ML13316B983
| ML13316B983 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 02/10/1989 |
| From: | Kirsch D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Baskin K SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML13316B984 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8902280024 | |
| Download: ML13316B983 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000206/1989003
Text
Docket No. 50-206
Southern California Edison Company
P. 0. Box 800
2244 Walnut Grove Avenue
Rosemead, California 91770
Attention:
Mr. Kenneth P. Baskin, Vice President
Nuclear Engineering, Safety and Licensing Department
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION OF SAN ONOFRE UNIT 1
This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. C. A. Clark of this office on
January 9-20, 1989, of activities authorized by NRC License No. DPR-13, and to
the discussion of our findings held by Mr. Clark with members of your staff at
the conclusion of the inspection.
Areas examined during this inspection are described in the enclosed inspection
report. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selective
examinations of procedures and representative records, interviews with
personnel, and observations by the inspector.
Based on the results of this inspection, it appears that one of your
activities was not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements, as set
forth in the Notice of Violation, enclosed herewith as Appendix A. This
violation regards the failure to promptly document an apparent nonconforming
condition associated with the Unit 1 Residual Heat Removal system. We are
particularly concerned with this issue after considering several past problems
you have had in this area. Specifically, you reported in Unit 2 Licensee
Event Report 88-008 that a problem identified in 1983 with Component Cooling
Water (CCW) system leakage was not reported to the NRC due to a failure at
that time to initiate a Nonconformance Report (NCR). In NRC inspection report
50-362/87-03, another situation was described where pipe supports were
identified as missing from a system whose operability was required due to the
unit being in power operation, however the discrepancies were not evaluated
until several weeks later after the unit had shut down, apparently because an
NCR had not been written. Furthermore, during the NRC Safety System
Functional Inspection conducted in May-June, 1988, your staff found it
difficult to relate clearly what actions had been taken to assess the
significance of concerns raised regarding the CCW system because a one month
delay existed between the issuance of an engineering evaluation of the
concerns by your corporate engineering office, and the initiation and
disposition of those concerns by an NCR written by the plant staff.
This inspection also identified that your control of the use of ultrasonic
testing calibration blocks is weak. Your attention regarding this matter is
directed to paragraph 4 of the enclosed report.
890220024
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Your response to the Notice of Violation is to be submitted in accordance with
the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201 as stated in Appendix A. In accordance' with 10
CFR 2.790(a), a copy of this letter and the enclosures will be placed in the
NRC Public Document Room.
The response directed by this letter and the accompanying notice is not
subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.
Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be glad to
discuss them with you.
Sincerely,
D. F. Kirsch, Chief
Reactor Safety Branch
Enclosures:
1.
Notice of Violation (Appendix A)
2.
Inspection Report No. 50-206/89-03
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D. J. Fogarty, SCE
C. B. McCarthy, SCE (San Clemente)
H. E. Morgan, SCE (San Clemente)
State of California
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Notice of Violation (Appendix A)
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Inspection Report No. 50-206/89-03
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C. B. McCarthy, SCE (San Clemente)
H. E. Morgan, SCE (San Clemente)
State of California
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Resident Inspector
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