NRC CAL – NOV (White)

On August 6, 2014 the NRC issued a Notice of Violation associated with a White Significance Determination Process finding to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. for a violation of 10 CFR Part 50.54(q)(2), Emergency Plans, involving the failure to maintain the effectiveness of their emergency plan. Specifically, the licensee failed to maintain a standard emergency classification scheme, which included facility effluent parameters, in that effluent parameter classification threshold values for RG1 (General Emergency) and RS1 (Site Area Emergency) were significantly non-conservative at Vogtle Units 1 and 2. These monitors were being relied upon to continuously assess the impact of the release of radioactive materials, as well as provide criteria for determining the need for notification and participation of local and State agencies.