ML17290A565
| ML17290A565 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia, Washington Public Power Supply System  |
| Issue date: | 07/27/1993 |
| From: | Perkins K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Parrish J WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM |
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| EA-93-191, NUDOCS 9308160056 | |
| Download: ML17290A565 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000397/1993018
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORYCOMMISSION
REGION V
1450 MARIALANE
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Docket Nos.
50-397,
50-460
License
No. NPF-21; Construction
Permit No.
CPPR-134
EA 93-191
Mashington Public Power Supply System
P. 0.
Box 968
Richland, Washington
99352
Attention:
Hr . J.
V. Parrish, Assistant
Hanaging Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
NRC
INSPECTION
REPORT
NOS. 50-397/93-18,
50-460/93-01
This refers to the inspection conducted
by Hessrs.
R.
C. Barr,
D. L. Proulx,
and
W. L. Johnson of this office on Hay 11 through June
21,
1993,
and Hessrs.
K. E. Johnston,
D. E. Corporandy,
and S.
P.
Sanchez of this office on Hay 3
through 14,
1993, of activities at Washington Nuclear Project
No.
2
(WNP-2)
authorized
by NRC Operating License
No. NPF-21;
and by Hessrs.
K. E. Johnston,
W. L. Johnson,
and S.
P.
Sanchez of this office on Hay ll, 1993, of your
activities at .Mashington Nuclear Project No.
1
(WNP-1) authorized
by
Construction Permit No. CPPR-134;
and to the discussions
of findings held by
the inspectors with Hessrs.
J. Swailes
and
G. Hansen
and other members of the
Supply System staff at the conclusion of these
inspections.
Areas examined during these
inspections
are described
in the enclosed
inspection report.
Mithin these
areas,
the inspections
consisted of selective
examinations of procedures
and representative
records,
interviews with
personnel,'nd
observations
by the inspectors.
Based
on the results, of the inspection at WNP-2, eleven
examples of apparent
violation were identified,
and are being considered for escalated
enforcement
.
in accordance
with the "General
Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC
Enforcement Actions" (Enforcement Policy),
These
instances
of apparent violation involved failures to follow procedures
regarding:
the use of a calibrated
instrument for testing,
evaluation of
substitute
components
procured for a safety-related
system,
control of locked
valves, radiation protection activities, fire protection impairments,
refueling procedure quality and adherence,
performance of as-found local leak
rate testing,
approval of operator overtime,
and failure to follow procedures
for implementing design
change
packages.
We note that three of these
items
were identified by your staff.
In view of the escalated
enforcement
being considered,
is not presently
being issued for these
inspection findings.
In addition,
please
be advised that the number
and characterization
of the apparent
violations described
in the enclosed
inspection report
may change
as
a result
of further
NRC review.
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Your performance
during the
RS refueling outage is discussed
in Paragraph
8 of
the enclosed report.
Although your performance
during this outage
improved
over previous outages,
we continue to be concerned with the number of
procedure
adherence
problems
and with the Supply System's
overall performance
in the area of Radiological Controls.
The inspection report also discusses
in
Paragraph
12 our review of Licensee
Event Report
(LER) No. 91-13, which
reported several significant problems identified by your surveillance
program
improvement initiative.
Although we find your corrective actions related to
these
issues to be appropriate,
we encourage
you to continue your pursuit of
this initiative to improve the quality and performance of your surveillance
procedures.
An enforcement
conference
to review the apparent violations will be scheduled
in the near future. 'he purposes of this conference will be to discuss
the
apparent violations, their causes
and safety significance; to provide you the
opportunity to point out any errors in our inspection reports;
to provide
an
opportunity for you to present your proposed corrective actions;
and to
discuss
any other information that will help us determine the appropriate
enforcement action in accordance
with the Enforcement Policy.
You will be
advised
by separate
correspondence
of the results of our deliberations
on this
matter.
No response
regarding these
apparent violations is required at this
time.
In accordance
with 10 CFR 2.790(a),
a copy of this letter and the enclosure
will be placed in the
NRC Public Document
Room,
Should you have
any questions
concerning this inspection,
we will be pleased
to discuss
them with you.
Sincerely,
Enclosure:
- K. E. Perkins, Director
Division of Reactor Safety
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and Projects
Inspection
Report Nos. 50-397/93-18
and 50-460/93-01
CC:
Mr. Warren A. Bishop,
Chairman,
Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council
Chairman,
Benton County Board of Commissioners
M. H. Philips,.Jr.,
Esq.,
Winston
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Mr. J.
H. Swailes,
WNP-2 Plant Manager
G.
E.
C. Doupe,
Esq.,
Mr. Alan G. Hosier, Licensing Manager,
Mr. G. C. Sorensen,
Manager,
Regulatory
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