IR 05000255/1988020

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-255/88-20. Revised Response Should Include Evaluation of Lack of Full Thread Engagement for 3-wire Termination

ML18054A606
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	03/20/1989
From:	Miller H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Hoffman D CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
References
NUDOCS 8903280189
Download: ML18054A606 (3)

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.. MAR 201989 Docket No. 50-255 Consumers Pcwer Company Jl.TTN:

Devi d P. Hoffman Vice President Nuclear Operations 1945 West Parnall Road Jackson, MI 49201 Gentlemen:

This will acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February 17, 19£S, informing

~s of the steps you have taken to correct the violations identified in our letter dated January 18~ 198 We have no further questions regarding your response to Violation 1, examples c., d., and e., and Violation During a telephone ccnversatior er, fl.arch 10, 1989: between Mr. Cooper of my staff and Mr. Orosz of your staff, Mr. Orosz agreed that a revised response to Violation 1, examples a. and b. will be provided tc this offic During a telephone ccr:ve::rsation on Maren 14, 198.9, between Mr. Cooper cf my staff and Mr. ~lderink of your staff, Mr. Alderink a~reed to provide a revised response tr this office relative to Violatio~ It was agreed that the revised responses would be provide~ by April 1(, lSES.

Pursuant to the:: tElephone conversatiors referenced above: the revised responses will discuss the tollo~ing:

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0 You will consider this example as vali You will expand y~ur initial response to discuss your consideratior of both the maintenance as well as the modification aspects of the issue5 in arriving at the positicn stated in ycur initial respons You will evaluate the lack of full trread engagement for the 3-wire termination which was the subject of the stated violatio You will either include the identification and engineering analysis of 3-wire terminations en terminals blocks being inspected in the Configuration Control Project (CCP), or ensure that evaluations of 3-wire terminations found to exist are conducted in accordance with proceduralized requirements.

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Ycu will verify that ar. evaluaticr, exists or perform an evaluation for acceptability cf any 3-wire terminations found during CCP walkdowns between now and May 1, 198 Viclation 2:

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You have completed a review of a sample of dra\\'dr.gs (specify the approximate percentage this sample represents) associated with major modifications performed during the recently completed refueling outage; the drawings sampled were found tc have been appropriately updated pursuant to the modificoticr.s complete Ycu don't expect ariy fcci1ity change packages to be ready for field installaticr. should a forced outage cccur bet~een now and June 1, 1989

~hen your permanent corrective actions will be implemente You will draft an internal memcrandum that will provide interim notice to pertinent individuals of the need to be sensitive to the proble~ that is the subject of this violation should a modification be ready for implementation during a window of opportunity before June 1, 198 Your maintenance process anc procedures provide for stop work action if work instructions/drawings de not reflect the as-built plant configuratio General:

For items ir. your response (both ir.itial c.nc supplemental) for which you co~mit tc making a decision at a future date, ycu will provide a docketed response to this office tescribins the results cf the decision within 30 days of the decision dat Your cooperation ~ith us is appreciate If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Cooper at (312) 790-557 See Attached Distribution

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