ML17300A884
| ML17300A884 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 05/21/1987 |
| From: | Kirsch D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17300A883 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-528-87-10, 50-529-87-11, NUDOCS 8706050246 | |
| Download: ML17300A884 (3) | |
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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Arizona Nuclear Power Project Docket Nos.
50-528/50-529 Post Office Box 52034 License Nos.
NPF-41/NPF-51
- Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2034 As a result of the inspection conducted on February 23 through April 4, 1987 and in accordance with NRC Enforcement Policy, 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C, the following violations were identified.
Item A is associated with License No.
Item B is associated with License No.
A.
Technical Specification 6.8.1 states, in 'part, "Written procedures shall be established, implemented, and maintained covering the activities referenced below:
a.
The applicable procedures recommended in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978...."
I Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978 recommends "Procedures for Control of Measuring and Test Equipment".
ANPP Procedure 34AC-9ZZ07, "MME Users Administrative Requi,rements",
Revision 7, dated January 12, 1987 sections 3.0 and 4.0 state, in part, that a measuring and test equipment (NOTTE) device that is overdue for calibration is nonconforming and must be properly segregated and tagged with an "M8TE Out of Service" tag.
Contrary to the above, a's of March 31, 1987, Unit 1 Rotometer No.
EG-4092, a
NOTTE device, was not deemed to be nonconforming, segregated and tagged out of service, although its calibration was overdue as of March 14, 1987.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I).
B.
Technical Specification 3.4.3. 1 states in part, that when in Mode 1, and only one of two required groups of pressurizer heaters is operable, the inoperable group of heaters must be restored to operable status within 72
- hours, or the unit must be in at least Mode 3 within the next six hours.
Technical Specification 4.4.3. 1.3 requires in part, that operability of the pressurizer heaters include the ability to connect the pressurizer heaters to their respective buses manually from the Control Room.
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PDR Contrary to the above, Unit 2 remained in Mode 1 during the interval from 5:00 P.M.
on March 20 to 3:00 P.M.
on March 24, 1987, a period of approximately 94 hours0.00109 days <br />0.0261 hours <br />1.554233e-4 weeks <br />3.5767e-5 months <br />, when one group of pressurizer heaters could not be connected to its respective bus manually from the Control Room.
Connection of that group of heaters to the bus could only be accomplished ocall at the breaker.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Arizona Nuclear Power Project is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:
Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region V, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector, 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 your response time for good cause shown.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Dated at Walnut Creek, California on
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