NRC CAL – NOV (White)

On January 9, 2006, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation of 10 CFR 50.54(q), 10 CFR 50.47(b)(4), and the Oyster Creek Generating Station Emergency Plan. This finding was associated with a White Significance Determination Process (SDP) finding involving the licensee's failure to properly utilize the Emergency Plan emergency action level (EAL) matrix during an actual event. Specifically, operators did not recognize that plant parameters met the EAL thresholds for declaring an Unusual Event and a subsequent Alert. Since an Alert was not declared, licensee personnel did not activate their emergency response organization to assist operators in mitigating the event. Additionally, State and local agencies, who rely on information provided by the facility licensee, might not have been able to take initial offsite response measures in as timely a manner had the event degraded further.