity) & Civil Penalty (if any)	Date Issued	Description
Texas A&M University (EA-14-230)	NOVCP $3,500	10/22/2015	On October 22, 2015, the NRC issued a Severity Level III Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of a Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,500 to Texas A&M University, Engineering Experiment Station, Nuclear Science Center (NSC), for two violations of NRC requirements, collectively characterized as a Severity Level III problem. The first violation involved the Texas A&M NSC staff's failure to maintain complete and accurate records in all material respects. Specifically, on or after May 15, 2013, the reactor operations manager deliberately falsified the May 14, 2013, reactor operations log shutdown checklist required by Technical Specification 6.3 when he certified that the shutdown procedures were performed when in fact they had not been performed. The shutdown checklist is a safety record that the licensee is required to maintain for inspection by the NRC staff and the completeness and accuracy of this safety information is material to the NRC inspection process. The second violation involved the failure of Texas A&M NSC to maintain the minimum facility staffing required by Technical Specification 6.1.3 when the reactor was not secured as defined by Technical Specifications 1.23 and 1.26. Technical Specification 6.1.3, "Staffing," requires at least two individuals, a senior reactor operator and either a licensed reactor operator or operator trainee, be on duty when the reactor is not secured. Specifically, on the evening of May 14, 2013, the senior reactor operator and reactor operator left the facility complex unattended. The reactor was not secured on the night of May 14-15, 2013, in that the reactor contained sufficient fissile material to attain criticality under optimum conditions and the reactor console was not secured because not all scrammable rods were fully inserted and verified down.
EA-01-029 Texas A&M Research Reactor	NOVCP (SL II) $2,400	05/21/2001	On May 21, 2001, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $2,400 was issued for a Severity Level II problem involving the transportation of radioactive material from the research reactor facility to St. Croix, the Virgin Islands. The Severity Level II problem included the failure, prior to shipment of radioactive material, to ensure that each closure device of the package was properly installed, secured, and free of defects and the failure to train all hazardous material workers involved in the shipment.

Three Mile Island 1 - Docket No. 050-00289

NRC Action Number(s) and Facility Name	Action Type (Severity) & Civil Penalty (if any)	Date Issued	Description
EA-13-046 Three Mile Island 1	NOV (White)	04/30/2013	On April 30, 2013, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Exelon Generation Company, LLC(Three Mile Island) for a violation of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI, associatedwith a White Significance Determination Process finding involving Three MileIsland's failure to identify, during external flood barrier walk downs, thatelectrical cable conduit couplings in the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station,Unit 1 Air Intake Tunnel (AIT) were not sealed, as designed, to maintain theintegrity of the external flood barrier system. Specifically, Exelonstaff, during visual inspections of the couplings and conduits in the AIT, did not identify that flood seals and material had not been installed, as designed.
EA-05-100 Three Mile Island 1	NOV (White)	07/29/2005	On July 29, 2005, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation associated with a White SDP finding involving the licensee's Emergency Response Organization (ERO). During the time frame specified in the licensee's Emergency Plan, approximately 50 percent of the ERO, including key responders, did not receive the required annual radiological response classroom retraining necessary to maintain familiarity with their specific emergency response duties. This resulted in some key ERO positions not being filled by qualified ERO members in accordance with the licensee's Emergency Plan requirements. The violation cited the licensee's failure to provide the required radiological emergency response training to those who may be called on to assist in an emergency.
EA-01-115 Three Mile Island 1	NOV (White)	07/05/2001	On July 5, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation associated with a White SDP finding involving the motor driven emergency feedwater (EFW) pump. The violation was based on the licensee's failure to promptly identify and correct a significant condition adverse to quality that resulted in the "A" motor driven EFW pump being inoperable for longer than the technical specification allowed outage time.
EA-97-533 Three Mile Island 1	NOV (SL III)	01/27/1998	Pressurizer PORV was non-functional for entire fuel cycle due to wiring error.
EA-97-070; Three Mile Island 1	NOVCP (SL III) $210,000	10/08/1997	Failures related to ECCS.
EA-96-057 Three Mile Island 1	NOV (SL III)	03/26/1996	An opening exceeding 96 square inches existed between the protected area and the owner controlled area via a storm drain located in the protected area.
EA-95-238 Three Mile Island 1	NOV (SL III)	03/11/1996	Failure to control adequately a modification to the RCS drain line piping.

Trojan Nuclear - Docket No. 050-00344

NRC Action Number(s) and Facility Name	Action Type (Severity) & Civil Penalty (if any)	Date Issued	Description
EA-96-111 Trojan Nuclear	NOVCP (SL III) $50,000	06/06/1996	Submission of incomplete and inaccurate information in LER concerning electrical penetration assembly seals.

