INFORMATION REPORT

January 13, 2004 SECY-04-0003

For: The Commissioners

From: William M. Dean, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO

Subject: SECY-04-0003 WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEKS 

ENDING DECEMBER 26, 2003 AND JANUARY 2, 2004

Contents Enclosure

Nuclear Reactor Regulation A

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards B

Nuclear Regulatory Research C

Nuclear Security and Incident Response D

General Counsel E*•

Administration F*

Chief Information Officer G

Chief Financial Officer H*•

Human Resources I

Small Business & Civil Rights J*•

Enforcement K*•

State and Tribal Programs L*•

Public Affairs M

International Programs N*•

Office of the Secretary O

Region I P•

Region II P•

Region III P*•

Region IV P*

Executive Director for Operations Q*•

Congressional Affairs R*•

*No input for week ending 12/26/03.

•No input for week ending 1/2/04.

/RA/

William M. Dean

Assistant for Operations, OEDO

Contact:

M. Markley, OEDO
January 12, 2004 SECY-04-0003

For: The Commissioners

From: William M. Dean, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO

Subject: SECY-04-0003 WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEKS 

ENDING DECEMBER 26, 2003 AND JANUARY 2, 2004

Contents Enclosure

Nuclear Reactor Regulation A

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards B

Nuclear Regulatory Research C

Nuclear Security and Incident Response D

General Counsel E*•

Administration F•

Chief Information Officer G

Chief Financial Officer H*•

Human Resources I

Small Business & Civil Rights J*•

Enforcement K*•

State and Tribal Programs L*•

Public Affairs M

International Programs N*•

Office of the Secretary O

Region I P•

Region II P•

Region III P•

Region IV P*

Executive Director for Operations Q*•

Congressional Affairs R*•

*No input for week ending 12/26/03.

•No input for week ending 1/2/04.

/RA/

William M. Dean

Assistant for Operations, OEDO

Contact:

M. Markley, OEDO

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 26, 2003

The Weekly Information Report is compiled by the Office of the EDO and includes highlights of

Headquarters and Regional Office activities. 

Contact: M. Markley, OEDO by E-mail: mtm@nrc.gov. 

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NRR 2 STP *

NMSS 4 OPA 17

RES 8 IP *

NSIR 9 SECY 19

OGC * Region I 20

ADM * Region II 21

CIO 11 Region III *

CFO * Region IV *

HR 15 OEDO *

SB/CR * OCA *

OE *

*No input this week
December 26, 2003 ENCLOSURE A

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Items of Interest

Week Ending December 26, 2003

Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station

On December 19, 2003, public exit meetings were held at the Davis-Besse site to discuss the

results of the NRC’s Restart Readiness Assessment Team Inspection and Phase 3 of the

Management and Human Performance Team Inspection. During these meetings, the staff

informed the licensee that additional inspection was needed in areas related to both of these

inspections. A telephone bridge line was provided for members of the public to listen to the

meeting. Approximately 80 persons called into the bridge line. 

By letter dated December 16, 2003, the licensee requested a license amendment to extend the

2-year surveillance interval for steam generator tube inspection from March 2004 to

March 2005. The licensee completed its last tube inspection in March 2002, and the plant has

been shut down since that time. As such, the licensee is requesting to perform its next

inspection during a mid-cycle outage.

Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2

On December 18, 2003, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved a

settlement agreement between Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), its parent PG&E

Corporation, and the CPUC, which will enable PG&E to emerge from nearly three years of

Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court held a hearing on

December 22, 2003, to discuss the proposed settlement. If the final approvals are met, PG&E

expects to exit Chapter 11 status by the end of the first quarter of 2004. 

Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 - License Renewal

On December 22, 2003, Nuclear Management Company announced plans to seek renewal of

the Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 operating licenses in accordance with 10 CFR

Part 54. The licensee plans to submit application for renewal on or before February 27, 2004. 

A meeting between the licensee and the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) License

Renewal Branch is scheduled tentatively for January 21, 2004. 

