NRC ORDER – ORDER

On May 16, 2016, the NRC issued a Confirmatory Order to Palisades Nuclear Plant (Palisades) to formalize commitments made as a result of an alternative dispute mediation session. The commitments were made by Palisades as part of a settlement agreement between Palisades and the NRC regarding apparent violations of NRC requirements. The agreement resolves the apparent violations identified during an investigation into a Palisades leaking Safety Injection Refueling Water Tank (SIRWT). Palisades agreed to a number of corrective actions, including, but not limited to: (1) ensuring site personnel understand lessons learned from this matter, (2) sharing lessons learned from this matter with other reactor licensees, (3) reviewing the applicable procedures in light of the lessons learned from events associated with leakage of the SIRWT and revise these procedures as appropriate, and (4) modification to its current program of public outreach at Palisades. In consideration of these commitments, the NRC has agreed to refrain from issuing a proposed imposition of a civil penalty and a Notice of Violation.