ML17056A579

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Notice of Violation from Insp on 891019-1213.Violation Noted:Inservice Testing Vibration Measurements for Reactor Bldg Closed Loop Cooling Sys Pumps Obtained from Instrument Pickup Device Placed on Inboard Mechanical Seal Housing
ML17056A579
Person / Time
Site: Nine Mile Point Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 01/23/1990
From:
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
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ML17056A578 List:
References
50-220-89-30, NUDOCS 9001300318
Download: ML17056A579 (2)


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APPENDIX A Notice of Violation Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Nine Mile Point Unit 1

Docket No.:

50-220 License No.:

DRP-63 As a

result of the inspection conducted on October 19, 1989 through December 13,

1989, and in accordance with NRC Enforcement Policy (10 CFR.Part 2, Appendix C) the following violation was identified:

10 CFR 50.55a(g) requires adherence to Section XI of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code for inser-vice testing

( IST) of pumps and valves.

Technical Specification 3.2.6 also requires that IST of pumps and valves be performed in accordance with Section'I of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.

Article IWP-4500, Vibration, of= the ASME Code,Section XI, 1983 Edition including'he Summer 1983

Addenda, requires in part that "On a

pump coupled to the driver, the. vibratior.

measurement shall be taken on the bearing housing near the coupling".

Contrary to the above, during the performance of Procedure No. Nl-ST-V7 on October 16, 1989,.the IST vibration measurements for the reactor building closed loop cooling system pumps were obtained from an instrument pickup device placed on the inboard mechanical seal housing in lieu of the inboard bearing housing.

This is a Severity Level IV Violation.

(Supplement 1).

No response to this violation is requi red.

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