ML17291A827
| ML17291A827 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 06/02/1995 |
| From: | Beach A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Parrish J WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM |
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| EA-95-096, EA-95-96, NUDOCS 9506120012 | |
| Download: ML17291A827 (9) | |
See also: IR 05000397/1995007
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UN IT E D STATES
LEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIO
REGION IV
611 RYAN PLAZA ORIVE, SUITE 400
ARLINGTON,TEXAS 76011 8064
JUN -2 l995
EA 95-096
Washington Public
Power Supply System
ATTN:
J
~ V. Parrish,
Vice President
Nuclear Operations
3000 George
Way
P.O.
Box 968,
MD 1023
Richland,
99352
SUBJECT:
NRC
INSPECTION
REPORT 50-397/95-07
This refers to the special
inspection
conducted
by Messrs.
W.
D. Johnson,
J.
F. Ringwald,
and
W.
C. Walker of this office on March 6-27,
1995.
In
addition, further review, including followup of Augmented
Inspection
Team
Report 50-397/95-13
was performed in the
NRC offices through June
1,
1995.
The inspection
included
a review of activities authorized for your Washington
Nuclear Project-2 facility.
At the conclusion of the on-site
phase of the
inspection,
the findings were discussed
with those
members of the Supply
System staff identified in the enclosed
report.
Findings of the in-office
phase of the inspection
were discussed
with your staff on June
1,
1995.
Areas
examined during the inspection
are identified in the report.
The
inspection
included review of recent operational
events,
observation of plant
operations,
and evaluation of various operational
areas'.
Within these
areas,
the inspection consisted
of selective
examinations
of procedures
and
representative
records,
interviews with personnel,
and observation of
activities in progress.
The purpose of the inspection
was to determine
whether activities authorized
by the license
were conducted
safely
and in
accordance
with NRC requirements.
Based
on the results of this inspection,
10 apparent violations were
identified and are being considered
for escalated
enforcement
action in
accordance
with the "General
Statement
of Policy and Procedure
for NRC
Enforcement Actions" (Enforcement'olicy),
An
enforcement
decision will not be
made until sometime after the enforcement
conference,
as discussed
below.
Accordingly,
no Notice of Violation is
presently
being issued
fo'r these
inspection findings.
Please
be advised that
the
number
and characterization
of apparent violations described
in the
enclosed
inspection report
may change
as
a result of further
NRC review.
The apparent violations described
in this report indicate to the
NRC that
there
are several
areas
of continuing serious
concern.
The area of procedure
adherence
has long been
a historical
problem at the site.
The past corrective
actions
taken,
including those following a significant violation addressed
in
Enforcement Action 93-191 of November
10,
1993,
have not been effective in
establishing
a site culture of procedural
compliance.
Your casual
approach
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Public
Power
Supply System
The ninth apparent violation involved operators
and engineers failing to
declare
an intermediate
range monitor inoperable
when substantial
data
indicated that it did not function properly, resulting in
a failure to comply
with the Technical Specification operability requirements.
This case
indicated'
lack of a healthy questioning attitude
by operators,
engineers,
and management
and
a willingness to accept
an easy
answer,
which facilitated
resumption of plant operations.
The tenth apparent violation involved the failure to initiate
a problem
evaluation
request
following a half scram.
This example
may indicate
a
reluctance
to understand
and address
problems
as they occur.
An enforcement
conference
to discuss
these
apparent violations will be
scheduled
in the near future.
The decision to hold
an enforcement
conFerence
does
not mean that the
NRC has determined that
a violation has occurred or
that enforcement
action will be taken.
The purposes
of this conference
are to
discuss
the apparent violations, their causes
and safety significance;
to
provide you the opportunity to point out any errors in our inspection report;
and to provide
an opportunity for you to present
your proposed corrective
actions.
In particular,
we expect
you to address
the continuing failures in
the procedure
compliance
area
and
how the site cultural will be transformed to
one of procedural
compliance;
how operability determinations
and their review
and approval will be strengthened;
how performance of the Operations
Department will be improved
such that it can exert effective leadership;
and
how the site attitude
toward clearance
orders will be improved.
