IR 05000410/1991024
| ML17056B668 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 02/14/1992 |
| From: | Hehl C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Sylvia B NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP. |
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| NUDOCS 9202250061 | |
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CCESSION NBR:9202250061 DOC.DATE: 92/02/14 NOTARIZED: NO DOCKET ¹ CIL:50-410 Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 2, Niagara Moha 05000410 AUTH.NAME AUTHOR AFFILIATION HEHL,C.W.
Region 1 (Post 820201)
RECIP.NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION SYLVIA,B.R.
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
SUBJECT:
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FI:8 14 ]992 Docket No. 50-410 License No. NPF-69 EA 92-010 Mr. B. Ralph Sylvia, Executive Vice President - Nuclear Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation 301 Plainfield Road Syracuse, New York 13212
Dear Mr. Sylvia:
Subject:
Notice ofViolation (NRC Combined Inspection Report Nos. 50-220/91-24 and 50-410/91-24)
This letter refers to the NRC inspection conducted on November 10, 1991 through January 4, 1992, at Nine MileUnit 2, Scriba, New York. The inspection report was sent to you on January 23, 1992.
During the inspection, an apparent violation of NRC requirements was identified. Specifically, maintenance personnel failed to follow a new fuel handling procedure, which led to the dropping of two new fuel bundles on December 19, 1991, rendering them unusable.
On February 6, 1992, an enforcement conference was conducted with you and members of your staff to discuss this violation, its causes and your corrective actions.
Further, we asked you to discuss your overall corrective actions, to address previous inattention-to-detail issues and why those actions had not been fully effective.
The safety consequence of this event was low because the fuel bundles has not been irradiated and there were no radiological consequences.
However, this event in conjunction with other recent issues indicates declining performance with respect to attention-to-detail.
Further, you provided information about a December 16, 1991, precursor to this event where a metal shipping container containing new fuel was lifted without the hold-down plates and safety strap installed.
A supervisor stopped the lift, before the bundles could fall, and directed that the hold-down plates and strap be installed before continuing.
While the supervisor prevented a dropped fuel bundle event then, actions were not taken to prevent the December 19, 1991 event.
We are concerned that your supervisors did not utilize your station corrective action systems in this instance and their errors contributed to the December 19, 1991 event.
Based on the information in the inspection report and that provided at the enforcement conference, a violation of NRC requirements was identified as described in the enclosed Notice of Violation.
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Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response.
In your response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional actions you plan to prevent recurrence.
Afterreviewing your response to this Notice, including your proposed corrective actions, and the results of future inspections, the NRC willdetermine whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and the enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
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 by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L.96-511.
Sincerely, Of<lotNAL SIGNED BY LIfl0 i/l tJ Chaites W. Hehi, Director Division of Reactor Projects Enclosure:
Notice of Violation cc w/encl:
J. Firlit, Vice President - Nuclear Generation C. Terry, Vice President - Nuclear Engineering J. Perry, Vice President - Quality Assurance S. Wilczek, Jr., Vice President - Nuclear Support K. Dahlberg, Unit 1 Plant Manager M. McCormick, Unit 2 Plant Manager D. Greene, Manager, Licensing J. Warden, New York Consumer Protection Branch G. Wilson, Senior Attorney Director, Power Division, Department of Public Service, State of New York C. Donaldson, Esquire, Assistant Attorney General, New York Department of Law K. Abraham, PAO (2)
Public Document Room (PDR)
Local Public Document Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident Inspector State of New York, SLO Designee
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Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation I
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Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
W. Hehl, DRP C. Cowgill, DRP J. Yerokun, DRP L, Nicholson, DRP S. Greenlee, DRP W. Schmidt, SRI - Nine Mile Point R. Lobel, EDO R. Capra, NRR J. Menning, NRR D. Brinkman, NRR RI:DRP WSchmidt/mjc 2/W92 RI:E DH ody
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