ML15118A186
| ML15118A186 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 03/10/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML15118A185 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-269-96-20, 50-270-96-20, 50-287-96-20, NUDOCS 9703280011 | |
| Download: ML15118A186 (2) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Duke Power Company Docket Nos. 50-269, 270, and 287 Oconee 1, 2. and 3 License Nos. DPR-38, 47. and 55 During an NRC inspection conducted on December 29, 1996. through February 8, 1997, violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions."
NUREG 1600, the violations are listed below:
A.
10 CFR 50 Appendix B, Criterion V. requires that activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions and/or procedures, of a type appropriate for the circumstances and shall include appropriate quantitative or qualitative acceptance criteria for determining that important activities have been satisfactorily accomplished.
Contrary to the above, activities affecting quality were not. prescribed by documented instructions and/or procedures with appropriate qualitative acceptance criteria. Specifically, as of January 20, 1997.
there was not an implementi.ng procedure at the Oconee Nuclear Station to ensure the Reactor Buildings for.all three units were returned to proper material configuration prior to power operation.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I).
B.
Technical Specification. Section 6.4.1 requires that the station shall be operated and maintained in accordance with approved procedures.
Written procedures shall be provided with appropriate check-off lists and instructions shall be provided for conditions which include normal
- startup, operation and shutdown of the facility, and the technical review and control program implementation.
Nuclear Station Directive NSD 703.12, Revision 14, Administrative Hold Of Procedures, provides control program implementing directions for placing procedures on "Administrative Hold" when changes to the procedures are required. This Directive requires that the applicable procedure shall be removed from the files and placed into a designated Administrative Hold file, and that working copies of the affected
. procedure-shall be destroyed.
Contrary to the above, the station was not maintained in accordance with approved procedures, in that Unit 2 Operations Procedure OP/2/A/1106/14, Moisture Separator Reheater (MSR), was not placed on "Administrative Hold". after necessary changes to the procedure were identified as part of a controlled startup of the MSR system on May 7. 1996. (That startup had identified the need for special precautions and guidance to make the procedure acceptable for startup at power while preventing water hammer events.)
As a result, the subsequent use of Operations Procedure OP/2/A/1.106/14 without the special precautions and.guidance incorporated.
was a major factor that contributed.to the Unit 2 September 24, 1996.
water hammer event.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I) 9703280011 970310 PDR -ADOCK 05000269 0
Pursuant to the provisions of 1.0 CFR 2:201, Duke Power Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington. D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region II, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the Oconee Nuclear Station, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).. This reply should be clearly marked as a "Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation:
(1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if.
the correspondence adequately addresses the required response.
If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or Demand for Information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction.
If personal 'privacy or'proprietary information is necessary to provide an accept Oable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies'the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information.
If you request withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withhold ing (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790 (b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or'financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.
Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 10th day of March 1997