South Texas Project, Unit 2

On December 23, 2003, the licensee submitted an emergency technical specification

amendment to extend the allowed outage time for a damaged Unit 2 emergency diesel

generator. The licensee proposed an extension of the current 14-day allowed outage time to 21

days based upon probabilistic and deterministic justifications. A number of compensatory

actions were also proposed. The purpose of the request is to allow the licensee additional time

to perform nondestructive examinations of connecting rods on two other Unit 2 emergency

diesel generators. The emergency amendment request was granted later in the day on

December 23, 2003. 
December 26, 2003 ENCLOSURE A

AP1000 Structural Audit

On December 15-16, 2003, representatives of the Division of Engineering staff, Division of

Regulatory Improvement Programs, and NRC consultants conducted a structural and seismic

audit of the AP1000 standard design at the Rockville, MD office of Westinghouse. The

objective of this audit was to review design calculations related to the remaining open issues

from the staff’s June 2003 Draft Safety Evaluation Report. The staff reviewed sections dealing

with the seismic analysis, structural design, and seismic margins issues, and to obtain

additional information or clarification to resolve them. All open issues were closed. Only one

confirmatory item remains, and a future revision (Revision 9) is expected to incorporate the

agreed upon changes to the table of seismic margins values in Chapter 19 of the Design

Control Document. 
December 26, 2003 ENCLOSURE B

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Items of Interest

Week Ending December 26, 2003

Meeting with the Department of Energy and the U.S. Enrichment Corporation

On December 18, 2003, staff from the Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Region II,

the Office of Enforcement, and the Office of the General Counsel met with representatives of

the U.S. Enrichment Corporation (USEC) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in an open

meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss regulatory oversight issues addressed in

a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) related to USEC’s gas centrifuge uranium

enrichment test and demonstration facility (Lead Cascade). During the meeting, USEC

discussed oversight scenarios based on the phases of the Lead Cascade facility and provided

comments on the draft MOU.

Conference Call with General Electric Morris Operation About License Renewal

On December 18, 2003, Spent Fuel Project Office management and staff participated in a

conference call with General Electric - Morris Operation (GE-MO) to discuss the status of the

GE-MO license renewal effort. On September 29, 2003, GE-MO provided a response to the

staff request for additional information (RAI) on its 10 CFR Part 72 independent spent fuel

storage installation license renewal application. GE-MO is revising its RAI response and

expects to submit it to NRC by mid-January 2004.
December 26, 2003 ENCLOSURE C

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

Items of Interest

Week Ending December 26, 2003

Release of NUREG-1784, “Operating Experience Assessment - Effects of Grid Events on

Nuclear Power Plant Performance”

On December 19, 2003 the Division of Systems Analysis and Regulatory Effectiveness

released NUREG-1784. The NUREG report discusses the impact of deregulation on the

structure of the electrical power industry and on grid performance and reliability. The report

also discusses the partitioning of electric utilities into separate generating companies and

transmission and distribution companies. Nuclear power plants (NPPs) rely on the grid to

maintain adequate reactive and voltage support for operation. The report notes that changes

associated with deregulation have resulted in higher transmission system loading, lower

reactive capabilities, changes in operating voltage limits, increases in time to recover from

loss-of-offsite power, and a subsequent increase in the number of transmission line relief

requests, especially during the summer months. The NUREG report summarizes the impact of

these issues and reinforces the need for NPP licensees and NRC to understand the condition

of the grid throughout the year.
December 26, 2003 ENCLOSURE D

Nuclear Security and Incident Response

Items of Interest

Week Ending December 26, 2003

Preliminary Notifications

1. PNO-II-03-022, Honeywell International, Inc. - URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE RELEASE.

2. PNO-II-03-022A, Honeywell International, Inc. - AUGMENTED INSPECTION TEAM

ESTABLISHED FOR HONEYWELL EVENT.

3. PNO-IV-03-054, Pacific Gas and Electric Company - RESPONSE TO CALIFORNIA

EARTHQUAKE.

4. PNO-IV-03-053, Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute, Inc. - IODINE - 125 PERMANENT

SEED IMPLANT MEDICAL MISADMINISTRATION.

