# NRC CAL – NOVCP $150,000
> **EA-21-017** · CAL · Severity SLIII · Issued 2021-09-30 · Reactor Licensees
## Action
- **EA Number:** EA-21-017
- **Licensee:** NOVCP $150,000
- **Category:** Reactor Licensees
- **Action type:** CAL
- **Severity level:** SLIII
- **Date issued:** 2021-09-30
## Description

On September 30, 2021, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) and Proposed Imposition of a Civil Penalty (CP) in the amount of $150,000 to Entergy Operations, Inc. for a Severity Level (SL) III violation involving the unauthorized exchange of a critical digital asset key at River Bend Station. In addition, the NRC issued two SL III violations involving incomplete operator rounds and an unauthorized copy of an exam by an exam proctor. No CP was proposed for these violations. All three violations were determined to be willful and were identified through three separate investigations completed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Office of Investigations.

## Source
- [Full enforcement letter (PDF)](https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2127/ML21272A215.pdf)
- [NRC Reactor Licensees index](https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/enforcement/actions/reactors/)
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