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Notice of Violation from Insp on 950618-0715.Violation Noted:Fire Door to Pipe Alley Was Blocked Open for Approximately 30 Minutes W/O Notification of Operations Personnel
ML14181A752
Person / Time
Site: Robinson, 05000618 
Issue date: 08/10/1995
From:
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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ML14181A751 List:
References
50-261-95-21, NUDOCS 9508230058
Download: ML14181A752 (2)


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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Carolina Power & Light Company Docket No.:

50-261 H. B. Robinson Unit 2 License No.:

DPR-23 During an NRC inspection conducted on June 18 - July 15, 1995, violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure For NRC Enforcement Actions," (60 FR 34381; June 30, 1995), the violations are listed below: Technical Specification 6.5.1.1.1, Procedures, Tests, and Experiments, states that written procedures shall be established, implemented, and maintained, covering the activities recommended in Appendix "A" of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Rev. 2, February 1978, including administrative procedures related to fire protection program implementatio Fire Protection Procedure, FP-014, Control Of Fire Barrier Penetrations, provides administrative procedures to implement the plant fire protection program. This procedure requires that Operations personnel be notified prior to blocking a fire door so as to perform verification of the operability of the fire detection systems on either side of the doo Contrary to the above, on May 26, 1995, the fire door to pipe alley was blocked open for approximately 30 minutes without notification of Operations personne This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I.D). Technical Specification 6.5.1.1.1, Procedures, Tests, and Experiments, states that written procedures shall be established, implemented, and maintained, covering the activities recommended in Appendix "A" of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Rev. 2, February 1978, including procedures related to plant operatio Operations Management Manual Procedure, OMM-001, Operations - Conduct Of Operators, provides administrative process guidelines to ensure that plant operations are conducted in an effective, consistent manner in accordance with the operating license, plant procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements. The procedure requires, in part, that the operations personnel assigned to shift, continuously monitor the plant and its associated equipment during all phases of operation and take corrective actions during abnormal or emergency condition Contrary to the above, on June 30, 1995, at 6:37 p.m., the operating personnel assigned to the shift failed to effectively monitor the plant and its associated equipment and take corrective actions during abnormal conditions in that, over a 45 minute period, the water levels in all three steam generators increased, unbeknownst to the operators, until a high level condition in the A steam generator resulted in a trip of the 95R823oo5 950910 G

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running main feedwater pump, an automatic start of the motor driven auxiliary feedwater pumps, and an automatic isolation of the steam generator blowdown isolation valve This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I.D).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Carolina Power & Light Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555, with a copy 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 as a "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 a 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 tim 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 publi Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 10th day of August 1995