ML17158B668
| ML17158B668 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 06/10/1996 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17158B667 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-387-96-01, 50-387-96-1, 50-388-96-01, 50-388-96-1, NUDOCS 9606200199 | |
| Download: ML17158B668 (5) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Docket Nos.
50-387:
50-388 License Nos.
NPF-14:
NPF-22 Pennsylvania Power and Light Company Susquehanna Steam and Electric Station During an inspection conducted between December 11-15,
- 1995, and March 4-8, 1996, 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 Part 50, Appendix 8, Criterion XVI, "Corrective Action,"
- requires, in part, that measures shall be established to assure that significant conditions adverse to quality, such as failures, deviations, and nonconformances, are promptly identified and corrected.
Contrary to the above, significant conditions adverse to quality were not promptly identified and corrected specifically:
From April 1993 to March 1996, the licensee failed to ensure the Reactor Water Cleanup (RWCU) ventilation area leak detection and isolation system would operate in accordance with the system design requirements outlined in an October 1992 Safety Evaluation Report (SER).
The licensee did not promptly correct this nonconformance, as a result, the Unit 2 RWCU ventilation area leak detection and isolation system was in an indeterminate state of operability from April 1993 to June 1995.
2.
Since November
- 1995, the licensee has failed to restore seismic monitoring system instrumentation to the locations outlined in the plant Technical Specifications (TS) or implement the associated TS ACTION statement.
The licensee. did not promptly correct this nonconformance, and as a result, at the close of the inspection report period, the licensee was not in compliance with the plant TS.
B.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation.
(Supplement I)
Technical Specification (TS) 3.3.7.2 requires that at all times the seismic monitoring instrumentation listed in (TS) Table 3.3.7.2-1 shall be operable.
Table 3.3.7.2-1 requires seismic monitoring instrumentation to b'e located on the containment foundation.
The TS ACTION statement requires that with one or more of the seismic monitoring instruments inoperable for more than 30 days, a Special Report shall be prepared and submitted to the Commission within the next 10 days outlining the cause of the malfunction and the plans for restoring the instrument(s) to operable status.
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Noti ce of Viol ati on C.
Contrary to the above, since November 7,
- 1995, and as of March 8,
- 1996, seismic monitoring instruments listed in TS Table 3.3.7.2-1 were not located on the containment foundation and were therefore inoperable for more than 30 days, and a Special Report was not prepared and submitted to the commission within the next 10 days.
This is a Severity Level IV violation.
(Supplement I) 10 CFR 50.71(e)
- requires, in part, that licensees revise the Final Safety Analyses Report (FSAR) annually or six months after each refuel outage provided the interval between successive updates to the FSAR does not exceed 24 months.
The revisions must reflect all changes up to a
maximum of six months prior to the date of filing.
The revisions shall include the effects of all changes made to the facility as described in the FSAR.
Chapter 5 of the Susquehanna FSAR states the Reactor Water Cleanup (RWCU) ventilation differential temperature isolation system can detect and isolate a
5 gallon per minute (gpm)
RWCU system pipe leak.
In October 1992, the NRC approved a licensee Technical Specification change request that decreased the sensitivity of the RWCU leak detection system from 5 to 25 gpm.
The licensee implemented the Technical Specification change in April 1993.
Contrary to the above, as of March 8, 1996, the licensee had not updated Chapter 5 of the Susquehanna FSAR to reflect the changes to the RWCU leak detection system sensitivity that were implemented in April 1993.
This is a Seve}ity Level IV violation.
(Supplement I)
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Pennsylvania Power and Light 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 I, and a copy to the NRC resident Inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 60 days of this letter. 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 actions that have been taken and the results
- achieved, (3) the corrective actions 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 with 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.
3 I
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 POR without redaction.
However, if you Find it necessary to include such information, you should clearly indicate the specified information that you desire not to be placed in the
- PDR, and provide the legal basis to support your request for withholding the information from the public.
Dated at King of Prussia, PA this 10thday of gunel996