.Regional.
PGE fined for safety violations
By Bob B.ium
Assoi iatinl Press
PORTLAND (AP) Portland (icneral Kl.-i tri«
do. said Monday it will not appeal a $JB0.000
fine levied In the l! S. Nuc lear Regulators (loin
mission for violation of safety requirements at the
Trojan nuc lear plant
The fine, by far the largest ever levied by the
federal agenc y against PGK. is the result of a fail
ure to properly inspect sumps beneath the con
tamment building of Oregon's only commondal
nuclear power plant
Moth the NKO and the utility said the sumps
may have been inoperable since Trojan was com
pleted in li)7li
PC,K spokesman Steve Sautter said the* sumps
pits tor draining loc ated at the bottom of the c on
tainment building, c an he used in the case ol .1
major ac ( ident involving a rupture- of the c ont.ciu
ment building In case ol such an acc ident, the
sumps can be used to collect the leaking watei
and pump it bee k into the plant s cooling system,
preventing a nut lear meltdown
The inoperable sumps, he said, "would not
cause an act ident tint would i ertainly hindei our
ability to respond to a loss of coolant acc ident in
the plant
" Them you have a situation similar to what
happened at Three- Mile Island." Sautter told I he
(fregoman
Sc reens intended to prevent debris from enter
mg the sumps either were missing or damaged,
the NR(! said
Sautter said the problem is the result of a
missed inspection
"f rom our viewpoint, then- really is no esc use
for it." he said "There have been some manage
men I changes .it thi' plant .mil we've taken <i very
hard look again .it plant management oversight
and an ountabilitv
"Thero have been at least two individuals with
in the Iasi couple of months who have been reas
signed to duties outside the nui lear division as a
result of the feeling that we need to be account
able for our a« lions." Sautter said
The NK( said the sumps had been inoperable
at least since the plant was refueled last vear lie
i ause si reens intended to prevent debris from en
termg them either were missing or damaged
NKC spokesman Hreg Cook said leder.il inspei
tors could not determine il some of the screens at
the top of the sumps ever had been installed
Si reens on the side of the sumps were damaged
The lack of screens and damaged screens al
lowed debris sui b as small nylon wire ties and
piei es of metal into the sump area, t look said
The sumps are supposed to be inspei led yearly
when the plant is shut down lor refueling
Sautter said
We look at this as a very signif.it finding
he said "We have made some i hanges and will
continue to make some changes to make sure a
situation like this doesn't arise again
He sail! I’CK employees lirsl unfit eil tile si teen
problems during an inspection in July and iloti
fied the \'R( Subseiiuent inspections in Julv and
August bv the NK( and l’< d discovered lurtliei
problems (look said
The violation was I lassified as a Severitv lev
el 11" problem the next to highest of the five cat
egories of problems at nuclear plants. A bevel II
violation i arries a minimum fine of $HO.(H)t)
I'he previous largest NK( fine against l’( d. was
$H().0(l() in l‘IH(. for problems in the ventilation
system of ITojan s i ontrol building
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