IR 05000282/1978020
| ML19261B108 | |
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| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 12/29/1979 |
| From: | Feierabend C, Warnick R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| ML19261B107 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-282-78-20, 50-306-78-20, NUDOCS 7902090391 | |
| Download: ML19261B108 (9) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
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Report No. 50-282/78-20; 50-306/78-20 Docket No. 50-282; 50-306 Licerce. No. DPR-42; DPR-60 Licensee:
Northern States Power Company 414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55401 Facility Name: Prairie Island Unics 1 & 2 Inspection A_:
Red Wing, MN Inspection Conducted:
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C. D. Feierabend
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_J_2-E9-76 Reattor Projects Section 2 Inspection Summary Inspection on November 1-30, 1978 (Report No. 50-282/78-20; 50-306/78-20)
Areas Inspected:
Routine resident inspection of plant operations, radiation protection, security, maintenance, surveillance testing, organi-zation and administration, and shutdown of Unit 2 for refueling.
The inspection involved 150 inspector hours 07 site by one NRC inspector.
Results:
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Personnel Contacted
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Tierney, Plant Manager J. Brokaw, Superintendent, Operations and Maintenance E. Watzl, Superintendent, Plant Engineering and Radiation Protection A. Hunstad, Staff Engineer R. Lindsay, Operations Supervisor J. Nelson, Maintenance Supervisor R. Conklin, Supervisor, Security and Plant Services D. Schuelke, Radiation Protection Supervisor R. Warren, Office Sepervisor J. Hoffman, Plant Engineer, Technical D. Mendele, Plant Engineer, Operations M.
Sellman, Plant Engineer, Nuclear J. Leveille, Quality Assurance Engineer G.
Sundberg, Instrument Engineer D.
Cragoe, Shift Supervisor G.
Edon, Shift Supervisor R. liolthe, Shift Supervisor P.
Ryan, Shift Supervisor P. Valtakis, Shift Supervisor J. Lyons, Chief Electrician M. Mulhausen, Assistant Maintenance Supervisor W.
Phillips, Assistant Maintenance Supervisor
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General Both units operated routinely at full power for most of the conth.
Unit I reduced power on November 19th to change a feedveter control valve actuator.
Unit 2 shutdown on November 26th for refueling and routine maintenanm>
The inspector attended a RIII meeting with local officials in the Red Wing city council chambers on November 16th.
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Plant Operations The inspector reviewed plant operations including e'xamination of selected operating logs, special orders, temporary memos, jumper-2-
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and tagout logs for the month of Novenber.
The weekly reviews did not identify any areas of concern.
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After the power redJClion for feedwater valve maintenance on November 19th, the return to full power was delaved because of inability to maintain the axial flux difference (al) within the target band.
Power was limited to 597 for approximately 23 hours2.662037e-4 days <br />0.00639 hours <br />3.80291e-5 weeks <br />8.7515e-6 months <br />, to comply with Technical Specification requirement 3.10.B7, that 41 not be outside the target band for more than one hour (cumulative)
during the previous 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> period.
The licensee had provided additional guidance to operators concerning power reduction technique.
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Security The inspector conducted periodic observations of access control, issuino badges, vehicle inspection, escorting, and communication checks.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Maintenance The inspector reviewed several work request., (WR's) and vork request authorizations (WRA's) and verified that all required reviews and approvals had been completed.
The Inspector witnessed emergency repairs to control a leak in a valve on a boric acid recirculation line.
Radiation otection controls were appropriately implemented and enforced.
';e ittms of concern were identified.
Drills The 1.spector witnessed a fire drill on November 13.
Fire brigade response was prompt and appeared effective.
"he drill was observed by the Superintendent, Operations and Maintenance who has been designated as responsible for fire brigade training.
The inspector witnessed a site evacuation drill conducted on November 22, '778.
The onsite drill included assembly and account-ing for all personnel onsite and dispatch of radiation monitoring
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personnel in accordance with the licensce's emergenc; plan. The drill included tests of commmunications with teams dispatthed-3-
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the plant. Personnel response was good even though there was a fairly large number of personnel in the nlant, preparing for the Unit 2 refueling outage.
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No items of concern were identified.
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Licensee Event Rep _o r t (LER's)
The inspector reviewed the following LER's subnitted by the licen-see, determined that reporting requirements had been met, and that corrective actions appeared appropriate.
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P-RO-78-05, dated March 7, 1978, Failure of SI master relays a.
to latch during surveillance test.
Procedure revisions and adjustments have been completed for both units.
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P-RO-78-20, dated Sovember 1, 1978, Cpening in auxiliary building special ventilation zone boundary not under administrative control.
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IE Circulars The inspector verified that the licensee had received the following IE Circulars, had reviewed them for applicability and had deternined that no safety problems exist.
IE Circular 78-06 dated May 23, 1978 concerning potential common a.
made flooding.
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1E Circular 78-09 dated June 5, 1978 concerning arcing of certain electrical contactors.
IE Circular 78-13 dated July 10, 1978 concerning inoperability c.
of multiple service water pumps.
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IE Circular 78-15 dated July 25, 1978 concerning tilting disc check valves.
IE Circular 78-17 dated October 13, 1978 concerning guard e.
qualificiation training.
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IE Circular 78-18 dated November 6, 1978 co'ncerning Under-writers Laboratory fire testing.
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Surveillance Testing
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SP2083, Unit 2 Response to the Safeguards Signal Test
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The inspector reviewed changes to the test procedure and a portion of the test in progress on November 28, 1973.
The licensee is tabulating and evaluating test data.
No problems requiring immediate resolution were identified, however, some components will require retesting with a simulated SI signal input because they could not be placed in the condition neces-sary to demonstrate response at the time the integrated test was performed, b.
Local Leak Rate Tests (LLRT)
The inspector witnessed LLRT of the containment purge valves, one vacuum breaker and one bellows.
leak rate for the purge valves was excessive and was reported verbally to the insnec-tor and by telecopy to IE RIII in accordance with Technical Specificction requirements.
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Exit Interviews The inspector attended exit interviews conducted by IE RIII inpsectors:
J. Belanger and C. Schwan, November 3, 1978 J. Hughes, November 15, 1978 L. Hueter and N. DuBry, November 17, 1978 K. Ward, November 29, 1978 The inspector conductcd weekly interviews with plant management personnel and conducted an exit interview with Mr. Tie rne:. at the conclusion of the inspection. The inspector summarized the scope and findings of the inspection.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Preliminary Inspection Findings
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DOCKET NiNSERS l4 LICENSE NUMBERS 5.
DATE OF INSPECTION 50-282: 50-306 l
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REGIONAL OFFICE Northern States Power Company U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 414 Nicollet Mall Office of Inspection & Enforcement, RIII
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