IR 05000324/1979039
| ML19322E364 | |
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| Site: | Brunswick  |
| Issue date: | 12/19/1979 |
| From: | Kellogg P, Ouzts J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| ML19322E359 | List: |
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| 50-324-79-39, 50-325-79-43, NUDOCS 8003270282 | |
| Download: ML19322E364 (5) | |
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Report Nos. 50-325/79-43 and 50-324/79-39 micensee: Carolina Power and Light Company 411 Fayetteville Street Raleigh, North Carolina 276 Facility: Brunswick Unit I and 2 Docket Nos. 50-325 and 50-324 License Nos. DPR-71 and DPR-62 Inspection at Brunswick site n a Southport, North Carolina Inspector:
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SUMMARY Inspection on October 27 through November 30, 1979 Areas Inspected This routine, announced inspection. involved 74 inspector-hours onsite in the areas of plant operations, plant tours, radiation protection, physical protection, quality assurance, organization and administration and followup and coverage of Unit No. I trips.
Unit 1 Areas Inspected This routine and reactive inspection by the resident inspector involved 59 manhours of inspection time onsite in the areas identified above.
Unit 1 Findings Of the seven areas inspected no apparent items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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This routine inspection by the resident inspector involved 15 manhours of inspec-tion time onsite in the first six areas identified above.
Unit 2 Findings Of the six areas inspected no apparent items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted Licensee Employees
- A. C. Tollison, Plant General Manager
- J. M. Brown, Operations Manager
- C. R. Gibson, Acting Technical and Administrative Superintendent
- G. T. Milligan, Maintenance Manager Other licensee employees contacted included construction craftsmen, two technicians, eight operators, mechanics, four security force members, and two office personnel.
- Attended exit interview 2.
Exit Interview The inspection scope and findings were summarized on November 2, 9, 21, &
26, 1979 with those persons indicated in Paragraph I above.
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Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings Not inspected.
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Unresolved Items Unresolved items were not identified during this inspection.
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Plant Operations The inspector reviewed plrat operations and status for:
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Correct log maintenance and entries.
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Tracking of limiting conditions for operation in effect.
Status of safety systems and tag out of components.
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Cause of out of normal annunciators.
Shift turnover and manning.
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6.' ' Plant Tours.
The inspector conducted tours of vital plant areas to check the status of safety systems and equipment and to ensure that proper housekeeping and cleanliness were being maintained and that unauthorized combustible materials did not exist in vital areas.
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Radiation Protection
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Toured plant areas to ensure that radiological contract requirements were being followed in the areas of handling and control of radioactive waste, performing radiation surveys and posting of radiation signs and barriers.
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Physical Protection Toured the plant physical protection boundaries to ensure they were secured I
and compensatory measures were taken where required. Witnessed security checks and badging at entrances to controlled areas and inspected entrances to vital areas to ensure they were locked or under surveillance.
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Quality Assurance.
The quality assurance program was reviewed with licensee management to verify that any changes to the program were in accordance with his esta-blished program and applicable codes, standards and regulatory guides.
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Organization and Administration.
The inspector discussed organizational and management changes with licensee management to verify any changes were in accordance with technical specifica-tions, and conformed to applicable codes and standards and had reen reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The following organizational and management changes were made during this period:
The plant manager position filled by A. C. Tollison was retitled
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General Manager.
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The following new manager positions were created:
-Manager, Operations - Filled by J. M. Brown, formally Operating and Maintenance Superintendent.
L-Manager-Technical and Administrative - Filled by W. M.
Tucker, formally Superintendent Technical and Administrative.
-Manager-Maintenance - Filled by G. T..Milligan, formally Engineering
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The following new director position was created:
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-Director-Nuclear Safety and Quality Assurance. Filled by J. A. Nadgett,
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formally Supervisor Environmental and Radiation Control.
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- S. E. Thorndyke-formerly Operating Supervisor.
- G. R. Peeler-Formerly Shift Specialist.
- C. F. Blackman-Formerly Shift Specialist.
- P. T. McNeill-Formerly Shift Specialist.
- K. L. McLauchlin-Formerly Shift Specialist.
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J. P. Demmette, formerly Senior Engineer (Mechanical).
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The' position of Environmental and Radiation Control Supervisor was filled by L. Tripp, formerly Senior Specialist-E&RC.
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The position of Engineering Supervisor was filled by L. V.
Wagoner, formerly Maintenance Supervisor-(Mechanical).
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The position of Training Supervisor was filled by M. A. Jones formerly Project Engineer (Reactor).
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Unit No. 1 Reactor Trip Coverage a.
Unit No. I reactor tripped on low-low vessel level at 0733 a.m. on November 5,1979 when the operator was transferring the vessel level control system from three-element control to single-element control.
The feedwater control system was checked out and no failed or malfunc-tioning equipment was found.
Changes to the operating procedures were made that do not allow the transfer of the feedwater control system from one mode to the other at the power level at which the low-low level and reactor trip occurred.
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Unit No. I reactor trip at 1335 p.m. on November 20, 1979, as a result of an electrical system instability, transfer of generator excitation to manual control, and lossof the uninterruptable power supply, due to loss of emergency busses, and failures in the inverters and static transfer switch. The sequence of events leading up to this t rip and following the trip and the licensee's corrective action prior to restarting Unit No. I are covered in Inspection Report 50-325/79-42.
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The inspector used one or more of the following sources of Acceptance Criteria for evaluating the above areas inspected:
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ANSI N18.7 (1972)
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Regulatory Guides
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Quality Assurance Program 13.
Results of Inspection During the inspection of the above areas no items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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