# NRC NOV – NOV (White)
> **EA-11-142** · NOV · Issued 2011-11-17 · Reactor Licensees
## Action
- **EA Number:** EA-11-142
- **Licensee:** NOV (White)
- **Category:** Reactor Licensees
- **Action type:** NOV
- **Date issued:** 2011-11-17
## Description

On November 17, 2011, the NRC issued a White finding to Entergy Operations, Inc. as a result of inspections at the Waterford Steam Electric Station Unit 3. The White finding involved the failure to use effective engineering controls to prevent leakage from reactor coolant pump seals to surrounding areas. This failure resulted in high levels of contamination which caused unexpected and unintended radiation doses to plant workers during outage activities. There were no NRC violations associated with the finding.

## Source
- [Full enforcement letter (PDF)](https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1132/ML11321A291.pdf)
- [NRC Reactor Licensees index](https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/enforcement/actions/reactors/)
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