ML101620490

Notice of Construction Reactor Oversight Process Category 2 Public Meeting Handout: Wolf Creek 2, Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty, Dated 11/21/1984

ML101620490
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	06/16/2010
From:	Mattern K NRC/NRO/DCIP/CAEB
To:
Mattern, Kevin, NRO/DCIP/CCIB, 415-6622
References
EA-84-107, IR-84-022
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m*iitigated by 25%. An Order for $130,000 was issued on January 16, 1985'and the licensee paid the civil penalties on January 31, 1985.

Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company, Hartford, Connecticut (Haddam Neck Plant) EA 84-115, Supplement I An Order Modifying License and Notice of Violation and Proposed, Imposition of Civil Penalty in the--amount-df :$80,OO -was fssued'on December 13, 1984 based on. the failure of the reactor .refuel ing cavity.seal and ohe'resultatdrainihjof the reactor coolant waterýnr the-cavity torthe containmenit floor. An Order wasjssued to ensure improvements in the design change modification program.

. .Theliicensee responded and paid the civil ,penalty ,opnJanuary 28, Kansas' as -and ectri Company, 'W-ichita, Kansas

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~9 A UNITED STATES

• ""-'*' NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Il"...L.J REGION IV

,I*'IWI':*I - 611 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE. SUITE 1000 ARUNGTON. TEXAS 76011 Docket: STN 50-482/84-22 EA 84-;O7.107 NOV `2j Kansas Gas 'and Electricd Company'-

ATTN:,,-Glenn L. Koester'.

-Vice' Pre'sd nt - Ncleairý Wichita, Kansas ',67201;'

Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

. -NO-TCE OF VIOLATION AND PROPOSED IMPOSITION 4OF CIVIL PENALTY

,This refers .totheinspectionconducted.byMr,, R. G. Ta lorand other Region IV personne dujrin i the periOd ý Ju'ne tructnnon 11, through- September 28,

. 'z,:,ýI Wol.11984.of activities authori zed by NRC. Construction, e',t CPPR-1' for t'ýhe Wolf Creek.Generating Station. ? ne,,eu Its of the - nspecti~on 'weredic~sejwt §;!.F.Dud and 9oher "Mmes Of. your sta*ff at 6 econc"usionof! the.inspection andfiduring an EnAforl`emnt' Coex ren hl.u -October- -29,1498C. t.. N `..Rexgon'.V ff ice in with`ybui rTe omemersof the ,Kainsas as d staff 1n.mte.'*ana.e.so o tnV, D Two violations.,were Identiftied durig--thiis inspection.",.They are described in the encloseOd,1Noti'ce of Violatln'aind'Proposed-Imhposition of Civil Penalty.

ViolIation* 1"re ,rpresents a"significat brea kdowni n' y, program for the inspection -and correction of defective safety-related structural steel welds.

To emphasize --te n'eed for'KanasGasand ElectrW company managemne'ntto"ensure an effe:t~ye,,qd~al:ty a .ha s bi nimplemented

,,ih1Oitsur -tanh**sln*ogr'aii that 4 th:ldenti K fies and corrects construct'i'on deficiencieSi, I*h-a-ve bee-uh-ath6r;-ized, afatiýe:-

consuli"-"tatib'n.

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to issue theenclosed.'Notice>of-Vio~ation, and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in; the amount oftSenventy. five Thousand Dolars, ($75,000) for this viol ati on.-,q,,lThe-.viol atl on, has*cbeen*,categorized asý,-a. *Severifty., Level IfIIviovloation in accordance with the NRC Enforcement iPolcy, 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C, 49 FR 8583 (March" 81, '1984)."1The"base civil penalty for a Severity. Level III violation is $50,000. Hwevier, 7inc y6ou fai led ib tCake adequate corrective actions for the po'blhems Jide`n'tifi'fd 'by Corrective Action Requests CAR No. I-W-0029 (initiated on March 22,, 1983) and CAR No. 1-W-0031 (issued Au~ust 16-,1983)," the*as, civil* penalty is being escalated by 50%.

Violation II has beeh categoriied as* a'Severity Level IV violation for which no civil penalty- is proposed.'

You are required to.respond to the enclosed Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty. In preparing your response you should follow the instructions, specified' in the.,Notice.- Your reply-to this letter and the results of future inspections will be, considered in determining whether further enforcement action is warranted.

