ML17284A561
| ML17284A561 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 10/06/1988 |
| From: | Yuhas G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
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| 50-397-88-33, NUDOCS 8810210606 | |
| Download: ML17284A561 (3) | |
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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Washington Public Power Supply System Washington Nuclear Project Unit 2 Docket No. 50-397 License No. NPF-21" During an NRC inspection conducted on September 6-9, 1988, a violation of NRC requirements was identified.
In accordance wi'th the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C, (1987), the violation is listed below:
A.
Technical Specification 3.3.7. 12 states, in part:
"3.3.7. 12 The radioactive gaseous effluent monitoring instrumentation channels shown in Table 3.3.7.12-1 shall be OPERABLE with their alarm/trip setpoints set to ensure that the limits of Specification
- 3. 11. 2. 1 are not exceeded....
"b.
With less than the minimum number of radioactive gaseous effluent monitoring instrumentation channels OPERABLE, take the ACTION shown in Tab 1 e 3. 3. 7. 12-1. "
Table 3.3.7.12-1 requires ACTION 112 for less than one Main Plant Vent Release Monitor iodine or particulate
- channel, and ACTION 113 for less than one Sampler Flow Rate Monitor channel.
Table 3.3.7. 12-1, Table Notations, states in part:
"ACTION 112 -
With the number of channels OPERABLE less than required by the Minimum Channels OPERABLE requirement, effluent releases via this pathway may continue for up to 30 days provided that within 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br /> after the channel has been declared inoperable samples are continuously collected with auxiliary sampling equipment as required in Table 4.11-2.
ACTION 113-With the number of channels OPERABLE less than required by the Minimum Channels OPERABLE requirement, effluent releases via this pathway may continue for up to 30 days provided that the flow rate is estimated at least once per 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br />."
Contrary to the above, from 6: 19 p.m.
PDT on September 7, 1988, to 4:48 a.m.
PDT on September 8, 1988, the main plant vent release monitor was not operable and no effluent sampler flow rate estimations were made nor continuous sample collection conducted, although effluent releases continued via the main plant vent.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement IV).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Washington Public Power Supply System 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 V, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice.
This reply should be clearly marked as a "Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation:
(1) the reason for the violation, if admitted, (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.
If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order may be issued to show cause why the license should not be modified, suspended or revoked or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken.
Consideration may be given to extending the response time for good cause shown.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Dated ag Walnut Creek, Cal iforni a this @~Hay of October, 1988.
Gregory P.
Y has, Chief Emergency paredness and Radiological Protection Branch