IR 05000277/1987011

Discusses Insp Repts 50-277/87-11 & 50-278/87-11 on 870409 & Forwards Notice of Violation & Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty.Notice Issued to Emphasize Importance of Fire Protection Programs & Maint of Safe Shutdown Capability

ML20236F470
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	07/29/1987
From:	Russell W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Gallagher J PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC
Shared Package
ML20236F473	List: IR 05000277/1987011 ML20236F487
References
EA-87-088, EA-87-88, NUDOCS 8708030355
Download: ML20236F470 (3)

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DQ JUL 2 01987 Docket Nos. 50-277; 50-278 License Nos. DPR-44; DPR-56 EA 87-88 Philadelphia Electric Company i ATTN: Mr. J. W. Gallagher

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Vice President Nuclear Operations 2301 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 Gentlemen:

Subject: NOTICE OfbVIOLATION AND PROPOSED IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTY (NRC Combined Inspection Reports Nos. 50-277/87-11; 50-278/87-11)

This refers to the NRC inspection conducted on April 9,1987 at your corporate offices in Philadelphia concerning activities authorized by NRC License No DPR-44 and DPR-56 at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Statio The inspection report was sent to you by letter dated May 6, 1987. The inspection was conducted to review and determine the status of numerous examples of a violation of fire protection requirements identified by your staff during a confirmatory review and analysis of the fire protection program at Peach Bottom. On June 3,1987, an enforcement conference was conducted with Mr. S. Kowalski and other members of Philadelphia Electric Company to discuss the violations, their causes and your corrective action The violation described in the enclosed Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty (Notice) involves numerous examples of the failure

, to satisfy the fire protection requirements set forth in 10 CFR Part 50, 1 Appendix R. The examples indicate a failure to provide a means for maintaining one redundant train of systems necessary to achieve and maintain hot shutdown conditions free of fire damage located in uhe same fire area outside of primary containment. The violations are of significant concern to the NRC because of (1) the number of deficiencies that existed in the fire protection program at Peach Bottom, and (2) the apparent lack of management attention until af ter the NRC inspection on March 17-21, 1986 (Inspection Report Nos. 50-277/86-08; 50-278/86-08) which concluded that compliance could not be fully ascertained due to the incompleteness of the fire hazards analysis. Thereafter, when the licensee proceeded to improve its fire hazards analysis, the violation was identifie B70729 PDR ADDCK 05000277 PDR-G h l[

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l Philadelphia Electric Company 2 To emphasize the importance of fire protection programs at nuclear power plants and the need for maintaining safe shutdown equipment free of damage in the

, event of a fire, I have been authorized, after consultation with the Director, Office of Enforcement, and the Deputy Executive Director for Regional Operations, to issue the enclosed Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of Fif ty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) for the violation described in the enclosed Notice. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1987) (Enforcement Policy), the violations described in the enclosed Notice have been categorized in the aggregate at Severity level II The base civil penalty for a Severity Level III violation is $50,00 The escalation and mitigation factors in the Enforcement Policy have been reviewe Based on multiple examples of the violation and the duration of the problem, escalation was considered. However, since the violation was licensee identified and prompt and extensive corrective actions have been taken subsequent to this identification, the factors have been balanced and no adjustment in the base civil penalty is deemed appropriat Your are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions l specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. In your response, you should document the specific actions taken 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 NRC regulatory requirement In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosure 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 j by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No. 96-51

Sincerely, William T. Russell Regional Administrator Enclosure:

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Raymond L. Hovis, Esquire Thomas Magett Dower Plant Siting, Nuclear Evaluations '

W. M. Alden, engineer in Charge, Licensing Section Public Document Room (PDR)

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