IR 05000298/1996004

Notice of Violation from Insp on 981116-1208.Violation Noted:Deviations from Plant Design Basis Identified as Result of Investigation Following Issuance of Violation 50-298/9604-1013 Not Properly Corrected

ML20199E165
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	01/07/1999
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
Shared Package
ML20199E157	List: IR 05000298/1996004 ML20199E152 ML20199E169
References
50-298-98-22, NUDOCS 9901200341
Download: ML20199E165 (2)

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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Nebraska Public Power District Docket No.: 50-298 Cooper Nuclear Station License No.: DPR 46 During an NRC inspection conducted on November 16 through December 8,1998, one violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:

10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterico XVI, states, "Measi:res shall be established to assure that conditions adverse to quality, such as failures, malfunctions, deficiencies, !

deviations, defective material and equipment, and nonconformances are promptly I identified and corrected." l Contrary to the above, deviations from the plant design basis identified as a result of investigations following the issuance of Violation 50-298/9604-1013 were not promptly corrected, in that the unauthorized modification review program, designed to identify and correct additional deficiencies caused by an inadequate maintenance work order system, did not identify all unauthorized modifications nor properly evaluate those identified as the following two examples illustrate:

i Licensee personnel completed the unauthorized modification review program on August 31,1998. However, during the inspection, seven unauthorized modifications were identified by the team that had not been identified by the progra l

• Additionally, during the inspection, the team determined that seven items l

! determined by the program to involve unauthorized modifications were not !

! properly evaluated and dispositione This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I)(50-298/9822-01).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Nebraska Public Power District is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region IV,611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of

! the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly I

marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation or severity level, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be

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achieved. Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the l correspondence adequately addresses the required response, if an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may be t

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issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time, if you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the ;

Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,  ;

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Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information, if you request withholding of .such material, you must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in l detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by

10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial ,

information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please

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j l provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

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Dated at Arlington, Texas this 7th day of January 1999 i

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