ML15261A369
| ML15261A369 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 11/13/1998 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| ML15261A368 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-269-98-09, 50-269-98-9, 50-270-98-09, 50-270-98-9, 50-287-98-09, 50-287-98-9, NUDOCS 9812010232 | |
| Download: ML15261A369 (2) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Duke Energy Corporation Docket No. 50-269,270,287 Oconee 1, 2, and 3 License No. DPR-38,47,55 During an NRC inspection conducted from September 6 - October 17, 1998, 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:
10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion III, Design Control, requires that measures be established for the review for suitability of application of equipment that is essential to the safety-related functions of the systems and components. Criterion III further requires that design control measures shall provide for the verifying or checking the adequacy of design, such as by a suitable testing program.
10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVII, Quality Assurance Records, requires that sufficient records shall be maintained to furnish evidence of activities affecting quality.
Licensee Event Report 50-269,270,287/86-10, Potential for Loss of Emergency Feedwater Due to Pump Runout for Certain Transients, dated September 29, 1986, described a licensee reliance on the ability of the emergency feedwater (EFW) pumps to operate at runout conditions for less than 10 minutes to mitigate a design basis main steam line break event.
Contrary to the above, the licensee did not maintain sufficient records to furnish evidence of activities affecting quality, including the review for suitability of application of equipment and the verifying or checking of the adequacy of design. Or October 8, 1998, the licensee had no quality assurance (QA) records to assure or verify the ability of the EFW pumps to operate at runout conditions as relied upon to mitigate a design basis event since 1986.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Duke Energy Corporation, 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.
9812010232 981113 PDR ADOCK 05000269 G
. NOV 2
If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555-0001.
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 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 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 13' day of November 1998