Turkey Point 3 & 4 - Docket Nos. 050-00250; 050-00251

NRC Action Number(s) and Facility Name	Action Type (Severity) & Civil Penalty (if any)	Date Issued	Description
EA-16-099 Turkey Point 3 & 4	NOV (SL III)	10/10/2016	On October 10, 2016, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Florida Power & Light for a Severity Level III violation involving Turkey Point Nuclear Plant's failure to maintain complete and accurate records as required by 10 CFR 50.9(a). Specifically, on multiple occasions between November 2014 and April 2015, Fire Watch Shift Supervisors initialed and signed hourly fire watch logs indicating that hourly fire watches had been completed, with all required areas checked, when on multiple occasions some areas had not been checked or hourly fire watches had not been performed at all.
EA-12-001 Turkey Point 3 & 4	NOV (White) NOVCP (SL III) $140,000	04/09/2012	On April 9, 2012, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation associated with a White Significance Determination Process (SDP) finding and a Severity Level III violation with a Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $140,000 to Florida Power and Light Company (FPL). The White Finding was issued for the failure of Turkey Point personnel to maintain the effectiveness of their emergency plan, as required by 10 CFR 50.54(q) and 10 CFR 50.47(b), and the Severity Level III violation and Civil Penalty were issued for FPL’s failure to make an eight hour report, as required by 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii). Specifically, from December 4, 2010, to July 13, 2011, and from October 10 to October 28, 2011, FPL failed to follow and maintain the effectiveness of its emergency plan when portions of the Technical Support Center (TSC) ventilation system were removed from service for maintenance, without compensatory measures. FPL failed to report this condition as required from December 4, 2010, to July 13, 2011.
EA-10-037 Turkey Point 3	NOV (White) NOVCP (SL III) $70,000	06/21/2010	On June 21, 2010, the NRC issued a White finding with two associated violations to Florida Power and Light Company (FP&L) as a result of inspections at Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Unit 3. This White finding involves the licensee's failure to adequately address degradation of Boraflex, a fixed neutron absorber material used in the Turkey Point Unit 3 spent fuel pool. Boraflex degradation resulted in a reduction in the Boron-10 areal density of the spent fuel storage racks such that, when considering the biases and uncertainties identified in Chapter 9 of the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, the effective neutron multiplication factor would not have been maintained less than 1.0 if the spent fuel pool had been flooded with unborated water. The NRC identified that FP&L had violated 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI, "Corrective Action," which requires that conditions adverse to quality be promptly identified and corrected, and Technical Specification 5.5.1.1.a, which requires that the spent fuel storage racks be maintained with an effective neutron multiplication factor less than 1.0 if flooded with unborated water, when considering the biases and uncertainties described in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report. The NRC also issued FP&L a Severity Level III Notice of Violation with a proposed $70,000 civil penalty for failure to comply with 10 CFR 50.73, which requires, in part, that licensees report any condition prohibited by the plant's Technical Specifications. As discussed, Boraflex degradation led to a condition prohibited by Turkey Point Unit 3 Technical Specifications, but this condition was not reported to the NRC as required by 10 CFR 50.73.
EA-07-110, 07-113, 07-116, 07-119 Turkey Point 3 & 4	ORDER	01/22/2008	On January 22, 2008, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $208,000 was issued was issued for a Severity Level II problem consisting of (1) the licensees failure to ensure, on or about April of 2004, that each of its armed responders was equipped with a contingency weapon in accordance with an NRC Order issued on February 25, 2002, Section B.4(f); (2) the licensees failure to ensure, on or about August 2005, that each of its armed responders was equipped with a contingency weapon in accordance with the licensee Physical Security Plan; (3) a violation of 10 CFR 50.9, incomplete and inaccurate information; and (4) the failure of the licensee to make a one hour report to the NRC as required in 10 CFR 73, Appendix G, Paragraph 1.l(a)(3).
EA-06-200 Turkey Point 3	NOV (White)	11/22/2006	On November 22, 2006, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation associated with a WHITE significance determination process finding involving the failure to adequately assess and manage the increase in risk of performing maintenance on the A-train 480-volt 3C load center while the facility was operating in decay heat removal mode with one operating A-train residual heat removal (RHR) pump. The violation was cited against 10 CFR Part 50.65(a)(4) for failure to adequately assess and manage the increase in risk before performing maintenance on the A-train 480-volt 3C load center.
EA-06-027 Turkey Point 3 & 4	NOV (White)	04/17/2006	On April 17, 2006, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation associated with a White SDP finding involving the licensee's failure to restore the B auxiliary feedwater (AFW) pump to operable status within 30 days, to place the unit in at least Hot Standby during this time, and to identify and correct the condition adverse to quality even though pump bearing vibration levels and oil samples provided indication of the adverse condition. In this case, the B AFW pump was placed in service on September 10, 2003, in an inoperable condition due to a misaligned radial bearing, and the inoperable condition was not identified until November 7, 2005. The Notice of Violation cited the licensee's failure to implement the requirements in Technical Specification 3.7.1.2 and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI.
EA-00-230 Turkey Point 3 & 4	NOV (SL III)	06/06/03	On June 5, 2003, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III violation for discriminating against an employee at the Turkey Point Nuclear Plant for engaging in protected activity.
EA-96-051 Turkey Point 3 & 4	NOVCP (SL III) $100,000	07/16/96	Discrimination against an individual when he was fired for engaging in protected activities.