IR 05000269/1986004

Insp Repts 50-269/86-04,50-270/86-04 & 50-287/86-04 on 860211-0310.No Violation Noted.Major Areas Inspected: Operations,Surveillance,Maint,Verification of ESF Lineups & Refueling Activities

ML20155B073
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	04/04/1986
From:	Brownlee V, Bryant J, Sasser M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
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ML20155B049	List: IR 05000269/1986004 ML20155B046
References
RTR-NUREG-0737, RTR-NUREG-737, TASK-1.C.1, TASK-1.D.2, TASK-2.F.2, TASK-2.K.2.09, TASK-3.A.1.2, TASK-3.D.3.4, TASK-TM 50-269-86-04, 50-269-86-4, 50-270-86-04, 50-270-86-4, 50-287-86-04, 50-287-86-4, NUDOCS 8604100199
Download: ML20155B073 (8)

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Report Nos: 50-269/86-04, 50-270/86-04 and 50-287/86-04 Licensee: Duke Power Company 422 South Church Street Charlotte, N.C. 28242 Facility Name: Oconee Nuclear Station Docket Nos.: 50-269, 50-270 and 50-287 License Nos.: DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55 Inspection Conducted: February 11 ' March 10, 1986 Inspectors:. ~ &

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. Division of Reactor' Projects SUMMARY Scope: This routine, announced inspection entailed 303 inspector-hours on site in the areas of operations, surveillance, maintenance, verification of engineered safety features lineups, and refueling activit.ie Results: Of the five areas inspected, no violations were identifie .

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t REPORT DETAILS Licensee Employees Contacted

• M. S. Tuckman, Station Manager J. N. Pope, Superintendent of Operations

• T. B. Owen, Superintendent of Maintenance R. T. Bond, Compliance Engineer

• T. C. Matthews, Technical Specialist Other licensee employees contacted included technicians, operators, mechanics, security force members, and staff engineer Resident Inspectors

• J. C. Bryant

• M. K. Sasser

• Attended exit intervie . Exit Interview The inspection scope and findings were summarized on March 11, 1986 with those persons indicated in paragraph I above. The licensee did not identify

, as proprietary any of the materials provided to or reviewed by the inspectors during this inspectio . Licensee Action on Previous Enforcement Matters Not inspecte . Unresolved Items Unresolved items were not identified on this inspectio . Plant Operations The inspectors reviewed plant operations throughout the reporting period to

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verify conformance with regulatory requirements, Technical Specifications (TS), and administrative control Control room logs, shift turnover records, and equipment removal and restoration records were reviewed routinel Interviews were conducted with plant operations, maintenance, chemistry, health physics and performance personne Activities within the control rooms were monitored on an almost daily basi Inspections were conducted on day and on night shifts, during week days and on weekends. Some inspections were made during shift change in order to evaluate shift turnover performance. Actions observed were conducted as required by Operations Management Procedure 2- The complement of. licensed

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personnel on each shift inspected met or exceeded the requirements of T Operators were responsive to plant annunciator alarms and were cognizant of plant condition Plant tours were taken throughout the reporting period on a routine basi The areas toured included the following:

Turbine Building Auxiliary Building Unit 1 Reactor Building Units 1 and 3 Penetration Rooms Units 1, 2, and 3 Electrical Equipment Rooms Units 1, 2, and 3 Cable Spreading Rooms Station Yard Zone within the Protected Area Standby Shutdown Facility Units 1 and 2 Spent Fuel Pool During the plant tours, ongoing activities, housekeeping, security, equip-ment status, and radiation control practices were observe Unit 1 operated at essentially full power until taken off line on February 13 for the scheduled cycle 9 refueling outage. The unit continued to be shutdown at the end of the report period, with a scheduled April 10 startu Major work to be performed during the outage is discussed in paragraph 9 of this repor Unit 2 operated at essentially full power throughout the report perio Unit 3 operated at essentially full power until March 3 when power was reduced to 85% in order to remove from service and repair the 3D1 heater drain pump. The unit was returned tn full power on March 6 after completion of repairs on the heater drain pump. The unit continued to operate at full power through the end of the report perio No violations or deviations were identifie . Surveillance Testing The surveillance tests listed below were reviewed and/or witnessed by the inspectors to verify procedural and performance adequac The tests witnessed, in whole or in part, were inspected to determine that approved procedures were available, test equipment was calibrated, prere-quisites were met, tests were conducted according to procedure, test results were acceptable and systems restoration was complete Surveillances witnessed.in whole or in part are as follows:

