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Washington Nuclear 2
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Watts Bar 1
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Wolf Creek

Washington Nuclear 2 - Docket No. 050-00397

NRC Action Number(s) and Facility Name	Action Type (Severity) & Civil Penalty (if any)	Date Issued	Description
EA-98-480 Washington Nuclear	NOV (SL III)	01/29/1999	Violation involved failure to assure that a rupture of the plant's fire main would not impair equipment important to safety.
EA-97-573 Washington Nuclear	NOV (SL III)	06/01/1998	Failure to perform an adequate safety evaluation in accordance to 10 CFR 50.59 and failure to maintain inservice testing of Valve RCIC-V-45 as required by 10 CFR 50.55a(f).
EA-97-138 Washington Nuclear	NOV (SL III)	02/20/1998	Performance of response time measurements.
EA-96-327-I EA-96-327 Washington Nuclear	NOVCP (SL III) ORDERCP $100,000	02/14/1997 11/26/1996	This action was based on several instances in which required surveillances were not performed. In some cases, mode changes were made without assurance that required equipment was operable, and in one case, a mode change was made with one train of the control room emergency filtration system inoperable. The violations have been collectively characterized as a Severity Level III problem.
EA-96-267 Washington Nuclear	NOV (SL III)	10/01/1996	Miscalibration of monitors resulted in inadequate dose assessment and protective action assessment process.

