ML17229A047
| ML17229A047 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 09/19/1996 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML17229A046 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-335-96-16, 50-389-96-16, NUDOCS 9609270028 | |
| Download: ML17229A047 (3) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Florida Power and Light Company St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Docket Nos. 50-335, 50-389, License Nos. DPR-67, NPF-19, During an NRC inspection conducted on August 19-23, 1996, violations of NRC requirements were identified.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violations are listed below:
10 CFR 73.71, Reporting of Safeguards Events, Appendix G, (a)(3) Reportable Safeguards Events, requires the licensee to report to the NRC within one hour of discovery, followed by a written report within 30 days, events which cause interruption of normal operations through tampering with controls including the security system.
The licensee's Security Procedure, SP-0006125, Reporting of Safeguards
- Events, Revision 9, dated April 20, 1995, Paragraph 8.2 (I) defines one of those specific events as being a "confirmed tampering of suspicious origin with safety or security equipment."
Contrary to the above on July 29, 1996, the licensee failed to follow their procedure and report the confirmed tampering with security equipment (locks) within one hour to the NRC.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement III)
Technical Specification 6.8.1.a requires that written procedures be established, implemented, and maintained covering the activities recommended in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978.
Appendix A, paragraph 1.c includes administrative procedures for equipment control. Administrative Procedure No. 2-0010123, "Administrative Control Of Valves, Locks And Switches," Revision 73 implements this requirement with respect to administratively controlled keys.
Step 8.2.1 of this procedure states in part that cubicles containing critical controls in remote locations shall be locked and the keys maintained under Administrative Control.
Contrary to the above, on August 19, 1996, keys used for the control of Power Operated Relief Valves V1474 and V1475 located in the 2A and 2B electrical penetration rooms respectively, were located in the unlocked cubicles which house the switches.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Florida 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 II, 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 9609270028 960919 PDR ADOCK 05000335 8
PDR Enclosure 1
W Notice of Violation 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.
Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence ifthe correspondence adequately addresses the required response.
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.
'ecause 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.
Ifyou 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 personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for with-holding 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.
Security or Safeguards Information should be submitted as an enclosure to facilitate withholding it from public disclosure as required by 10 CFR 2.790(d) or 10 CFR 73.21.
Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this'/%ay ofQep4. 1996 Enclosure 1