IR 05000289/1976025
| ML19276H145 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 11/10/1976 |
| From: | Haynes R, Napuda G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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i IE:I Form 12 (Jan 75) (Rev)
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U. S. NUCLEAR REGUIATORY CCMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCDiE!TI
REGION I
i 50-289/76-25 50-289 IE Inspection Report No:
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Metropolitan Fdison Company DPR-50 License No.
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P.O. Box 542
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Priority:
l Reading, Pennsylvania 19603 C
Safeguards
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Location:
Middletown, Pennsylvania (Three Mile Island 1)
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Type of Licensee:
Routine, Unannounced
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Type of Inspection:
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October 28-29, 1976
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Da of Inspection:
Dates of Previous Inspection:
October 12-14 & 21, 1976 j
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G. Napuda, Reactor Inspector None Accompanying Inspectors:
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Other Accompanying Personnel:
Reviewed By:
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DATL R. C. Haynes, C ief, E gineering Support Section
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Reactor Construction and Engineering Support Branch J
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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS Enforcement Action A.
Infraction 76-25-01 - Failure to Inspect Portable Fire Extinguishers j
Contrary to 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V:
The licensee did not perform, on a monthly basis, the portable I
fire extinguisher inspections required by his Procedure 1104-45, paragraph 45.2.4.2.
(Details, Paragraph 8.a)
Licensee Action on Previously Identified Enforcement Items
j Not inspected.
Design Changes
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None identified.
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Unusual Occurrences
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None reported.
Other Significant Findings A.
Current Findings
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Acceptable Items
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The following items were inspected with respect to those aspects described in the Details of this report.
No depart-ures from regulatory requirements or SAR comniements were identified, subject to any specific exceptions which may be noted elsewhere under Enforcement Acticn or Current Findings of this report.
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Work Control Procedures A review of the work-control procedures verified that they addressed requirements for control of modifications.
(Details, Paragraph 2)
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Quality Assurance Surveillance i
A review of the quality assurance procedures verified that they require periodic audit of work authorizations i
and surveillance during modification.
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Design Change Controls A review of the documentation applicable to the plant verified that it specified the type of replacement cable penetration seal, to preclude the use of flammable mate-
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rials in the seal.
(Details, Paragraph 4)
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Fire Training, Procedurer and Drills A review of the plant training program and records veri-fied that fire-fighting training sessions are conducted on a regular basis.
(Details, Paragraph 5)
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Emergency Shutdown Procedures
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A review of the pl nt procedures verified that there were
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emergency procedures for plant shutdown /cooldown in the event of loss of normal cooling mechanisms.
(Details,
Paragraph 6)
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Fire Inspection Report A review of the most recent fire inspet !?n report by the licensee's insurer indicated that he had made a number of recommendations for additional fire protection.
The licensee was actively reviewing them.
(Details, Para-graph 7)
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Facility Inspection i
An inspection of the facility verified that there were installed systems for fire alarms and for extinguishing
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fires which were regularly inspected except as otherwise indicated herein.
(Details, Paragraph 8.d)
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Unresolved Items a.
76-25-02 - Safety Cabinets for Storage of Flammable
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I Two safety cabinets' spring loaded doors are defective.
(Details, Paragraph 8.b)
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76-25-03 - Respiratory Equipment Inspection
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A licensee audit identified discrepancies in their "Res-piratory Program" which the inspector corroborated.
(Details, Paragraph 8.c)
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Status of Previous 1v Identified Unresolved Items
75-24-01 - Pressure Testing of Fire Hoses was reinspected and re-mains unresolved.
(Details, Paragraph 9)
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Deviations
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None identified.
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Management Interview I
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At the conclusion of the inspection a meeting was held at the site with representatives of the licensee organization.
Attendees at this meeting consisted of personnel whose names are highlighted (i.e. *) in paragraph 1 of the Details Section of this report.
The inspector su=marized the purpose and the scope of the inspection (Paragraph A), and the results of the inspection (Paragraphs B, C, D and E)
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Purpose of the Inspection The inspector stated that the purpose of this routine, unannounced inspection was to ascertain whether special work controls for fire prevention and protection during o,eration, modification, and maintenance activities continued to be implemented, in accordance with the licensee's response to IE Bulletins Nos. 75-04 and 75-04A.
