NRC CAL – NOV (White)

On December 20, 2011, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Progress Energy for a violation of 10 CFR 50.54(q) associated with a White Significance Determination Process finding involving the failure of Crystal River personnel to maintain in effect a standard emergency classification scheme which included facility effluent parameters. Specifically, for several years prior to June 2011, the General Emergency classification contained effluent radiation monitors threshold values greater than that which the instruments could accurately measure. During an actual emergency, these monitors would have been relied upon to determine initial offsite response measures, to assess the impact of the release of radioactive materials, and to provide criteria for determining the need for notification and participation of local and State agencies.