IR 07100019/2011015

Notice of Violation from Insp on 971019-1115.Violation Noted:Units 1 & 3 Low Pressure Injection Flow Channels Not Calibrated within Required Refueling Interval

ML15118A276
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee, 07100019
Issue date:	12/15/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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ML15118A275	List: IR 07100019/2011015
References
50-269-97-15, 50-270-97-15, 50-287-97-15, EA-97-551, NUDOCS 9712310352
Download: ML15118A276 (3)

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Duke Energy Corporation Docket Nos. 50-269,270,287 Oconee 1. 2. and 3 License Nos. DPR-38,47.55 EA 97-551 During an NRC inspection conducted from October 19 to November 15, 199 violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the

"General Statement of :Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions."

NUREG 1600, the violations are listed below:

Ko Technical Specification Table 4.1-1; Instrument Surveillance Requirements, Item 29 requires the calibration of High and Low Pressure Injection System Flow Channels on a refueling interval. Technical Specification 4.0.2 defines the maximum interval between surveillances as 22 months, 15 day Contrary to the above. as of October'30. 1997, the Unit 1 and Unit 3 Low Pressure Injection Flow Channels were not calibrated within the required refueling interval. Specifically, these instruments were last calibrated on January 26, 1995. for Unit 1 and February 1, 1995, for Unit 3, which exceeded the maximum Technical Specification interva This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I). Paragraph 3.E of the Oconee Operating License states that the licensee shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved fire protection program as described in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report and as approved in the Safety Evaluation Reports (i.e., NRC's Fire Protection Safety Evaluation Reports).

The licensee's January 6, 1978, fire protection submittal to the NRC stated that in lieu of fire fighting procedures, "general arrangement drawings of all levels within the station and yard areas have been marked showing the location of fire protection equipment and the location of combustibles. These drawings have been located in each control room and in the Safety Supervisor's office. We intend to expand the information on these drawings to indicate additional combustibles, hazards and ventilation systems supplying each location."

NRC's August 11. 1978. Fire Protection Safety Evaluation Report, Section C.6.6 found the licensee's proposed actions to provide "the necessary strategies for fighting fires in safety-related areas and areas presenting a hazard to safety-related equipment" to be acceptabl Enclosure 1 9712310352 971215 PDR ADOCK 05000269 a

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Contrary to the above, as of November 7, 1997, the licensee had not provided the necessary strategies for fighting fires in all safety related areas and areas presenting a fire hazard to safety-related equipment. For example, fire fighting strategies had not been provided for the Unit 3 low pressure injection hatch area on the 771-foot >

elevation of the Auxiliary Buildin This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement CFR 50.71(e) requires the Final Safety Analysis Report be revised to include the effects of all changes in the facilit Contrary.to the above, as of August 13, 1997, the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) had not been revised to include the effects of all changes in the facility. Specifically. Section 4.3.3.1.4 of the FSAR indicated that only one enrichment is used per fuel assemblywhile the fuel loaded in Unit 2 in 1994 and Unit 3 in 1997 contained axial end blankets with different enrichment This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Duke Energy Corporation, is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington. D.C. 2055 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region II, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector, Oconee Nuclear Station, 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 will be 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 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. 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 Enclosure 1

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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 create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required-by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.2 Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 15th day of December, 1997 Enclosure 1