IR 05000915/2010028
| ML16342D130 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon, 05000915  |
| Issue date: | 11/22/1995 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML16342D129 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-275-95-15, NUDOCS 9512050211 | |
| Download: ML16342D130 (4) | |
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ENCLOSURE
NOTICE OF VIOLATION Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Docket:
50-275 License:
DPR-80 During an NRC inspection conducted on September 15 through October 28, 1995, two 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:
A.
Diablo Canyon Technical Specification 3.9.4, states, in part, during refueling operations,
"The containment penetrations shall be in the following status:
...Each penetration providing direct access from the containment atmospher'e to the outside atmosphere shall be...
closed by an isolation valve..."
Contrary to the above, from 7:00 a.m.
on October 4, 1995 to 11:00 a.m.
on October 6, 1995, during Unit 1 refueling operations, except for approximately 11 hours1.273148e-4 days <br />0.00306 hours <br />1.818783e-5 weeks <br />4.1855e-6 months <br /> of this period when refueling operations were not in progress, with steam generator manways removed and two main steam isolation valves (Flow Control Valve (FCV) 41 and 42) not fully shut, a
direct access pathway was provided to the outside atmosphere.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Pacific Gas and Electric 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 copy to the Regional Administrator, Region IV, 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011, 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
'uch other action as may be proper should not be taken.
Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
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Because the 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 reduction.
However, if it is necessary to include such information, it should clearly indicate the specific information that should not be placed in the PDR, and provide the legal basis to support the request for withholding the information from the public.
Dated at rlington, 'Texas this 559 day ofQuc.n &ac 1995