In the Matter of Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (Millstone Power Station Unit 2), 55153-55157 [2015-22951]
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Æ Lobbying as set forth at 2 CFR
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Dated: September 9, 2015.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
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55153
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50–336 and EA–13–188; NRC–
2015–0217]
In the Matter of Dominion Nuclear
Connecticut, Inc. (Millstone Power
Station Unit 2)
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Confirmatory order; issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) and the Dominion
Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (DNC)
engaged in mediation as part of the
NRC’s Alternative Dispute Resolution
Program which resulted in a settlement
agreement as reflected in the
confirmatory order relating to Millstone
Unit 2.
DATES: Effective Date: August 26, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2015–0217 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may obtain publicly-available
information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0217. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
questions about this Order, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
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(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the
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https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
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select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
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Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Guzman, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
1030, email: Richard.Guzman@nrc.gov.
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The text of
the Order is attached.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day
of September 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dave J. Vito,
Acting Chief, Concerns Resolution Branch,
Office of Enforcement.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
In the Matter of Dominion Nuclear
Connecticut, Inc. (Millstone Power Station
Unit 2)
Docket No. 50–336
License No. DPR–65
EA–13–188
CONFIRMATORY ORDER
MODIFYING LICENSE
(EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY)
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Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
(DNC or Licensee) is the holder of
Facility Operating License No. DPR–65
issued by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or Commission)
pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 50 on
September 26, 1975. The license
authorizes the operation of Millstone
Power Station (Millstone) Unit 2 in
accordance with conditions specified
therein. Millstone Power Station Unit 2
is located in the vicinity of Waterford,
Connecticut.
This Confirmatory Order is the result
of an agreement reached during an
alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
mediation process which included one
meeting on July 14, 2015, and two
follow up teleconferences on July 16,
2015 and July 24, 2015.
II.
On May 23, 2013, the NRC’s Office of
Investigations (OI) completed an
investigation to determine if DNC staff
at Millstone deliberately violated NRC
requirements in section 50.59 of Title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR), ‘‘Changes, Tests, and
Experiments,’’ when implementing
changes to documents related to the
Millstone Unit 2 chemical and volume
control system (CVCS) charging pumps
and spent fuel decay time limits. The
investigation also evaluated whether
DNC staff deliberately submitted
inaccurate and incomplete information
to the NRC pertaining to these changes.
Based on the evidence developed
during this investigation, the NRC
concluded that three apparent violations
occurred, two of which were considered
for escalated enforcement action. The
first apparent violation (AV) involved
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changes made by DNC to Section 14.6.1
of the Millstone Unit 2 Updated Final
Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) that
removed credit for the CVCS charging
pump flow in the mitigation of the
design basis accident involving the
inadvertent opening of pressurizer
power operated relief valves (PORVs),
without obtaining prior NRC approval.
The NRC found that willfulness was
associated with this apparent violation.
DNC does not agree that willfulness was
associated with this apparent violation.
The second AV involved the failure
by DNC to provide complete and
accurate information to the NRC in
reports and other documents pertaining
to the aforementioned UFSAR change,
including a failure to notify the
Commission of information having
significant implications for public
health and safety. Willfulness was not
associated with this apparent violation.
The third AV involved changes made
by DNC to Chapter 9 of the Millstone
Unit 2 UFSAR and Section 3/4.9.3 of the
Technical Specification Bases that
decreased the required amount of
irradiated fuel decay time from 150 to
100 hours prior to fuel movement in the
reactor vessel, without obtaining prior
NRC approval. Willfulness was not
associated with this apparent violation.
In a letter dated April 29, 2015, the
NRC provided DNC the results of the
investigation, informed DNC that
escalated enforcement action was being
considered for two of the three apparent
violations, and offered DNC the
opportunity to attend a predecisional
enforcement conference or to participate
in ADR in which a neutral mediator
with no decision-making authority
would facilitate discussions between the
NRC and DNC. The neutral mediator
would assist the NRC and DNC in
reaching an agreement, if possible. DNC
chose to participate in ADR. This
Confirmatory Order is issued pursuant
to the agreement reached during the
ADR process.
III.
In response to the NRC’s offer, DNC
requested use of the NRC ADR process
to resolve differences it had with the
NRC. During that ADR process, a
preliminary settlement agreement was
reached the terms of which are set forth
in Section IV below.
Based on those commitments, the
NRC agreed not to take further
enforcement action on the three
apparent violations identified in the
NRC April 29, 2015, letter.
On August 20, 2015, DNC consented
to issuing this Confirmatory Order with
the commitments, as described in
Section IV below. DNC further agreed
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that this Confirmatory Order is to be
effective upon issuance and that it has
waived its right to a hearing.