In addition,
this is
an opportunity for you to provide any information concerning your
perspectives
on:
(I) the severity of the violations,
(2) the application of
the factors that the
NRC considers
when it determines
the amount of a civil
penalty that
may
be assessed
in accordance
with Section VI.B.2 of the
and
(3)
any other application of the Enforcement
Policy to
this case,
including the exercise of discretion in accordance
with
Section VII.
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 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice,"
a copy of
this letter
and its enclosure will be placed in the
NRC Public Document
Room
(PDR).
Should you have
any questions
concerning this inspection,
we will be pleased
to discuss
them with you.
Sincerely,
A. Bill Beach, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Washington Public
Power
Supply System
toward the operability of an intermediate
range monitor suggests
that
operators,
engineers,
and
management
did not regard
intermediate
range monitor
indication failures
as serious.
The lack of a sense
of ownership
on the part
of your Operations
Department
as evidenced
by their apparent
role as service
provider and their susceptibility to being distracted
by ancillary roles
suggests
that operators
may not
be able at times to devote their full
attention to their primary responsibility to operate
the facility safely.
Repetitive problems
in the clearance
order program indicate that errors
in
clearance
orders
have not been
taken seriously
and corrective actions
have
been ineffective.
The first apparent violation involved deliberate
operation of the reactor
water cleanup
system
by
a control
room supervisor,
contrary to the
requirements
of a procedure
caution statement.
This event
caused significant
NRC staff concern
and resulted
in performance
of an investigation
by the
NRC
Office of Investigations
and in the dispatch of an Augmented
Inspection
Team
to review the facts surrounding
the event.
The
NRC Office of Investigations
concluded that the control
room supervisor did not deliberately violate plant
procedures
when
he initially opened
system valve,
but that
he deliberately violated plant procedures
after reviewing them with a
reactor operator
and then failed to close the valve or direct that it be
closed.
The next three
apparent violations involved three
instances
in which the
requirements
of your clearance
order procedure
were not followed.
These
failures included operators failing to place
an electrical
switch in the
position identified in a clearance
order to protect workers,
a clearance
order
that failed to remove electrical
power from components
to be replaced,
and
operators
not removing the fuse specified in
a clearance
order.
The fifth apparent violation involved your failure to maintain
a lock-seal
on
a valve which your procedures
required to be locked.
While this event
had
minor technical
safety significance, it was considered
potentially significant
because
the plant staff did not adequately
evaluate
the root cause
and,
therefore,
could not effectively take corrective actions to prevent
recurrence.
The sixth apparent violation involved operators failing to operate
the test
lever specified
in the surveillance test procedure for the main turbine,
resulting in
a turbine
and reactor trip.
This operator,
and the supervisor
who was involved, displayed
a lack of appreciation for the requirements
to
perform self-checking
and to follow procedures.
The seventh
and eighth apparent violations involved two instances
where
operators
entered
operational
modes without complying with certain Technical
Specification limiting conditions for operation applicable to that mode
These
instances
indicated
a lack of attention to detail
and poor
communications
and teamwork.
Washington Public
Power
Supply System
Docket:
50-397
License:
Enclosure:
NRC Inspection
Report
50-397/95-07
cc w/enclosure:
Washington Public
Power Supply System
ATTN:
J.
H.
Swai les,
WNP-2 Plant Manager
P.O.
Box 968,
MD 927M
Richland,
99352-0968
Washington Public Power Supply System
ATTN:
G.
E.
C.
Doupe,
Esq.
3000 George
Way
P.O.
Box 968,
MD 396
Richland,
99352-0968
Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council
ATTN:
Frederick
S. Adair, Chairman
P.O.
Box 43172
Olympia, Washington
98504-3172
Washington Public
Power Supply System
ATTN:
D. A. Swank,
WNP-2 Licensing
Manager
P.O.
Box 968 (Mail Drop PE20)
Richland,
99352-0968
Public
Power Supply System
ATTN:
P.
R.
Bemis, Director
Regulatory
and Industry Affairs
P.O.
Box 968 (Mail Drop PE20)
Richland,
99352-0968
Benton County Board of Commissioners
ATTN:
Chairman
P.O.
Box 190
Prosser,
99350-0190
Winston
5 Strawn
ATTN:
M. H. Philips,
Esq.
1400
L Street,
N.W.
D.C.
20005-3502
Washington Public Power
Supply System
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HIS System
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