ML17279B020

LER 88-009-00:on 880401,standby Gas Treatment Sys Tech Spec Surveillances Not Performed within Time Limits.Caused by Personnel Error.Personnel Counseled & Procedure Revised to Provide Guidance When Surveillance exceeded.W/880502 Ltr

ML17279B020
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	05/02/1988
From:	Arbuckle J, Powers C WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
References
LER-88-009, LER-88-9, NUDOCS 8805060229
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ACCELERATED DISTRIBUTION DEMON ATION SYSTEM REGULATORY INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (RIDS)

ACCESSION NBR:8805060229 DOC.DATE: 88/05/02 NOTARIZED: NO DOCKET FACIL:50-397 WPPSS Nuclear Project, Unit 2, Washington Public Powe 05000397 AUTH. NAME AUTHOR AFFILIATION ARBUCKLE,J.D. Washington Public Power Supply System POWERS,C.M. Washington Public Power Supply System RECIP.NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION

SUBJECT:

LER 88-009-00:on 880401,two standby gas treatment sys Tech Spec surveillances not performed within time limits.

W/8 ltr.

DISTRIBUTION CODE: IE22D COPIES RECEIVED:LTR r ENC8 I SIZE:

TITLE: 50.73 Licensee Event Report (LER), Incident Rpt, etc.

NOTES:

RECIPIENT COPIES RECIPIENT COPIES ID CODE/NAME LTTR ENCL ID CODE/NAME LTTR ENCL, PD5 LA 1 1 PD5 PD 1 1 SAMWORTH,R 1 1 A INTERNAL: ACRS MICHELSON 1 1 ACRS MOELLER 2 ~ 2 AEOD/DOA 1 1 AEOD/DSP/NAS 1 1 AEOD/DSP/ROAB 2 2 AEOD/DSP/TPAB 1 1 ARM/DCTS/DAB 1 1 DEDRO 1 1 NRR/DEST/ADS 7E 1 0 NRR/DEST/CEB 8H 1 1 NRR/DEST/ESB 8D 1 1 NRR/DEST/ICSB 7 1 1 NRR/DEST/MEB 9H 1 1 NRR/DEST/MTB 9H 1 1 NRR/DEST/PSB 8D 1 1 NRR/DEST/RSB 8E 1 1 NRR/DEST/SGB 8D 1 1 NRR/DLPQ/HFB 10 1 1 NRR/DLPQ/QAB 10 1 1 NRR/DOEA/EAB 11 1 1 NRR/DREP/RAB 10 1 1 NRR/DREP/RPB 10 2 2 NRR DRIS/SIB 9A 1 1 NRR/PMAS/ILRB12 1 1

-E 02 1 1 RES TELFORD,J 1 1 RES/DE/EIB 1 1 RES/DRPS DIR 1 1 RGN5 FILE 01 1 1 EXTERNAL: EG&G GROH,M 4 4 FORD BLDG HOY P A 1 1 H ST LOBBY WARD 1 1 LPDR 1 1 NRC PDR 1 1 NSIC HARRIS,J 1 1 NSIC MAYS,G 1 1 A

TOTAL NUMBER OF COPIES REQUIRED: LTTR 45 ENCL 44

NRC Form 388 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATOAY COMMISSION (9 83)

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NAME TELEPHONE NUMBER AREA CODE D Arbuckle Com liance En ineer 093 7 7- 211 COMPLETE ONE LINE FOR EACH COMPONENT FAILURE DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT 113)

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On April 1, 1988 it was discovered that the following 18-month Standby Gas Treatment (SGT) System surveillance procedures (PPMs) had not been completed within the required time frame plus 25% as required by the Plant Technical 'Specifications:

~ PPM 7.4. 6. 5.3. 5, "Standby Gas Treatment System HEPA DOP Test and Visual Inspection."

~ PPh1 7.4.6.5.3.6, "Standby Gas Treatment System Adsorber Bypass Leakage Test."

The procedures were due to be performed on November 12, 1987 and were overdue on March 23, 1988 (PPM 7.4.6.5.3.6) and h1arch 25, 1988 (PPM 7.4.6.5.3.5). The procedures were successfully completed on April 1, 1988.

The cause of this event is personnel error in that a Plant Senior Health Physicist failed to route the Surveillance Monitoring System (SMS) computer tracking cards to the Plant P QCO CD I System Engineer responsible for the performance of the surveillances.

ÃO serve as a reminder to perform the surveillances. The effect was that an SGT System LCO The SMS cards X70 0 was not met in that both SGT trains were technically (though not in fact) inoperable.

ao OM nv Further corrective actions include 1) counseling the Senior Health Physicist on the importance of distributing ShIS cards in a prompt manner, 2) counseling Plant Health O00 Physics Management/Supervision on effective utilization of SMS Status Reports, and 3)

VI00 OO revising a Plant procedure to provide additional guidance on actions to be taken when a OUI surveillance late date has been exceeded...

aOO nEA)ID a% v4 There are no unacceptable consequences associated with exceeding the required SGT System surveillance frequency. The procedures were successfully performed on April 1, 1988 and, as a result, the SGT System would have operated as designed during the event period.

