IR 05000255/1978022
| ML18043A292 | |
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| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 10/26/1978 |
| From: | Hunter D, Jorgensen B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| 50-255-78-22, NUDOCS 7811300354 | |
| Download: ML18043A292 (8) | |
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U.S. 1IDCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
REGION III
Report No. 50-255/78-22 Docket No. 50-255 Licensee:
Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, MI 49201 Facility Name:
Palisades Nuclear Generating Plant Inspection At:
Palisades Site, Covert, MI Inspection Conducted:
September 25-29, 1978
~fl::l Inspectors:
D. R. Hunter
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Approved By:
R. F. Warnick, Chief Reactor Projects Section 2 Inspection Summary License No. DPR-20 Inspection on September 25-29, 1978 (Report No. S0-255/78-22)
Areas Inspected:
Routine, unannounced inspection 0£ operations, reportable events, maintenance, IE Bulletin and Circular and outstanding inspection item The inspection involved 84 inspector hours onsite by two NRC inspector Results:
Of the five areas inspected, no items of noncompliance or deviations were identified in four areas; one item of noncompliance (infraction-inadequate procedures, Paragraph 4e) was identified in one area.
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DETAILS Persons Contacted R. B. DeWitt, Manager-Production Uuclear
- J. G. Lewis, Plant Superintendent
- G. H. Hein, Maintenance Superintendent K. w. Berry, Technical Superintendent H. J. Palmer, Senior Engineer H. R. Vernick, Quality Control Supervisor v. D. Valade, Maintenance Engineer c. D. Ward, Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor D. L. Beach, Electrical Maintenance Supervisor F. G. Butler, I&C Engineer D. w. Lanschwager, Shift Supervisor s. F. Brookhouse, Shift Supervisor E. I. Thompson, Shift Supervisor R. E. Mieras, Shift Supervisor s. Ghidotti, Shift Supervisor A. s. Kanicki, Shift Supervisor
- Denotes those a~tending the management exit on September 25, 197 The inspectors contacted several other licensee employees, including members of the operations, technical, quality assurance, and clerical staff.
Plant Operations The inspectors reviewed selected facility records and observed plant operations, including a plant start-up, to determine compliance with requirement The following were reviewed or observed: Control Room Logbook Daily Orders Logbook Reactor Logbook Jumper/Bypass Log Bypass Coritrol Checklists Control operator and shift supervisor cognizance of plant and system status was specifically examined during this inspectio A detailed review of the status of safety-related systems identified no apparent off-normal conditions significant to safety. _One item was noted (safety injection flow header indicator FI-0312) for which tagging did not provide operator *
awareness of a bypassed instrumen This item was corrected during the inspection.
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Licen~ee review of the Jumper/Bypass Log and the Bypass Control Checklists, to improve their accuracy and usefull-ness for system status information, was partially complete at the time of this inspectio This area will be examined further during a future inspectio Shift Supervisor Log The licensee has experienced two additional instances of minor flooding in the auxiliary fe19water (AFW) pump roo As noted in a previous inspection,-
severe flooding in this room could flood both AFW pump The flooding is believed to be related to plant startups, when leak-off from other components fills the turbine.building drain system and seals a float in the AFW pump room drain, preventing removal of normal gland leak-off via the room floor drai The licensee has initiated maintenance on the drain system and leak-off This matter will be reviewed further after completion of an evaluation by RII Plant Startup The inspectors observed a p.lant start-up in the control room on September 26, 197 Licensee utilization of the master start-up procedure and checklist was reviewe The start-up procedure and checklist were followe The start-up proceeded smoothly and in compliance with regulatory requirement Control room manning Shift relief and turnover.
Selected plant recorders and indicators Plant radiation monitors Containment Sump Water Level The inspector observed that the containment sump level detectors indicated that the sump contained a substantial amount of wate The water was being maintained in the sump pending processing through the liquid waste syste The source of the water appeared to be from sources other than the SIRW tank (1720-1800 ppm boron) and therefore would provide dilution of the con-tainment sump water following a LOC (This item was discussed at the management exit.)
