IR 05000361/1988015

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Repts 50-361/88-15 & 50-362/88-16

ML20155G267
Person / Time
Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	10/04/1988
From:	Zimmerman R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
To:	Baskin K SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO.
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NUDOCS 8810140172
Download: ML20155G267 (1)

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007 - 4 1988 Docket Nos. 50-361, 50-362 Southern California Edison Company P. O. Box 800 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue Rosemead, California 91770 Attn: Mr. Kenneth P. Baskin, Vice President Nuclear Engineering, Safety, and Licensing Department Gentlemen:

Thank you for your letter of September 12, 1988, in response to our Notice of Violation and Inspection Report No. 50-361/88-15 and 50-362/88-16, dated August 12, 1988, informing us of the steps you have taken to correct the items which sie brought to your attention. Your corrective actions will be verified during a future inspectio Your cooperation with us is appreciate

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Subject: Docket Numbers 50-361 and 50-362

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Reply to a Notice of Violation and Notice of Deviation San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Units 2 and 3 Reference: Letter, Hr. J. B. Hartin (NRC) to Mr. Kenneth Baskin (SCE), dated August 12, 1988-l l

The above referenced letter forwarded NRC Inspection Report Nos. 50-361/88-15 l and 50-362/88-16, a Notice of Violatio.1 and a Notice of Deviation resulting l from the routine inspections conducted by Hessrs. F. R. Huey, J. E. Tatum, A. L. Hon, and A. D. Johnson during the period May 22 through July 2,198 In accordance with 10 CFR 2.201, Enclosures A and B to this letter provide the Southern California Edison (SCE) reply to the subject Notice of Violation and

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Notice of Deviation, respectivel j

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If you require any additional information. please so advis Very truly yours, S4 h J Enclosures: as stated cc: J. 8. Hartin, Regional Administrator, NRC Region V F. R. Huey, NRC Senior Resident Inspector, San Onofre Units 1, 2 and 3

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ENCLOSURE A REPLY TO THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION

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Appendix A to Mr. J. B. Hartin's letter, dated August 12, 1988, states in part:

"10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V provides, in part, that:

' Activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstances and shall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures, or drawings.'

"Chapter SC (Revision 10) of the. licensee's TQAM, paragraph 8 . states only measuring and test equipment evidencing a current calibration status shall be used for safety related activitie "Paragraph 6.13.2.4 of Haintenance Procedure S0123-I-1.7 (TCN 2-2) states that the journeyman shall draw and inspect all measuring and test equipment to be used for the activity to ensure that the calibration date will remain valid for the duration of the activity, and shall record the instrumentation used on the maintenance order (HO).

"Contrary to the above requirements:

" On June 17, 1988, a strip chart recorder (H&TE #I2,9097) with a calibration due date of June 16, 1988, and a D. C. amplifier (H&TE #I2-8696) with a calibration due date of June 14, 1988, were being used to gather data to evaluate operability of the post-LOCA hydrogen monitoring system (Train B).

" The measuring and test equipment being used to evaluate the operability of the post-LOCA hydrogen monitoring system (Train B) was not recorded on the applicable H0, No. 8806060 "This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I)."

RESPONSE Reasons for the violation, if admitted SCE admits that contrary to procedure $0123-I-1.7, "Maintenance Order Preparation, Use And Scheduling " (A) measuring and test equipment (H&TE) was used which had expired stickerst and (8) the H&TE was not recorded on the maintenance order. SCE's investigation has established that there is no safety significance to this even The facts and circumstances surrounding each of these issues are as

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. Use of H&TE with Expired Calibration Stickers SCE's investigation determined that the strip chart recorder -

and the DC amplifier were attached to the Train 8 post-LOCA hydrogen monitoring system to collect investigative information on June 8, 1988. When the I&C technician attached the strip chart recorder and the DC amplifier to the hydrogen monitoring system, he verified that their calibration stickers had not expired. He was aware that on or before the calibration due dates, they should be returned for calibration in accordance with the Station's H&TE recall progra However, due to the in'vestigative nature of the activity, it was not known and therefore not specified in the H0 as to how

,long such information gathering would las The H&TE was left connected to the Hydrogen Monitoring System beyond the calibration due dates. The investigative information obtained on the Train 8 post-LOCA hydrogen monitor was not used to evaluate operability in accordance with Technical Specification surveillance requirements. Instead, the information gathered with this equipment was used by the cognizant engineer to develop potential corrective action Subsequent to these actions, Technical Specification operability surveillances were performed using M&TE within the required calibration due date In summary, personnel error, exacerbated by the open-ended nature of the investigative activity, resulted in the use of the H&TE two days beyond its calibration due dat Notwithstanding this, the information gathered by the equipment was not used as the basis for determining operabilit i H&TE Not Recorded on H0  !

