IR 07100018/2012005
| ML18065B147 | |
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| Site: | Palisades, 07100018  |
| Issue date: | 01/21/1998 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| ML18065B146 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-255-97-13, NUDOCS 9801270075 | |
| Download: ML18065B147 (2) | |
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Consumers Power Company Palisades Nuclear Generating Plant NOTICE OF VIOLATION Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 During an NRC inspection conducted from October 18 through December 5, 1997, one violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG 1600, the violation is listed below:
10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, "Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings,"
requires, in part, that ac~ivities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings of a type appropriate to the circumstances and shall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures, or drawing Contrary to the above, on October 12, 1997, the operations shift started the first primary coolant pump, using System Operating Procedure (SOP)-1, Revision 38, Step 4.3.1.(c)2, a procedure inappropriate to the circumstances in that it allowed using shutdown cooling return temperature (when shutdown cooling is operating), instead of T cold which resulted in the operators exceeding Technical Specifications T co1d primary coolant"purnp start temperature limit This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Consumers Power Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U,S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATIN:
Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region Ill, 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 achieve 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 to show cause 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. If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will 9801270075 980121 PDR ADOCK 05000255 G
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- Notice of Violation-2-create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 1 O CFR 2. 790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). If safeguard's information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.2 Dated at Lisle, Illinois this 21st day of January 1998