(An initial inspection of these controls had been performed in November 1975 and documented in IE Inspection Report No. 50-289/
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Items of Noncompliance i
The items discussed are as identified under Enforcement Action in the Sunsary of Findings in this report.
(Details, Paragraph 8.a)
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Current Findings - Acceptable Items i
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Work Control Procedures.
(Details, Paragraph 2)
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Quality Assurance Surveillance.
(Details, Paragraph 3)
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Design Change Controls.
(Details, Paragraph 4)
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Fire Training, Procedures and Drills.
(Details, Paragraph 5)
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Emergency Shutdown Procedures.
(Details, Paragraph 6)
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Fire Inspection Report.
(Details, Paragraph 7)
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Facility Inspection.
(Details, Paragraph 8.d)
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Current Findings - thresc1ved Items
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Safety Cabinets for Storage of Flammable Materials.
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Paragraph 8.b)
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Respiratory Equipment Inspection.
(Details, Paragraph 8.c)
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Status of Previousiv Identified Unresolved Items Pressure Testing of Fire Hoses remains unresolved.
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Paragraph 9)
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted
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Metropolitan Edison Company Mr. J. Colitz, Unit 1 Superintendent
l Mr. W. W. Cotter, Supervisor - Quality Control Mr. F. W. Grice, Safety Supervisor
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Mr. R. B. Evans, Radiation Chemistry Technician Junior Mr. G. R. Hitz, Shift Foremsn Mr. G. A. Kunder, Supervisor Operations Mr. J. J. McGarry, Supervisor - Mechanical Maintenance Mr. W. S. Poyck, Coordinator of Services Mr. J. E. Rouanski, Supervisor - Radiation Protection / Chemistry Mr. W. J. Sawyer, Engineer III - Nuclear Mr. D. M. Shovlino, Supervisor of Maintenance
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Mr. A. Tsaggaris, Supervisor - Training
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Work Control Procedures The inspector verified that there is a work control procedure-a.
which defines requirements for operations personnel approval and control of modification activities.
It is " Station 7g Administrative Procedure 1016 - Implementation and Control
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of Station Maintenance and Modifications" Re'ision.10.
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The inspector verified that the " Safety Policies and Proced-ures Manual" contained a section titled " Welding and Cutting Procedure (Fire Safety)" dated June 26, 1975 that describes the special authorization (permit) that is required for j
activities involving welding and open-flame sources.
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inspector also verified that this procedure required the i
assignment of a person whose sole temporary responsibility
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is to fraction as a " fire watch." The inspector noted that
" Safety Department Directive No. 10 - Leak Detection" dated October 18, 1976 directs that open f~:rme er combustion gener-ated smoke be avoided as a leak detection agent and recocsend-ed that commercial foam or aerosal leak detecting material be used.
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The inspector verified that " Operating Procedure 1105-12, c.
Communication System" Revision 1 describes the various sys-tems of communications available within the plant.
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Quality Assurance Surveillance a.
The inspector verified that there are quality assurance pro-cedures that requires periodic audit of work authorizations for modification and maintenance activities to verify com-
pliance with established plant controls.
The procedures !nelude:
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GP 4016, Operations QA Audit Program, Revision 2.
GP 1008, Systems Subject to QA, Revision 1.
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The inspector verified that quality assurance surveillance is periodically performed during modification and maintenance activities to assure that they are authorized and that they conform with established plant controls.
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Audit 75-12, " Modification Design Control."
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Audit 75-24, " Generation Review Committee."
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Audit 75-33, " Modification Control."
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QC Surveillance Report 76-65 " Repairing Fire Barrier
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Relay Room Penetration Seals."
The work activity that the latrer document addresses was performed to Procedure 1920-FB-1.
(Reference Paragraph 4).
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Design Change Controls The inspector verified that an administrative procedure had a.
been prepared which specifies the type of cable penetration sealing material to preclude the use of flammable materials in the event seal modification is necessary.
It is "Installa-tion / Repair of Cable Tray and Conduit Fire Barriers, 1420-FB-
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1," Revision 0 wh*-h specifies that fire barriers vill be
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installed / restored to original design specifi m !_sa require-metts.
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1976 log of work requests to select work t,q.. sts th. in/olved cable penetrations.
