05000400/LER-1991-001, :on 910103,operations Personnel Identified Procedural Deficiency That Resulted in Check Valves Not Being Tested as Required.Caused by Procedural Deficiency. Procedure Revised to Incorporate Testing

:on 910103,operations Personnel Identified Procedural Deficiency That Resulted in Check Valves Not Being Tested as Required.Caused by Procedural Deficiency. Procedure Revised to Incorporate Testing

ML18009A794
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	02/04/1991
From:	Richey R, Verrilli M CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
HO-910016-(O), LER-91-001, LER-91-1, NUDOCS 9102080132
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LER-1991-001, on 910103,operations Personnel Identified Procedural Deficiency That Resulted in Check Valves Not Being Tested as Required.Caused by Procedural Deficiency. Procedure Revised to Incorporate Testing

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Reporting criterion:	10 CFR 50.73(e)(2) 10 CFR 50.73(e)(2)(4) 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)
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05000400 SUBJECT:'ER 90-001-00:on 910103,operations personnel identified procedural deficiency that resulted in check valves not being tested as required.Caused by procedural deficiency.

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Caroljna Power 8 Light Company P. O. Box 165 ~ New Hill,N. C. 27562 R. B. RICHEY Vice President Harris Nuclear Project HARRIS NUCLEAR PROJECT P. 0.

Box 165 New Hill, NC 27562 FEB 0 419S1 Letter Number.'HO-910016 (0)

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN:

NRC Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT UNIT 1 DOCKET NO. 50-400 LICENSE NO. NPF-63 LICENSEE EVENT REPORT 91-001-00 Gentlemen:

In accordance with Title 10 to the Code of Federal Regulations, the enclosed Licensee Event Report is submitted.

This report fulfills the requirement for a written report within thirty (30) days of a reportable occurrence and is in accordance with the format set forth in NUREG-1022, September 1983.

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I rs On I/3/91 the plant was operating in Mode-1 at 100 percent, power.

During a

procedure review of OST-1131 (Control Room Area HVAC System Inservice Test - punrterly Interval), Operations personnel identified a procedural deficiency that resulted in two check valves not being tested as required.

Inservice Inspection Test (ISI-203) implements the requirements of Technical Specification (TS)

Section 4,0,5, which in turn implements ASME Section XI testing.

Check valves SICZ-15 and ICZ-16 are required to be full forward flow tested, per ISI-203, on a quarterly basis'uring the aforementioned review of OST-1131, it was revealed that the acceptance criteria of the procedure erraneously took credit for testing these check valves, but in actuality, did not conduct or document, an independent forward flow test for these check valves.

The cause of this event was procedural deficiency.

OST-1131 has never included steps to properly test these two check valves.

This procedure was immediately revised to incorporate the required testing and was successfully performed on I/18/91

'here were no significant safety cansequences as a result of this procedural deficiency.

This is based on the following evidence that validates the functional status of these valves nnd the fact that the systems safety function hns never been challenged by radiological conditions.

Forward flaw is tested through at least one of these check valves once per 18 months by the performance of OST-1231 (Control Room Emergency Filtration Operability Test) ~

This test hns consistently verified forward flow and wns last performed satisfactorily on 10/I/90.

This provides n high degree of confidence that the valves would have functioned as designed if needed'his is being reported in accordance with IOCFR50.73 (a) (2).(i) (8) as a TS violation.

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EVENI DESCR I PT ION:

On I/3/91 the plant was operating in Mode-1 at 100 percent power.

During a

procedure review of OST-1131, Operations personnel identified a procedural deficiency that resulted in two check valves not being tested as required, Inservice Inspection Test (ISI-203) implements the requirements of TS Section 4.0.5, which in turn implements ASME Section XI testing.

Check valves llCZ-15 and ICZ-16 are required to be full forward flow tested, per ISI-203, on a quarterly basis.

During the aforementioned review of OST-1131, it was revealed that the acceptance criteria of the procedure did in fact take credit for testing these check valves, but i'n actuality, did not conduct or document an independent forward flow test for these check valves.

There has been one previous similar event, in regards to IST program/procedure deficiencies.

This was submitted on LER 90-011,

CAUSE

The cause of this event is procedural deficiency, OST-1131 has never included steps to properly test these two check valves.

SAFETY S I GN IF I CANCE:

There were no significant safety consequences as a result of this procedural deficiency.

This is based on the following evidence that validates the functional status of these valves and the fact that the systems safety function has never been challenged by radiological conditions.

Forward flow is tested through at least one of these check valves once per 18 months by the performance of OST-1231 (Control Room Emergency filtration Operability Test).

This test has consistently verified forward flow and was last performed satisfactorily on 10/I/90.

This provides a high degree of confidence that the valves would have functioned as designed if needed, CORRECT I VE ACTIONS:

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EPT-I72 was specifically developed to perform a forward flow test for check valves ICZ-15 and ICZ-16'his test was successfully completed on I/16/91 to verify system operability.

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OST-1131 was revised to incorporate this testing and was performed satisfactorily on I/18/91 '

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Operations procedure group will review this event to enhance their awareness of potential problems related to ISI program requirements contained in OST procedures.

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ISI personnel will perform a

comprehensive procedure review to identify similar IST program problems, related to the testing of parallel flow through check valves E I SS CODE I tFORMATION:

N/A NRC Form 388A (889)