PT/1/A/610/15 Emergency Power Transfer Test PT/1/A/270/38 Main Feedwater Regulating Valve Leakage Measurement I

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PT/1/A/600/12 Turbine Driven Emergency Feedwater Performance Test, Operation of Valve IMS-93 PR/0/A/0750/1 Spent Fuel Pool Verification Procedure No violations or deviations were identifie . Maintenance Activities Maintenance activities were observed and/or reviewed during the reporting period to verify that work was performed by qualified personnel and that approved procedures in use adequately described work that was not within the skill of the trade. Activities, procedures and work requests were examined to verify proper authorization to begin work, provisions for fire, clean-liness, and exposure control, proper return of equipment to service, and that limiting conditions for operatiori were me Maintenance witnessed in whole or in part:

WR 548720 Analysis of Valve ILP-18 Using MOVATS (Motor Operated Valve Analysis and Test System).

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WR 50103E MOVATS Analysis of IMS-7 WR 54001D Disassembly and Maintenance on IRC-4, PORV Block Valve WR 53456 Sludge Lancing of OTSGs 1A and 1B TT/1/A/425/2 Water Slap Cleaning of OTSGs 1A and IB Maintenance work requests reviewed in detail:

WR 540090 Inspect and Refurbish Limitorque Operator IBS-4 No violations or deviations were identifie . Unusual Event - Seismic Activity A minor seismic event occurred in the area at 6:43 a.m. on February' 13. The epicenter was subsequently reported to be about 35 miles northwest of the Oconee site and to measure 3.5 on the Richter scale. At the time, Oconee Unit I was in the process of reducing power for a refueling outage; Units 2 and 3 were operating at 100% powe The resident inspectors, who were in the Unit 1-2 control room at the time, heard a loud noise and felt some vibration which they thought could have been the result of a major line break or water hammer in the turbine buildin Immediate investigation by site personnel and the residents revealed no site problem. Within several minutes, telephone calls were received at the plant switchboard from surrounding areas inquiring if their had been an explosion at the Oconee plant. The nature of the calls and the areas from which they I came indicated that the disturbance had been seismi I I

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Subsequent detailed inspection revealed no plant damage. No alarms were received in the control room. Plant seismic detectors did not record the even Calibration of the instruments was checked immediately and found to be in order. The seismic activity had not been sufficient to activate the instrument No damage from the event was reported in surrounding area An Unusual Event was declared, as required by procedur The event was terminated later in the mornin . Unit 1 Cycle 9 Refueling Outage On February 13, Unit 1 was shut down to begin a scheduled 53-day refueling and maintenance outage. Significant work items scheduled during the out' age include: Mechanical cleaning of the A and B steam generators using sludge lance and water slap pulse cleaning technique . Installation of the Reactor Vessel Level Instrumentation System (RVLIS) required by NUREG 073 . Maintenance on the A and B low pressure turbines and the four turbine control valve . Eddy current inspection of steam generator tubes; a minimum of 3000 in the A generator and 8000 in . Tendon inspection and replacement of 1 internal shield wall tendo . Repair work on over 500 valve . Perform reactor building integrated leak rate tes At the end of the report period, indications had been found in several turbine blade pins when they were ultrasonicly examine Also, "C" low pressure turbine had been removed. These events could extend the refueling shutdown by 10 to 20 day . Refueling Activities (60710)

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The inspectors continued an inspection of unit I refueling outage activities throughout the report period. Prior to the defueling of the Unit I reactor, the inspectors reviewed the approved refueling procedure to ensure adequate licensee review and approvals. In addition, the prerequisites were reviewed to ensure that all Technical Specification requirements for fuel movement were addressed. The inspectors verified completion of these requirements during their inspection.

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The inspectors reviewed the reactor conditions required for fuel movement (e.g. boron concentration, reactor vessel water level, core monitoring),

verifying compliance by the licensee. The inspectors observed the hold down spring inspection of 43 fuel assemblies prior to removal of the assemblies i

from the core. Verification of fuel assemblies and components in the spent fuel pool was observe No violations or deviations were identifie . Mechanical Cleaning of Unit 1 Steam Generators An inspection of the Unit 1 steam generator mechanical cleaning was conducted while these activities were being performed during the refueling outage. In summary, the sludge lance and water slap techniques were used to clean the steam generators up to the ninth support plat The techniques had been developed as a cleaning mechanism in lieu of chemical cleanin The inspectors completed a detailed review of the safety evaluation of the water slap cleaning. The analyses show that stress to the internal compon-ents of the steam generators, including the tubes, are not excessiv No violations or deviations were identifie . TMI Action Items (NUREG-0737)