The in 2ctor revie" i Work Requests 12072 and 13827.
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.at the fotuer was a repair activity (Rc+2rerie Parag. pn 3.b) and the latter a modification /
change. With respect to the latter the inspector ascertained i
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The quality control department had reviewed the work
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request (aad elected not to perform inspection / surveil-lance).
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The activity was initiated by " Change Modification 653."
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The licensee's engineering department authorized the
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j activity by letter GEM 0506.
" Procedure to Install Computer Room Air Conditioner Feeds
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WA 13827" was developed for the activity.
The inspector verified that this activity was performed according to Procedure 1016 (Reference Paragraph 2.a).
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Fire Fighting Procedure, Training and Drills
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The inspector verified that the following procedures were established for fire control and the inspection / maintenance of
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fire related equipment.
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Fire Emergency Plan" Revision 0.
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" Emergency Procedure 1202-31, Fire Emergency Procedure" Revision 2.
" Operating Procedure 1104-45, Fire Protection" Revision
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The inspector noted that Appendices A and B of Procedure 1203-31 specifically addressed the assignment of responsibilities and actions in the event of a fire in the Control Foco and Cable Spreading Room respectively.
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The inspector reviewed records that indicated eight fire fighting training sessions of eight hours each had been con-
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ducted on April 29, August 5, 12, 19 and 26, September 23 and i
October 7 and 14 of this year.
Approximately 180 persons
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including operators, maintenance personnel, entineers, radia-tion chemistry technicians and security guards were trained by a certified Pennsylvania State Fire Marshall.
The first five sessions requalified the members of the Fire Brigade.
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The licensee stated that two utility employees would conduct
these training sessions in the future.
The inspector was
,wn a letter titled " Training Request" dated October 4, 1976 front the Unit Superintendent to the Manager of Nuclear Opera-tions.
The request, approved by the Manager of Nuclear Opera-tions and the Vice President indicated that two empic,yees with
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community fire fighting experience were scheduled to attend four courses at the Pennsylvania State Fireman's Training
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School commencing November 3, 1976.
Successful completion of these courses would gain state certification for the employees.
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The inspector reviewed fire drill documentation that indicated station fire drills were conducted on March 13 and 27, April 3, June 14 and October 27 of this year.
During his inspection of the Cable Spreading Room (Reference Paragraph 8) the in-spector noted that a test of the fire alarm system was con-ducted.
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Emergency Shutdown Procedures a.
The inspector verified that there were plant emergency pro-I cedures that provided alternate methods for accomplishing an
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orderly plant shutdown and cooldown in case of loss of normal coolant-supply systems, and that the latest revisions of these procedures were available in the Control Room.
Decision cri-teria for the mode of shutdown are contained in the proced-ures. The inspector verified that the capability exists to provide raw river water in the event of the loss of normal and preferred alternate coolant.
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1102-13, " Decay Heat Removal by OTSG."
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1106-6, " Emergency Feed."
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1202-2, " Station Blackout and Station Blackout with Loss of both Diesel Generators."
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1202-6, " Loss of Reactor Coolant RF Cool Press."
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1202-14, " Loss of Reactor Flow /RCP Trip."
1202-26A, " Loss of Steam Generator Feed to Both OTSG's."
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1202-26B, " Loss of SG Feed to One OTSG."
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1202-35, " Loss of Decay Heat Removal System."
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1202-37, "Cooldown from outside Control Room."
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The inspector also verified that the " Alarm Response Sheets" required by the " Fire Emergency Plan" for Heating and Ventila-tion Annunciator lanels A and B had been prepared and were availatie in the Control Room.
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Fire Inspection Report The inspector reviewed the records associated with the most recent
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fire inspections of Nuclear Energy Liability-Property Insurance ()
Association (NEL-PIA), the licensee's fire insurer.
Report Nos N-155(75-5) dated October 1975 and N-155(76-2) dated July 1976 and letters NEL-PIA / Assistant Vice President (GPU) dated March 2,1976, NEL-PIA / MET ED (ceeting) dated. ane 10, 1976 and Safety Supervisor (MET ED)/NZL-PIA dated July 30, 1976.
This documentation indicated that the licensee is actively evaluating and attempting to resolve outstanding items.