I find that the DNC’s commitments as
set forth in Section IV are acceptable
and necessary and conclude that with
these commitments the plant’s safety is
reasonably assured. In view of the
foregoing, I have determined that public
health and safety require that DNC’s
commitments be confirmed by this
Confirmatory Order. Based on the above
and DNC’s consent, this Confirmatory
Order is effective upon issuance. By no
later than thirty (30) days after the
completion of the commitments in
Section IV, DNC is required to notify the
NRC in writing and summarize its
actions.
IV.
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections
104b, 161b, 161i, 161o, 182 and 186 of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended, and the Commission’s
regulations in 10 CFR 2.202 and 10 CFR
part 50, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT
LICENSE NO. DPR–65 IS MODIFIED AS
FOLLOWS:
Compliance.
1. Within sixty (60) calendar days of
the date of this Confirmatory Order,
DNC will:
a. Revise, as necessary, Standing
Order 14–016 dated May 11, 2014, to
incorporate applicable Millstone Unit 2
Technical Specifications (TSs); limiting
conditions of operations (LCOs);
actions; and surveillances that reflect
the safety analysis of the inadvertent
opening of the PORVs prior to
implementation of Amendment No. 283.
This revision of the standing order will
be made available for NRC review prior
to implementation.
b. Complete an operability evaluation
for the use of charging pumps in
accordance with Standing Order 14–
016, as revised by paragraph 1.a.,
associated with the inadvertent opening
of PORVs and make the operability
evaluation available to NRC for review;
and
c. Evaluate the effect of three pump
charging pump operation (i.e., three
charging pumps auto start and provide
flow) with the current plant
configuration. If the evaluation
concludes no adverse effect, revised
Standing Order 14–016 will be changed
to require that three charging pumps
auto start and provide flow. This
evaluation will be made available for
NRC review.
2. By no later than February 15, 2016,
DNC will submit a license amendment
request to the NRC addressing the use
of charging pumps in the analysis of the
inadvertent opening of PORVs. If DNC
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does not submit a license amendment
request by February 15, 2016, the
Millstone Unit 2 design and licensing
basis for the operation of charging
pumps to mitigate the inadvertent
opening of PORVs that was in place
prior to Amendment No. 283 (dated
September 9, 2004) will be reinstated by
this Confirmatory Order, and DNC will
take all actions necessary to conform
Millstone Unit 2 to the reinstated design
and licensing basis.
3. DNC’s Standing Order 14–016 (Rev.
0, dated May 11, 2014), as revised in
accordance with paragraph 1 above, will
remain in place until the NRC makes a
final determination on the license
amendment request submitted under
paragraph 2 above.
4. If the NRC denies the license
amendment request submitted under
paragraph 2 above, or the licensee
withdraws the license amendment
request, the Millstone Unit 2 design and
licensing basis for the operation of
charging pumps to mitigate the
inadvertent opening of PORVs that was
in place prior to implementation of
Amendment No. 283 (dated September
9, 2004) will be reinstated by this
Confirmatory Order, and DNC will take
all actions necessary to conform
Millstone Unit 2 to the reinstated design
and licensing basis.
5. By no later than February 15, 2016,
DNC will submit a license amendment
request seeking NRC approval of the
spent fuel pool heat load analysis and
any associated technical specification
changes. This will be treated as a high
priority review by the NRC.
6. DNC’s Standing Order 14–021 (Rev.
0 dated July 9, 2014) will remain in
place until the NRC makes a final
determination on the license
amendment request submitted under
paragraph 5 above.
7. If the NRC denies the license
amendment request submitted under
paragraph 5 above, or the licensee
withdraws the license amendment
request, TS 3/4.9.3.1 in the Millstone
Unit 2 license will be revised by this
Confirmatory Order to require 150 hours
of decay time before moving irradiated
fuel from the reactor to the spent fuel
pool, and changes made by Licensing
Basis Document Change Request 10–
MP2–007 (dated June 22, 2010) to
Chapter 9 of the Millstone Unit 2
UFSAR and to the TS Bases will be
replaced by the prior content of those
documents. DNC will take all actions
necessary to conform Millstone Unit 2
to the requirements of the revised TS
and UFSAR.
Assessment.
8. By no later than June 30, 2016, DNC
will complete a self-assessment of its 10
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CFR 50.59 program and procedures
(including applicability, screening and
evaluations) including a review of
procedures, implementation, initial
training, continuing training, and safety
review committee activities. A majority
of the self-assessment team will be
comprised of a combination of nonDominion industry experts and peers.