5. PNO-IV-03-052, Shop Go Stores - LOST TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS.
December 26, 2003 ENCLOSURE G

Chief Information Officer

Items of Interest

Week Ending December 26, 2003

Network Continuity of Operations (COOP) Test

The OCIO staff executed a Network COOP exercise with favorable results. While there were a

couple of minor issues with respect to Web access, the overall process was successful and the

rollover to the backup site and rollback to headquarters went smoothly. Email and other critical

systems performed as expected. Another test is planned for in January 2004 to address issues

discovered during this test.

Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Requests received during the period of

December 19 through December 24, 2003:

Safety evaluation report non-concurrences by staff members FOIA/PA-2004-0078

Documents related to Early Site Permit (ESP) studies under the

Nuclear Power 2010 Initiative

FOIA/PA-2004-0079

Material License Tracking System FOIA/PA-2004-0080

OIG investigation #0328I FOIA/PA-2004-0081
December 26, 2003 ENCLOSURE I

Office of Human Resources

Items of Interest

Week Ending December 26, 2003

Arrivals

Acosta Acevedo, Caroline** Nuclear Safety Intern R-III

Black, Allison Student Engineer NRR

Goldstein, Claudene K. Office Automation Assistant NRR

Morgan, Michael* Project Manager NRR

Norman, Robert C. Criminal Investigator OIG

Welborn, Erica E. HR Clerk R-IV

Retirement

Keeton, Jack Project Engineer R-IV

Departures

Carrel, Kevin Special Assistant to the Director HR

* Reassignment from R-II

**Reassignment from NRR
December 26, 2003 ENCLOSURE M

Office of Public Affairs

Items of Interest

Week Ending December 26, 2003

Media Interest

Published reports indicating that a large portion of the Honeywell International nuclear fuel

processing plant near Metropolis, Illinois, will remain shut down pending completion of certain

actions provided in an NRC Confirmatory Action Letter, related to an inadvertent release of

radioactive material on December 22, 2003. 

Local coverage indicating that poor maintenance and lax oversight of contractors contributed to

an excessive number of sudden shutdowns at Indian Point the past 18 months, according to

NRC analysis.

Significant coverage related to security at nuclear power plants and other key infrastructure,

given federal officials raising the national alert status to “high risk,” or Orange, threat-level alert

status.

Widespread coverage of NRC officials saying the Davis-Besse nuclear plant in Ohio will not

restart in 2003, and maybe not early in 2004. 

New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Kansas state officials bolstering security at nuclear power plants

in light of government raising national threat level. 

Press Releases

Headquarters:

03-164 NRC Advisory Committee On Reactor Safeguards Re-Elects Chairman,

Vice Chairman and Member-at-Large (12/22)

Regions:

I-03-077 New NRC Resident Inspector Assigned To Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant 

(12/22)

II-03-051 NRC Sends Inspection Team To Illinois Fuel Plant To Review Cause Of

Radioactive Chemical Release (12/22)

II-03-052 NRC Sends Augmented Inspection Team To Illinois Fuel Plant And Issues

Confirmatory Action Letter (12/23) 

III-03-080 NRC Issues Confirmatory Order To University Of Missouri Reactor On

Improving Employee Protections (12/22)

III-03-081 NRC Oversight Panel To Meet With FirstEnergy To Review Davis-Besse

(12/23)

IV-03-046 NRC Assigns New Resident Inspector To Wolf Creek Nuclear Plant (12/23)
December 26, 2003 ENCLOSURE O

Office of the Secretary

Items of Interest

Week Ending December 26, 2003

Document Released

to Public

Date Subject

Information Papers

1. SECY-03-0217 12/22/03 Weekly Information Report - Week Ending

December 12, 2003

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to Senator Barbara Boxer, dated December 24, 2003, responds to letter urging

NRC undertake an emergency inspection of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant

following the December 22, 2003 earthquake.
December 26, 2003 ENCLOSURE P

Region I

Items of Interest

Week Ending December 26, 2003

Meeting with Food and Drug Administration

On December 22, 2003, Region I staff met with representatives of the U.S. Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) to discuss the results of a recent inspection. The inspection found no

apparent safety problems, but did indicate a failure to effectively implement all aspects of the

radiation safety program. FDA representatives stated that some of the apparent violations were

the result of stresses caused by major staff and function relocation. FDA presented its

Corrective Action Plan regarding these matters and discussed plans to decommission its main

building (Federal Building 8) in the District of Columbia.
December 26, 2003 ENCLOSURE P

Region II

Items of Interest

Week Ending December 26, 2003

Honeywell International, Inc.