Waterford 3 - Docket No. 050-00382

NRC Action Number(s) and Facility Name	Action Type (Severity) & Civil Penalty (if any)	Date Issued	Description
EA-22-119 Entergy Operations, Inc. Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3	NOV (White)	02/01/2023	On February 1, 2023, the NRC issued a notice of violation associated with a white significance determination process finding to Entergy Operations, Inc. (licensee) at the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3. The white finding, an issue of low-to-moderate safety significance, involved licensee errors associated with the engineering conversion factors used with the plant stack wide range gas monitor (WRGM) which made the results of radiological dose projection modeling inaccurate in cases using the plant stack WRGM. Accordingly, the licensee failed to maintain the effectiveness of an emergency plan that met the requirements in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50, Appendix E, and the planning standards of 10 CFR 50.47(b), as required by 10 CFR 50.54(q)(2).
EA-22-033 Entergy Operations, Inc. Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3	NOV (White)	09/12/2022	On September 12, 2022, the NRC issued a notice of violation associated with a white significance determination process finding to Entergy Operations, Inc. (licensee) at the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3. The white finding, an issue of low-to-moderate safety significance, involved calibration errors associated with the main condenser wide range gas monitor ; accordingly, the licensee failed to maintain the effectiveness of an emergency plan that met the requirements in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50, Appendix E, and the planning standards of 10 CFR 50.47(b), as required by 10 CFR 50.54(q)(2).
EA-20-114 Entergy Operations, Inc. Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3	NOV (SLIII)	05/18/2021	On May 18, 2021, the NRC issued a Severity Level III Notice of Violation to Entergy Operations, Inc. (Licensee), for a violation of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V at Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3. Specifically, licensee contract employees at the direction of their superintendent disconnected an equipment protective device and drilled through embedded structural steel reinforcing bar in a safety-related wall without first obtaining the required approval.
EA-18-138 Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3	NOV	04/05/2019	On April 5, 2019, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy) for violations of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V and 10 CFR 50.9 at Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, associated with a Severity Level III Problem identified through an investigation conducted by the NRC Office of Investigations. Contrary to the requirements, Entergy watchstanders, on numerous occasions, failed to tour all required areas of their watchstations resulting in the licensee's failure to maintain information required by the NRC's regulations that was complete and accurate in all material respects. Credit was given to the licensee for identification and corrective action so no civil penalty was issued to the licensee.
EA-15-100 Waterford 3	ORDER	04/06/2016	On April 6, 2016, the NRC issued a Confirmatory Order (CO) to Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy) to formalize commitments made as a result of an alternative dispute resolution mediation session held on February 19, 2016. The commitments were made by Entergy as part of a settlement agreement between Entergy and the NRC regarding the deliberate violations of 10 CFR 50.9, “Complete and accuracy of information,” 10 CFR 50.48, “Fire protection,” and 10 CFR 73.56(f)(3), “Personnel access authorization requirements for nuclear power plants,” requirements. The violations involved seven individuals at Waterford who deliberately failed to conduct compensatory hourly fire watch inspections and falsified their fire watch tour logs, a licensee supervisor who deliberately failed to identify and take corrective actions when provided with information of suspected wrongdoing by fire watch individuals, and a licensee manager who deliberately provided incomplete and inaccurate information to an access authorization reviewing official regarding the trustworthiness and reliability of a contract fire watch individual. Entergy agreed to a number corrective actions including, but not limited to: (1) conducting an Entergy Nuclear Fleet common causes evaluation, and, if general industry insights are identified, sharing them at an industry forum, (2) revising or issuing fleet-wide procedures to enhance Entergy’s management and oversight of supplemental workers, (3) provide the common requirements for fire watch programs, and (4) provide a process to address requests for the reinstatement of unescorted access authorization (UAA) for workers whose UAA has been temporarily suspended. In consideration of the commitments outlined in the CO, the NRC agreed to not issue a civil penalty nor a Notice of Violation.