The major item under discussion is the insurer's recommendation that all electrical penetrations provided with fire j
barriers only, be modified to air tight type sealed penetrations.
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Letters "Three Mile Island 1 Fire Safety" dated March 17, 1976,
" Sealing Openings Between Control Room and Cable Spreading Room" dated March 8, 1976, GAI/TMI-ICS/ 827 and " Conference Notes No. 25"
dated January 16, 1976 indicate that the licensee is responsive to the recommendations and is progressing toward a isolution.
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Facility Inspection The inspector conducted a tour of the Control Room, Cable Spreading Room, Battery Rooms, Diesel Generator Rooms, Auxiliary Building :nd Containment eidrance area.
Items examined included the fire alaim-ing system and detectors, control room cabinet interiors, fixed and i
portable fire fighting equipment, and the records of the licensee's
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inspections of the fire fighting equipment.
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Portable Fire Extinguishers The inspector examined selected portable fire extinguishers that had been placed in the safety related areas.
The in-spector noted that the required tags on the equipment in-a dicated several monthly inspections had not been performed.
The " Inspection Record Sheets" filed in the Maintenance Department corroborated that these inspections had not been accomplished and the licensee stated the records were accu-rate.
This was contrary to the licensee's Procedure 1104-45, Paragraph 45.2.4.2 which requires that portable fire exting-uishers be " weighed and inspected monthly."
The inspector informed the licensee that this item (76-25-01)
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was considered to be an Infraction of 30 CFR 50, Appendix B, (})
Criterion V, which states, in part:
" Activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented... procedures...and shall be accomplished in accordance with these... procedures..."
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Safety Cabinets for Storage of Flammable Material The inspector observed two Safety Cabinets in the Diesel Generator Panel Room B C.tose spring loaded doors did not close completely. The inspector noted flammable material (e.g.
thinner, paint etc) was stored in these cabinets and ques-tioned the storage conditions.
The licensee stated that the
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doors would be repaired or the cabinets would be replaced /
removed.
This item (76-25-02) is considered to be unresolved, pending s review of the licensee's action during a subesquent NRC t
inspection.
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Respiratory Equipment Inspection The licensee provided a copy of " Audit of Respiratory Program HPP 1616" dated October 27, 1976 to the inspector prior to his r
examination of the self contained breathing apparatus.
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i audit had revealed discrepancies in documentation and main-tenance requirements and identified some equipment as missing.
The inspector examined selected nelf contained breathing apparatus and spare oxygen bottles in the Control Room and i
control access point to the Control Building.
This equipment appeared operable and in acceptable physical condition.
The inspector noted that twc self contained breathing apparatus and four spare oxygen bottles had been installed in the Re-actor Building entrance way.
The inspector did corroborate
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the findings listed in the subject nudit.
This item (76-25-03) is considered to be unresolved pending review of the licensee's resolution of the audit findings during a subsequent NRC inspection.
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Other Fire Suppression and Fire Prevention Systems
p The inspector observed that the installation of the CO2 sys-i
'l tem in the Cable Spreading Room had been completed and was set in the manual operating mode.
The inspector also examined the Halon Fire Suppression System Service and Inspection Report dated October 22, 1976 to verifv that this system was in acceptable and operable condition.
The inspector reviewed Procedure "1303-11.10, Engineered
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l Safeguards System Emergency Sequence and Power Transfer Test" which described how the bus providing power to the emergency
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lighting is tested.
The inspector verified this test is periodically performed and noted that the emergency light fixtures are identified by a red stripe.
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that defective bulbs in these fixtures are replaced on a
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priority basis.
The inspector did not identify any housekeeping discrepancies or missing / deteriorated fire barriers.
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Pressure Testing of Fire Hoses i
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The inspector reviewed revised " Procedure 1104-45, Fire Protection" Revision 12.
The inspector verified that Appendix B had been revised to specify that hoses would be pressure tested annually but
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noted that the body of the procedure was inconsistent with the Appendix as to the frequency of hose reel, hose pressure and valve alignment testing.
Prior to the inspector's departure, the licen-see issued " Procedure Change Request 76-740" to resolve these inconsistencies.
This item remains unresolved pending a.eview of the revised pro-cedure during a subsequent NRC inspection.
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