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Zion - Docket Nos. 050-00295; 050-00304

NRC Action Number(s) and
Facility Name		 Action Type
(Severity) &
Civil Penalty
(if any)		 Date
Issued		 Description
EA-98-518
EA-98-518-O
Zion		 NOVCP
(SL II)
$110,000		 11/13/1999 Violation involving discrimination against a Senior Reactor Operator for raising nuclear safety issues.
ORDERCP
$110,000		 06/12/2000
EA-99-100
Zion		 NOV
(SL III)		 07/20/1999 Deliberate violation of the procedures implementing the NRC-approved security plan for the Zion Station.
EA-98-558
Zion		 NOV
(SL III)		 04/09/1999 Unattended safeguard materials.
EA-97-249
Zion		 NOVCP
(SL III)
$110,000		 01/15/1998 Fitness-For-Duty program breakdown.
EA-97-224
Zion		 NOV
(SL III)		 09/12/1997 Fuel handling building filtered exhaust.
EA-97-222

Zion		 NOVCP
(SL III)
$330,000		 09/02/1997 Nitrogen bubble in reactor head event.
EA-97-048
Zion		 NOVCP
(SL III)
$ 50,000		 06/17/1997 Multiple low level examples of program deficiencies related to transportation of radioactive materials and failure of QA audit to identify.
EA-96-355
Zion		 NOVCP
(SL III)
$100,000		 03/12/1997 The action was based on multiple violations that involved failures to: (1) perform adequate10 CFR 50.59 analyses for modifications on safety-related systems; (2) follow procedures in the areas of modifications, corrective actions, operations and maintenance; (3) conduct tests to demonstrate systems would perform satisfactorily following modification; and (4) take prompt corrective action for significant conditions adverse to quality involving repetitive out-of-tolerance settings for containment spray system sodium hydroxide spray additive tank level indication and repetitive failures of a 4KV breaker.
EA-96-216
Zion		 NOVCP
(SL III)
$50,000		 08/23/1996 Multiple procedure violations by operations personnel indicating possible breakdown in control of operations.

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