ML17164A955
| ML17164A955 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 01/26/1999 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML17164A954 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-387-98-12, 50-388-98-12, NUDOCS 9902090345 | |
| Download: ML17164A955 (3) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1
NOTICE OF VIOLATION Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (PP&L)
Docket Nos. 50-387, 50-388 Susquehanna Steam Electric Station (SSES)
License Nos. NPF-14, NPF-22 Unit 1 and Unit 2 During an NRC inspection conducted from November 24, 1998, to January 4, 1999, 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, in part, that measures be established to ensure that applicable regulatory requirements and the design basis are correctly translated into specifications, drawings, procedures and instructions.
It further requires that measures be established for the selection and review for suitability of application of materials and parts.
Contrary to the above, on July 1, 1998, PP&L had not ensured that the applicable design basis, from modification PCN 89-9008, was correctly translated into specifications, drawings, procedures or instructions, and had not ensured that measures were established for the selection and review of materials, in that, on two separate occasions, PPSL substituted incorrect gasket material for a neoprene gasket without a review for suitability of materials, on the "A" emergency diesel generator fuel oil storage tank.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1). This violation applies to SSES Unit 1 and Unit 2.
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Pennsylvania Power and Light 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 I, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, 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 or severity level, (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 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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Enclosure 1
If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 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'ersonal 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 King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 26'" day of January 1999