IR 05000400/1996003
| ML18012A601 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Harris  |
| Issue date: | 03/13/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18012A600 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-400-97-01, 50-400-97-1, NUDOCS 9704010288 | |
| Download: ML18012A601 (4) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Carolina Power It Light Company Shearon Harris Unit 1 Docket No. 50-400 License No. NPF-63 During an NRC inspection conducted from January 5 through February 15, 1997, violations of NRC requirements were identified.
In accordance with the
"General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
NUREG-1600, the violations are listed below:
A.
10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI requires that measures be established to assure that conditions adverse to quality such as deficiencies, deviations, and nonconformances are promptly identified and corrected.
In the case of significant conditions adverse to quality, the measures shall assure that the cause of the condition is determined and corrective action taken to preclude repetition.
These requirements are further delineated in Section 12 of the licensee's.
corporate Quality Assurance Program Hanual, Revision 18 and in Administrative Procedure AP-615, Condition Reporting, Revision 20.
Contr ary to the above, from February 23; 1996 until February 13, 1997, the licensee failed to correct a condition adverse to quality in that the corrective action for Licensee Event Report 50-400/96-003-00 used a
change to the Technical Specification Basis to redefine rated thermal power for Technical Specification 3.2.3.
The Basis definition was in conflict with the Technical Specification definition of rated thermal power and the facility operating license.
On Harch 20, 1996 the Basis definition was used when power was 100.2 percent and flux mapping was not performed.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1).
B.
Technical Specification 6.8.l.a requires, in part, that procedures shall be established, implemented, and maintained covering the activities recommended in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2. February 1978, "Quality Assurance Program Requirements (Operations)."
Section 8.b of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Appendix A, requires specific implementing procedures for each surveillance test listed in the Technical Specifications.
Contrary to the above, on February 6, 1997. the licensee failed to have an adequate procedure for implementing Technical Specification Surveillance Requirement 4.1.1.3.b.
Specifically, procedure EST-702, Revision 10, Hoderator Temperature Coefficient
- End-of-Life Using the Boron Hethod, was inadequate in that it miscalculated the effects of the burnable poison xenon on overall core reactivity.
This six-year-old error resulted in non-conservative calculations of the moderator temperature coefficient for the current and previous two fuel operating cycles.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1).
ENCLOSURE
9704020288 970323 PDR ADOCK 05000400
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Carolina Power and Light Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U. S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:
Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C.
20555 with a'opy to the Regional Administrator, Region II, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).
This reply should be clearly marked "Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation:
(1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response.
If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or Demand for Information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken.
Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction.
However, if you find it necessary to include such information, you should clearly indicate the specific information that you desire not to be placed in the PDR, and provide the legal basis to support your request for withholding the information from the public.
Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 13th day of Harch 1997 ENCLOSURE 1