Procedure S0123-I-1.7 is the general procedure governing the maintenance order control process. This procedure requires that the H&TE used be documented on the H0. In addition, procedures 50123-II-1.0, "Calibration And Control of Measuring And Test Equipment," and S0123-II-1.2, "Preparation and l

Responsibility of the M&TE Traveler," require that when H&TE is issued, a corresponding H&TE traveler is also issued to record i i

the activities (maintenance order, construction work order, !

etc..) for which the M&TE is used. These two procedures provided guidelines under which an H&TE could be considered

"Not Used" and be recorded as such on the H&TE traveler. The

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technician erroneously believed that these guidelines provided the applicable guidance for recording "None" under the "Test l Equipment /Special Tools Used" section of H0 8806060 i

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In summary, contrary to procedure S0123-I-1.7, the strip chart recorder and the DC amplifier used were not recorded on H0 88060605. This was caused by procedural ambiguity within and between procedures governing the work activitie . Corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved On June 17, 1988, the strip chart recorder and the DC amplifier were removed from the Train 8 post-LOCA hydrogen monitoring syste This event was discussed with all appropriate Units 2/3 I&C technician To be consistent with proced'ure S0123-I-1.7, which requires that all H&TE used be recorded in the H0, procedur6s 50123-II-1.0 and S0123-II-1,2 have been revised to require that all activities for which the H&TE is used, be recorded in the H&TE travele .

Corrective actions that will be taken to avoid further violations Regardless of the nature of the activities involved, the use of H&TE with a current calibration sticker is a matter of station policy and is required by station procedures. Clearly, the use of the H&TE with expired calibration stickers was contrary to the station policy and procedures. It is SCE's position to require the use of H&TE with a current calibration sticker. Consequently, a reading assignment, describing this event and emphasizing the need to verify that no H&TE will be used beyond its calibration due date, will be distributed to appropriate maintenance personne Future investigative maintenance activities of indeterminate duration, which involve the use of M&TE, will include administrative controls to enhance the consideration given by technicians to the calibration due dates vis-a-vis the expected completion of the investigative effor These corrective actions are expected to be completed by-November 15, 198 . Date when Tull compliance will be achieved Full compliance was achieved on June 17, 1988, when the H&TE with the expired calibration stickers was remove F

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f ENCLOSURE B REPLY TO THE NOTICE OF DEVIATION Appendix B to Mr. J. B. Hartin's letter, dated August 12, 1988, states in part:

"Paragraph 9.1.2.2 of the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (Revision 4) for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Units 2 and 3 states: 'All connections to the spent fuel storage pool are made as to preclude the possibility of siphon draining of the pool.'

"Contrary to the above, the fuel pool purification suction piping (015-4"-J-LLO) was found on June 22, 1988, to extend to the bottom of the spent fuel storage pool, and system features did not preclude the possibility of siphon draining of the pool."

RESPONSE Reasons for the deviation, if admitted SCE admits that the June 22, 1988 system alignment of the spent fuel storage pool draining of thepiping pool.did not preclude the possibility of siphon The design of the spent fuel storage pool was completed in 197 In

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preparing the design to preclude the possibility of siphon draining of the pool, SCE utilized Section 9.1.1 of the NRC Standard Review l Plan which permits either the use of siphon breakers / check valves or other devices such as locked valves coupled with administrative controls preclude (procedures governing a siphon even < the use of the locked valves), to i

In the case of the spent fuel storage pool purification line, a '

combination of locked closed valves and administrative controls were I intended to prevent inadvertent siphoning (notwithstanding that under certain circumstances the spent fuel pool skimmers may currently function as a siphon breaker). Valves HUO76 HU100, and HU101 were designated as locked closed valves. The Piping3 and Instrumentation Drawings (P& ids) were subsequently issued showing these as locked closed valve No basis was provided in the design documents which explained the

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' necessity for locking these valves closed. Consequently, when a revision to the Operations procedure S023-3-2.8.1, "Refueling Cavity Draining Operation", was prepared, the design intent of these valves was not fully understood, s

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r-2-In addition, the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR), Section 9.1.2.2, description of the spent fuel storage pool and cooling systems cited above does not provide a complete description of the

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design, including the use of administrative control . Corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved Updated design information regarding administrative controls for the spent fuel storage pool piping and valves has been provided to appropriate personne Procedures regarding the operation of the spent fuel storage pool piping and valve alignments.have been revised to include appropriate '

precautions and controls to prevent potential future siphon alignment . Corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further deviations A design modification is being evaluated to deter'mine the feasibility and cost of a change to the system design to physically preclude the establishment of a sipho FSAR Section 9.1.2.2, "Spent Fuel Pool and Cooling Systems" will be revised at the next annual revision to describe the current design i and the use of administrative control Licensee Event Report (LER) number 88-017 (Docket No. 50-361),

reported the siphoning event of Junt 22, 1988. As discussed in the ,

LER, a revision to the LER is being prepared which will include the above corrective action .-

4. The date when corrective action will be completed The revisions to applicable Operating procedures were completed on September 7, 198 F

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