16,520 Sacramento Municipal Utility Dist.

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

RANCHO SECO NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated March 17, 1986, Docket Nos. 84-R2D1-652 and 653 (Herald, CA). Robert A. Heron, Presiding Administrative Law Judge.

For Employer: Robert D. Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: Sue Tuskes, Staff Counsel.

Serious violations of 3329(d) (pipelines) and 3203(a)(1) (accident prevention program) were affirmed.

Boiler, Failure to Depressurize Before Opening. A boiler and attached mud drum in Employer's nuclear power plant had not been depressurized, and remained a pressurized, closed system when employees opened it for maintenance. Steam, under 200 pounds pressure at 300 degrees Fahrenheit, e

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