ML17292B800
| ML17292B800 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 02/02/1999 |
| From: | William Reckley NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Adensam E NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| References | |
| PROJECT-689 NUDOCS 9902050286 | |
| Download: ML17292B800 (3) | |
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Enclosure 1
NOTICE OF VIOLATION Washington Public Power Supply System Washington Nuclear Project-2 Docket No. 50-397 License No. NPF-21
'A:
98-480 During an NRC inspection conducted on June 19 through July 8, and August 24 through September 17, 1998, a violation of NRC requirements was identified.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:
10 CFR 50.48. (a) states, in part, that each operating nuclear power plant must have a fire protection plan that satisfies Criterion 3 of Appendix A of this part. The plan must also describe specific featuies necessary to implement the fire protection program...
such as.
~..automatic and manually operated fire detection and suppression systems, and the means to limitfire damage to structures, sysfems, or components important to safety so that the capability to safely shut down the plant is ensured.
10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, General Design Criterion 3 (Fire Protection), requires, in part, that fire fighting systems of appropriate capacity and capability be provided and designed to minimize the adverse effects of fires on structures, systems, and components important-to-safety.
Fire fighting systems shall be designed to assure that their rupture or inadvertent operation does not significantly impair. the safety capability of these structures, systems, and components.
Contrary to the above, on June 17, 1998, inadequate fire protection system design resulted in a rupture of the WNP-2 fire protection system significantly impairing the safety capability of components important-to-safety in Residual Heat Removal Pump Room C and the low pressure core spray room due to flooding from a fire protection system rupture. The rupture occurred when excessive hydraulic forces, generated during preaction sprinkler system actuation in response to an actual fire detection system signal, caused a fire main valve to fail. (01013)
This is a Severity Level III violation (Supplement I)
The NRC has concluded that information regarding the reason for the violation, the corrective actions taken and planned to correct the violation and prevent recurrence and the date when full compliance will be achieved is already adequately addressed on the docket in the licensee's letter dated December 18, 1998.
However, you are required to submit a written statement or explanation pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201 if the description therein does not accurately reflect your corrective actions or your position.
In that cas'e, or if you 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, DC 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region IV, 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).
If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response, with the basis for your denial, to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
If you choose to respond, your response willbe placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR). Therefore, to the extent possible, the response should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction.
If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable
- response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you must 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 willcreate 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). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable
- response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.
Dated this 29~ day of January 1999