EA-13-233 Waterford 3	NOV (White)	03/28/2014	On March 28, 2014, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Entergy Operations, Inc. for a violation of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion XI, "Test Control," associated with a White Significance Determination Process finding involving the failure of Waterford personnel to establish an adequate test program to demonstrate that a safety-related component associated with the train B emergency diesel generator would perform satisfactorily in service. Specifically, prior to May 26, 2013, Waterford personnel failed to identify and perform adequate testing on the train B emergency diesel generator exhaust fan to demonstrate that the exhaust fan would perform satisfactorily in service. As a result, the train B emergency diesel generator was determined to be inoperable for a period of 25 days.
EA-11-142 Waterford 3	NOV (White)	11/17/2011	On November 17, 2011, the NRC issued a White finding to Entergy Operations, Inc. as a result of inspections at the Waterford Steam Electric Station Unit 3. The White finding involved the failure to use effective engineering controls to prevent leakage from reactor coolant pump seals to surrounding areas. This failure resulted in high levels of contamination which caused unexpected and unintended radiation doses to plant workers during outage activities. There were no NRC violations associated with the finding.
EA-09-018 Waterford 3	NOV (White)	01/14/2010	On January 14, 2010, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Entergy Operations, Inc. for a violation of Technical Specification 6.8.1.a, "Procedures and Programs," at Waterford Steam Electric Station Unit 3. The violation, which is associated with a White Significance Determination Process finding, involved the failure to properly follow all procedural steps during replacement of the safety-related Train B 125 Vdc battery in May 2008. Specifically, following replacement of the battery, the licensee did not: (1) adequately torque all of the affected intercell connections, (2) obtain the required quality control inspector verification that all affected connections were properly tightened, (3) ensure that all the necessary intercell resistance checks were performed, and (4) obtain quality control verification that the intercell resistance checks met Technical Specification limits. As a result, an intercell connection on the battery loosened over time and on September 2, 2008, the battery was found to be inoperable during testing.
EA-03-230 Waterford 3	NOV (White)	04/12/2004	On April 12, 2004, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation associated with a White SDP finding involving the failure to establish appropriate instruction and accomplish those instructions for installation of a fuel line for the Train A emergency diesel generator in May 2003.
EA-99-104 Waterford 3	NOV (SL III)	06/15/1999	Failure involving access authorization program.
EA-98-479 Waterford 3	NOV (SL III)	01/07/1999	Violation involved a failure to maintain required control of a copy of the Waterford-3 Physical Security Plan
EA-98-022 EA-98-022-W Waterford 3	NOVCP (SL III) $110,000 Withdrawal	06/16/98 05/24/1999	50.59 violations involving AFW, and ECCS analysis deficiencies.
EA-97-589 Waterford 3	NOV (SL III)	02/25/1998	ACCW inoperable.
EA-97-099 Waterford 3	NOVCP (SL III) $ 55,000	05/09/1997	The action was based on a Severity Level III problem consisting of: 1) a failure to assure containment fan cooler flows met Technical Specification surveillance acceptance requirements; 2) a failure to properly translate design basis information into accident analyses and specifications; 3) a failure to test containment fan cooler flows under post-accident conditions; and 4) a failure to take prompt action to resolve discrepancies between design basis documents and attained flows.
EA-96-255 Waterford 3	NOVCP (SL III) $ 50,000	12/26/1996	Failure to test valves pursuant to the requirements of Sections of the IST program.
EA-96-025 Waterford 3	NOVCP (SL III) $ 50,000	03/28/1996	Failure to implement effective actions to correct a known design deficiency in the auxiliary component cooling water system.

