ML15118A197
| ML15118A197 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 04/21/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML15118A196 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-269-97-01, 50-269-97-1, 50-270-97-01, 50-270-97-1, 50-287-97-01, 50-287-97-1, NUDOCS 9705080196 | |
| Download: ML15118A197 (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 February 9, 1997, through March 22, 1997, a violation of NRC requirements was identified..In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedures.for NRC Enforcement Actions."
NUREG 1600, the violation is listed below:
Technical Specifications 6.4.1 provides that the station shall be operated and maintained in accordance with approved procedures.
Technical Specification 6.4.1.e states that written procedures with appropriate check-off lists and instructions shall be provided for preventative or corrective maintenance which could affect nuclear safety or radiation exposure to personnel.
Within Instrumentation Procedure IP/O/A/3001/010. Maintenance of Limitorque Valve Operators, the note following step 10.19.2 states, "For Appendix R related valves, (CF-1,2 and LP-1,2) motor leads at the motor control center and penetration SHALL remain as designated by drawings.
Corrections to motor rotation SHALL be made at the operator."
Contrary to the above, the station was not maintained in accordance with approved procedures, in that, for an indeterminate time since the compliance audit with Appendix "R" in 1987. the motor leads at the motor control center and the valve operator for LP-1 and LP-2 on Units 2 and 3 were reversed at the motor control center.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 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, DC 20555, with a copy to the Regional Administrator. Region II, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector, 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 will be 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 a 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.
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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 acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your 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 withholding (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 21st day of April 1997