CERTIFIED MAIL RETURNRCIT REQUESTED I. A-144

Kansas Gas and Electric Company 2 In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790, of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2, Titl.e, 10, Code of Federal. Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosures xwill. be placed, in the: NRC"s Publice, Document. Room. . " ,

The responses directed by -this letter and the enclosed Notice are notisubject to the clearance procedure of the Office of Management and Budget as.,required by the Paperwork Reduction Act: of:1980, PL 96-5-1,.,:

-Sincerely.,

Original Signe- ry

... Si l;:

Robert D. Martin, -Regional Admini strator Region ,.IV . ý ,. "* . , % t , ý '

Enclosure:

Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty cc:* - w/enclosure Kansas Gas and:Electric Company

-ATTN: Gene. -.P,-.-ý,Rathbun,*Manager of Licensing

-"P.O.. Box 208 Wicchita, Kansas-,- 67201-.;. A Forrest Rhodes, Plant Superintendent Wolf, C.reek, Generati*ng, Station..

P.O. Box 309 -

Burlington, Kansas 66839 I.A-145

NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND PROPOSED IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTY Kansas Gas and Electric Company Docket: 50-482/84-22 Wolf Creek Generating Station Permit: CPPR-147 EA 84-107 As -a! -resudlitý of, an' NRC .inspection conducted during, the period, 6f June, 11,. 1984i ':

through September-28,ý 1984, two viol'ations; were idehtif ied one' ofý whichK repre's4 a significant breakdown in the licensee's program for the inspection and corre4 of defelctiive -safety-.related-structurali steel welds.;*- To emphasi-zei the, need- for, Kansas Gasýan&d,.Elec'triicý.'Company:" management, tbo *ensturei an-'effective* qual~ity* r!;{a inspection plrogram-.has. been implement id that .,both idehtifies and .corrects-construction defic4-enc-ies, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposes to imposi a civil.penalty in the amount of Seventyy-'five Thousand Dollars ($75,000),for*

this violation..

In. accordance with the NRC..Enforcement Policy, 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C, as revised, 49 FR 8583 (March 8, 1984), and pursuant to Section 234 of the Atomic Energy Ac'ot ;as*.amended.(,Act.I),,.42*US:.C.* 2282, PL 96-295 and 10 CFR 2.205, the particular violations ahd eth'eyassociated civil penalty is set forth in Section I below:

.I. Civil Penal~ty--Viol.ation J Criterion Xf, of"-10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, requires that a program for inspection of activities 'affecting qualityl be established and&eXecuted, by;:

o or the organization performing the acti.vito- Veri*fy, conformance 1wi~th -

the6 do"c""mnented ihst~ruc tion'sp' rocdurs ad or -acconiplishinhg-AT Td~wig the IactiVity. J Crit6eion XVI of Appendix.B furtherfrequires that measures.be,,establishedd.

to assure .*that nonconforimances' are IpromptlIy identified' and..correcýcted.

Criterion, XVII requires* that sufficient- records.be: maintained.- to6- furni'sh6 evidence of. activities affecting.quality. -

Daniel International, Corporation (DIC) Construction Procedure No.

QCP-VII-200 describes the -requirements for performance and inspection of safety-related structural steel welds with-respect to committed conformance to. the Amernican Welding Society (AWS), D1.1.--75.' Appendix I in Revision 4-f this 0procedure: inhVkes a prohibition with respect to lack of fUsion,overla'p, slag, arc strikes, andweOld splatter. ý Paragraph 6.5.1 of AWS .l~-75requires ihiector..ver'ificat~ion 'thatthe size and length *of welds conform to the drawing requirements and that no specified welds are om itte d.

Contrary to the above, the inspection program for safety-related'structural steel welds was not adequately executed to assure conformance to the

,requirements of Construction Procedure QCP-VII-200 Revision 4 and the AWS D1.1-75 Code nor. were adequate, records kept to document the quality of the welds... Furthermore, once deficient welds -wer'e identif ied,. no actions, were taken to correct the deficiencies. This inadequate inspection program and the failure to take corrective actions is evidenced by the following:

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Notice of Violation 2

1. 'A random reinspection of 241 structural" steel safety-relateAdwelds, which were made-in accordance with Revision 4 of QCP-VII-200,' was performed by DIC and' documented in Correct~ive Action Repbrt' (CAR)

No.-I.-W-0029, dated March- 22 ,A1983. SixtytWo -percent o the inspected welds were found by the DICI i nspectors. tonot con'fbrm to the requirements of Revision-4 of QCP-VII-200. The reported defects that resulted in rejection-by the DIC inspectors included arc strikes, slag,` ack "of fusion, overlap and weld splatter.

