IR 05000255/1993030

Insp Rept 50-255/93-30 on 931203.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Previous Violations Were Reviewed

ML20059C131
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Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	12/21/1993
From:	Jorgensen B, Kobetz T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION III

Report No. 50-255/93030 Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 Licensee: Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, MI 49201 >

Meeting Conducted: December 3, 1993 Meeting At: Region III Office, Glen Ellyn, Illinois Type of Meeting: Enforcement Conference 4 Inspection Conducted: Onsite at Palisades Nuclear Plant Inspectors: M. Parker Senior Resident Inspector ,

E. Schweibinz i Senior ro'ect Engineer Reviewed B _ Acting Chief /2[//g Reac r Projects Section 2A Date C BW W Approved By: . o /ahr/>3 Reac'thrgelsen,ActingChief

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Meeting Summary Enforcement Conference on August 10, 1993, (Report No. 50-255/93030) l Areas Discussed: The apparent violations and areas of concern identified -'

during previous inspections, and discussed in Inspection Reports No. 50- 1 255/93026 and No. 50-255/93028 were reviewed. Corrective actions taken or planned by the licensee were discussed. The enforcement options pertaining to :

the apparent violations were also discussed with the license *

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Details I. Persons Present at Conference D. P. Hoffman, Vice President, Nuclear Operations G. B. Slade, Plant General Manager 1. J. Palmisano, Operations Manager D. W. Rogers, Safety and Licensing Director R. D. Orosz, Nuclear Engineering and Construction Manager R. M. Rice, Director, Nuclear Performance Assessment Department (NPAD)

M. A. Savage, Public Affairs Director T. A. Buczwinski, Engineering Programs Manager J. Kuemin, Licensing Administrator K. A. Toner, Manager, Electrical /I&C/ Computer Engineering R. G. Burnett, EEQ Engineer M. T. Norolin, Electrical System Engineering Supervisor K. E. Yeager, Supervisor, Electrical Engineering R. J. Pienkos, System Protection Engineering S. Wawro, Operations Scheduling Supervisor R. Brzezinski, Engineering Performance Specialist K. Osborne, System Engineering Manager D. Vandewalle, Mechanical / Civil / Structural Engineering Manager G. W. Foster, Staff Mechanical Engineer S. D. Winter, Senior Engineer T. R. Steffler, Shift Supervisor F. S. Ruell, Nuclear Control Operator U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Region III H. J. Miller, Deputy Regional Administrator, RIII B. L. Jorgensen,' Acting Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 2, RIII-P. R. Pelke, Enforcement Specialist, RIII A. H. Hsia, Project Manager, NRR M. E. Parker, Senior Resident inspector, Palisades Nuclear Plant B. A. Berson, Regional Consul, RIII T. J. Kobetz, Acting Chief, Reactor Projects Section 2A E. G. Greenman, Director, Division of Reactor Projects G. E. Grant, Director, Division of Reactor Safety R. M. Lerch, Reactor Inspector E. R. Schweibinz, Senior Project Engineer A. S. Daugines, Public Affairs Officer 2. Enforcement Conference An Enforcement Conference was held in the NRC Region III office on December 3, 1993. This conference was ~ coiiducted as a result of the preliminary findings of the inspections conducted on October 14 through November 22, 1993, and October 14 through November 3, 1993, in which apparent violations of NRC regulations and license conditions were identified. Inspection findings are documented in Inspection Repcets 2-

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No. 50-255/93026 and No. 50-255/9302 The purposes of this conference were to: (1) discuss the apparent violations, their causes, and the licensee's corrective actions; (2) determine if there were any escalating or mitigating circumstance',; and (3) obtain any information which would help determine the appropriate enforcement actio The licensee's representatives did not contest any of the apparent violations and were in 4greement with the NRC's understanding of the facts in the areas of concer.. The licensee's representatives described the events which led to the apparent violations, including root causes and corrective actions taken and planned. A summary of the licensee's corrective actions is included in the attached handout that the licensee provided at the conference (Attachment 1). Included among these were the corrective actions taken in response to the cooldown event. Also included were the corrective actions for engineering design issues associated with the undersized coils for the containment high pressure and containment high radiation relays, and the inadequate trip settings for engineered safeguards room cooler fan motor thermal overload relay Finally, the licensee outlined its multi-disciplinary review of these and other engineering design issues and the planned corrective actions to prevent recurrence of such issue At the conclusion of the meeting, the licensee was informed that it would be notified in the near future of the final enforcement actio The NRC determined that the violations relating to the excessive cooldown rate event of September 17, 1993, were Severity Level IV violations. The associated Notice of Violation is being issued with this report (Violation - cooldown rate exceeded: 50-255/93030-01; Violation - procedures not implemented as required: 50-255/93030-02; Violation - procedures not appropriate to circumstances: 50-255/93030-03). Enforcement relating to the electrical engineering design issues remains under evaluation and will be issued separately at a later tim Attachment: As Stated

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