ML17255A655
| ML17255A655 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Ginna  |
| Issue date: | 01/11/1984 |
| From: | Starostecki R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Maier J ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP. |
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See also: IR 05000244/1983023
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UNITED STATES
LEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION I
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Rochester
Gas
and Electric Corporation
ATTN: Mr. John
E. Maier
Vice President
Electric and
Steam Production
49 East Avenue
Rochester,
14649
Gentlemen:
Subject:
Inspection 50-244+~3'-
This refers to the special
safety inspection
conducted
by Mr.
R.
P.
2immerman
of this office on October
18,
1983 through
November
18,
1983 at the
R.
E.
Ginna Nuclear
Power
Plant of activities authorized
by
NRC License
No.
and to the discussions
of our findings held by Mr. Zimmerman with Mr. B.
Snow"
and other
members of your staff periodically during the inspection.
Based
on the results of this inspection, it appears
that certain of your
activities were not conducted
in full compliance with NRC requirements,
as set
forth in the Notice of Violation, enclosed
herewith
as Appendix A.
These
violations have
been categorized
by severity level in accordance
with NRC
Enforcement Policy (.10 CFR 2, Appendix C) published in the Federal
Register
Notice (47 FR 9987) dated
March 9,
1982.
You are required to respond to this
'letter and in preparing your response,
you should follow the instructions in
Appendix A.
IIIe note that you have corrected
Item No.
2 of Appendix A, and
therefore
need not address
in your response,
unless desired,
those actions
taken regarding the deficiencies
noted in the Project
gA Storage
Area.
The problems discussed
in this inspection
report
and Appendix
A relate to poor
administrative practices.
Proper documentation
and review are ess'ential
ingredients of the
management
control
process..
In particular,
we are concerned
about the apparent
lack of overview and control regarding plant modifications.
Host recently,
the Post Accident Sampling
System,
a modification installed by
a
contractor,
was apparently
placed in service without conducting the required
reviews to assure
that the
system
had
been properly installed
and tested.
In
this instance it also
was evident that there
was
a general
lack of awareness
regarding
procedure
status,
open items
and project quality control concerns
on
the part of ke'y staff, including the Plant Operations
Review Committee.
Consequently,
in response
to
NRC concerns,
further effort was required
on your
part to assure
proper operability of the system,
including correction of
mechanical
problems.
This general
topic has
been the subject of previous correspondence,
including
my letter 'to you dated
December
28,
1982
and your response
of February
17,
1983.
Additionally, we have discussed
your corrective'actions
in this area at
meetings
held
on September
21,
1982,
June
1,
1983
and July. 21,
1983.
Based
on
these efforts
we have to conclude that your corrective actions to date
have
not been sufficiently effective.
Consequently,
in preparing
a response
to
Item No.
1 of Appendix A, please
reas'sess
your corrective actions
in light of
both current
and past findings.
Your response
should describe
a program,
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revised
as necessary
in light of your reassessment,
to be implemented to
assure
that comprehensive
improvements will be achieved. in the
per formance of
plant modifications.
A piecemeal
approach will not be acceptable
in light of
the recurrent
nature of this problem.
In accordance
with 10 CFR 2.790(a),
a copy of this letter and the enclosures
will be placed in the
NRC Public Doc'ument
Room unless
you notify this office,
by telephone within ten days of the date of this letter
and submit written
application to withhold information contained therein within thirty days of
the date of this letter.
Such application
must
be consistent with the
requirements
of 2 790(b)(1).
The telephone notification of your intent to
request withholding, or any request for an extension of the
10 day period
which you believe necessary,
should
be
made to the Supervisor,
Files, Mail and
Records,
USNRC Region I, at (215) 337-5223.
The responses
directed
by this letter and the accompanying
Notice are not
subject to the clearance
procedures
of the Office of Management
and Budget
as
required
by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1980,
PL 96-511.
Your cooperation with us in this matter is appreciated.
Sincerely,
Richard
M. Starostecki,
Director
Division of Project
and Resident
Programs
Enclosures:
Appendix A, Notice of Violation
NRC Region I Inspection
Report
No. 50-244/83-23
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Harry H. Voigt, Esquire
Central
Records
(3 copies)
Director,
Power Division
Public Document
Room (PDR)
Local Public Document
Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center
(NSIC),
NRC Resident
Inspector
State of New York
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Region I Docket
Room (with concurrences)
Senior Operaticns Officer (w/o encls)
DPRP Section Chief