2. Another reinspection of a sample of structural-members-:with the lowest- design safety margins Wast innitiated' on September.' 14.iY.'4984.

The results of the licensee reinspection activities (verified by NRC inspectbrs) .;as, tof Septembeir-_`28-, 1984, :were as' foll6ws::,-"' ,

a. A missing weld was found at the same location in each of six pressurizer supportcý;,onnections.Iný addition,'ifive*of 14 fillet welds in one pressurizer support connection were unders i zed. by- 1/8-incrh to 1/4-i nch with respect to the' drawing-required- size-, of 5/8-inch,' and 'two of ihese'* *wels were*alsob. under' .thez required,, ength; i.e., 3-inh and ,-

5-inch lengths:,' respectivelyi, versust4adrawi ng-=reiquired'"

length of 8 inches. The weld dimensions of the remaining five" pressurizer support, connectiOns we're not included in' the NRC veri fi cation ýacti vity.

Sb. .Reinspectionf hinine. strctural steel onnections', inthe

",aux-iliary` bufilding ident1i40 two rmiSs

,inwelds1 ih3bn,.

connectilon ~I n"-add iti on,,*wld zsieo-a-d "lnth-d-Icipnis were identified' ineach of,?the niiecbnne*'tionh;': *Ofih total of 106 welds* in the connections,, eight were found to be uihdersi~zed: lby./6 i hc' ý"j1ý- ~hwtP-drawing-required width'.- 'Two of the. unders*ized iwelds Werealso under 'the:::requiredIenhth;,i.e '22**__4 1Y4 chahd 2:1/2-ifch lerfgths,-_`.respect-ively, a-ýdrawing' requiredength dIVersus of 3

- inches.','"An.addiTti-ona- r-ni ne-wel dswere also-underthe drawing-requi W -length.of 3 inhchs' by1,2Z'ihct-1-irch.

Examination of 54 weld returns-in the nine connhetions found 26 to be undersized by 1/16-inch to.3/16-inch with'.respect to drawing'requi red wdths.kOneof theýund'r*id ield 'returns was

-a'lso"Uridert th'ereýquir'edlength; -,-i,--e,,ýý*2 inchsveus-a drawi ng-

-required7 size of 3 inchesI* n addition, 36`wel*d rturns*exceeded the'drawing-required maximum length of 5/8-inch by 1 5/8 inches

• 'to0:3: 5/8 inches*.* An -additional-eight:weldeturn*,- eded the drawiAng- requi red: maxi mumi4 lhength of 3/4-inch by:1/2-'lto 2 1/8 inches.

3. The absence of required MiscellaneOus-;StructuralSteel :Weld Records (MSSWRs) for documenting welding and inspection of safety-related structural, steel weldied conhnections-was itidenttified byKG&E in CAR No.

1-C-0031. As-a result Of this identification, it has- been established that approximately 16 percent of MSSWRs could not be located, which precludest positi ve-verification of ;control of welding an&ýpeformance n I. A-147

Notice of Violation 3

..,of.,required.. :inspections .Approximately 80 percent.of the MSSWRs Sapplicable to, the acti viti es-descriibed in paragraph. 2,,above could not

ýthat,. an- initial ,'

be- lcated. Records were not available to-, indcate inspectipn: was,, performed, of eijther _the pressu.rizer .support connections or .,the auxi I iary .,building, structural: connection, whicwasi~de~ntifie to-b, isn towls MSSWRs.were ocatted f r,frcertain w'elds in, four- structural, connecti ons, ol whi ch-ihdicated ac-ceptable welds. However, reinspection of these' four.connecti.ons,. thopqwed*one., Undersi zed¥Wel d:- n .one. connection and! "j

.--undersized., and-.bverlengthf wel direturns in ithe four connections.

This is aa.'Severity' Level I II Vi ol ati on.. - J(Supplement II.C)

CivilVPenalty $75,000 II. Vi olation!. Not.* Assessed a- Ci vi I*P.enail ty,-.;

Criterion of 10' CFRR-50 ,Appbnd*.x*,jBrequi res, that ac.tivi ties affecting.

,:qual ,ty.,.sha!l, be-.ac.*ompished.*.Tn,:accordance'., with- appropritateO. i nstructi ons procedures ,'and! drawings, andthatthese instructions, procedures, and drawi ngs§, contain- appropri atewquanti tat i ve:--acceptance., criteri a.