On December 22, 2003, a valve in the uranium hexafluoride (UF6) process at Honeywell

Specialty Chemicals leaked, which resulted in an approximately 40 minute release. Honeywell

declared a Site Area Emergency and implemented their Emergency Plan. Approximately 25

members of the public near the plant were evacuated and approximately 75 remained in

shelter. The Region II Incident Response Center and the Headquarters Operations Center

were staffed to monitor the event, and the Resident Inspector at Paducah responded to the

Honeywell site. An Augmented Inspection Team, consisting of Region II and Headquarters

personnel, was dispatched to the site on December 22. Region II issued a Confirmatory Action

Letter documenting the licensee’s commitment to investigate the event, take corrective action,

and not restart UF6 processing until discussing their actions with the NRC.
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING JANUARY 2, 2004

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NRR 2 STP *

NMSS 4 OPA 17

RES 8 IP *

NSIR 9 SECY 19

OGC * Region I *

ADM 10 Region II 21

CIO 11 Region III *

CFO * Region IV 23

HR 15 OEDO *

SB/CR * OCA *

OE *

*No input this week
January 2, 2004 ENCLOSURE A

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Items of Interest

Week Ending January 2, 2004

South Texas Project, Unit 2

On December 27, 2003, the licensee submitted an emergency technical specification

amendment to extend the allowed outage time (AOT) for a damaged emergency diesel

generator (EDG). The licensee proposed a one-time extension of the 21-day AOT approved on

December 23, 2003, to 113 days, based upon probabilistic and deterministic justifications, for

the purpose of repairing the damaged EDG. A number of compensatory actions were also

proposed. The licensee provided supplemental information on December 27 and 28, 2003,

regarding 1) confirmatory inspection results for two other Unit 2 EDGs that did not identify any

recordable indications on the connecting rods; 2) descriptions of the four non-safety diesel

generators that will be installed to provide electrical power to the bus associated with the

damaged diesel; 3) risk assessment information concerning the proposed use of non-safety

diesels; 4) details on the non-destructive examination technique used to inspect the connecting

rods; and 5) the critical crack size, the minimum detectable crack size, and crack propagation

assumptions for the connecting rods. The emergency amendment request was granted on

December 30, 2003.
January 2, 2004 ENCLOSURE B

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Items of Interest

Week Ending January 2, 2004

NRC Staff Renews Certificates of Compliance for Gaseous Diffusion Plants

On December 29, 2003, the Director of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

signed the renewed Certificates of Compliance for the Paducah, Kentucky, and Portsmouth,

Ohio, gaseous diffusion plants (GDPs) for an additional 5-year period. The U.S. Enrichment

Corporation had submitted applications for GDP recertification on April 11, 2003. The

certificates were due to expire on December 31, 2003.
January 2, 2004 ENCLOSURE C

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

Items of Interest

Week Ending January 2, 2004

OECD-MCCI Program

On December 19, 2003, the first core-concrete interaction test (CCI-1) to generate the

two-dimensional concrete erosion data involving reactor core material was conducted at the

Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). This test was part of the Organization for Economic

Cooperation and Development (OECD) Melt Coolability and Concrete Interaction (MCCI)

Program, a cooperative program that was launched in January 2002, to provide confirmatory

evidence and test data for various mechanisms to cool ex-vessel core debris by an overlying

water pool. The severe accident management guidance for light-water-reactor plants includes,

as one of several strategies, flooding the reactor cavity in the unlikely event of a severe core

damage accident leading to vessel failure and relocation of molten debris on the cavity floor. 

Thus, the outcome of the OECD-MCCI Program is expected to determine the efficacy of severe

accident management strategy of flooding the reactor cavity. Preliminary data from this test

indicates enhanced cooling by overlying water upon crust breach.

To date, five water ingression tests have been conducted at ANL. Data from these tests

indicate that additional cooling over and above conduction limited cooling was achieved. 

However, no appreciable effect of system pressure was observed on long-term cooling by water

ingression. Also, absent any other cooling mechanism, water ingression alone did not appear

to be effective in the late stage of molten core concrete interaction. 

Results from water ingression, core-concrete interaction, and other tests will be used to develop

coolability models for incorporation into NRC’s severe accident code, MELCOR. This code is

used to analyze potential risk and vulnerability of nuclear power plants from severe accidents. 

The OECD-MCCI Program is hosted and coordinated by NRC with participation by 13 OECD

countries and by the U.S. Department of Energy. 
January 2, 2004 ENCLOSURE D

Nuclear Security and Incident Response

Items of Interest

Week Ending January 2, 2004

Preliminary Notifications

1. PNO-IV-04-055, TXU Energy - OUTAGE LIKELY TO EXCEED 72 HOURS.

2. PNO-III-03-045, Southwest General Health Center/Ireland Cancer Center - MEDICAL

EVENT INVOLVING AN INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY PROCEDURE.
January 2, 2004 ENCLOSURE F

Office of Administration 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending January 2, 2004

Contract Award

On December 20, 2003, delivery order no. DR-38-04-370, entitled "Temporary Personnel

Support Services" was competitively awarded to Preferred Temporary Services, Inc., under the

General Services Administration’s Federal Supply Schedule. This delivery order requires the

contractor to provide temporary secretarial support to NRC Headquarters. The period of

performance is December 31, 2003 through December 31, 2004, with a one-year option. The

total value of the delivery order is $388,398.50, inclusive of the option. 
January 2, 2004 ENCLOSURE G

Chief Information Officer

Items of Interest

Week Ending January 2, 2004

Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Requests received during the period of

December 29 through December 31, 2003:

Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology, 9929 Main Street,

Damascus, MD, all documents, 9-15-03 to present

FOIA/PA-2004-0082
January 2, 2004 ENCLOSURE I

Office of Human Resources

Items of Interest

Week Ending January 2, 2004

Arrivals

Amanda Nerret Intern NSIR

Retirement

Patricia Baker Secretary (Stenography/OA) EDO

William M. Beecher Director Office of Public Affairs OPA

James L. Blaha Sr. Level Advisor to The Director OIP

James Costello Sr. Structural Engineer RES

Ihor M. Czerwinskyj Health Physicist R-I

Richard J. Eckenrode Sr. Human Factors Specialist NRR

Margaret S. Farr Management Analyst RES

Robert J. Giardina Reactor Engineer NRR

Thomas Johnson Sr. Resident Inspector R-I

Mary Karabelnikoff Secretary (Steno/OA) RES

Keh-chun Leu Structural Engineer NMSS

Janie Lochte IT Specialist (SYSANALYSIS) OCIO

Marlene Mcallister Licensing Assistant NRR

Paul Narbut Sr. Safety Inspection Engineer NMSS

Scott Newberry Director, Division of Risk Analysis & Application RES

Paul E. Norian Technical Assistant RES

David N. Orrik Sr. Program Manager NSIR

Chester Poslusny Sr. Transportation Project Manager NMSS

Kenneth Raglin Associate Director For Training & Development HR

Charles Reed Printing Specialist OCIO

Frank Rinaldi Project Manager NRR

Carol Ann Rowe Administrative Secretary ACRS

Lillian Fay Scramlin Secretary (OA) OGC
January 2, 2004 ENCLOSURE I

Thomas Sheffler IT Specialist OCIO

Donna L. Smith Administrative Chief of Staff OCM

John A. Sullivan IT Specialist (PLCYPLN) OCIO

Valeria H. Wilson Director, Div of Administrative Services ADM

Thomas R. Wolf Sr. Reliability & Risk Engineer RES

Richard Woodruff Regional Agreement State Program Officer R-I

Departures

Cassie Bray Attorney OIG

Margaret M. Sullivan Student Clerk R-III

Carla T. Walker Office Automation Assistant NRR

Adam Ziedonis Student Engineer R-I
January 2, 2004 ENCLOSURE M

Office of Public Affairs

Items of Interest

Week Ending January 2, 2004

Media Interest

The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board rejected environmentalist claims that a rail spur

planned for the proposed Skull Valley nuclear storage site in Utah would ruin the wilderness

quality in parts of Tooele County.

FERC wants an independent and exhaustive evaluation of FirstEnergy’s power grid and has

indicated the company should pay for it. This comes in the wake of the August 2003 blackout,

which is believed to have been caused by the utility’s problems with its power plants and

transmission lines.

Coverage of FirstEnergy announcement that it is wrapping up repair work at its troubled DavisBesse nuclear plant and will ask the NRC soon to approve a much-delayed restart.

DOE has asked permission to reserve use of more than 300,000 acres of public land in rural

Nevada to develop a railroad corridor to the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca

Mountain.

USEC Inc. announced that its uranium enrichment (gaseous diffusion) plants in Paducah,

Kentucky, and Piketon, Ohio, have been re-certified by the NRC for five years based on their

compliance with the agency’s safety, safeguards and security regulations. 

Press Releases

Headquarters:

03-165 NRC Re-certifies Two Gaseous Diffusion Plants Operated By United States

Enrichment Corporation (12/29)

03-166 NRC Revises Safety Standards For Packaging And Transportation Of

Radioactive Material (12/30)

Regions:

II-04-001 NRC To Provide Preliminary Inspection Results For Honeywell’s Illinois

Fuel Plant At Public Meeting On January 6, 2004 (1/2)

III-04-001 NRC Proposes $60,000 Fine For Fitness For Duty Violation At Kewaunee

(1/2)
January 2, 2004 ENCLOSURE O

Office of the Secretary

Items of Interest

Week Ending January 2, 2004

Document Released

to Public

Date Subject

Decision Documents

1. SECY-03-0189 10/31/03 Report to Congress on the Health, Safety,

and Environmental Conditions at the

Gaseous Diffusion Plants

SRM on 03-0189 11/19/03 (same)

Commission Voting

Record on 03-0189

11/19/03 (same)

Information Papers

1. SECY-03-0214 12/12/03 Reactor Vessel Head Inspections

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich, dated December 18, 2003, responds to letter

concerning the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station.

2. Letter to Congressman Edward J. Markey, dated December 18, 2003, concerns the

“Slammer” worm infection at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station.

3. Letter to Congress, dated December 17, 2003, provides NRC’s report to Congress on the

gaseous diffusion plants (GDPs) near Paducah, KY and Portsmouth, OH.

Federal Register Notices Issued

1. 10 CFR Pts 1, 2, 50, 51, 54, 60, 63, 70, 72, 73, 75, 76, and 110 Changes to Adjudicatory

Process - Final Rule.

2. Compatibility with IAEA Transportation Safety Standards (TS-1) and Other Transportation

Safety Amendments - Final Rule.

3. Revision of NRC Enforcement Policy; Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive

Material.
January 2, 2004 ENCLOSURE P

Region IV

Items of Interest

Week Ending January 2, 2004

River Bend Enforcement Action

On December 29, 2003, Region IV issued a White finding and associated violation to Entergy

Operations, Inc., for performance deficiencies associated with a failure to maintain a River

Bend nuclear plant condensate prefilter vessel bypass flow control valve in a locked-open

position. This deficiency resulted in a loss of feedwater following a reactor scram on

September 18, 2002.

Cooperheat MQS Enforcement Action

On December 30, 2003, Region IV issued a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of

$6,000 Civil Penalty to Cooperheat-MQS, a radiography licensee based in Houston, Texas. 

The Notice was for the licensee deliberately providing NRC with inaccurate information

regarding radiographer refresher training.