IR 05000289/1993008

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-289/93-08 on 931020

ML20062K297
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	12/10/1993
From:	Joyner J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Broughton T GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.
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NUDOCS 9312220012
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Docket No. 50-289 Mr. T. Gary Broughton Vice President and Director, TMI-1 GPU Nuclear Corporation Three Mile Island Nuclear Station P. O. Box 480 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057-0191

Dear Mr. Broughton:

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Subject: Inspection No. 50-289/93-08 This letter refers to your November 19,1993, correspondence, in response to our October 20, i 1993 letter.

Thank you for informing us of the corrective and preventive actions documented in your letter.

These actions will be examined during a future inspection of your licensed program.

Your cooperation with us is appreciated.  ;

Sincerely, OdginalSigned By; James H.Joyner -  ;

James H. Joyner, Chief  ;

Facilities Radiological Safety and Safeguards Branch

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(717) 948-8005 November 19, 1993 C311-93-2157 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555

Dear Sir:

Subject: Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (TMI-1)

Operating License No. DPR-50 Docket No. 50-289 Reply to a Notice of Violation as a Result of Inspection Report 93-08 Attached is the GPU Nuclear reply to the Notice of Violation transmitted in the enclosure to NRC letter dated October 20, 1993, as a result of Inspection Report 93-08 and the August 24, 1993 Enforcement Conference.

Sincerely, hbvN T. G. Brouhiton Vice President and Director, TMI-1 DVH/ emf Attachment cc: Region I Administrator TMI-l Senior Project Manager TMI Senior Resident inspector

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~10 CFR 50.54(q) states that a licensee authorized to possess and operate ,

meet this part. the standards in 10 CFR 50.47(b) and the requ '

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General Public Utilities Nuclear Corporation (GPUNC) Emergency ,

Plan maintained to comply with 10 CFR 50.54(q), Section 4.1, specifies that each emergen

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classification is associated with a particular set of im to cope with the situation and continue accident assessment functions , and-that declared. and mobilization must occur if a prescribed emergency level is activation .

GPUNC Emergency Plan, Section 4.1.3, specifies that, for a Site ,-

Area E all Emergency Plan related parallel with the remainder of the Operating Procedures.

actions (notifications, etc.) will be carried out in :

GPUNC Emergency Plan, Tabic 7A, lists the actions to be taken for each clas emergency, for a Site Areaand specifies that emergency response facilities will be activated Emergency.

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Contrary to the above, on February 7,1993, when a Site Area Emergency +

was declared at Three Mile Island Unit 1, the licensee the licensee did not immediately call out the Emergency Response Organizati Specifically, there was a delay of 47 minutes in initiating the required callout,

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of callouts of the Emergency Response Organization (ERO ,

Region I Offices on Augustviolation 24, 1993. were discussed in an Enforcement Co: -'

The violation cites the 47' minute delay; however, the GPU Nuclear response that follows also addresses the delay in activation of the Emergency Response Facilities (ERF). -

1. Reason for Violation A. Delay in Initiating the Callout .

The delay in initiating the callout was caused by the on shift Emergency Director's consideration that there was no plant instability requiring the immediate support of the off shift ERO and the lack of contingency plans in place to provide safe access to the >

on site ERF when normal access was restricted.

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1 Page 2 of 2 B. Delay in Activation of the ERF 1. One element of the delay in activation of the ERF was locking the Control Room fire doors, as required by procedure,-

preventing access to the shift supervisor's' office. Maintaining ,

the Control Room fire doors locked prevented access to the Emergency Preparedness (EP) pager callout phone and the EP pager call back lines, located in the shift supervisor's Office.

2. The remaining element of the activation delay was the need to manually call each member of the ERO individually rather than using the automated callout system which procedurally could only be accessed from the shift supervisor's office. Backup plans to activate the ERO pagers and place a message on the call back line had not been proceduralized. ,

II. Corrective Steps That Have Been Taken and the Results Achieved A. Delay in the Callout Procedure EPIP-TMI .02 has been revised to proceduralize the >

requirement that callout of the ERO is to be initiated in' parallel with or immediately following notification of offsite agencies. The Emergency Report Form has been revised to include action to address emergency situations that restrict access to the onsite Emergency Response Facilities. Guidance has also been provided to the Emergency Directors, Emergency Support Directors and Shift Supervisors on how to select alternate routes of access when the ,

primary routes are not available.

i B. Delay in Activation of ERF 1. The locking scheme of the Control Room fire doors contained in I Procedure 1202-13 has been revised to allow continuous access from the control room to the shift supervisor's office, the EP pager callout telephone, and the EP pager call back line. ,

i 2. Procedure EPIP-TMI .04 has been revised to provide instructions for group pager activation and placing a message on the call back line if the shift supervisor's office becomes inaccessible.

This eliminates the need to rely on individual callouts.

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III. Corrective Steps That Will Be Taken To Avoid Further Violations Actions to correct the causes for this violation have been presented above. No further corrective actions are required. However, further drills and training will reinforce the above revisions and concepts.

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IV. Date of Full Compliance GPU Nuclear believes that all corrective actions have been implemented.

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