ML12356A130
| ML12356A130 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 12/21/2012 |
| From: | Nick Hilton NRC/OE |
| To: | |
| Casey L | |
| References | |
| EA-12-220 EN-12-052 | |
| Download: ML12356A130 (2) | |
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December 21, 2012 EN 12-052 OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ENFORCEMENT ACTION Licensee: NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC EA-12-220 Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 Docket No.: 50-266
Subject:
ISSUANCE OF FINAL SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION This is to inform the Commission that a Notice of Violation will be issued on or about January 2, 2013, to NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC (licensee) for a violation associated with a White Significance Determination Process finding identified during an inspection of the Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit 1. This White finding, an issue of low to moderate safety significance, will require additional U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspections. It involves the failure of Point Beach personnel to prescribe maintenance on the safety-related turbine driven auxiliary feedwater (TDAFW) pump, an activity affecting quality, by documented instructions of a type appropriate to the circumstances. Specifically, Work Order 40101094 used to perform maintenance on the TDAFW pump specified a first time evolution of unbolting the steam exhaust piping to the turbine, aligning the turbine to the pump, and then re-bolting the steam piping to the turbine. The documented instructions were not appropriate to the circumstances in that they did not ensure the final turbine-to-pump alignment was performed after the bolting of the steam exhaust piping to the turbine flange. This led to the failure of the turbine-to-pump coupling on May 21, 2012.
The Notice of Violation is based on the licensees failure to meet 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings, which requires, in part, that activities affecting quality be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings of a type appropriate to the circumstances.
In response to the preliminary determination letter, the licensee declined the opportunity to discuss this issue in a Regulatory Conference or to provide any additional information concerning the validity of the finding or the significance determination in a written response.
The staff concluded that the inspection finding is appropriately characterized as White. NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC implemented corrective actions to address the work order and procedure deficiencies and has additional long-term corrective actions in place.
It should be noted that the licensee has not been specifically informed of the enforcement action. The schedule of issuance and notification is:
Mailing of Final Significance Determination January 2, 2013 Telephone Notification of Licensee January 2, 2013 The State of Wisconsin will be notified.
CONTACTS: Lauren Casey, OE, (301) 415-1038 Nick Hilton, OE, (301) 415-2741
Distribution: EN-12-052, December 21, 2012 OWFN OWFN TWFN EBB Regional Offices Chair. Macfarlane EDO OCFO NMSS RI RII Comm. Svinicki DEDR OP CENTER RIII RIV Comm. Apostolakis DEDMRS OIS Comm. Magwood OE FSME MAIL Comm. Ostendorff OGC NSIR ADAMS SECY NRR RES OE staff OCA NSIR ACRS OPA OI OIP OIG Electronic DISTRIBUTION:
R. Zimmerman, OE N. Hilton, OE L. Casey, OE OE r/f EN binder X PUBLIC X NON-SENSITIVE ADAMS ML12356A130 OFFICE OE:ES OE:BC NAME LCasey NHilton DATE 12/21/2012 12/21/2012 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY