NRC Action Number(s) and
Facility Name |
Action Type
(Severity) &
Civil Penalty
(if any) |
Date
Issued |
Description |
| EA-22-108 |
NOV |
09/05/2023 |
On September 5, 2023, the NRC issued a notice of violation (Notice) to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc (licensee) for a Severity Level (SL) III violation at Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Units 1 and 2. The SL III violation involved the licensee’s failure to follow a radiological work permit (RWP) as required by licensee technical specifications. Specifically, three contract employees entered the containment building on an improper RWP. |
| EA-21-026 |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/04/2022 |
On January 4, 2022, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a severity level III Notice of Violation to Southern Nuclear Operating Company’s Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, for a violation of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Parts 50.9(a) and 55.27 for the failure to maintain complete and accurate medical qualification records for a senior reactor operator. |
EA-19-112
Vogtle 1 & 2 |
NOV |
03/31/2020 |
On March 31, 2020, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC) for a violation of a Technical Specification surveillance requirement at Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, associated with a White significance determination process finding. Specifically, Southern failed to adequately perform periodic channel calibrations for post-accident monitoring equipment since initial startup of Vogtle Units 1 and 2. |
EA-17-166
Vogtle 1 & 2 |
NOVCP
$145,000 |
02/20/2018 |
On February 20, 2018, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $145,000 to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. for a Problem at Vogtle Units 1 and 2. At least 13 non-licensed operators entered data related to equipment status, general area inspections, and housekeeping conditions for specific areas without actually entering those areas as required by a site procedure and NRC regulations - 10 CFR 50.9, Completeness and Accuracy of Information; 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, Procedures; and, 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVII, Quality Assurance Records. |
EA 17-014
Vogtle 1 & 2 |
NOV
(White) |
04/25/2017 |
On April 25, 2017, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc., for its failure to maintain the effectiveness of an emergency plan and have a standardized emergency action level scheme in use based on facility system and effluent parameters at Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2. This is a violation of 10 CFR 50.47(b)(4) and Appendix E to Part 50 and is associated with a White Significance Determination Process finding. Specifically, the emergency classifications for a General Emergency and Site Area Emergency contained effluent radiation monitor threshold values that were forty-two times different than the correct values. These radiation monitors were being relied upon to determine the magnitude of, and for continuously assessing the impact of the release of radioactive materials, as well as providing criteria for determining the need for notification and participation of local and State agencies. |
EA-14-158
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant |
NOV
(White) |
03/30/2015 |
On March 30, 2015, he NRC issued a Notice of Violation associated with a White Significance Determination Process finding to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., for the licensee's failure to maintain accurate records of radioactive waste being stored in designated areas which resulted in a violation of Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Technical Specification 5.4.1. Specifically, information regarding the location and contents of the high integrity containers was not updated when the contents of process shield #10 were changed. This failure to maintain accurate records resulted in a shipment of Type B quantity of radioactive material being shipped in a container that was not approved or tested for that purpose. The significance of this event was based on the increased risk to the public and accident hazard posed when a Type B quantity of radioactive material was shipped in a container that was not approved or tested for that purpose. |
EA-14-112
Vogtle 1 & 2 |
NOV
(White) |
08/06/2014 |
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. |
EA-06-132
Vogtle 1 & 2 |
NOV
(SL III) |
09/18/2006 |
On September 18, 2006, a Notice of Violation was issued for a violation associated with a WHITE significance determination process finding. The violation cited emergency preparedness planning standards 10 CFR 50.47(b)(14) and 10 CFR 50.47(b)(4) as well as the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Section IV.F.2.g, because the licensee failed to identify weak or deficient areas during its formal critique of an emergency preparedness exercise. Specifically, the exercise critique failed to identify that the Emergency Director's Site Area Emergency event classification was an incorrect classification. |
EA-96-479
Vogtle 1 & 2 |
NOV
(SL III) |
12/31/1996 |
Inoperable SI pump and a degraded containment spray pump due to inadequate maintenance procedures. |
EA-95-171
Vogtle 1 & 2 |
NOV
(SL I) |
05/29/1996 |
Discrimination against former senior manager. |