ML17179A695
| ML17179A695 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 01/20/1993 |
| From: | Martin T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17179A694 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-237-92-28, 50-249-92-28, NUDOCS 9301250026 | |
| Download: ML17179A695 (2) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION commonwealth Edison Company Dresden Nuclear Power Statiori Units 2 and. 3 Docket Nos. 50-237; 50~249
.Licenses No. DPR-19; No. DPR-25 During an NRC inspection conducted on October 26, 1992, through
- January 4~ 1993, violations of NRC ieqtii~ements were identified.
' In accordance with the "General ~tatement of P6li~y and Procedure
~or NRC Enforcement -Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix c, the vi6lations are listed below:
A.
10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI*, requires that ineasures
- shall be.established to assure that conditions adverse to quality, such as failures,* malfunctions~ deficieric.ies,
_deviations,.defective material and equipment and nonconformances are promptly ident_ified an~ corrected.
Contra~y to.the above, *in February and. April 1992, the licensee identified oversized fuses in various safety.
related circuits includin~ the Emergency Diesel Generator -
exciters and Low Pr~ssur~ Coolant circuits.
As of Decemb~r 1992, this condition adverse to quality had not been corrected.
This is a Severity tevel IV violafioti {Supplement I).
B.
10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion'V,. requires that activities*
affecting quality shall be prescribed.by documented instructions,* procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstance's ana' shall be-accomplished in accordance
. with these instructions, proced~res, or drawings~
Procedure DOP 6900-07, Revision 9,. "125Vdc Ground Detection," required that the*procedure be i:nuriediately performed at DC system groun_ds. above 60Vdc, and a Bl Work
- Request be submitted once the. ground was located.
Furthermore, the procedure required, at grounds above 115Vdc, initiation of a 14 day time clock *(administrative limiting condition for operation (LCO)) to locate and remove the ground and the preparation of a Ju~tif ication for C6ntinued Operation (JCO) if the grqund could not be locate~
- or isolated within 14 days.
Procedure DAP 07-os,- Revis.ion 9, *"Operating Logs and Records,". Paragraph B.5, required that when a Limiting*
Condition for Operation (LCO) entry occurs,- the event be logged in the LCO log.
9301250026.930120 PDR ADOCK 05000237 G
Contrary to the above:
. 1.
on September 26,
- f992, *when ~ 12'5Vdc system ground was
.present in Unit 3, the licensee failed to initiate
- actions to locate and remove the *ground.
In addition, *
- the licensee failed to initiate an administrative LCO and document the event* in the ~co log.
- 2.
On_November 3, 199~, when 125Vdc grounds were present in both Units 2 and 3,*an administrative LCO was*
initiated-and logged in the LCO log for unit 3 only.
The licens_ee could not provide evidence. that actions weie taken to identify and remove the~grotinds in either unit.
. 3.
On No~ember li, 1992, when a 125Vdc ground was present in Unit 3, the licensee failed to initiate actions to locate and remove the ground.
This is a :severity Level IV violation (Supplement I}.
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Commonwealth Edison Company is hereby required to supmit 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 u. s. Nuclear.~egulatory Commission, R¢gion III,
- 199 Roosevelt Road, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, *60137, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the Dresde~ Nuclear P6w~r Station within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Viol~tion (Noticey.
This reply should be clearly-marked as a.
"Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation:
.( i} *.the reason for the violation,*. oi;-, *if contested, the.basis for disputing the violation,. (2) the tiorrective_steps that have been taken and the results achievedj (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further vioiations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
If *an adequate reply_
is not r~ceived within the time specified in this Notice, ari
. order or a demand for information may.be issued as to why the*
licen?e should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action a.s may be proper should not be. taken.
W}?.ere
- good cause is shown, consideration will be.given to.extending the respo~se tim~.
oa7ed a:t:,""GJ,._en Ellyn~ Illinois this *iu.
day of J#ifJvp,/;}'f, '199*3-*
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- T.---o~-~Ma:rtin/ :Acting Director Division of Reactor Safety.