ML17227A286
| ML17227A286 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 01/22/1992 |
| From: | Sinkule M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Goldberg J FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17227A287 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9202140160 | |
| Download: ML17227A286 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000335/1991022
Text
JAN 28 1992
Docket Nos.
50-335,
50-389
License
Nos.
Florida Power
Im Light Company
ATTN:
J.
H. Goldberg
President - Nuclear Division
P. 0.
Box 14000
Juno
Beach,
33408-0420
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT'OTICE
OF VIOLATION
(NRC
INSPECTION
REPORT
NOS. 50-335/91-22
AND 50-389/91-22)
This refers
to the
inspection
conducted
by
S.
A. Elrod of this office on
November
5 to
December
23,
1991.
The
inspection
included
a
review of
activities authorized for your St.
Lucie facility.
At the conclusion of the
inspection,
the findings
were
discussed
with those
members
of your staff
identified in the enclosed
report.
Areas
examined
during the inspection
are identified in the report.
Within
these
areas,
the inspection consisted
of selective
examinations
of procedures
and
representative
records,
interviews with personnel,
and
observation
of
activities in progress.
Based
on the results
of this inspection,
certain of your activities
appeared
to
be in violation of
NRC requirements,
as specified in the enclosed
Notice of
Violation (Notice).
We are
concerned
about violation "A" because
of the
failure to properly 'proceduralize
Technical
Specification
required
chemical
analysis for emergency
diesel-generator
(EDG) fuel oil.
This resulted
in a
common. mode failure, in that it caused
three of the 'four onsite
EDGs to be
Your corrective action
was prudent
and demonstrated
the 'meticulous
care
needed
in this area.
We are also concerned
with your control of outage
maintenance activities, which resulted
in two violations.
You are required to respond
to this letter
and should follow the instructions
specified
in the
enclosed
Notice
when
preparing
your response.
In your
response,
you should
document
the specific actions
taken
and
any additional
actions
you plan to prevent recurrence.
After reviewing your response
to this
Notice, including your proposed
corrective actions
and the results
of future
inspections,
the
NRC will determine
whether further
NRC enforcement
action is
necessary
to ensure
compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.
In accordance
with 10 CFR 2.790 of the
NRC's
"Rules of Practice,"
a copy of
this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the
NRC Public Document
Room.
9202140160
920122
ADOCK 05000335
8
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Florida Power and Light Company
2
JANPP 1992
The responses
directed
by this letter
and the enclosed
Notice are not subject
to the clearance
procedures
of the Office of Management
and Budget
as required
by the Paperwork
Reduction act of 1980,
Pub.
L. No. 96.511.
Should you have
any questions
concerning this letter,
please
contact us.
Sincerely,
Enclosures:
2.
NRC Inspection
Report
cc w/encls:
D. A. Sager,
Vice President
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant
P. 0.
Box 128
Ft. Pierce,
FL
34954-0128
R.
E. Grazio, Director
Nuclear Licensing
Florida Power and Light Co.
P. 0.
Box 14000
Juno
Beach,
FL
33408-0420
G. J. Boissy, Plant Manager
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant
P. 0.
Box 128
Ft. Pierce,
FL
34954-0128
Harold F. Reis,
Esq.
Newman
5 Holtzinger
1615
L Street,
NW
D. C.
20036
John'T. Butler, Esq.
Steel,
Hector and Davis
400 Southeast
Financial
Center
Miami, FL
33131-2398
cc w/encls cont'd:
(See
page
3)
ORIGIN.Cl, SIGNED SY
. NARVIN V. SINKULE
Marvin Y. Sinkule, Chief
Reactor Projects
Branch
2
Division of Reactor Projects
Florida Power
and Light Company
3
gP,N 22 1992
cc w/encls cont'd:
Jacob
Daniel
Nash
Office'f Radiation Control
Department of Health
and
Rehabilitative
Services
1317 Winewood Boulevard
Tallahassee,
FL
32399-0700
Administrator
Department of Environmental
Regulation
Power Plant Siting Section
State of Florida
2600 Blair Stone
Road
Tallahassee,
FL
32301
Jack Shreve
Public Counsel
Office of the Public Counsel
c/o The Florida Legislature
111 West Madision've.,
Room 812
Tallahassee,
FL
32399-1400
Robert
G. Nave, Director
Emergency
Management
Department of Community Affairs
2740 Centerview Drive
Tallahassee,
FL
32399-2100
James
V. Chisholm
County Administrator
St. Lucie County
2300 Virginia Avenue,
Fort Pierce,
FL
34982
l
Charles
B. Brinkman
Nuclear Operations
ABB Combustion
Engineering,
Inc.
12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite
330
Rockyille,
20852
State of Florida
bcc w/encls:
J.
Johnson,
RII
K. Landis, RII
J. Norris,
Document Control
Desk
bcc w/encls cont'd:
NRC Resident
Inspector
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Comm.
.7585 'South
Highway A1A
Jensen
Beach,
FL
33457
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
101 MARIETTASTREET, N.W.
ATLANTA,GEORGIA 30323
Report Nos.:
. 50-335/91-22
and 50-389/91-22
Licensee:
Florida Power
5 Light Co
9250 West Flagler Street
Miami,
FL
33102
Docket Nos.:
50-335
and 50-389
Facility Name:
St. Lucie
1 and
2
License Nos.:
and
Inspection
Conducted:
Novemb
I
5 - December
23,
1991
Inspector
S.
te
i
ed
i~ M. A. Scott,
esident Inspector,
L. R.
ore,
I
yhct r,
NRC Region I
Approved by:
K. D. Lan is, Section Chief
Division of Reactor Projects
ate
S gned
ax
z-
Da
e
signed
i ~~ gz-
Date Signed
SUMMARY
Scope:
This routine resident
inspection
was
conducted
onsite
in the
areas
of plant
operations
review,
maintenance
and plant, outage
observations,
surveillance
observations,
refueling activities,
review of special
reports,
and review of
nonroutine events.
Results:
During this inspection
period
many operational activities were
performed in a
superior
manner,
but
a Unit
1 refueling
outage
was
complicated
by several
events
involving support activities.
The major events
were:
bending of two
Unit
1 reactor
core instrument stalks; particulate
contamination of emergency
diesel
generator
(EDG) fuel oil storage
tanks;
chloride contamination of the
Unit
(RCS);
and
a bent control element
assembly.
None
of the events
overly delayed
the outage,
or required Technical Specification
(TS) relief.
The licensee
did respond
to events
in a responsible
fashion.
Within the
areas
inspected,
the following violations
(VIOs)
and unresolved
items
(URIs) were identified:
VIO 335,389/91-22-01,
Failure to Properly Proceduralize
TS Requirements
for EDG Fuel Oil Testing,
paragraph
4.