IR 05000354/1997002

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-354/97-02 on 970523

ML20198G115
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	07/31/1997
From:	Linville J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Storz L Public Service Enterprise Group
References
50-354-97-02, 50-354-97-2, NUDOCS 9708130302
Download: ML20198G115 (2)

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July 31, 1997 Mr. L. F. Storr, Senior Vice President -

Nuclear operations Public Service Electric & Gas Company PO Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 l

SUBJECT NRC INSPECTION NO. 50 354/97 02-Dost Mr. Storz:

This letter refers to your June 2,1997 co'respondence, in response to a violation identified in our May 23,-1997 letter involving failure to follow diesel generator operating and testing l procedure Thank you for informing us of the corrective and preventiva actions documented in your letter. These actions will be examined during a future inspection of your licensed progra Your cooperation with us is appreciate

Sincerely, original Signed By:

James C. Linville,' Chief Projects Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50 354

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E. Simpson, Senior Vke President Nuclear Engineering E. Salowitz, Director Nuclear But,Iness Support D. Powell, Manager, Licensing and Regulation A. Tapert, Program Administrator

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J. McMahon, Director - Quality Assurance & Safety Review M. Bezilla, General Manager Hope Creek Operations i cc w/cy of Licensee's Letter:

A. F. Kirby, Ill, External Operations Huclear, De'marva Power & Light C l Jeffrey J. Keenan, Esquire '

J. A. Isabella, Manager, Join Generation Department, Atlantic Electric Company

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W. Conklin, Public Safety Consultant, Lower Alloways Creek Township R. Kankus, Joint Owner Affairs State of New Jersey State of Delaware Distribution w/ copy of Licensee's Response Letter:

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PUBLIC D. Jaffe, Project Manager, NRR L. Olshan, Project Manager, NRR W. Dean, OEDO J. Stolz, PD12, NRR  !

J. Linville, DRP S. Barber, DRP L. Harrison, DRP D. Screnci, PAO Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

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• t ,c se...c e t ecs >c et oss conce, touis F. Stort a Potme Se .<e E ectoc anc Gas Comcary s. v . . + en n , .a es. :ce. e s P O Bon 236. Han. cocks Snage NJ 08038 609 339-5100 W!* * 0 mr LR-N970368 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION INSPECTION _ REPORT NO. 50 354/97 02 NOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NPF-57 DOCKET No. 50 354 Ladies-& Gentlemen:

Pursuant to the provisions of 10CFR2.201, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) hereby submits a reply to the notice of violation (NOV) issued to the Hope Creek Generating Station-in a letter dated May 23, 1997 The details of the reply are contained in the attachments to this lette Should you have any questions or comments on this transmittal, do not hesitate to contact u

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RESPONSE TO PROCEDURE ADHERENCE VIOLATION I

INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-354/97-02 HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50 354 LR-N970368 DISCRIPTION QF VIOLATION

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The description of the violation contained in the notice of violation received in the May 23, 1997 letter is as follows:

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" Technical Specification 6.8.1.d requires in part that written procedures shall be established and implemented for surveillance and test activities of safety-related equipmen Hope Creek operations department surveillance test procedure HC.OP-ST. KJ- 0003 (Q) , revision 34, requires that emergency diesel generators be " barred over with air..." in accegdance with the system operating procedur Hope Creek emergency diesel system operating procedure, HC.OP-SO.KJ-0001(Q), revision 26, step 5.9.3.I directs operators to " shut all cylinder test cocks" following completion of the barring over proces Contrary to the above, on April 23, 1997, operators failed to shut six of the twelve cylinder indicator test cocks following completion of "C" emergency diesel generator pre-start checks. This failure led to emergency diesel engine operation at full load with the cylinder test cocks ope This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I)."

I REPLY TO VIOLATION PSEEG Position PSE&G agrees with the violatio Raamon for the violat1QA The cause of this procedure adherence violation was human erro I w

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cylinder test cocks had been qualified less than two months prior to this occurrence. This was only the second time that the E01 had performed this task. E01 was assigned.to-participate in the surveillance test to gain experience in the EDO evolution, while a more experienced Equipment Operator (E02) was the lead Equipment Operator for the surveillance tes Just prior to opening the cylinder test cocks, EOl was briefed by E02 regarding the unusual aspects of tas The cylinder test cocks are.90 degree right angle manually operated valves. To open the cylinder test. cocks, the stem must be turned in the counter clockwise direction, which la the standard direction for opening a valv However, the stem screws toward the cylinder test cock when openin To.close the cylinder test cock, the stem must be turned in the clockwise direction, which is tne standard direction for closing a valve. However, the stem-screws away from the cylinder test coc E02 reiterated that the direction of the stem movement could be confusing, and EOl's focus needed to be on the direction that the stem is being turne E02 ebserved, as closely as possible given thy location of the valves, E01 performing the task for the first two cylinder test cocks until confident that the task was being performed correctly. However, E01 failed to fully close the 6 cylinder test cocks for which he was-responsibl Previous similar Occurrence and Effectiveness of Corrective Actions On February 13, 1996, operators, working in accordance with an approved operations procedure, found 6 cylinder test cocks in the incorrect position following maintenance performed on the 'C' EDG. The cause was determined to be inadequate maintenance procedures and training to perform the work. The maintenance procedure was revised and the training was enhanced, which have been effective in preventing inadequate turnover of the EDGs to the operations department following maintenanc PSE&G-believes that the February 13, 1996 occurrence was the result of programmatic-issues, whereas the April 23, 1997 occurrence was the result of human performance issues. Therefore, the corrective actions from February 13, 1996 occurrence would not have been expected to prevent the April 23, 1997 violatio , ,

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C, Carrective Stags _That Haym_3 mon Taken (or Are ongoing 1 and Resulta Achieved There has been increased me,nagement focus on Hope Creek operations Department personnel human error reductio Since December 1996, the Hope Creek Operations Department personnel performance has improved, indicating the effectiveness of management's focus and resultant action . The Equipment Operator involved in this procedure adherence violation was removed from tne Auxiliary Building Watch Qualification List until Operations management was satisfied that remediation had been effective and would prevent recurrenc Date When Full Compliance Will Be Achiayed Full compliance was achieved on April 23, 1997 when the cylinder test cocks were closed in accordance with th procedur ,

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