EA-09-321 · NOV · Issued 2010-04-19 · Reactor Licensees
Action
EA Number
EA-09-321
Licensee
NOV (Yellow)
Category
Reactor Licensees
Action type
NOV
Date issued
2010-04-19
Description
On April 19, 2010, a Notice of Violation was issued to Florida Power & Light Company for a violation associated with a Yellow Significance Determination Finding as a result of inspections at the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant. The Yellow finding involved the licensee's failure to meet the requirements of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI, "Corrective Action." In 2008, the licensee experienced an air in-leakage event into the closed cooling water (CCW) system which affected the system's ability to supply adequate cooling to essential equipment. Their troubleshooting and corrective actions failed to identify the source of the air in-leakage, which resulted in a similar event in 2009.