IR 05000335/1981011
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| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 05/29/1981 |
| From: | Bibb H, Dance H, Elrod S NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| 50-335-81-11, NUDOCS 8106230653 | |
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t UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
101 MARIETTAST., N.W., SUITE 3100 ATLANTA,GEORGIA 30303 Report No. 50-335/81-11 Licensee:
Florida Power and Light Company 9250 west Flagler Street Miami, FL 33101 Facility Name:
St. Lucie
Docket No. 50-335 License No. DPR-67 Inspection at St. Lucie site near Ft. Pierce, Florida Inspectors:
S. A.
H. E. Bib e Signed cP u5~
Dat Sig ed Approved by:
. C. Dance, Section Chief, Resident and Reactor Project Inspection Division ate igned SUMMARY Inspection on April 11 May 10, 1981 Areas Inspected This routine inspection involved 44 resident inspector-hours on site in the areas of followup of IE Circular s, Information Notices, Licensee Event Reports and management appraisal; plant operations review; and review of previously identi-fied-items.
Results Of the five areas inspected, no violations or deviations were identifie DETAILS Persons Contacted Licensee Employees
"C. M. Wethy, Plant Manager J.
H. Barrow, Operations Superintendent J.
E. Bowers, Maintenance Superintendent D. A. Sager, Operations Supervisor
"N. G. Roos, Quality Control Supervisor R. J. Frechette, Chemistry Supervisor C.
F. Leppla, Instrument and Control Supervisor R.
R. Jennings, Technical Department Supervisor H.
F. Buchanan, Health Physics Supervisor J.
G. West, Security Supervisor 0.
D. Hayes, Nuclear Plant Supervisor L. W. Peqrce, Nuclear Plant Supervisor N. D. West, Nuclear Plant Supervisor C. L. Burton, Nuclear Plant Supervisor M. B. Vincent, Assistant Plant Superintendent Electrical T ~ A. Diliard, Assistant Plant Superintendent Mechnical A. W. Bailey, Quality Assurance Supervisor J. Kruins, Engineer Other licensee employees included technicians, operators, shift technical advisors, and security force members.
"Attended exit interview 2.
Exit Interview The inspection scope and findings were summarized on May 8, 1981 with those persons indicated in paragraph 1 above.
3.
Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings (Closed)
UNR 50-335/78-17-02:
More review required to determine if the CNRB is reviewing safety evaluations of special tests and minutes of the facility review group meetings.
This review was made and the results are included in inspection report item 50-335/81-08-40.
4.
'Unresolved Items Unresolved items were not identified during this inspection.
5.
IE Circulars The following IE Circular was reviewed to determine whether it had been received by station management, reviewed for applicability and appropriate
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action had been taken or planned:
(Closed)
IEC-81-03:
In'operable Seismic monitoring instrumentation.
Thi s IE Circular is closed based on licensee review that indicates that:
(a)
the subject model seismic monitor is not used at St.
Lucie Unit 1, and (b) I&E procedure 1400152, Rev.
4 provides for calibration and inspection of seismic, monitors and inspection of batteries at a
frequency specified by the Technical Specifications.
6.
IE Information Notices The following IE Information Notices were reviewed to ensure their receipt and review by appropriate management.
IE Information Notices are considered closed upon receipt and review.
IEN-18-14 Potential Overstress of Shafts on Fisher Series 9200 Butterfly Valves with Expandable T rings The following IE Information Notices were not sent to St.
Lucie.
They are closed as not applicable.
IEN 81-11 Alternate Rod Insertion for BWR Scram Represents a Potential Path for Loss of Primary Coolant (BWR)
IEN 81-12 Guidance on Order Issued January 9,
1981 Regarding Automatic Control Rod Insertion on Low Control Air Pressure (BWR)
IEN 81-13 Jammed Source Rack in a Gamma Irradiator IEN 81-16 Control Rod Drive System Malfunctions (BWR)
7.
Licensee Event Reports Review The following LER's were reviewed to verify that reporting requirements had been met, causes had been identified, corrective actions appeared appro-priate, generic applicability had been considered, and the LER forms were complete.
Additionally, for those reports identified by asterisk, a more detailed review was performed to verify that the licensee had reviewed the events, corrective action had been taken, no unreviewed safety questions were involved, and violations of regulations or Technical Specification conditions had been identified.
- LER-81-10
"LER-81-14
"LER-81-15 Control Room HVAC Mispositioned Damper Engineered Safety Feature Actuation System'nstrumentation Power Operated Relief Valve Flow Monitor Failure
8.
Followup of Previously Identified Items (Open)
Licensee Identified Item 78-26-01 (LER 78-25).
This item identified an error in the original analysis of a NSP-4 cask drop for the'pent fuel pool and that the re-analysis required review, prior to acceptance, by the office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR).
This was submitted by.
FPL letter L-80-342 of 10/16/80 and remains open pending NRR review and acceptanc (Closed) IFI 50-335/79-06-01.
This item concerned modification of procedure AP-0010520 to reflect that the Facility Review Group approves procedures based on unanimous agreement.
The inspector reviewed procedure revision
which included this item in section 8.4.
The inspector had no further questions with respect to this specific item.
A related item concerning the policy of using unanimous agreement is discussed in paragraph 9.
(Closed)
IFI 50-335/79-13-05.
This item referred to changing the plant tagout procedure to provide use of smal,l tags on control room panels to preclude obscuring of indications.
The inspector reviewed procedure OP-0010122, Rev.
12, In Plant Equipment Clearance Orders.
Section 8.3.3.1 gives directions for trimm'ing tags to be placed on any control boards.
The inspector had no further questions on this subject.
As a result of visits to the site and corporate office by various NRC personnel during the months of November and December 1980, a report (PAS 80-4)
was written containing potential violations and "weak" areas.
These were formally identified as Unresolved Noncompliances and Inspector Followup Items in Inspection Reports 81-02 and 81-08.
One additional
"weak" area has been identified as listed below.
(IFI 81-11-01) Facility Review Group uses a unanimous vote for approval of items vice majority rule.
PAS 335/80-4 paragraph 9.c.(1).
10.
Review of Plant Operation The inspector kept informed on a daily basis of the overall plant status and'ignificant safety matters related to plant operations.
Discussions about planned safety-related activities were held frequently with various members of the plant management and operations staff.
Selected portions of current plant operating logs and data sheets were reviewed during this report period.
The inspector conducted several tours of plant areas.
Observations were made of work in progress, plant housekeeping, and vital area controls.'n Thursday, April 16, 1981 at 3:57 p.m., while operating at 790 MWe Net, a
light rain caused a short to ground around the B phase insulator on breaker 3W in the switchyard.
This ground caused an overcurrent, surge on the B
phase at the output insulator bushing of the main station transformer 1B,
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causing the cable to burn in two at the bushing.
The cable hung directly above the separated bushing connection and a large fireball of current was maintained for about 1 minute until plant operators tripped the unit.
All plant systems functioned normally.
The B phase insulators on both main station transformers were replaced prior to restart.
The plant was returned to service at 2:47 p.m. on Tuesday April 21.
No violations or deviations were identified by the inspector during this event.