Watts Bar 1 - Docket No. 050-00390

NRC Action Number(s) and Facility Name	Action Type (Severity) & Civil Penalty (if any)	Date Issued	Description
EA 19-092 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit-1	NOVCP	07/23/2021	On July 23, 2021, the NRC revised the Notice of Violation (NOV) and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty (CP) issued on November 6, 2020, to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for multiple violations of NRC requirements.The NRC reevaluated the violations, severity levels, and associated civil penalties.Specifically: 1) the NRC concluded that the willfulness factor should be removed from the Severity Level (SL) III Problem and the failure to follow TVA procedure violation which, in accordance with the Enforcement Policy civil penalty assessment process, removes the CP, 2) the SL III Problem violations were separated and reevaluated as a Green non-cited violation (NCV) and an SL III violation, and 3) the failure to follow procedure violation was determined to be a Green NCV.
EA-19-092 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit-1	NOVCP	11/06/2020	On November 6, 2020, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty (CP) in the amount of $903,471 to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for multiple violations of NRC requirements. The first violation, a Severity Level (SL) III violation of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, involved the failure to follow procedures. Specifically, main control room (MCR) staff failed to ensure shift operations were conducted in a safe and conservative manner; did not stop when unsure and proceed in a deliberate and controlled manner; did not validate available information; allowed production to override safety; and proceeded in the face of uncertainty. The second violation was an SL II violation of 10 CFR 50.9(a) with a proposed CP of $303,471. Specifically, a TVA employee failed to provide complete and accurate information during an interview with the NRC Office of Investigations regarding the startup on November 11, 2015. The third violation was an SL III violation of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V with a proposed CP of $300,000. Specifically, a TVA operations procedure supervisor and engineer/procedure writer changed a step in the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit-1 startup procedure by using an improper change process. This change altered the technical intent of the procedure and allowed the startup to continue without first achieving a specific reactor temperature. Finally, an SL III Problem was issued to TVA for violations of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVII and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, with a proposed CP of $300,000. Specifically, during a November 11, 2015 startup, with only excess letdown available for pressurizer level control, pressurizer level rose uncontrollably until MCR operators placed another system in service to abate the pressurizer water level rise. However, the operators failed to follow approved plant procedures and failed to make control room log entries to accurately depict the event and associated equipment manipulations.
EA-18-182 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant	NOV (White)	04/15/2019	On April 15, 2019, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), for a violation of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50.47, Part 50.54, and Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50, at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (Watts Bar) associated with a White Significance Determination Process finding. TVA's staff at Watts Bar failed to adequately maintain emergency action level thresholds affecting emergency preparedness. Specifically, since each Watts Bar unit's initial plant startup, the licensee failed to adequately maintain radiation monitor effluent parameter calculations that resulted in non-conservative emergency action level thresholds.
EA-17-022 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant	ORDER	07/27/2017	On July 27, 2017, the NRC issued a Confirmatory Order (CO) to Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for a violation identified during the staff’s performance of a Problem Identification and Resolution (PI&R) inspection at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN) (ML17069A133). The CO is the result of a violation for failure to implement a 2009 Adverse Employee Action (AEA) Process Confirmatory Order (ML093510993). The PI&R inspection was conducted as follow-up for a chilled work environment letter (ML16083A479) that had been issued to WBN. The new Order requires TVA to confirm proper implementation of all past orders, implement independent oversight for the AEA process, and take additional actions to understand and improve safety culture.
EA-13-018 Watts Bar 1	NOV (Yellow, White, & SL III)	06/04/2013	On June 4, 2013, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) associated with a Yellow Significance Determination Process (SDP) finding, a White SDP finding, and a Severity Level III violation to Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The Yellow finding, a violation of Technical Specification (TS) 5.7.1, Procedures, was issued for the failure of Watts Bar personnel to maintain an adequate procedure to implement its flood mitigation strategy within 27 hours as described in Watts Bar's Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) from initial licensing to July 2012. The White finding, a violation of TS 5.7.1, Procedures, was issued for the failure of Watts Bar personnel to establish and maintain an adequate procedure to implement its flood mitigation strategy prior to September 30, 2009, such that earthen dams located upstream of the facility could potentially overtop, causing a subsequent breach and resulting in onsite flooding and the submergence of critical equipment. The Severity Level III violation involved the failure of Watts Bar personnel to implement 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(B) on December 30, 2009, when Watts Bar personnel failed to notify the NRC within eight hours upon confirmation that a postulated Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) level would exceed the current licensing basis and the design basis PMF flooding event would result in overtopping of critical earthen dam structures upstream of the Watts Bar facility.
EA-05-169 Watts Bar 1	NOV (White)	04/07/2006	On April 7, 2006, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation associated with a White SDP finding involving a challenge to reactor coolant system (RCS) integrity by multiple pressurizer power-operated relief valve (PORV) actuations and a challenge to RCS inventory control by loss of RCS coolant via the open PORV. This occurred on February 22, 2005, during transition to solid plant operations. The violation cited the licensee's failure to slowly raise charging flow to fill the pressure at less than 30 gallons per minute as required by Technical Specification 5.7.1.1 and Procedure GO-6, Unit Stutdown from Hot Standby to Cold Shutdown.
EA-05-036 Watts Bar 1	NOV (White)	04/11/2005	On April 11, 2005, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation associated with a White SDP finding involving the licensee's failure to promptly identify and correct silt blockage of the essential raw cooling water (ERCW) line to the 1A-A centrifugal charging pump (CCP). The violation cited the licensee's failure to establish measures to assure that conditions adverse to quality, such as failures and malfunctions, are promptly identified and corrected, as required in 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI, "Corrective Actions."
EA-98-327 Watts Bar 1	NOVCP (SL II) $ 88,000	10/15/2001	On October 15, 2001, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $88,000 for a Severity Level II violation involving employment discrimination against a power maintenance specialist for engaging in protected activities.