The assessment will also address the
Millstone Nuclear Oversight
organization’s responsibilities and the
effectiveness of the execution of those
responsibilities regarding the 10 CFR
50.59 program.
a. DNC shall make available to the
NRC, upon request, the results of the
assessment and any corrective actions
DNC will take to address the results.
b. DNC will complete corrective
actions resulting from findings of the
assessment consistent with the
requirements of the Millstone Corrective
Action Program.
9. DNC has conducted two apparent
cause evaluations to address the issues
included in this Confirmatory Order.
a. The results of these evaluations will
be made available to the NRC for
review.
10. By no later than March 1, 2016,
DNC will complete a common cause
evaluation of 10 CFR 50.59 issues that
have been identified after July 1, 2012,
with emphasis on any underlying
culture-related issues that specifically
may exist in the Millstone Power
Station Engineering and Licensing
groups and the Facility Safety Review
Committee. The team will include a
member trained in cultural issues.
Interviews of a sample of the staff
members from the above groups will be
included in the evaluation. In regard to
this evaluation, DNC shall:
a. Make the results of the evaluation
available to the NRC.
b. Communicate to Millstone Power
Station employees the results of the
evaluation within three (3) months of
receiving the evaluation results.
c. Review the results of the common
cause evaluation and initiate corrective
actions as appropriate within 30 days of
receiving evaluation results.
Extent of Condition.
11. By no later than June 30, 2016,
DNC will complete a formal sampling
program, using MIL Standard 105 or
similar, of products (applicability
determinations, screenings, and
evaluations) completed using the DNC
10 CFR 50.59 programs and procedures.
a. The reviewers conducting the
sampling program will be third party
independent reviewers.
b. Applicability determinations,
screenings, and evaluations will be
sampled as separate populations.
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c. For each population, the sampling
time period will begin in 2002 and end
as of the date of this Confirmatory
Order.
d. DNC will enter any identified
deficiencies into DNC’s corrective
action program.
e. Pursuant to Section 3.3 of the NRC
Enforcement Policy, the NRC will
consider exercising enforcement
discretion to refrain from issuing a
Notice of Violation or civil penalty for
any non-willful Severity Level II, III, or
IV violation identified as part of the
sampling program described above, if
the violation meets all of the following
criteria:
(1) the violation has the same or
similar cause as the apparent violations
of 10 CFR 50.59 that are the subject of
this Confirmatory Order;
(2) the violation is a newly-found
violation that occurred prior to issuance
of this Confirmatory Order;
(3) the violation does not substantially
change the safety significance or the
character of the regulatory concerns
arising out of the apparent violations
that underlie this Confirmatory Order;
and
(4) the violation is corrected, by both
immediate corrective action(s) and longterm comprehensive corrective
action(s), within a reasonable time
following identification.
f. The NRC will also consider
discretion for any DNC-identified
performance deficiencies that meet the
criteria listed in paragraph 11.e and are
categorized as a Green or White finding
under the NRC’s Reactor Oversight
Program.
Communication.
12. By no later than thirty (30)
calendar days after the issuance of this
Confirmatory Order, DNC’s Chief
Nuclear Officer will issue a fleet-wide
communication (written or recorded) to
reinforce the importance of providing
complete and accurate information to
the NRC, including requirements for
updating out-of-date information, and
the potential consequences of a failure
to comply with these requirements. The
communication, whether written or
recorded, and any associated materials
or references, will be made available to
the NRC.
13. By no later than December 31,
2016, DNC will provide a presentation
at an industry forum to discuss the
events that led to this Confirmatory
Order, the lessons learned, and actions
taken. The presentation and any
associated material will be made
available to the NRC.
Training.
14. DNC will review its plant access
training and revise it as necessary to
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ensure that it includes training on
compliance with NRC requirements,
including, but not limited to, 10 CFR
50.5 and 50.9. Any revisions will be
made available to the NRC.
15. Notwithstanding that NRC and
DNC disagree about whether a willful
violation occurred, DNC will develop
and provide focused training to
Dominion corporate Engineering and
Licensing personnel who perform work
for Millstone and to DNC Engineering
and Licensing personnel, to ensure
awareness of the importance of
complying with regulatory
requirements, and the potential
consequences of a failure to comply,
including what constitutes a willful
violation of NRC requirements. DNC
will provide this training by April 1,
2016, and will repeat it 12 months after
the initial training session. The training
and any associated training materials
will be made available to the NRC.
