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NRC Fines TVA More Than $600,000 for Discrimination Violations; Cites Two Managers for Their Roles

Nuclear Regulatory Commission - News Release
No: 20-042 August 25, 2020
CONTACT: Scott Burnell, 301-415-8200
 
NRC Fines TVA More Than $600,000 for Discrimination Violations; Cites Two Managers for Their Roles
 
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has issued a $606,942 civil penalty to the Tennessee Valley Authority, an order prohibiting a senior TVA executive from NRC-licensed activities for five years, and a Notice of Violation to another TVA manager.
 
The enforcement actions stem from NRC investigations finding that two former TVA employees were subjected to adverse actions after raising concerns about a chilled work environment in which employees are less likely to report safety issues for fear of reprisal.
 
The NRC found that TVA’s former vice president of regulatory affairs and former director of corporate nuclear licensing violated the NRC’s employee protection rule and engaged in deliberate misconduct. The NRC is prohibiting the former vice president of regulatory affairs from any involvement in NRC-licensed activities for five years, since he was a decisionmaker for the adverse employee actions. The NRC is issuing a Notice of Violation to the former director of corporate nuclear licensing.
 
The NRC staff continues to review and inspect work environment issues and TVA’s corrective actions at the utility’s corporate office and its three nuclear power plants (Browns Ferry, Sequoyah and Watts Bar). As stated in the most recent annual assessment of Watts Bar, the NRC staff has determined that TVA has made progress in addressing these issues.
 
TVA and the two individuals have 30 days to respond to the NRC’s enforcement actions.
 
By admin at Wed, 08/26/2020 - 07:56

NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear Regulatory Commission - News Release
No: I-20-017 August 18, 2020
Contact: Diane Screnci, 610-337-5330 Neil Sheehan, 610-337-5331
 
NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant
 
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected Gwynne Eatmon as the new senior resident inspector at the Beaver Valley nuclear power plant in Shippingport, Pa.
 
Eatmon joined the NRC in 2011 as a reactor inspector as part of the agency’s Nuclear Safety Professional Development Program in the Region IV Office in Arlington, Texas. Upon completion of the program, she worked as a reactor inspector in the Region IV Division of Reactor Safety, conducting inspections at operating nuclear power plants.
 
In 2014, she began serving as the resident inspector at the North Anna nuclear power plant near Mineral, Va. More recently, she was the acting senior resident inspector at the Vogtle nuclear power plant near Augusta, Ga.
 
Eatmon holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from New Mexico State University.
 
Each U.S. commercial nuclear power plant has at least two NRC resident inspectors, who serve as the agency’s eyes and ears at the facility, conducting inspections, monitoring significant work projects and interacting with plant workers and the public.
 
By admin at Wed, 08/19/2020 - 00:25

NEIS “Night with the Experts” Returns! -- Nuclear Power as an Environmental Justice Issue

It’s Back!  NEIS “Night with the Experts” Returns!

Greetings All—

NEIS would like to invite you to the second installment of our newly reconstituted online program  --  Night with the Experts.

In August our selected expert will discuss:

Nuclear Power as an Environmental Justice Issue

Thursday, August 27,  7 p.m.

ZOOM link:  click here to join the session (use a computer with camera and microphone for best experience)

Our guest expert this month is Diné activist :

Leona Morgan

Director, Diné No Nukes

Nuclear Issues Study Group, based at Univ. of New Mexico

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Leona has long-standing expertise and firsthand experience with uranium mining issues on Indigenous lands worldwide; has presented on Indigenous rights issues at COP-24; and is the co-founder of the Radiation Monitoring Project, providing radiation monitors and professional training on their use to frontline contaminated communities.  She is currently involved in a national organizing effort to prevent the construction “centralized interim storage” dumps for high-level radioactive wastes in southeast New Mexico and West Texas.  Indigenous lands and impoverished tribes are routinely targeted by the U.S. Dept. of Energy and the nuclear industry to serve as dump communities for this deadly waste. The Diné Reservation in New Mexico is also the site of the largest human-made spill of radioactive material in the history of North America, the Church Rock mill tailings spill into the Puerco River, July 16, 1979.

How “Night with the Experts” Works:

With most webinars, especially online, speakers talk for the majority of the time, often leaving little time for detailed questions or genuine discussion.  With NWTE, we reverse that format.  The guest expert(s) will be given about 10 minutes to introduce their information on the topic.  Then, the remainder of the time will be given to the watching/listening participants to ask questions and engage in moderated discussion.  Participants will indicate in the ZOOM “Chat Box” their wish to speak or ask a question, and will be acknowledged in the order received.

