ML110540725
| ML110540725 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 02/22/2011 |
| From: | Darrell Roberts Division Reactor Projects I |
| To: | Belcher S Nine Mile Point |
| Dentel, G RGN-I/DRP/BR1/610-337-5233 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML110540725 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGIONI 475 ALLENDALEROAD KING OF PRUSSIA PENNSYLVANIA 19406.1415 February 22,2011 Mr. Sam Belcher Vice President Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station. LLC P.O. Box 63 Rt-2009-A-0129 Lycoming, NY 1 3093-0063
Subject:
NRC Office of Investigations Case No. 1-2010-009
Dear Mr. Belcher:
The Region I Field Office, NRC Office of lnvestigations (Ol), initiated an investigation (Case No.
1-2010-009) on December 3, 2009, to determine whether a Nine Mile Point CRO and RO deliberately failed to perform a concurent verification during equipment restoration from a maintenance activity, and whether they falsified the tag-out clearance sheet by indicating that a concurrent verification had been performed. Based on the results of the Ol investigation, the NRC concluded that neither the CRO nor the RO participated in willful misconduct.
Based on the totality of evidence, the NRC concluded that the CRO believed that he had the authority to change the verification type. ln addition, based on Ol interviews of four other CROs and an RO who had been in their positions for a number of years, all believed that CROs either historically had or still had the authority to change the verification type for clearance tags.
Lastly, the NRC concluded that neither operator willfully tried to falsify documents that a concurrent verification had been performed because records showed that the RO's second verification was done 22 minutes after the CRO's initial verification.
Nevertheless, the NRC determined that contrary to Administrative Procedure CNG-OP-1.01-1007, "Clearance and Safety Tagging," Section 5.25, Removing Tagouts, the operators failed to realign a Unit 1 circuit breaker after tag removal as required on November 19, 2009. This caused Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC to be in violation of Unit 1 Technical Specification 6.4. This violation was minor because there was no safety impact as a result of the error; the post maintenance test was merely aborted. This matter had been identified by your staff and corrected. Minor violations represent items of very low safety significance and are not subject to formal enforcement action or documentation by the NRC. Therefore, this minor violation will not be documented in an inspection report and no further regulatory action is planned.
ln accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.qov/readinq-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Mr. Sam Belcher Rr-2009-A-0129 Please note that final NRC investigation documents, such as the Ol report described above, may be made available to the public under the Freedom of lnformation Act (FOIA) subject to redaction of information appropriate under the FOIA. Requests under the FOIA should be made in accordance with 10 CFR 9.23, Requests for Records, a copy of which is enclosed for your information.
No response to this letter is required. Should you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact Mr. G. Dentel of my staff at (610) 337-5223.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Darrell J. Roberts, Director Division of Reactor Projects
Enclosure:
As Stated
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