Watts Bar 2 - Docket No. 050-00391

NRC Action Number(s) and Facility Name	Action Type (Severity) & Civil Penalty (if any)	Date Issued	Description
EA-19-042 Watts Bar 2	NOVCP (SL III) $145,000	11/19/2019	On November 19, 2019, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $145,000 to Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA, Licensee) for a Severity Level III violation of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50.9. TVA submitted inaccurate information for NRC licensing decisions on multiple occasions as part of the licensing of Watts Bar Unit 2 from 2010 through 2013, and as part of a license amendment for Watts Bar Unit 1 in 2015. In multiple correspondence with the NRC from 2010 through 2015, TVA provided incomplete and inaccurate information by stating that appropriate analyses had been performed and demonstrated that the station's offsite electric power system was fully capable of meeting its design and licensing bases; however, a key design feature had not been modeled in the analyses.
EA-14-179 Watts Bar 2	NOV	04/07/2015	On April 7, 2015, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Tennessee Valley Authority, for a violation, identified as a result of an inspection and investigation at its Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2, involving the licensee employees' willful failure to follow a procedure for activities affecting quality in accordance with 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, "Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings". Specifically, on or about December 19, 2011, contract employees assigned to install anchor bolts for overhead base plates, which support safety related ventilation in the containment building, willfully failed to remove and replace, or obtain site engineering approval for, newly installed wedge bolt anchors that exceeded 5 degrees of perpendicular, as required by the licensee's procedure. Out of tolerance anchor bolts on two hangers were bent (straightened) to within 5 degrees of perpendicular utilizing a non-approved modified tool. All four overhead base plates of the two hangers had at least one bent (weakened) bolt.
EA-13-019 Watts Bar 2	NOVCP (SL III) $70,000	06/18/2013	On June 18, 2013, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation and proposed civil penalty in the amount of $70,000 to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for a Severity Level III problem involving three violations of NRC requirements relating to the commercial grade dedication (CGD) program at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 (WB2). Specifically TVA failed to: (1) verify the proper critical characteristics for certain safety-related items procured for the WB2 project starting with the resumption of construction activities in 2008 as a result of a breakdown in its 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B quality assurance (QA) program; (2) report the breakdown in its QA program to the NRC as required by 10 CFR 50.55(e)(4) and (e)(5); and (3) follow plant procedures and identify a significant condition adverse to quality and, thus, reevaluate corrective action categorization when the QA program breakdown was found to be more significant than originally reported.
EA-12-021 Watts Bar 2	NOV (Order)	06/18/2012	On June 18, 2012, the NRC issued a Confirmatory Order (Effective Immediately) to Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to formalize commitments made as a result of an ADR mediation session. The commitments were made by TVA as part of a settlement agreement between TVA and the NRC regarding an apparent violation of NRC requirements by TVA. The agreement resolves the apparent violation involving two subcontractor employees at Watts Bar Unit 2 who deliberately falsified work order packages for primary containment penetrations which caused TVA to be in apparent violation of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, Instructions, Procedures and Drawings, and 10 CFR 50.9, Completeness and Accuracy of Information, which was identified during an NRC Office of Investigations (OI) investigation. TVA agreed to a number of corrective actions as part of this Confirmatory Order, including but not limited to: (1) a prompt cessation of all containment electrical penetration work activities and the initiation of an internal review of the incident; (2) a root cause and extent of condition review; (3) procedural revisions and training related to the importance of 10 CFR 50.9 and procedural compliance; and (4) various site specific (Watts Bar Unit 2) and fleet wide communications which discuss expectations for assuring work activities are performed and documented in a complete and accurate manner. In consideration of these corrective actions and commitments, the NRC agreed to refrain from proposing a civil penalty and issuing a Notice of Violation or other enforcement action in this matter.