NEIS will conduct the series at 7 p.m. on the last Thursday of each month, so mark your calendar.  Next Up:  “Nuclear Power in a COVID World,” our experts TBD; Thursday, September 24th, 7 p.m. Central TZ.  Hope to see you at both of these events!

 

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Chicago, IL  60647
(773)342-7650
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By admin at Fri, 08/14/2020 - 06:36

Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 - Integrated Inspection Report 05000387/2020002 and 05000388/2020002

Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 - Integrated Inspection Report 05000387/2020002 and 05000388/2020002

ADAMS Accession No.  ML20224A179

SUS2020_002.pdf

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By admin at Thu, 08/13/2020 - 02:55

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station: Major Loss of Emergency Preparedness Capabilities

Peach Bottom - LOSS OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER VENTILATION SYSTEM
 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
 
Event Reports For
8/11/2020 - 8/12/2020
 
** EVENT NUMBERS **
Power Reactor
Event Number: 54829
Facility: Peach Bottom
Region: 1     State: PA
Unit: [2] [3] []
RX Type: [2] GE-4,[3] GE-4
NRC Notified By: John Whelan
HQ OPS Officer: Brian P. Smith
Notification Date: 08/11/2020
Notification Time: 20:22 [ET]
Event Date: 08/11/2020
Event Time: 13:34 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 08/11/2020
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(3)(xiii) - Loss Comm/Asmt/Response
Person (Organization):
MEL GRAY (R1DO)
 

 

Unit
SCRAM Code
RX Crit
Initial PWR
Initial RX Mode
Current PWR
Current RX Mode
2
N
Y
97
Power Operation
97
Power Operation
3
N
Y
100
Power Operation
100
Power Operation

 

Event Text
 
LOSS OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER VENTILATION SYSTEM

"At 1334 EDT on Tuesday August 11th, the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station (PBAPS) Technical Support Center (TSC) Ventilation System lost power due to a trip of the Station Blackout (SBO) electric power supply breaker. The trip was due to a fault at the Conowingo Dam and Conowingo was not able to realign electric power to the SBO within an hour. Power restoration is complete and TSC Ventilation was restored at 1725 EDT.

"This report is being submitted pursuant to 10CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii) as a Major Loss of Emergency Preparedness Capabilities due to a reduction in the effectiveness of the Onsite Technical Support Center (TSC).

"The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified."
By admin at Thu, 08/13/2020 - 02:52

Beaver Valley - RFO Summary Report

Hello Eric,
 
This docketed today.  
See page three for CRDM coming attractions nozzle 27 & 37.
N2
MJK
 
Document Title:
Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. 2 - Twenty-First Refueling Outage lnservice Inspection Summary Report
Document Type:
Inservice/Preservice Inspection and Test Report
Letter
Document Date:
07/28/2020
By admin at Tue, 08/11/2020 - 08:50

Beaver Valley Inspection Hardship

Dear Beaver Valley Trackers,

Hardship at Beaver Valley so they request deferral of Inspections.
This Smells.
N2
MJK

ML20206K865

https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML20206K865 

Document Title: Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 2 - Relief Requests 2-TYP-4-RV-06 and 2-TYP-4-RV-07 from the Requirements of the ASME Code (EPID L-2020-LLR-0053 and EPID L-2020-LLR-0054 [COVID-19])
Document Type: Code Relief or Alternative
Letter
Safety Evaluation
Document Date: 08/07/2020
By admin at Tue, 08/11/2020 - 08:46

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 - Audit Plan Regarding License Amendment Request to Implement Riskinformed Extended Completion Times (L-2020-LLA-0120)

Subject:  Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 - Audit Plan Regarding License Amendment Request to Implement Riskinformed  Extended Completion Times (L-2020-LLA-0120)
 
ADAMS Accession No. ML20217L346
By admin at Thu, 08/06/2020 - 08:19

Oversight of Security at Decommissioning Reactors

Document Title:
OIG-17-A-09-Status of Recommendations: Audit of NRC'S Oversight of Security at Decommissioning Reactors dated August 4, 2020.
Document Type:
Memoranda
Document Date:
08/04/2020
By admin at Thu, 08/06/2020 - 07:34

Fire Protection During Decommissioning

Document Title:
Regulatory Analysis for DG-1370 proposed Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.191, Titled, Fire Protection Program for Nuclear Power Plants During Decommissioning
Document Type:
Fire Protection Plan
Regulatory Analysis
Document Date:
08/05/2020
By admin at Thu, 08/06/2020 - 07:24

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