ML17228A428
| ML17228A428 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 01/28/1994 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML17228A427 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-335-93-24, NUDOCS 9402080005 | |
| Download: ML17228A428 (3) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Florida Power
& Light Company St.
Lucie 1
Docket Nos.
50-335 License Nos.
DPR-67 During an NRC inspection conducted on November 28, 1993 January 1,
- 1994, a
violation of NRC requirements was identified.
In accordance with the
".General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
10 CFR Part '2, Appendix C, the violation is listed below:
Unit 1 TS 6.8. l.a required that written procedures shall be established, implemented and maintained covering the activities recommended in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978.
Appendix A, paragraph 7.b, Solid Waste
- System, included "spent resins and filter sludge handli.ng."
This was further implemented on site by St. Lucie procedure OP 1-0520020, Revision 30, Radioactive Resin Replacement.
Pertinent attributes follow:
OP 1-0520020, Section 4.0, Limits and Precautions, stated that a Nuclear Watch Engineer'a licensed SRO] should coordinate and supervise each resin 'discharge operation.
OP. 1-0520020, Appendix L, Resin Transfer For Spent Resin
- Tank, had a note to "ensure positive communication exists..."
OP 1-0520020, Section 4.0, required "Do not exceed
....SRT [spent resin tank] pressure of 25 psig or shipping container pressure of 10 psig during sluicing operations."
OP 1-0520020 did not discuss valve manipulations to add water to the resin discharge pipe via a bypass line if the resin entering the shipping cask were judged to be too dry.
Contrary to'he
- above, on December 2,
1993, the licensee failed to adequately implement (follow) and maintain OP 1-0520020, Rev 30, in that:
1.
The Nuclear Match Engineer was not present at the scene during the
- transfer, nor was another person at the scene designated "in charge".
2.
3.
The communications arrangement-was not "pos'itive" in that, a wall phone was used which prevented viewing of gage PI 6644, spent resin tank-
- pressure, while the operator was in direct communication.
Operators did not monitor Gage PI 06-44, which displayed the "[10 psig limit] shipping container or cask inlet pressure."
Consequently, the spent resin tank procedural pressure limit of 25 psig and the PI 06-44 procedural pressure limit of 10 psig were exceeded during sluicing operations.
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Florida Power 5 Light Company St Lucie 1
'ocket No. 50-335 License No. DPR-67 4.
Procedure OP 1-0520020 had not been updated to correct previously-identified inadequacies regarding adding bypass water to control the dryness of the resin bead slurry.
As a result; operators manipulated valves outside of the procedure to provide a bypass flow path for the additional water desired.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, the Florida Power
& 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 II, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the St. Lucie facility, 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, (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.
If an adequate reply is not received within 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.
Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 28th day of January 1994.
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