IR 05000498/1997015

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Repts 50-498/97-15 & 50-499/97-15 on 970603

ML20199L863
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	11/28/1997
From:	Murray B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Cottle W HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO.
References
50-498-97-15, 50-499-97-15, NUDOCS 9712020138
Download: ML20199L863 (4)

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i November 28', 1997 William T. Cottle, Group Vice -

President, Nuclear Houston Lighting & Power Company i

P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth Texas 77483 SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-498/97-15; 50-499/9715 I

Dear Mr. Cottle:

Thank you for your letter of July 2,1997, in response to our letter and Notice of Violation dated June 3,1997, We have reviewed your reply and find it responsive to the concerns raised in our Notice of Violation. We will review the implementation of your corrective actions during a

future inspection to determine that full compliance has been achieved and will be maintained.

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Blaine Murray, Chief Plant Support Branch c Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-498;50-499 License Nos.: NPF 76; NPF-80

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STI 30326871 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington,DC 20555 South Texas Project Units I and 2 Docket Nos. STN 50-498 and STN 50-499 Reply to Notice of Violation 97.1102 South Texas Project has reviewed Notice of Violation 9715 02, dated June 3,1997, and submits the attached reply. The events described in the Notice of Violation did not have an adverse effect on the health and safety of the public, if there are any questions regarding these replies, please contact Mr. S. M. licad at (512)

972 7136 or me at ($12) 972 8757.

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'ihomas W. Alexion Institute of Nuclear Power Project Manager, Mail Code 13113 Operations Records Center U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 700 Galleria Parkway Washington, DC 20555-0001 Atlanta, G A 30339 5957 David P. Loveless Dr. Dertram Wolfe Sr. Resident inspector 15453 Vh Vaquero c/o U. S. Nuclear Regulttory Commission Monte Sereno,CA 95030 P. O. Box 910 Day City TX 77404 0910 Richard A.Ratliff Dureau of Radiation Control J. R. Newman, Esquire Texas Department ofIlealth Morgan, Lewis & Dockius 1100 West 49th Street 1800 M. Street, N.W. Austin, TX 78756-3189 Washington, DC 200V,.5869 '

J. R. Egan, Esquire H. T. liardt/W. C. Gunst Egan & Associates, P.C.

City Public Service 2300 N. Street, N.W.

P. O. Box 1771 Washington,DC 20037 San Antonio,TX 78296 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission J. C. Lanier/M. D. Lee Attention: Document Control Desk City of Austin Washington, DC 20555-0001 Electric titility Department 721 Darton Springs Road Austin,TX 78704 Central Power and Light Company ATIN: G. E. Vaughn/C. A. Johnson P. O. Box 289, Mall Code: N5012 Wadsworth,TX 77483

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nu4 1. Statement of Violation: 9*

License Condition 2.F of the South Texas Project Unit I, Operating License NPF 76 and Unit 2, Operating License NPF 80, dated March 22, 1988, requires that the licensee l'ully implement and maintain in effect the Commission approved physical security plan, including amendments and changes made purssnt to the authority of 10 CFR 50.54(p).

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South Texas Project Physical Security Plan, Revision 7A, c~ted January 14.1997, Chapter 4, ,

paragraph 4.2, states,in part *lf a person is terminated for cause, that individual's access is revoked and his/her assigned badge is deactivated through the security computer system prior to or simultaneously with notificatic n of termination."

South Texas Project Procedure OPGPO9 ZA-0002," Fitness For Duty Program," Revision 7 dated October 24,1996, paragraph 6.11,' Confirmed Positive Test Results,' states,in part,"A

' Confirmed Positive' noti 0 cation letter (Form 2) is delivered to the department manager, or designee, notifying them the individual is denied site access, The llL&P employee will be terminated... Notification of the above positive test results shall be made using the guidelines contained in OPGPO3 ZX 0002, Condition Reporting Process."

South Texas Project Procedure OPGPO3 7X0002," Condition Reporting Process," Revision 13, dated September 12,1996, paragraph 4.1, " Condition identification," states, in part, "For conditions where security concems are obvious or perceived, contact Plant Protection immediately and deliver the CR form to Plant Protection, or if database entry was made, promptly inform the Security Force Supervisor of the Condition Report number."

Contrary to the above, on May 7,1997, the inspector discovered that the licens c had failed to comply with their procedures on February 3,1997,conceming a positive for cause 6tness for-duty test. Specifically, the inspector identified that a condition report and Form 2 were not properly initiated on Febmary 3,1997.

This la a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement !!!)(50-498:499/9715 02).

!!. South Texas Project Position:

South Texas Project concurs that the violation occurred.

111. Reason for the Violation:

The reason for this violation was a procedure deficiency that did not specify a time requirement to revoke the badge. In addition, the programmatic requirements in effect were not properly integrated.

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During the last tefueling outage on Unit Two an individual wu preparing to get access to the plant for work. De individual had completed the badging process and retumed to the Central Processing Facility. A station staff employee noticed the smell of what might be alcohol on the worker's breath in accordance with the plant Continual Behavioral Observation Program the worker was taken to Fitness For Duty for a "For Cause Test." nl: test showed an unneceptable level of alcohol present. De worker's Project Menger and Badge Coordinator were notified of the failure, ne Badge Coordinator maintained the worker's access badge in her possession and the worker's employment wu terminated. Contrary to procedural requirements the worker's manager did not complete the required Badge Transaction Form while processing the worker off site. Approximately 36 hours4.166667e-4 days <br />0.01 hours <br />5.952381e-5 weeks <br />1.3698e-5 months <br /> ifler the Fitness For Duty failure, a review of the Fitness for Duty records revealed that the involved worker's badge wu still in an active status. Security wu informed and the badge was revoked.

The Fitness for Duty Procedure required that a Condition Report be written only if the failure was reportable under 10CFR50.26. His event was not reportable under 10CFR$0.26. De Condition Reporting Procedure only required Security be notified if a Condition Report described a Security related event. The involved individuals did not recogae this as a Security related event. ne existing procedural guidance relied upon the process ng of the Badge Transaction Form to result in Security being notified of the Fitness for Duty fal;ure.

IV. Corrective Actions:

e Security personnel pmmptly placed the employce's badge on hold when notified the employee um on the denial list. Security personnel revoked the badge about an hour after it was placed on hold.

e ne Fitness For Duty Program procedure was revised to instruct the Industrial Safety

& ilealth Division hianager, or designec, to have an individual's access revoked upon verification the individual has a positive Fitness For Duty test result. His change requires the first individual aware of the failure to notify Security prior to any delays, e ne Fitness for Duty Pmgram pmeedure wu revised to instruct the Industrial Safety

& Ilealth Division Manager, or designee, to initiate a Condition Report as a result of a Fitness for Duty failure. The Condition Report would insure that Securay reviewed the event to determine if 10CFR50.73 was app!! cable.

• Fitness For Duty personnel have been trained on the procedure revisions to the Fitness For Duty Program.

V, Dste of Full Compliance:

ne South Texas project is in full compliance.

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