ML14182A247
| ML14182A247 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Robinson  |
| Issue date: | 07/30/1993 |
| From: | Gibson A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Dietz C CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
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| NUDOCS 9308060064 | |
| Download: ML14182A247 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000261/1993012
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JUL 3 0 90
Docket No. 50-261
License No. DPR-23
Carolina Power and Light Company
ATTN: Mr. C. R. Dietz
Vice President
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant
Unit 2
P. 0. Box 790
Hartsville, SC 29550-0790
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
(NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-261/93-12
This refers to the Service Water System Operational Performance Inspection
(SWSOPI) conducted by Mr. Walter G. Rogers and others of this office on June 14
through July 2, 1993. The inspection included a review of activities authorized
for your H. B. Robinson Nuclear Power Station. At the conclusion of the
inspection, the findings were discussed with those members of your staff
identified in the enclosed report.
The enclosed inspection report identifies areas examined during the inspection.
The team assessed the service water system's (SWS) operational performance. In
particular, the team performed detailed reviews of the SWS design, maintenance,
operation, surveillance, and testing. The team also assessed the planned or
completed actions in response to Generic Letter (GL) 89-12, "Service Water
System Problems Affecting Safety Related Equipment," issued on July 18, 1989.
Your SWS program was considered as providing minimal assurance of operability.
This conclusion was primarily based upon your weak implementation of GL 89-12
guidelines as they relate to safety related SWS heat exchanger performance
monitoring. We are especially concerned as to whether your actions to date have
explored all approaches available for performance testing of these heat
exchangers. Please address any additional performance monitoring initiatives
underway or planned in a separate correspondence within 60 days of receipt of
this letter.
Based on the results of this inspection, certain of your activities appeared to
be in violation of NRC requirements as specified in the enclosed Notice of
Violation (Notice). Two of these violations were especially significant. The
first dealt in part with an inadequate, abnormal operating procedure. The
resulting NRC review into the validation and verification process gave us
concern that this was an indicator of abnormal operating procedure quality. The
second dealt with inadequate design controls to assure SWS operability. One of
the non-cited violations dealt with a similar subject of an inadequate interface
between your design engineering organization and the site's technical staff. Of
lesser concern were the violations associated with implementation inadequacies
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in your instrument calibration program, establishing non-conservative vibration
acceptance criteria for pumps, and patching of safety-related pressure
boundaries without using the design change process. The use of Belzona as a
safety-related pressure boundary repair material on repairs of even less than
one square inch, appeared to conflict with the ASME code repair requirements.
Therefore, include in your response your intentions on the use of Belzona as it
relates to the repair of safety-related pressure boundaries.
In addition, the enclosed Inspection Report identified activities that violated
NRC requirements that will not be subject to enforcement action because your
efforts in identifying and/or correcting the violation met the criteria
specified in Section VII.B of the Enforcement Policy.
You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions
specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. In your
response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional
actions you plan to implement to prevent recurrence. After reviewing your
response to this Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the
results of future inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC
enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory
requirements. With respect to the violation associated with the establishment
of vibration acceptance criteria for pumps, we noted that this violation had
been corrected and those actions were reviewed during this inspection.
Therefore, no response with respect to this matter is required.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this
letter and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject to
the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No.96-511.
Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact us.
Sincerely,
(Original signed by A. F. Gibson)
Albert F. Gibson, Director
Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosures:
2. Inspection Report No. 50-261/93-12
3. Appendix A - Acronyms and Abbreviations
4. Appendix B - Generic Letter 89-12 Action Items
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Carolina Power & Light Co.
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W. Flannagan
Acting Plant General Manager
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant
P. 0. Box 790
Hartsville, SC 29550
Mr. W. S. Orser
Executive Vice President
Nuclear Generation
Carolina Power & Light Company
P. 0. Box 1551 Mail Code - CPB 12
Raleigh, NC 27602
Mr. H. W. Habermeyer, Jr.
Vice President
Nuclear Services Department
Carolina Power & Light Company
P. 0. Box 1551 - Mail 0HS7
Raleigh, NC 27602
Heyward G. Shealy, Chief
Bureau of Radiological Health
Dept. of Health and Environmental
Control
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Dayne H. Brown, Director
Division of Radiation Protection
N. C. Department of Environment,
Health & Natural Resources
P. 0. Box 27687
Raleigh, NC
27611-7687
McCuen Morrell, Chairman
Darlington County Board of Supervisor
County Courthouse
Darlington, SC 29535
H. Ray Starling
Vice President - Legal Department
Carolina Power and Light Co.
P. 0. Box 1551
Raleigh, NC 27602
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Carolina Power & Light Co.
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H. A. Cole
Special Deputy Attorney General
State of North Carolina
P. 0. Box 629
Raleigh, NC 27602
Robert Gruber
Executive Director
Public Staff - NCUC
P. 0. Box 29520
Raleigh, NC 27626-0520
J. L. Harrison, Manager
Regulatory Compliance
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant
P. 0. Box 790
Hartsville, SC 29550
Ms. Gayle B. Nichols
Staff Counsel
SC Public Service Commission
P. 0. Box 11649
Columbia, SC 29211
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B. Mozafari, NRR
H. Christensen, DRP
J. Jaudon, DRS
G. Hallstrom, DRS
Document Control Desk
NRC Resident Inspector
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Route 5, Box 413
Hartsville, SC 29550
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