16. DNC will develop and provide
focused training to Dominion corporate
Engineering and Licensing personnel
performing work for Millstone and to
DNC Engineering and Licensing
personnel, covering the requirements of
10 CFR 50.9, emphasizing the
importance of providing complete and
accurate information to the NRC and of
informing the NRC promptly upon
discovery of inaccurate information or
omissions associated with pending NRC
licensing actions or other information
submitted to the NRC. DNC will provide
this training by April 1, 2016. The
training and any associated training
materials will be made available to the
NRC.
Other Considerations.
17. The NRC agrees not to pursue any
further enforcement action relating to
the notice of apparent violations (Case
no. EA–13–188, Inspection Report
05000336/2015201, Office of
Investigations Report No. 1–2012–008),
dated April 29, 2015.
18. This Confirmatory Order will not
be considered an escalated enforcement
action by the NRC for future assessment
of violations occurring at Millstone
Power Station Unit 2.
19. In the event of the transfer of the
operating license of Millstone Power
Station Unit 2 to another entity, the
commitments hereunder shall survive
any transfer of ownership and will be
binding on the new licensee.
The Director, Office of Enforcement,
may, in writing, relax or rescind any of
the above conditions upon
demonstration by the Licensee of good
cause.
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V.
Any person adversely affected by this
Confirmatory Order, other than DNC,
may request a hearing within 30 days of
issuance. Where good cause is shown,
consideration will be given to extending
the time to request a hearing. A request
for extension of time must be made in
writing to the Director, Office of
Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555,
and include a statement of good cause
for the extension.
All documents filed in NRC
adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing, a petition for leave
to intervene, any motion or other
document filed in the proceeding prior
to the submission of a request for
hearing or petition to intervene, and
documents filed by interested
governmental entities participating
under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in
accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule
(72 FR 49139, August 28, 2007). The EFiling process requires participants to
submit and serve all adjudicatory
documents over the internet, or in some
cases to mail copies on electronic
storage media. Participants may not
submit paper copies of their filings
unless they seek an exemption in
accordance with the procedures
described below.
To comply with the procedural
requirements of E-Filing, at least ten
(10) days prior to the filing deadline, the
participant should contact the Office of
the Secretary by email at
hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone
at 301–415–1677, to (1) request a digital
ID certificate, which allows the
participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign
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server for any proceeding in which it is
participating; and (2) advise the
Secretary that the participant will be
submitting a request or petition for
hearing (even in instances in which the
participant, or its counsel or
representative, already holds an NRCissued digital ID certificate). Based upon
this information, the Secretary will
establish an electronic docket for the
hearing in this proceeding if the
Secretary has not already established an
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Information about applying for a
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NRC’s public Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/
apply-certificates.html. System
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‘‘Guidance for Electronic Submission,’’
which is available on the agency’s
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If a participant is electronically
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Once a participant has obtained a
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continue to submit documents in paper
format. Such filings must be submitted
by: (1) first class mail addressed to the
Office of the Secretary of the
Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, Attention: Rulemaking and
Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier,
express mail, or expedited delivery
service to the Office of the Secretary,
Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland, 20852, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.
Participants filing a document in this
manner are responsible for serving the
document on all other participants.
Filing is considered complete by firstclass mail as of the time of deposit in
the mail, or by courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service upon
depositing the document with the
provider of the service. A presiding
officer, having granted an exemption
request from using E-Filing, may require
a participant or party to use E-Filing if
the presiding officer subsequently
determines that the reason for granting
the exemption from use of E-Filing no
longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory
proceedings will appear in NRC’s
electronic hearing docket which is
available to the public at https://
ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded
pursuant to an order of the Commission,
or the presiding officer. Participants are
requested not to include personal
privacy information, such as social
security numbers, home addresses, or
home phone numbers in their filings,
unless an NRC regulation or other law
requires submission of such
information. With respect to
copyrighted works, except for limited
excerpts that serve the purpose of the
adjudicatory filings and would
constitute a Fair Use application,
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copyrighted materials in their
submission.
If a person (other than DNC) requests
a hearing, that person shall set forth
with particularity the manner in which
his interest is adversely affected by this
Confirmatory Order and shall address
the criteria set forth in 10 CFR 2.309(d)
and (f).
If a hearing is requested by a person
whose interest is adversely affected, the
Commission will issue an order
designating the time and place of any
hearing. If a hearing is held, the issue to
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whether this Confirmatory Order should
be sustained.
In the absence of any request for
hearing, or written approval of an
extension of time in which to request a
hearing, the provisions specified in
Section IV above shall be final 30 days
from the date of issuance without
further order or proceedings. If an
extension of time for requesting a
hearing has been approved, the
provisions specified in Section IV shall
be final when the extension expires if a
hearing request has not been received.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day
of August 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Scott A. Morris,
Director, Division of Inspection and Regional
Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-336 and EA-13-188; NRC-2015-0217]
In the Matter of Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (Millstone
Power Station Unit 2)
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Confirmatory order; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Dominion
Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (DNC) engaged in mediation as part of the
NRC's Alternative Dispute Resolution Program which resulted in a
settlement agreement as reflected in the confirmatory order relating to
Millstone Unit 2.
DATES: Effective Date: August 26, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0217 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0217. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For questions about this Order,
contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this document.
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please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
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ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced.
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Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1030, email: Richard.Guzman@nrc.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the Order is attached.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of September 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dave J. Vito,
Acting Chief, Concerns Resolution Branch, Office of Enforcement.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
In the Matter of Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (Millstone
Power Station Unit 2)
Docket No. 50-336
License No. DPR-65
EA-13-188
CONFIRMATORY ORDER MODIFYING LICENSE
(EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY)
I.
Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (DNC or Licensee) is the holder
of Facility Operating License No. DPR-65 issued by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) pursuant to Title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 50 on September 26, 1975. The
license authorizes the operation of Millstone Power Station (Millstone)
Unit 2 in accordance with conditions specified therein. Millstone Power
Station Unit 2 is located in the vicinity of Waterford, Connecticut.
This Confirmatory Order is the result of an agreement reached
during an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mediation process which
included one meeting on July 14, 2015, and two follow up
teleconferences on July 16, 2015 and July 24, 2015.
II.
On May 23, 2013, the NRC's Office of Investigations (OI) completed
an investigation to determine if DNC staff at Millstone deliberately
violated NRC requirements in section 50.59 of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Changes, Tests, and Experiments,'' when
implementing changes to documents related to the Millstone Unit 2
chemical and volume control system (CVCS) charging pumps and spent fuel
decay time limits. The investigation also evaluated whether DNC staff
deliberately submitted inaccurate and incomplete information to the NRC
pertaining to these changes.
Based on the evidence developed during this investigation, the NRC
concluded that three apparent violations occurred, two of which were
considered for escalated enforcement action. The first apparent
violation (AV) involved changes made by DNC to Section 14.6.1 of the
Millstone Unit 2 Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) that
removed credit for the CVCS charging pump flow in the mitigation of the
design basis accident involving the inadvertent opening of pressurizer
power operated relief valves (PORVs), without obtaining prior NRC
approval. The NRC found that willfulness was associated with this
apparent violation. DNC does not agree that willfulness was associated
with this apparent violation.
The second AV involved the failure by DNC to provide complete and
accurate information to the NRC in reports and other documents
pertaining to the aforementioned UFSAR change, including a failure to
notify the Commission of information having significant implications
for public health and safety. Willfulness was not associated with this
apparent violation.
The third AV involved changes made by DNC to Chapter 9 of the
Millstone Unit 2 UFSAR and Section 3/4.9.3 of the Technical
Specification Bases that decreased the required amount of irradiated
fuel decay time from 150 to 100 hours prior to fuel movement in the
reactor vessel, without obtaining prior NRC approval. Willfulness was
not associated with this apparent violation.
In a letter dated April 29, 2015, the NRC provided DNC the results
of the investigation, informed DNC that escalated enforcement action
was being considered for two of the three apparent violations, and
offered DNC the opportunity to attend a predecisional enforcement
conference or to participate in ADR in which a neutral mediator with no
decision-making authority would facilitate discussions between the NRC
and DNC. The neutral mediator would assist the NRC and DNC in reaching
an agreement, if possible. DNC chose to participate in ADR. This
Confirmatory Order is issued pursuant to the agreement reached during
the ADR process.
III.
In response to the NRC's offer, DNC requested use of the NRC ADR
process to resolve differences it had with the NRC. During that ADR
process, a preliminary settlement agreement was reached the terms of
which are set forth in Section IV below.
Based on those commitments, the NRC agreed not to take further
enforcement action on the three apparent violations identified in the
NRC April 29, 2015, letter.
On August 20, 2015, DNC consented to issuing this Confirmatory
Order with the commitments, as described in Section IV below. DNC
further agreed that this Confirmatory Order is to be effective upon
issuance and that it has waived its right to a hearing.
I find that the DNC's commitments as set forth in Section IV are
acceptable and necessary and conclude that with these commitments the
plant's safety is reasonably assured. In view of the foregoing, I have
determined that public health and safety require that DNC's commitments
be confirmed by this Confirmatory Order. Based on the above and DNC's
consent, this Confirmatory Order is effective upon issuance. By no
later than thirty (30) days after the completion of the commitments in
Section IV, DNC is required to notify the NRC in writing and summarize
its actions.
