05000298/LER-1999-003, Informs That Commitment Re Insp Rept 50-298/98-15 & LER 99-003,to Bound Extent of Condition & Take Appropriate C/As Is Now Complete.Addl Time Is Required to Accommodate Training of Engineering Support Personnel

Informs That Commitment Re Insp Rept 50-298/98-15 & LER 99-003,to Bound Extent of Condition & Take Appropriate C/As Is Now Complete.Addl Time Is Required to Accommodate Training of Engineering Support Personnel

ML20211F093
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	08/23/1999
From:	Swailes J NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
50-298-98-15, NLS990083, NUDOCS 9908300226
Download: ML20211F093 (3)

LER-2099-003, Informs That Commitment Re Insp Rept 50-298/98-15 & LER 99-003,to Bound Extent of Condition & Take Appropriate C/As Is Now Complete.Addl Time Is Required to Accommodate Training of Engineering Support Personnel

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Nebraska Public Power District I Nebraska's Energy Infer l

NLS990083 August 23,1999 l

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission l Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 l

Gentlemen: I

Subject:

Extension of Commitment Dates Cooper Nuclear Station, NRC Docket No. 50-298, DPR-46

Reference:

1. Letter NLS980206 to Document Control Desk (USNRC) from John H.

Swailes (NPPD), dated January 27,1999, " Reply to Notice of Violation, NRC Inspection Report No. 50-298/98-15"

2. Letter NLS990054 to Document Control Desk (USNRC) from M. F. Peckham (NPPD), dated May 24,1999," Licensee Event Report No. 1999-003"

3. Letter to G. R. Horn (NPPD) from Arthur T. Howell III (USNRC), dated December 17,1998,"NRC Inspection Report 50-298/98-15, Notice of I Violation and Exercise of Enforcement Discretion" Gentlemen:

By letter dated January 27,1999 (Reference 1), and Licensee Event Report (LER) No. 1999-003 (Reference 2), the Nebraska Public Power District (District) committed to taking actions /

addressing weaknesses in the area of post maintenance testing. As a corrective action to a violation in Reference 3 regarding failure to perform adequate testing needed to demonstrate that Il

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a relief valve would perform satisfa:torily, the District committed to evaluate the extent of /i condition and bound the issue ofinadequate post maintenance testing and take appropriate corrective actions by June 30,1999. The District also committed to train Engineering Support Personnel on specifying appropriate post maintenance testing by June 30,1999.

Subsequently, the District submitted LER 1999-003 documenting the failure to stroke time test T the valve following packing replacement as required by Cooper Nuclear Station's Inservice ,

Inspection program which is required by our Technical Specifications. The root cause for this ,

event was attributed to a lack of structure in the post maintenance testing program and 8} Q ( ) . h,1 Cooper Nudear Station PO. Box 98/ Brownville. NE 68321D098 D) 825-38H / Fax:(402) 825-52n g 9 g 10 //*** nopd com

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i NLS990083-Page 2 0f 2 deficiencies in implementing procedures. Consequently, the District committed to revise two procedures, 7.0.5, " Post Maintenance Testing," and 0.40, " Work Control Program."

As the above commitments are closely related, the District completed a comprehensive evaluation of the problem es] the extent of condition, and developed specific corrective actions to address the issues, including revision to the above procedures and the development of a post maintenance testing matrix. Therefore, the commitment to bound the extent of condition and take appropriate corrective actions is now complete, although extended from June 30,1999 to August 10,1999 to facilitate completion of management review and training of the required implementing personnel. Additional time is required to accommodate the training of Engineering Support Personnel. This will be completed during the 1999 Fourth Quarter Continuing Training (with a due date of January 20,1999).

Should you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me.

Sincerely, John H. Swai Vice President ofNuclear Energy

/Ird Attachment cc: Regional Administrator USNRC - Region IV Senior Project Manager USNRC - NRR Project Directorate IV-1 Senior Resident Inspector USNRC NPG Distribution

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4 l ATTACHMEET 3 LXST OF NRC COMMITMENTS 4 l Correspond'ence No:HLSf.90083 j

l The following table identifies those actions committed to by the District in this I document. Any.other actions discussed in the submittal represent intended or planned _ actions by the District..'They are described to the NRC for the NRC's information and are not regulatory commitments. Please notify the NL&S Manager at Cooper Nuclear Station of any questions regarding this document or any associated regulatory commitments.

COMMITTED DATE COMMITMENT OR OUTAGE Evaluate the extent of condition to bound the issuelof OMPLETE inadequate post maintenance testing and take appropriate ,

corrective actions by August 10, 1999. I Provide training on specifying appropriate post maintenance testing to Engineering Support Personnel in January 20, 2000 I Continuing Training (4th quarter, 1999).

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