ML17284A722
| ML17284A722 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 08/07/1998 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| References | |
| 50-397-98-13, NUDOCS 9808140265 | |
| Download: ML17284A722 (2) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Washington Public Power Supply System Washington Nuclear Project-2 t
Docket No.:
50-397 License No.:
NPF-21 During an NRC inspection conducted June 7 through July 18, 1998, two violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violations are listed below:
A.
WNP-2 Technical Specification 5.4.1.a requires written procedures to be established, implemented, and maintained for the activities recommended in Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, Appendix A, February 1978.
Appendix A to Regulatory Guide 1.33 recommends, in part, written procedures for energizing, filling,venting, draining, startup, shutdown, and changing modes of operation of emergency core cooling systems.
Section 5.2 of Procedure 2.4.3, Revision 17, "Low Pressure Core Spray System,"
requires the minimum flow bypass valve to be closed when placing the low pressure core spray system in a standby lineup.
Contrary to the above, from May 30 to June 7, 1998, while the plant was operating in Mode 4, operators failed to implement the requirements of Section 5.2 of Procedure 2.4.3 in that the low pressure core spray system minimum flow bypass valve was not closed with the system in a standby lineup.
This is a Severity Level IVviolation {Supplement I).
B.
10 CFR 50.59{b){1) states that licensees shall maintain records of changes in the facility to the extent that these changes constitute changes in the facility as described in the final safety analysis report. These records must include a written safety evaluation, which provides the bases for the determination that the change does not involve an unreviewed safety question.
WNP-2 Final Safety Analysis Report, Section 3.4.1.4.1.2, "Internal Flood Protection Requirements" states:
"In the event of a pipe break of sufficient size to flood sump pumps in one room, common mode flooding between watertight rooms is prevented...,"
in part, by capping of the equipment drain lines from residual heat removal pump Rooms A and B.
Contrary to the above, as of July 1, 1998, the WNP-2 facilitywas changed, as described in Section 3.4.1.4.1.2 of the Final Safety Analysis Report, in that a cap was not installed on the equipment drain line from residual heat removal pump Room B and a written safety evaluation was not performed to demonstrate that the change did not involve an unreviewed safety question.
This is a Severity Level IVviolation {Supplement I).
9808i40265 980807 PDR ADOCK 05000397 8
PDR The NRC has concluded that information regarding the reasons for the violations, and the corrective actions taken and planned to correct the violations to prevent recurrence, is already adequately addressed on the docket in the enclosed NRC Inspection Report.
However, you are required to submit a written statement or explanantion pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201 ifthe description therein does not accurately reflect your corrective actions or your position.
In that case, or ifyou choose to respond, clearly mark your response as a "Reply to a Notice of Violation," and send it to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region IV, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facilitythat is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).
Ifyou contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Because your response willbe placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction.
Ifpersonal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your
"'esponse that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. Ifyou request withholding of such material, you ~mus specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). Ifsafeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.
Dated at Walnut Creek, California, this 7 May ofAugust 1998