IV.
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 104b, 161b, 161i, 161o, 182 and
186 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Commission's
regulations in 10 CFR 2.202 and 10 CFR part 50, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED
THAT LICENSE NO. DPR-65 IS MODIFIED AS FOLLOWS:
Compliance.
1. Within sixty (60) calendar days of the date of this Confirmatory
Order, DNC will:
a. Revise, as necessary, Standing Order 14-016 dated May 11, 2014,
to incorporate applicable Millstone Unit 2 Technical Specifications
(TSs); limiting conditions of operations (LCOs); actions; and
surveillances that reflect the safety analysis of the inadvertent
opening of the PORVs prior to implementation of Amendment No. 283. This
revision of the standing order will be made available for NRC review
prior to implementation.
b. Complete an operability evaluation for the use of charging pumps
in accordance with Standing Order 14-016, as revised by paragraph 1.a.,
associated with the inadvertent opening of PORVs and make the
operability evaluation available to NRC for review; and
c. Evaluate the effect of three pump charging pump operation (i.e.,
three charging pumps auto start and provide flow) with the current
plant configuration. If the evaluation concludes no adverse effect,
revised Standing Order 14-016 will be changed to require that three
charging pumps auto start and provide flow. This evaluation will be
made available for NRC review.
2. By no later than February 15, 2016, DNC will submit a license
amendment request to the NRC addressing the use of charging pumps in
the analysis of the inadvertent opening of PORVs. If DNC
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does not submit a license amendment request by February 15, 2016, the
Millstone Unit 2 design and licensing basis for the operation of
charging pumps to mitigate the inadvertent opening of PORVs that was in
place prior to Amendment No. 283 (dated September 9, 2004) will be
reinstated by this Confirmatory Order, and DNC will take all actions
necessary to conform Millstone Unit 2 to the reinstated design and
licensing basis.
3. DNC's Standing Order 14-016 (Rev. 0, dated May 11, 2014), as
revised in accordance with paragraph 1 above, will remain in place
until the NRC makes a final determination on the license amendment
request submitted under paragraph 2 above.
4. If the NRC denies the license amendment request submitted under
paragraph 2 above, or the licensee withdraws the license amendment
request, the Millstone Unit 2 design and licensing basis for the
operation of charging pumps to mitigate the inadvertent opening of
PORVs that was in place prior to implementation of Amendment No. 283
(dated September 9, 2004) will be reinstated by this Confirmatory
Order, and DNC will take all actions necessary to conform Millstone
Unit 2 to the reinstated design and licensing basis.
5. By no later than February 15, 2016, DNC will submit a license
amendment request seeking NRC approval of the spent fuel pool heat load
analysis and any associated technical specification changes. This will
be treated as a high priority review by the NRC.
6. DNC's Standing Order 14-021 (Rev. 0 dated July 9, 2014) will
remain in place until the NRC makes a final determination on the
license amendment request submitted under paragraph 5 above.
7. If the NRC denies the license amendment request submitted under
paragraph 5 above, or the licensee withdraws the license amendment
request, TS 3/4.9.3.1 in the Millstone Unit 2 license will be revised
by this Confirmatory Order to require 150 hours of decay time before
moving irradiated fuel from the reactor to the spent fuel pool, and
changes made by Licensing Basis Document Change Request 10-MP2-007
(dated June 22, 2010) to Chapter 9 of the Millstone Unit 2 UFSAR and to
the TS Bases will be replaced by the prior content of those documents.
DNC will take all actions necessary to conform Millstone Unit 2 to the
requirements of the revised TS and UFSAR.
Assessment.
8. By no later than June 30, 2016, DNC will complete a self-
assessment of its 10 CFR 50.59 program and procedures (including
applicability, screening and evaluations) including a review of
procedures, implementation, initial training, continuing training, and
safety review committee activities. A majority of the self-assessment
team will be comprised of a combination of non-Dominion industry
experts and peers. The assessment will also address the Millstone
Nuclear Oversight organization's responsibilities and the effectiveness
of the execution of those responsibilities regarding the 10 CFR 50.59
program.
a. DNC shall make available to the NRC, upon request, the results
of the assessment and any corrective actions DNC will take to address
the results.
b. DNC will complete corrective actions resulting from findings of
the assessment consistent with the requirements of the Millstone
Corrective Action Program.
9. DNC has conducted two apparent cause evaluations to address the
issues included in this Confirmatory Order.
a. The results of these evaluations will be made available to the
NRC for review.