Bechtel Drawing E-1!R890,0, Rev ision.1,1 .- Raceway., Notes., Symbol s and Details staesn-paragraph 3.,36:4;that:,ý "Mi nijnum-separ*ation *betweenýdijff, erent*-Class-. *IE. conduit>.systems andi, *nimiiiumnseparati on, betweenilCass i 1E- conduttsystems-, and non

_..1E-c.E'ondi itisystims shall be 1"...Separation shall be measured ween the. outsi de, edges of,:-the conduit",,. . -

Bechtel-. Drawing-E-01013(q); Revision 11, requires "the. following:

1. Paragraph 5.8x1. 6.- - "Within-the, control boards and:other panel's associ ated,;wjith:protection:systems,:L circuits:,and-instruments of differ~ent-sep*aration groups shall be. independent and physically

ýýseparatead hori zotally and vertically.by-a distance of 6 inche s".

.2. Pa'aagraph-'57*, ,:3-,"Non-,safety,: rel ated- ci.rcui.ts Shall be

-separ~,dfom Class 1E cfircuits by, the same distances

..... ,Eappcable toCas ECrcuts of different:groups".

.Cont ray tothe. above, the following-activities affecting quality were not, accomplished in accordance withappropriate drawings:

1. There were seven cases noted where conduit-to-conduit separation ,

was less than one, inch;. -

2. There werefiyve -areas, in the control panels and-cabinets where S.-, lectrical cableseparation waslIess. than six inches; This.is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement II).

I. A-148

Notice of Violation 4 Pursuant to-the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Kansas Gas and Electric Company is hereby required to submit to the Deputy Director., -Office of ý;Inspection -and Enforcement, USNRC, Washington, D.C. 20555, with a copy to this office,. within 30 days of the date of this Notice, a written.statement;orexplanati~on .in I reply, including for each alleged violation. (1) admission-or denial of thet alleged violation; (2) the'reasons for the violation, if admitted;'(3) the!

corrective steps that will-be taken and the results achieved; (4),the

,* corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations;, and&(5) the date when full compliance will be achieved.; Consideration _.may be given toi,.

extending the response time for good cause shown. Under ;the. autho.r~ity of Section 182 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 2232, this response shall be*;ubmittedunder oath or affirmation.

Within the same time as provided for the response required-above'under 10 .:CFR 2. 201,.-Kansas:1,Gas and,-Electric Company, .may..pay -,the c'*ivil., penalty. in:,.

,the amount of $75,000 or may protest imposition of the civil.'penalty in-,

whole or in part by a written answer.*-:, ýShould.Kansas ,Gas :and ýElectricý Company.:

Kfail to answer within the time specified, the Deputy Director, Office of

,Inspection and Enforcement, will. issue ýan .orde~ri. ;imposing, the ,civ-i:l .*;penaýlty in i the amount proposed above. Should Kansas Gas and Electric Company elect to file an answer in accordance with 10, CFR-:2_. 2.0Q5 pr,.t-estýAng sthe cj.viv ijly.,pena~l tyi-, such answer may: (1) deny the violations listed in the Notice in whole or in part; i.(2) demons.trate extenuaating ci rcums$tances ;s.(. 3 ) .!shQw error in .th:i:s MNotice; .or K(4) show other reasons why the penalty should not be imposed. In addition to protesti ng *thee civil, -penalty. in whooele or,, inpart*,,suckhanswer may--request ,

remission or mitigation of the penalty. In requesting mitigation of *_the proposed penalty, the five factors contained in section V.B of 10 CFR Part 2, should be addressed. Any %writtenanswer n~accordance,,with.:.10, CFR 2.205 should be set forth separately from the statement or explanation in reply pursuant to 10i.CFR 2,.201-,, but may,-incorporate- b.specif;ic*r eferenceý (e-..g. ,..),ci-ti-ng-,pageý ;and;*,

pargraph. numbers)-. 4tY ao1id repetitio*n-.,.. The at~tention Of --Kansas, Gas,.and,.

~c..t r:ic,.Company..i s.dir*cted oýthe Othernpyovisionsoo 0.CFRl.2.205 regarding; the procedure .for imposing af ivil pehal 1 ty.,' - '

Upon failure to pay any civil penalty due Which has been subsequently netermined.in accordance with the appli cableg p ov.i isponst of--10 C:FR 2-,-205, this, ,

'matter Imay *be referred to the..Attoriney General, *,andthe penalty 9 5unles.s-compromised, remitted, or mitigated, may be collected by civil actioo pursuant to Section 234c of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 228Z..

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION S*°Robert D. Martin Regional Administrator Dated at Jhrlington, Texas

<this -2frrway of November 1984 I.A-149