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identifie,/
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- Reportable Events The inspector reviewed licensee actions concerning the following nonroutine event reports to verify the events were*reviewed and evaluated, corrective actions taken, and plant limits not exceede LER 78-28, One of Two Containment Exhaust Purge Valves (CV-1806) Inoperabl The licensee inspected and leak tested each containment ventilation isolation valve accumulator air system with satisfactory result The licensee is continuing to evalu-ate the valve air system to assure maintaining the opera-bility of the valve This item will be reviewed further at a subsequent inspectio LER 78-29, Iodine Removal System Tank (T-102) Contents (Hydrazine) Less Than Requirement No items of noncompliance or deviations were identifie Maintenance The inspector reviewed selected records to assure adequate completion of the maintenance activities in accordance with the administrative procedures and requirements of the Quality Assurance Program and the Technical Specification The review included: EPS-011, Installation of New BF and BFD Relay (1)
Procedure EPS-1-4, Rev 1, Relay Testing. *
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M0-7, Emergency Diesel Generator Testin (3)
Equipment Outage Request (EOR), 0900-1600, February 28, 197 ESS-049, Maintenance on Relay 4ZX-23 (1)
Reference ER 77-028, MO 3011 Failed to Open, During Q0-1 Safety Injection System Tes (2)
Equipment Outage Request (EOR), June 15-22, 197 (3)
Retest on June 21, 1977' Q0-1, Safety Injection System Tes (4)
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- ESS-053, Shutdown Sequencer (1)
R0-13," Testing of Shutdown Sequence (2)
Equipment Outage Request, June 27-28, 197 (3)
Rerun of R0-13 Satisfactor (4)
Cleaning and alignment of contac CIS-003, Checkout and Inspection of Emergency Escape Lock (1)
Preventive Maintenance Procedure, CIS-ORM-002, Rev 2, March 22, 197 CRD-003, Inspection of 45 CRD Connector Nut Locking Pawl (1)
Procedure CRD-M-10, Rev 4, 1978, reviewed with noted revisions to the Rev 3 procedure used during the activit (2) Thirty control rod drive mechanisms completed during the outag All rods have new locking pawls installe (3)
Two repair inspection checksheets (RIC) were missing; rod 28, connector nut 36 and rod 30, connector nut 3 The licensee completed the repair work on the control rod drive mechanisms during the last refueling outage (January 6 through April 1, 1978) and the control rod drive maintenance packages contained documentation discrepancie A deviation report, DR 78-259, was issued on August 5, 1978, with a required completion date of September 8, 197 The deviation report, Control Rod Drive Mechanism Maintenance Package Document Discrep-ancies, also included five other maintenance packages r
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Administrative Procedure 1.5, section 5.1.11 requires that the complete maintenance package and the necessary documentary evidence exist to substantiate acceptable completio Section 5.1.12 requires the use of the equipment outage request (EOR) when removing equipment from servic The specific maintenance activity on the CRDM's was performed within an overall equipment outage request (EOR) issued for the reactor head remova :
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y The use of a general, rather than a specific, EOR for each activity resulted in the failure to insure completion of the administrative reviews and dispo-sition of the documentation discrepancies prior to returning the CRDM's to the operational statu The failure to complete the appropriate administrative review and disposition of the discrepancies prior to return to service as required is an item ofnoncom-pliance pursuant to Technical Specifications 6. (This item was discussed at the management meeting.) IE Bulletins and Circulars The inspector reviewed the licensee actions concerning the following IE Bulletins and Circular IEB 78-10, Bergen-Paterson Hydraulic Shock Suppressor Accumulator Spring Coil (This item was discussed at the management exit.) IEC 78-09, Arcing of General Electric Company Size 2 Contactor The licensee determined that no GE Size 2 contactors were installed in safety-related circuits; but a number of con-tactors were maintained in spare parts inventories which were being reviewed for contact size and bindin No items of noncompliance or deviations were identifie.
Outstanding Inspection Items Temporary Setpoint Change~/
The licensee is continuing to evaluate the method of performing temporary setpoint change This item will remain open pending completion and review at a subsequent inspectio /4/
Review of Specification Field Changes and Facility Changes--
The licensee is continuing to evaluate the seismic data for the previously performed specification field changes (SFC)
and facility changes (FC).
This item will remain open pending completion and review at a subsequent inspectio No items of noncompliance or deviations were identifie /
IE Inspection Report No. 50-225/78-13 3!
IE Inspection Report No. 50-255/78-08 4/
Letter, CP to RIII, dated September 29, 1978
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Management Exit The inspectors conducted a management exit on September 29, 1978, with the licensee representatives (denoted in Paragraph 1).
The inspectors summarized the scope and findings of the inspection and the licensee made the following comments and statements concerning the items discussed by the inspector The licensee acknowledged the inspector's statement concerning the caution tagging of the safety injection header flow indicator (FI-0312).
(Paragraph 2e.) The licensee stated that the jumper/bypass logs and check-lists were being reviewed ahd evaluate (Paragraph 2e.) The licensee stated that the flooding of the auxiliary feed pump room, specifically during plant startup, was being evaluate (Paragraph 2f.) The licensee acknowledged the inspector's statement concerning the water in the containment sump and that the condition was being evaluate (Paragraph 2e.) Concerning maintenance activities:
The licensee stated that the heat tracing system at the plant is scheduled to be refurbished at the next refueling outag The failures of the emergency diesel generator air motors (starters) would be further evaluate The licensee also stated that the maintenance activities on the control rod drive mechanisms (CRDM) had been completed during the refueling outag The incomplete documenta.tion in the maintenance packages was due to the failure to provide adequate management controls to assure the completion of the documentation to substantiate acceptable conditions, prior to plant startu The licensee acknowledged the inspector's statement that the failure to provide the adequate management controls and procedures was an item of noncompliance pursuant to Technical Specification 6. The licensee stated that the incomplete packages would be formally reviewed and the management controls would be evaluated to provide control of the maintenance activites, including the completion of the administrative reviews and disposition of any discrepancies prior to return of the equipment to the operable co.nditio (Paragraph 4e.)
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- The licensee stated that no abnormal snubber spring conditions had been noted concerning the Bergen-Paterson snubbeis during routine and nonroutine maintenance activities; and the springs would be replaced as the snubbers were disassembled for maintenanc {Paragraph Sa.)
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