10. By no later than March 1, 2016, DNC will complete a common
cause evaluation of 10 CFR 50.59 issues that have been identified after
July 1, 2012, with emphasis on any underlying culture-related issues
that specifically may exist in the Millstone Power Station Engineering
and Licensing groups and the Facility Safety Review Committee. The team
will include a member trained in cultural issues. Interviews of a
sample of the staff members from the above groups will be included in
the evaluation. In regard to this evaluation, DNC shall:
a. Make the results of the evaluation available to the NRC.
b. Communicate to Millstone Power Station employees the results of
the evaluation within three (3) months of receiving the evaluation
results.
c. Review the results of the common cause evaluation and initiate
corrective actions as appropriate within 30 days of receiving
evaluation results.
Extent of Condition.
11. By no later than June 30, 2016, DNC will complete a formal
sampling program, using MIL Standard 105 or similar, of products
(applicability determinations, screenings, and evaluations) completed
using the DNC 10 CFR 50.59 programs and procedures.
a. The reviewers conducting the sampling program will be third
party independent reviewers.
b. Applicability determinations, screenings, and evaluations will
be sampled as separate populations.
c. For each population, the sampling time period will begin in 2002
and end as of the date of this Confirmatory Order.
d. DNC will enter any identified deficiencies into DNC's corrective
action program.
e. Pursuant to Section 3.3 of the NRC Enforcement Policy, the NRC
will consider exercising enforcement discretion to refrain from issuing
a Notice of Violation or civil penalty for any non-willful Severity
Level II, III, or IV violation identified as part of the sampling
program described above, if the violation meets all of the following
criteria:
(1) the violation has the same or similar cause as the apparent
violations of 10 CFR 50.59 that are the subject of this Confirmatory
Order;
(2) the violation is a newly-found violation that occurred prior to
issuance of this Confirmatory Order;
(3) the violation does not substantially change the safety
significance or the character of the regulatory concerns arising out of
the apparent violations that underlie this Confirmatory Order; and
(4) the violation is corrected, by both immediate corrective
action(s) and long-term comprehensive corrective action(s), within a
reasonable time following identification.
f. The NRC will also consider discretion for any DNC-identified
performance deficiencies that meet the criteria listed in paragraph
11.e and are categorized as a Green or White finding under the NRC's
Reactor Oversight Program.
Communication.
12. By no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the issuance
of this Confirmatory Order, DNC's Chief Nuclear Officer will issue a
fleet-wide communication (written or recorded) to reinforce the
importance of providing complete and accurate information to the NRC,
including requirements for updating out-of-date information, and the
potential consequences of a failure to comply with these requirements.
The communication, whether written or recorded, and any associated
materials or references, will be made available to the NRC.
13. By no later than December 31, 2016, DNC will provide a
presentation at an industry forum to discuss the events that led to
this Confirmatory Order, the lessons learned, and actions taken. The
presentation and any associated material will be made available to the
NRC.
Training.
14. DNC will review its plant access training and revise it as
necessary to
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ensure that it includes training on compliance with NRC requirements,
including, but not limited to, 10 CFR 50.5 and 50.9. Any revisions will
be made available to the NRC.
15. Notwithstanding that NRC and DNC disagree about whether a
willful violation occurred, DNC will develop and provide focused
training to Dominion corporate Engineering and Licensing personnel who
perform work for Millstone and to DNC Engineering and Licensing
personnel, to ensure awareness of the importance of complying with
regulatory requirements, and the potential consequences of a failure to
comply, including what constitutes a willful violation of NRC
requirements. DNC will provide this training by April 1, 2016, and will
repeat it 12 months after the initial training session. The training
and any associated training materials will be made available to the
NRC.
16. DNC will develop and provide focused training to Dominion
corporate Engineering and Licensing personnel performing work for
Millstone and to DNC Engineering and Licensing personnel, covering the
requirements of 10 CFR 50.9, emphasizing the importance of providing
complete and accurate information to the NRC and of informing the NRC
promptly upon discovery of inaccurate information or omissions
associated with pending NRC licensing actions or other information
submitted to the NRC. DNC will provide this training by April 1, 2016.
The training and any associated training materials will be made
available to the NRC.
Other Considerations.
17. The NRC agrees not to pursue any further enforcement action
relating to the notice of apparent violations (Case no. EA-13-188,
Inspection Report 05000336/2015201, Office of Investigations Report No.
1-2012-008), dated April 29, 2015.
18. This Confirmatory Order will not be considered an escalated
enforcement action by the NRC for future assessment of violations
occurring at Millstone Power Station Unit 2.
19. In the event of the transfer of the operating license of
Millstone Power Station Unit 2 to another entity, the commitments
hereunder shall survive any transfer of ownership and will be binding
on the new licensee.
