protocols, an incident that wasn’t reported within 24 hours. “Neither situation had an
immediate consequence, neither resulted in the plant shutting down,” said the NRC's
Region III spokeswoman. The reports come after two special inspections this year that
looked into separate previous failings at the 40-year-old, 430-acre plant. The first letter
offering the preliminary findings details what happened May 10. While inspectors were
routinely testing the plant’s auxiliary feed water system, a turbine-driven pump was
tripped. Investigators found a component was greased that should not have been. The
system is used in an emergency situation if external power to the plant is shut off, the
NRC spokeswoman said. The preliminary findings classified the situation with a low to
moderate safety significance. The plant may face additional inspections or have its
standing on a performance matrix lowered. The second letter details an incident where
a control room operator left the control room because he was upset and did not notify a
shift manager, which was against regulation, the NRC spokeswoman said. According to
the rule, the employee would have to notify a shift manager to have a qualified operator
take her place. In addition, the incident was not reported to management in the required
24-hour window in which it occurred.
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ordered the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra) to improve its internal
procedures after accusing a Finra employee of altering records before an SEC
inspection. The director of Finra's Kansas City office caused the alteration of three
records of staff meeting minutes in 2008 hours before producing them to SEC
inspectors, making the documents inaccurate and incomplete, the SEC said in a
statement. Finra, the industry-funded brokerage regulator, was ordered to hire a
consultant and undertake steps to improve policies, procedures and training for