ML17304B058
| ML17304B058 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 03/23/1989 |
| From: | Yuhas G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML17304B057 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-529-89-03, 50-529-89-3, NUDOCS 8903140177 | |
| Download: ML17304B058 (2) | |
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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Arizona Public Service Company Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Unit 2 Docket No.
50-529 License No.
NPF-51 During an NRC inspection conducted January 30 - February 3, 1989, a violation of NRC requirements was identified.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1988),
as modified by 53 Fed.Reg.
40019 (October 13, 1988), the violation is listed below:
A.
Technical Specification 3.3.3.8 states, in par t, that the radioactive g'aseous effluent monitoring instrumentation channels shown in Table 3.3-12 shall be OPERABLE with their alarm/trip setpoints set to ensure that the limits of Specification
- 3. 11.2. 1 are not exceeded, and that the action shown in Table 3.3-12 shall be taken with less than the minimum number of channels OPERABLE.
Table 3.3-12 requires in part that ACTION 42 be taken for inoperability of the particulate sampler channels of high range process effluent radiation monitors RU-142, RU-144, or RU-146.
ACTION 42 requires in part that operability be restored within 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> or that the pre-planned alternate sampling program be initiated.
Contrary to the above, from April 27, 1988, to December 14, 1988, the particulate sampler channels of RU-142, RU-144, and RU-146, were inoperable, in that no sample media were present, and the ACTION specified was not taken.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement IV).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Arizona Public Service Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.
S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:
Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C.
20555, with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region V, 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'iolation, 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 the response time for good cause shown.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Dated at Walnut Creek, Cali fornia this3".day of, February 1989 3
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4 Gregory P."yY gas, Chief Emergency Prrr'paredness and Radiological Protection Branch