IR 05000282/1979009
| ML19269E125 | |
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| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 04/23/1979 |
| From: | Daniels F, Feierabend C, Warnick R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML19269E118 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-06-79-08, 50-282-79-09, 50-282-79-9, 50-6-79-8, NUDOCS 7906260553 | |
| Download: ML19269E125 (5) | |
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t U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
REGION III
Report No.:
50-282/79-09; 50-306/79-08 Docket No.:
50-282; 50-306 License No. DPR-42; DPR-60 Licensee: Northern States Power Company 414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55401 Facility Name: Prairie Island Units 1 and 2 Inspection at: Prairie Island Site, Red Wing, MN Inspection Conducted: March 1-31, 1979 RFw par Inspectors:
C. D. Feierabend M-28-79
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F. T. Daniels (March 12-14)
M-2.3-79 RFWM Approved By:
R. F. Warnick, Chief b d.T-77 Reactor Projects Section 2 Inspection Summary Inspection on March 1-31, 1979 (Report No. 50-282/79-09; 50-306/79-08)
Areas Inspected: Routine, resident inspection of plant operations, radia-tion protection, maintenance, security, preparation for Unit I refueling, inspection of new fuel, and contingency planning. The inspection involved 108 inspector-hours by the resident inspector and 22 inspector-hours by one regional based inspector.
Results: No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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s DETAILS 1.
Personnel Contacted F. Tierney, Plant Manager J. Brokaw, Plant Superintendent, Operations and Maintenance E. Watzl, Plant Superintendent, Plant Engineering and Radiation Protection A. Hunstad, Staff Engineer R. Lindsey, Superintendent, Operations J. Nelson, Superintendent, Maintenance J. Hoffman, Superintendent, Technical Engineering D. Mendele, Superintendent, Operations Engineering D. Schuelke, Superintendent, Radiation Protection M. Sellman, Senior Nuclear Engineer M. Klee, Nuclear Engineer R. Conklin, Supervisor, Security and Plant Services J. Leveille, Quality Assurance Engineer L. Finholm, Training Supervisor D. Crago, Shift Supervisor P. Ryan, Shif t Supervisor P. Valtakis, Shif t Supervisor M. Balk, Shif t Supervisor D. Althaus, Shift Supervisor 2.
Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings (open) Noncompliance (282/79-01; 306/79-01). Measures to assure prompt corrective action.
Licensee representative discussed tentative plans to establish a mecha-nism for assuring timely corrective actions. The licensee plans to sup-plement the responsel./to the noncompliance.
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Plant Operations The inspector reviewed plant operations including examination of selected operating logs, special orders, temporary memos, jumper and tagout logs for the month of March. Tours of the plant included walks through the various areas of the plant to observe operations and activities in progress, to inspect the status of monitoring instruments, to observe for adherence to radiation controls and fire protection rules, to check proper alignment of selected valves and equipment controls in the auxiliary feedwater and safety injection systems, and to review the status of various alarmed annunciators with operators.
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s The inspector also reviewed annunciator status, recorder charts, surveil-lance records, and logs to verify that plant operations were maintained in accordance with Technical Specification requirements.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Security The inspector conducted periodic observations of access control, issuing 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 requests (WR's) and work request authorizations (WRA's) and verified that all required reviews and approvals had been completed.
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Training The inspector verified that the method of maintaining training records had been improved.
This item had been identified in a previous inspec-tion report.2/ (Closed)
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Radiation Protection The inspector examined radiation area posting and controls during plant tours. No areas of concern were identified.
The inspector checked operability status of continuous air monitors (CAM's)
and portable survey instruments (f riskers) at various locations within the auxiliary building.
One CAM (No. 6) was not operable, but was iden-tified with a work request. Two of the friskers did not respond to a test switch.
This was discussed with the radiation protection supervisor.
The inspector rechecked the instruments later in the month and found them all operating.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Contingency Planning The inspector reviewed and discussed with plant management the licensee's contingency plans for possible spring floods and for labor interruptions.
No areas of concern were identified. The inspector has since been informed that a contract agreement has been negotiated.
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Preparation for Refueling The inspector reviewed changes to refueling procedures since the previous refueling.
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D2 Draining the Reactor Coolant Systems - March 14, 1979 b.
D3 Reactor Vessel Head Removal - March 14, 1979 c.
D5 Reactor Refueling Operation - March 6, 1979 d.
D7 Reactor Vessel Closure - March 5, 1979 e.
D9 Fuel Receipt - February 22, 1979 The inspector also reviewed the licensee's system for overall outage control.
No items of concern were identified.
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Inspection of New Fuel The inspector observed arrival of a new fuel shipment on site, control of moving the vehicle into the auxiliary building, unloading some of the shipping containers, and inspection and storage of four new fuel element:
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No items af noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Surveillance The inspector reviewed surveillance records and discussed the results of post-refueling testing for Unit 2.
This included core power distribution limits, thermal power eve.luation, and temperature coefficient testing.
No items of concern were identified.
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Exit In te rviews The inspector attended exit interviews conducted by IE:RIII inspectors.
M. J. Oestmann - March 3, 1979 J. F. Smith - March 16, 1979 A. G. Finley - March 30, 1979 J. P. Patterson - March 30, 1979-4-
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The inspector conducted an exit interview with Mr. Tierney at the con-clusion of the inspection. The inspector discussed the scope and results of the inspection. The inspector stated that it was his understanding that the licensee plans to supplement the response made with respect to IE:III Inspection Report No. 50-282/79-01 and 50-306/79-01 (paragraph 2).
The licensee concurred.
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