Wolf Creek - Docket No. 050-00482

NRC Action Number(s) and Facility Name	Action Type (Severity) & Civil Penalty (if any)	Date Issued	Description
EA-18-165 Wolf Creek	Order	07/18/2019	On July 18, 2019, the NRC issued a Confirmatory Order (CO) to Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (Wolf Creek, licensee) to formalize commitments made as a result of an alternative dispute resolution mediation session held on May 30, 2019. The commitments were made as part of a settlement agreement between Wolf Creek and the NRC based on evidence gathered during an investigation in which the NRC had identified an apparent violation. The violation involved a maintenance worker and a supervisor that willfully documented inaccurate information in a work order. Because licensees are responsible for the actions of its employees and contractors, the NRC concluded that the employee’s actions placed Wolf Creek in violation of NRC requirements and licensee procedures. In response to the incident, Wolf Creek agreed to complete additional corrective actions and enhancements, as fully discussed in the CO. In consideration of the corrective actions and commitments outlined in the CO, the NRC agreed not to pursue any further enforcement action (including issuance of a civil penalty) relating to the apparent violation.
EA-18-037 Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation	NOVCP (SL II) $232,000	12/17/2018	On December 17, 2018, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation with Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $232,000 to Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (Wolf Creek) for a Severity Level II violation of 10 CFR 50.7. Specifically, between October 31 and November 10, 2016, Wolf Creek discriminated against a contract employee (a former site superintendent for Kan-Seal) for engaging in protected activities. Specifically, the contract employee was removed from the site, placed on paid administrative leave, and made the subject of an investigation, at least in part, for (1) submitting a condition report within the licensee's corrective action program related to alleged polar crane contact with equipment while operating within containment; (2) raising the safety concern during a safety stand down meeting; and (3) raising retaliation concerns directly to Wolf Creek management.
EA-15-170 Wolf Creek	NOV (SL III)	01/27/2016	On January 27, 2016, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation for violations of 10 CFR 50.9, "Completeness and accuracy of information," and 10 CFR 55.25, "Incapacitation because of disability or illness." Specifically, from June 30, 2006 to July 9, 2015, the licensee failed to report a permanent disability of an NRC licensed operator. Additionally, on January 10, 2010, the licensee submitted an NRC licensed operator application that certified the medical fitness of the applicant without a necessary restricting license condition. Based, in part, on the inaccurate information, the NRC issued the applicant a renewed operator license without the required restricting license condition on February 25, 2010. These two violations represent a Severity Level III problem.
EA-14-024 Wolf Creek	NOV (White)	07/01/2014	On July 1, 2014, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation associated with a White Significance Determination Process finding to Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (Wolf Creek) for a violation identified at its Wolf Creek Nuclear Plant involving the failure to comply with 10 CFR 50.47(b)(9) which required the licensee to maintain an emergency plan that uses adequate methods for assessing and monitoring the actual or potential offsite consequences of a radiological emergency condition. Specifically, a calculational error in Wolf Creek's Electronic Dose Calculation Program (i.e., computer software) resulted in inaccurate offsite doses for the main vent stack pathway. The computer software failed to account for the filtered pathway for iodine and particulates thereby overestimating the radiological release when the effluent radiation monitor was in the accident mode.
EA-12-152 Wolf Creek	NOV	09/21/2012	On September 21, 2012, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (Wolf Creek) for a violation of Technical Specification 5.4.1(a) and Regulatory Guide 1.33, Appendix A, Section 9.a, associated with a Yellow Significance Determination Process finding. The finding involved Wolf Creek’s failure to implement maintenance that affected safety-related equipment in accordance with written procedures. Specifically, although required by a work order, Wolf Creek failed to install insulating sleeves on two splices associated with a startup transformer protective relay circuit. The startup transformer subsequently experienced a trip and lockout during a plant trip because the two uninsulated wires touched and provided a false high phase differential signal to the protective relaying circuit. The protective lockout caused prolonged loss of offsite power to all Train B equipment and all non-safety related buses.
EA-96-470 Wolf Creek	NOVCP (SL III) $100,000	04/03/1997	The action is based on a Severity Level III problem consisting of three violations involving: (1) the failure to correct erroneous Technical Specification clarifications after being alerted of their existence by licensee Quality Assurance findings, (2) the continued existence of an erroneous Technical Specification clarification after being informed by the NRC that it was incorrect, and (3) an unauthorized change to the Technical Specifications.
EA-96-124 Wolf Creek	NOVCP (SL III) $300,000	07/01/1996	Frazil ice renders on train of ESW inoperable and the other train degraded; inoperable turbine driven AFW; operational inadequacies in response to icing event.

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