NRC Form 388 (9 83)

NRC Form 388A U.S. NUCLEAR REOULATORY COMMISSION 18431 LICENSEE EVENT REPORT ILER) TEXT CONTINUATION APPROVEO OM8 NO. 3150MIOO EXPIRES: 8/31/88 FACILITY NAME 111 OOCKET NUMSER (11 LER NUMSER Id)

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Plant Conditions a) Power Level - 87%

b) Plant Mode - 1 (Power Operation)

Event Descri tion On April 1, 1988 it was discovered that the following (18-month) Standby Gas

-Treatment (SGT) System surveillance procedures (PPMs) had not been completed within the required time period plus 25K as required by Plant Technical Specification Section 4.6.5.3 (b.l):

PPM 7.4.6. 5.3.5, "Standby Gas Treatment System HEPA DOP Test and Visual Inspection." The procedure, which is used to test HEPA filters SGT-HF-lA1, lA2, 1B1, and 182, was last completed on May 13, 1986.

PPM 7.4.6.5.3.6, "Standby 'Gas Treatment System Adsorber Bypass Leakage Test."

The procedure, which is used to test charcoal filters SGT-1A1, lA2, 1Bl and 182, was last completed on May 7, 1986.

The procedures were due to be performed again on November 12, 1987; were overdue on March 23, 1988 (PPM 7.4.6.5.3.6) and March 25, 1988 (PPM 7.4.6.5.3.5); and were not completed until April 1, 1988.

The cause of this event is personnel error in that a Plant Senior Health Physicist failed to route the Surveillance Monitoring System (SMS) computer tracking cards to the Plant System Engineer responsible for the performance of the surveillances. A computer card is produced by the SMS for each Plant surveillance tracked to notify cognizant personnel that the task is due and to document task completion for SMS feedback. On a periodic basis, SMS Backlog Reports (reports of those tests which have exceeded the due date) and SMS Violation Reports (reports of those tests which have exceeded the late date) are issued to the responsible Department Manager/Designee. As a result, a contributing factor to this event was that Plant Health Physics Management/Supervision did not effectively utilize these reports in monitoring completion of the surveillances.

The Senior Health Physicist had received the cards on or about February 1, 1988. On March 30, 1988 he noted that the cards were still in his possession and routed them to the System Engineer. The System Engineer noted that the surveillances were late (but did not realize the 125% limit had been exceeded), and on March 31, 1988, the tests were started. On April 1, 1988 the procedures were successfully completed at 0935 hours0.0108 days <br />0.26 hours <br />0.00155 weeks <br />3.557675e-4 months <br />. E Also, on April 1, 1988, during a reexamination (by the System Engineer) of the dates the procedures were due to be performed, completed within the required time frame plus 25%. The result was an inadvertent it was discovered that they had not been failure to meet the operability requirements for the SGT System LCO that two independent SGT trains be operational during Operational Conditions 1, 2, 3 and when irradiated fuel is being handled in the secondary containment and during core alterations and operations with a potential for draining the reactor vessel.

NRC FORM SFSA o U,S OPO.1088 0 824 538/455 18831

NRC Form 358A V.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (883)

LICENSEE EVENT REPORT (LER) TEXT CONTINUATION APPROVED OMS NO. 3150M)04 EXPIRES! 8/3)/88 FACILITY NAME UI DOCK ET NUMB E R (2) LER NUMSER LSI PAGE (3)

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Immediate Corrective Action Plant procedures 7.4 .6. 5.3 .5 and 7.4.6. 5.3 .6 were completed on April 1, 1988. The acceptance criteria for each procedure were met.

Further Corrective Action

~ The Senior Health Physicist involved in this event was counseled on the importance of distributing SMS cards in a prompt manner.

~ Plant Health Physics Management/Supervision was counseled on effectively utilizing SMS Status Reports to monitor completion of the tasks for which they are responsible.

~ PPM 1.5. 1, UTechnical Specification Surveillance Testing Program," will be revised to better define 1) the relationship between the surveillance due date and late date, and 2) actions to be taken when a late date has been exceeded.

Safety Si nificance There were no unacceptable consequences associated with exceeding the required SGT System surveillance frequency. -The procedures were completed on April 1, 1988 and the acceptance criteria for each procedure were met. As a result, the SGT System would have operated as designed during the event period. Accordingly, this event did not affect the health and safety of either the public or Plant personnel.

r Simil ar Events84-062, 84-111,85-004 and 87-027 EIIS Information Text Reference EIIS Reference System Component Standby Gas Treatment (SGT) System BH SGT-HF-lA1, 1A2, 1B1 and 1B2 BH FLT SGT-CF-1Al, lA2, 1B1 and 1B2 BH FLT NRC POIIM 34SA o U S GPO:)088.0 824 538/455 (843)

WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM P.O. Box 968 ~ 3000 George Washington Way ~ Richland, Washington 99352 Docket No. 50-397 Hay 2; 1988 Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

Subject:

NUCLEAR PLANT NO. 2 LICENSEE EVENT REPORT NO.88-009 k

Dear Sir:

Transmitted herewith is Licensee Event Report No.88-009 for the WNP-2 Plant.

This report is submitted in response to the report requirements of 10CFR50.73 and discusses the items of reportabi lity, corrective action taken, and action taken to preclude recurrence.

Very truly yours, 7 ) /I C.M. Powers (M/D 927M)

WNP-2 Plant Manager CHP: lg

Enclosure:

Licensee Event Report No.88-009 cc: Mr. John B. Martin, NRC - Region V Mr. C.J. Bosted, NRC Site (H/D 901A)

INPO Records Center Atlanta, GA Ms. Dottie Sherman, ANI Mr. D.L. Williams, BPA (M/D 399)