ML17264A614
| ML17264A614 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Ginna  |
| Issue date: | 09/24/1996 |
| From: | Doerflein L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Mecredy R ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP. |
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| NUDOCS 9610010107 | |
| Download: ML17264A614 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000244/1996006
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September
24,
1996
Dr. Robert C. Mecredy
Vice President,
Ginna Nuclear Production
Rochester
Gas and Electric Corporation
89 East Avenue
Rochester,
NY 14649
SUBJECT:
NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-244/96-06 AND NOTICE
OF VIOLATION
Dear Dr. Mecredy:
From June 16 to July 20, 1996, the NRC completed
an inspection at your Ginna reactor
facility. In-depth program reviews and reactive inspection efforts occurred during the
inspection period.
The enclosed report presents the results of the inspection.
During the five week period covered by the inspection, the plant was operated safely.
Your staff's decision to shut down the plant on July 3, 1996, for several component
repairs was timely. Operators responded
well to several equipment malfunctions during
the shutdown process
and during the subsequent
return to power operations.
Good
operator actions were also noted during a simulator training exercise,
and good actions
were observed during mechanical maintenance
activities to remove a service water pump
and motor.
We observed
an effective and well implemented corrective action program.
We reviewed selected electrical modifications and noted they were of good quality and
well-supported with sound design basis technical information.
Your engineering staff made
a sound decision to enhance the reliability of an offsite power supply.
Also, we noted you
had in place a very effective program for the processing
of solid radwaste
and for the
shipping and storage of radioactive material.
However, based on the results of this inspection, the NRC determined that two violations
of NRC requirements
occurred.
These violations are cited in the enclosed
Notice of
Violation (Notice) and the circumstances
surrounding
each are described
in detail in the
attached inspection report.
One violation was cited for failure to lock eight service water
valves, as required by the Improved Technical Specifications
(ITS). This issue is of
concern because
it was found by the NRC and reflects an insufficient plant staff
knowledge of the new requirements
in the ITS.
The second violation concerned the failure to perform a safety evaluation regarding
a May
1994 modification of the auxiliary building service water system isolation valve.
This
violation is significant in that the 1994 modification made a four fold increase
in the stroke
time of this valve without a safety evaluation, and without evaluating the effect of this
change upon containment fan cooling or emergency
diesel generator analyses.
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 include any additional actions you plan'to prevent
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recurrence.
Your response
may reference or include previous docketed correspondence,
if
the correspondence
adequately
addresses
the required response.
After reviewing your
response
to each Notice, including your proposed
corrective actions and the results of
future inspections,
the NRC willdetermine whether further NRC enforcement action is
necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.
We are also concerned
about the incomplete status of the initial service water heat
exchanger thermal performance test program, which you committed to perform in response
to Generic Letter 89-13, "Service Water System Problems Affecting Safety-Related
Equipment."
For the 18 sets of service water heat exchanger thermal performance tests
performed, only the first (baseline) test of the diesel generator coolers had been fully,.
evaluated with an engineering report issued.
While your staff expected to complete the
review of these tests in 1996 (as discussed
during the inspection), we request that you
inform us regarding your specific plans to complete the reviews of all past service water
heat exchanger thermal performance tests.
Also, we request that you inform us regarding
your specific plans to complete the initial service water heat exchanger thermal
performance test program, including any additional thermal performance tests that you
deem necessary.
We request that you respond to this request within 60 days of receipt of
this letter.
In accordance
with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice,"
a copy of this letter,
its enclosure(s),
and your response
will be placed int he NRC Public Document Room
(PDR). To the extent possible, your response
should not include any personal privacy,
proprietary, or safeguards
information so that it can be placed in the PDR without
redaction.
However, if you find it necessary
to include such information, you should
clearly indicate the specific information that you desire not to be placed in the PDR, and
provide the specific information that you desire not to be placed in the PDR, and provide
the legal basis to support your request for withholding the information from the public.
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.
Your cooperation
is appreciated.
Sincerely,
Original Signed
by:
Docket No.:
License No.:
50-244
Lawrence T. Doerflein, Chief
Reactor Projects Branch
1
Division of Reactor Projects
Dr. Robert C. Mecredy
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Enclosures:
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2.
NRC Region
I Inspection Report 50-244/96-06
cc w/encls:
R. Smith, Senior Vice President,
Customer Operations
Central Records
(7 copies)
Director, Electric Division, Department of Public Service, State of New York
State of New York, Department of Law
N. Reynolds,
Esquire
F. William Valentino, President,
New York State Energy Research
and Development Authority
J. Spath, Program Director, New York State Energy Research
and Development Authority
Dr. Robert C. Mecredy
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T. Moslak, DRP
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G. Vissing, NRR
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R. Lewis, NMSS
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