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II.F.2.3 (0 pen) Inadequate Core Cooling Instrumentatio The inspectors reviewed he licensee's installation of the Unit 1 Reactor Vessel Level Instrumentation System (RVLIS) during the Unit I refueling

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documents, and field installation of components. The RVLIS is scheduled to be placed in service for Unit 1 following the outage. Units 2 and 3 instru-mentation will be installed on their next refueling outage . Inadvertent Electrical Disconnect of Building Spray Valve on February 14, 1986, IE mechanics disconnected electrical leads tu the Limitorque operator cf 2BS-4, Unit 2 reactor building spray pump suction valve. At the time, Unit 2 was at 100% power. As required by Technical Specifications, 2BS-4 was open and remained open; therefore, the building spray system would have performed correctly if called upon by an ESF signa The error was detected immediately by control room operators ard the system was restored within the hou IE and mechanical maintenance personnel had been assigned to remove, for preventive maintenance, the Limitorque operator of the corresponding Unit 1 valve, 1 BS- Unit I was in refueling shutdown at the tim Reactor operators opened and tagged the breakers for 1 BS-4. The IE mechanics then l went to the pump room, signed Work Request No. 54009D as having properly I identified and independently verified the Limitorque operator -for valve 1 l BS-4, then disconnected the operator for valve 2 BS- l

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Af ter 2 BS-4 had been reconnected and 1 BS-4 disconnected, mechanical maintenance personnel identified and verified 1 BS-4 under procedure MP/0/A/1210/7, for Limitorque removal and replacement, and removed the operato The Units 1 and 2 spray pumps are side by side and the suction valves are adjacent to their respective pumps in the same relative position and are about eight feet apar The valve identification is on a plastic sign, about 1 1/2 by 4 inches, just above eye level and close to the valve operator electrical lead Unit I has a green sign with white letters inscribed 1 BS- Unit 2 has a red sign with white letters inscribed 2 BS-4 The event is an apparent violation for failure to follow procedur The violation will not be cited since IE Report Nos. 50-269,270,287/86-01 for an inspection ending February 10, 1986 carries a violation for failure to follow procedure in which IE mechanics tripped an Oconee reactor by opening the wrong breaker during a surveillanc Again, the action had been independently verified. That report had not yet been sent to the licensee, and a response has not been received. The adequacy of the response will be reviewed by the inspector . TMI Item Status The status and, where applicable, the equipment of the following NUREG-0737 items were reviewed by the inspectors:

1.C.1.2 (Closed) Short Term Accident and Procedures Review - Inade-quate Core Cooling. All procedures are completed and in place, and all training has been complete .D.? (0 pen) Plant Safety Parameter Display Consol All SPDS equipment was installed and operable as of July 1,1985, as stated in IE Report 50-269,270,287/85-32. In a letter of July 19, 1985, Tucker to Denton, the licensee provided, as requested, addi-tional information on SPDS. Final acceptance has not been reviewe ..

Also the SPDS can not be completed until RVLIS is operabl II.F.2.3 (0 pen) Instrumentation For Detection of Inadequate Core Ccolin Part 1 - Installation of upgraded thermocouples was completed under NSM l 225 j Part 2 - RVLIS (level monitoring system) is currently being installed on Unit 1 and will be complete in April 1986. Unit 2 will be completed-during End of Cycle (E0C) 8 refueling outage scheduled for August 198 Unit 3 will be completed during EOC 9 outage scheduled in the spring of 198 l Six months after Unit 3 EOC 9, all training and procedures will be in effec l

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II.K.2.9 (Closed) Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA).

Separation of emergency feedwater from the integrated control system was completed under NSM 1275 for Unit 1 in December 1979, Unit 2 in May 1980 and Unit 3 in May 1980. A letter from NRR of February 3,1982, found the mo# fication acceptabl III.A.1.2 and III. A.2 (0 pen) Emergency Preparedness Procedures were approved by NRC on 7/18/83. Meteorological system upgrade is complet System will be inspected in Final ERF approval. Site has been pur-chased for remote E0F. Date of completion will be provided by licensee when design is complet Inspection will be made in final ERF approva III.D.3.4 (0 pen) Control Room Habitabilit Modifications have been completed to improve control room ventilation on Units 1, 2 and 3. Results of tests provided to NRR on June 24, 1985, awaiting approval. Chlorine detector has been installed; .cali-bration to be complete on March 21, 1986. Communication on the subject of habitability, between the Licensee and NRR, continue .

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