ML17261A974
| ML17261A974 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Ginna  |
| Issue date: | 02/22/1990 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML17261A973 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-244-89-17, NUDOCS 9003050080 | |
| Download: ML17261A974 (2) | |
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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation R.
E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Docket No. 50-244 License No.
DPR-18 During inspection at the R.
E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant from December 12, 1989 through 'January 8,
1990, the following violations were identified and evaluated in accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy (10 CFR 2, Appendix C):
A.
10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI, and the Ginna Quality Assurance Manual, Section 16, require prompt identification and correction of condi-tions adverse to quality including failures, malfunctions, deficiencies, defective material and equipment, and nonconformances.
Contrary to the above, a safety injection system design deficiency was not promptly identified and corrected when corporate engineering was notified on or before October 20, 1989 that failure of the safety injection block/
unblock switch could block automatic safety injection actuation on low pressurizer pressure or low steam line pressure.
Corporate engineering did not conclude that this problem existed at Ginna until about November 17,
- 1989, and site technical personnel were not informed'bout the defi-ciency until December 19, 1989.
Thi s 'i s a Severi ty Level IV violati on (Suppl ement I).
B.
10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, and the Ginna Quality Assurance Manual, Section 5, require activities affecting quality to be accomplished in accordance with instructions, procedures, or drawings which include appropriate quantitative or qualitative acceptance criteria for determin-ing that important activities have been satisfactorily accomplished.
Contrary to the above, on December 15,
- 1989, maintenance was performed on a safety-related motor-operated valve in the safety injection system in accordance with a procedure which included an inappropriate torque speci-fication.
This is a Severity Level V violation (Supplement I).
Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201, Rochester Gas and Electric is hereby required to sub-mit to this office, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this
- Notice, a written reply including: (1) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results
- achieved, (2) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and (3) the date when ful-1 compliance will be achieved.
Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
The reply required by this Notice of Violation is exempt from the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1989, PL 96-511.
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