NRC ORDER – ORDER

On April 4, 2007, a Confirmatory Order (Effective Immediately) was issued to the Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M) as part of a settlement agreement between I&M and the NRC regarding an apparent violation of 10 CFR 50.7, "Employee Protection," issued by the NRC to I&M. In response to an NRC choice letter, I&M requested Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to resolve the apparent violation. As part of the settlement agreement that resulted from the ADR session, I&M agreed to complete a number of actions, including the completion of the training of all non-supervisory plant workforce and long-tern contractors on the subject of a safety-conscious work environment (SCWE), the completion of a Nuclear Safety Culture (including SCWE) survey, the reinforcement of I&M's policy and expectation of its management relating to a SCWE as communicated by an executive level manager, and the implementation of a periodic assessment of I&M's compliance with its hours of work limitation program and evaluation of the results for trends. In exchange for I&M's actions, the NRC agreed to not pursue further enforcement action; however, the NRC will evaluate the implementation of the Confirmatory Order during future inspections.