The Director, Office of Enforcement, may, in writing, relax or
rescind any of the above conditions upon demonstration by the Licensee
of good cause.
V.
Any person adversely affected by this Confirmatory Order, other
than DNC, may request a hearing within 30 days of issuance. Where good
cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the time to
request a hearing. A request for extension of time must be made in
writing to the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and include a statement of good cause
for the extension.
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing, a petition for leave to intervene, any motion or
other document filed in the proceeding prior to the submission of a
request for hearing or petition to intervene, and documents filed by
interested governmental entities participating under 10 CFR 2.315(c),
must be filed in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139,
August 28, 2007). The E-Filing process requires participants to submit
and serve all adjudicatory documents over the internet, or in some
cases to mail copies on electronic storage media. Participants may not
submit paper copies of their filings unless they seek an exemption in
accordance with the procedures described below.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least
ten (10) days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should
contact the Office of the Secretary by email at hearing.docket@nrc.gov,
or by telephone at 301-415-1677, to (1) request a digital ID
certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign documents and access the E-Submittal
server for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise
the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a request or
petition for hearing (even in instances in which the participant, or
its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-issued digital ID
certificate). Based upon this information, the Secretary will establish
an electronic docket for the hearing in this proceeding if the
Secretary has not already established an electronic docket.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is
available on NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/apply-certificates.html. System requirements for accessing
the E-Submittal server are detailed in NRC's ``Guidance for Electronic
Submission,'' which is available on the agency's public Web site at
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. Participants may
attempt to use other software not listed on the Web site, but should
note that the NRC's E-Filing system does not support unlisted software,
and the NRC Meta System Help Desk will not be able to offer assistance
in using unlisted software.
If a participant is electronically submitting a document to the NRC
in accordance with the E-Filing rule, the participant must file the
document using the NRC's online, Web-based submission form. Further
information on the Web-based submission form is available on the NRC's
public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
Once a participant has obtained a digital ID certificate and a
docket has been created, the participant can then submit a request for
hearing or petition for leave to intervene. Submissions should be in
Portable Document Format (PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance
available on the NRC public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. A filing is considered complete at the time the
documents are submitted through the NRC's E-Filing system. To be
timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the E-Filing system
no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of
a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an email notice confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an email notice that provides access
to the document to the NRC Office of the General Counsel and any others
who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to
participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the
documents on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and
other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for
and receive a digital ID certificate before a hearing request/petition
to intervene is filed so that they can obtain access to the document
via the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using the agency's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC Electronic
Filing Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC Web
site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by email at
MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a toll-free call at (866) 672-7640. The
NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk is available between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.,
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, excluding government holidays.
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Participants who believe that they have a good cause for not
submitting documents electronically must file an exemption request, in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing
requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper
format. Such filings must be submitted by: (1) first class mail
addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth
Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland, 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.
Participants filing a document in this manner are responsible for
serving the document on all other participants. Filing is considered
complete by first-class mail as of the time of deposit in the mail, or
by courier, express mail, or expedited delivery service upon depositing
the document with the provider of the service. A presiding officer,
having granted an exemption request from using E-Filing, may require a
participant or party to use E-Filing if the presiding officer
subsequently determines that the reason for granting the exemption from
use of E-Filing no longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in
NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at
https://ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the
Commission, or the presiding officer. Participants are requested not to
include personal privacy information, such as social security numbers,
home addresses, or home phone numbers in their filings, unless an NRC
regulation or other law requires submission of such information. With
respect to copyrighted works, except for limited excerpts that serve
the purpose of the adjudicatory filings and would constitute a Fair Use
application, participants are requested not to include copyrighted
materials in their submission.
If a person (other than DNC) requests a hearing, that person shall
set forth with particularity the manner in which his interest is
adversely affected by this Confirmatory Order and shall address the
criteria set forth in 10 CFR 2.309(d) and (f).
If a hearing is requested by a person whose interest is adversely
affected, the Commission will issue an order designating the time and
place of any hearing. If a hearing is held, the issue to be considered
at such hearing shall be whether this Confirmatory Order should be
sustained.
In the absence of any request for hearing, or written approval of
an extension of time in which to request a hearing, the provisions
specified in Section IV above shall be final 30 days from the date of
issuance without further order or proceedings. If an extension of time
for requesting a hearing has been approved, the provisions specified in
Section IV shall be final when the extension expires if a hearing
request has not been received.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of August 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Scott A. Morris,
Director, Division of Inspection and Regional Support, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation
[FR Doc. 2015-22951 Filed 9-11-15; 8:45 am]
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