IR 05000348/1987011

Discusses Insp Repts 50-348/87-11,50-364/87-11 & 50-348/87-14 & 50-364/87-14 on 870511-0710 & Forwards Notice of Violation & Proposed Imposition of Civil Penaties. Enforcement Conference Re Violations Held on 870903

ML20236M975
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	11/03/1987
From:	Grace J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Mcdonald R ALABAMA POWER CO.
Shared Package
ML20236M977	List: IR 05000348/1987011 ML20236M998
References
EA-87-142, NUDOCS 8711130357
Download: ML20236M975 (3)

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Docket Nos. 50-348 and 50-364 4 License No. NPF-2 and NPF-8- .i EA 87-142 I-l Alabama Power. Company .

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j ATTN: Mr. R.'P.' Mcdonald 1

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SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLA 1!0N AND PROPOSED. IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTIES (NRC INbPECTIml REPOR1 NOS. 50-348, 364/87-11.ANDu50-348,L364/87-14) j l

This' refers to the inspections conducted on May 11-22, June 1-5, and ' June 11 '-

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July 10, '9.87, at the r~arley Nuclear Plan The' inspections included the l reviev 'of the implementation of your procurement and: vendor. interface = progra The. reports documenting these inspections were sent to'you by.l'etters d.ated July 27 and July 30, 1987. As c result of these inspec.tions, failuresLto .

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omply with the NRC regulatory requirements were identified. 'On< September 3, -l 1987, an Enforcement Conference was held with you and members of your staff-in I the Region II office to discuss these violations, their causes,fand yo:ur corrective actions. The report documenting this conference was sent to you by letter dated October 5,198 ;

The violations associated with Sections I.A and I.B involve a numberinf exam-pies of inadequate coritrol'and installation of purchased equipment. Section.I.'A relates to the installation'of-nine commercial: grade circuit breaxers into safety-related motor control centers (MCC). The breakers were' purchased with a ratin of 480-V; however, they were instaik d in 600-V MCCs. The installation of these breakers without proper evaleation reflects a weakness in your program:to assure that material and 6quipment conform to procurement requirements.Section I.B-demonstrates a lack of design control by citing a. number of examples wher commercial grade parts were incorrectly installed in safety-related equipmen i and applications. Together these violations illustrate a significant weakness-in management oversight in the area of procuremen The violations associated with Sections'II.A and II.B involve a number of- l examples of inadequate corrective actions.and' improper inspection of safety- l related installations. Collectively, these examples indicate a lack of. manage-ment attention to activitiss involving vendor information,' control of equipment.,

installed in the plants and a general lack of aggressive' adherence to certain requirements cf 10 CFR Par,t S0, Appendix B. The five. examples' cited in Section II.'A involve safety-related' components that'were potentially inoperable

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or dependent on' control documents that were not' updated for:over two yearstdu to the' inadequate inspection and followup of vendor notifications. . SectiorbI indicates poor control of inspection activities' in that safe'ty-related battery racks'were, improperly installed and inspections. failed to discover obvious deficiencie T -

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Alabama Power Company -2- NOV 0 31987 l To emphasize the need to properly procure and inspect carts and equipment used in safety-related applications, I have been authorized after consultation with j the Director, Office of Enforcement, and the Deputy Executive Director for Regional !

Operations, to issue the enclosed Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition 1 of Civil Penalty in the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars (550,000) for the j

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violations described in the enclosed Notice. The violations described in the enclosed Notice have been categorized as two Severity Level III problems. The base civil penalty for a Severity Level III problem is $50,00 The escalation ,

and mitigation factors in the Enforcement Policy were considered. Each civi '

penalty was mitigated 50 percent because of prior good performance. Full mitigation.was not deemed appropriate because of the extent of the weakness in management controls in the general area of procurement demonstrated by the 4 I

number of examples cite You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. In your i response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional l actions you plan to prevent recurrenc In addition, you should address the I weaknesses in the different disciplines that allowed the plant to operate with l commercial grade components without adequately evaluating their suitability 1 for safety-related application After reviewing your response to this Notice, including your proposed corrective a tions and the results of future inspections, j the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action is necessary to l ensure compliance with NRC reOulatory requirement l I

In accordance with Sectica 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules cf Practice," Part 2, j Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Roo The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject ,

to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required I by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL.No. 96-51 l

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J. Nelson Grace Regional Administrator

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Enclosure:

Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty cc w/ encl:

W. O. Whitt, Executive Vice President J. D. Woodard, General Manager -

Nuclear Plant W. G. Hairston, III, Vice President Nuclear Support J. W. McGowan, Manager-Safety Audit and Engineering Review J. K. Osterholtz, Supervisor-Safety Audit and Engineering Review

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