IR 05000269/1993024

Forwards Insp Repts 50-269/93-24,50-270/93-24 & 50-287/93-24 on 930829-0925 & Notice of Violation

ML20059G572
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	10/19/1993
From:	Herdt A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Hampton J DUKE POWER CO.
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ML16148A836	List: IR 05000269/1993024
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NUDOCS 9311080235
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Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, 50-287, 72-4 License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, DPR-55 and SNM-2503 Duke Power Company ATTN: Mr. J. W. Hampton Vice President Oconee Site P. O. Box 1439 Seneca, SC 29679 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION (NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-269/93-24, 50-270/93-24 AND 50-287/93-24)

This refers to the inspection conducted by P. E. Harmon of this office on August 29 - September 25, 1993. The inspection included a review of activities authorized for your Oconee facility. At the conclusion of the inspection, the findings were discussed with those members of your staff identified in the enclosed inspection repor Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the report. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observation of act:?ities in progres Based on the results of this inspection, certain activities appeared to be in violation of NRC requirements, as specified in the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice). The violations are of concern because they involve a failure to adequately test a modification implemented on the Unit 3 load shed channels, resulting in load shed channel I being inoperable and a failure to implement fire protection testing for the Keowee main transformer fire protection syste You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. In your response, you should document the specific actions- and any additional actions you plan to prevent recurrence. After reviewing your response to this Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with the NRC regulatory requirement In accordance with 10 CFR 2.970 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice", a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Roo The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No. 96-51 I

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Duke Power Company 2 CT 191993 Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact u

Sincerely, hi Alan R. Herdt, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects :

Enclosures: Notice of Violation I HRC inspection Report Attachment Employee Concerns Program cc w/encls:

M. E. Patrick Compliance Duke Power Company P. O. Box 1439 Seneca, SC 29679

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A. V. Carr, Es Duke Power Company 422 South Church Street ,

Charlotte, NC 28242-0001 County Supervisor of Oconee County Walhalla, SC 29621 Robert B. Borsum Babcock and Wilcox Company Nuclear Power Generation Division 1700 Rockville Pike, Suite 525 Rockville, MD 20852

J. Michael McGarry, III, Es :

Winston and Strawn 1400 L Street, NW .

Washington, D. C. 20005 Office of Intergovernmental Relations 116 West Jones Street .

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Charlotte, NC 28201-1006  ;

Karen E. Long ,

Assistant Attorney General N. C. Department of Justice

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