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Insp Repts 50-528/90-23,50-529/90-23 & 50-530/90-23 on 900527-0714.Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected: Previously Identified Items,Review of Plant Activities,Esf Sys Walkdowns & Monthly Surveillance Testing & Maint
ML17305B039
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Site: Palo Verde  Arizona Public Service icon.png
Issue date: 08/23/1990
From: Wong H
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
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50-528-90-23, 50-529-90-23, 50-530-90-23, NUDOCS 9009140160
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See also: IR 05000528/1990023

Text

Re ort Nos.:

Docket Nos.:

License

Nos.:

Licensee:

Facilit

Name:

U.

S.

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION

V'0-528/90-23,50-529/90-23

and 50-530/90-23

50-528,

50-529,

50-530

NPF-41,

NPF-51,

NPF-74

Arizona Public Service

Company

P.

0.

Box 52034

Phoenix,

AZ. 85072-2034

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Units

1, 263

Ins ection Conducted:

May 27 through July 14,

1990

Ins ectors:

A

roved

B

D.

Coe,

F. Ringwald,

J.

Sloan,

P. Narbut,

Senior Resident

Inspector

Resident

Inspector

Resident

Inspector

S nior Resident

Inspector (Diablo Canyon)

p gz/ea

~

ong,

a

e

cygne

Reactor Projects

Branch,Section II

Ins ection

Summar

Ins ection

on

Ma

27 throu

h Jul

14

1990

(Re ort- Numbers 50-528/

an

Areas Ins ected:

Routine, ons'ite, regular

and backshift inspection

by

e

ree ress

ent inspectors,

and an inspector

from the Region

V staff.

Areas inspected

included: previously identified items; review of plant

activities; engineered

safety feature

system walkdowns; monthly

surveillance testing;

monthly plant maintenance;

worker in a high

radiation area

(HRA) without proper dosimetry - Unit 1; plant startup

from refueling - Unit 1; confirmatory action letter followup - Unit 1;

over-dilution, excessive

power rate increase

- Unit 1; main steam

isolation due to restoring the steam

bypass

control

system with a large

demand - Unit 1; inoperable

safety injection tanks - Unit 1;

installation/testing of modifications - Unit 2; control

room controlled

document discrepancies

- Unit 2; pressurizer

heater

replacement

- Unit 2;

reactor coolant

pump breaker trip - Unit 2; missed reactor coolant system

boron sample - Unit 2; reactor coolant system

(RCS) spill - Unit 2;

reactor

(Rx) power cutback - Unit 3; cracked reactor trip breaker arc

chutes - Unit 3;

OSHA concern:

non-ionizing radiation - Units 1,

2 and

3; review of licensee

event reports,

Units 1,

2 and 3; and review of

periodic and special

reports - Units 1,

2 and 3.

-2-

During this inspection

the following Inspection

Procedures

were utilized:

30702,

30703,

37838,

61705,

61707,

61708,

61726,

62703,

71707,

71710,

71711,

72700,

72700,

92700,

92701,

92702,

92703,

93001,

and 93702.

Results:

Of the

23 areas

inspected,

2 violations were identified and are

besng csted.

The violations involve:

(1) the failure of a mechanic

foreman to comply with the applicable

Radiation

Exposure

Permit when

a

High Radiation Area was entered without the required alarming dosimeter,

and (2) the failure of an Auxiliary Operator to follow procedures

for the

manual

operation of an Atmospheric

Dump Valve.

Three non-cited violations involved:

(1) the inadvertant

powering of

Safety Injection Tank vent valves,

(2) the

use of "Information Only"

copies of the Unit 2 Core Data Book, (3) a missed Technical

Specifications

surveillance

test

due to an inadequate test procedure.

General

Conclusions

and

S ecific Findin

s

Si nificant Safet

Matters:

None

Summar

of Violations:

Summar

of Deviations:

0 en Items

Summar

2 Cited Violations and

3 Non-Cited Violations

None

11 items closed,

2 items left open,

and

6 new items

opened.

DETAILS

Persons

Contacted:

The below listed technical

and supervisory personnel

were

among

those contacted:

Arizona Nuclear

ney,

  • J. Bai 1 ey,

¹T. Bradish,

P. Caudill,

W.

Conway,

E. Dotson,

  • R. Flood,

¹J.

Fogarty,

¹*R.

Fullmer,'S.

Gross,

  • K. Hall,

D. Hein>cke,

  • R. Henry,

"P.

Hughes,

  • W. Ide,
  • A. Johnson,

¹0, Kanitz,

¹*S. Kanter,

¹A. Khanpour,

  • J. Levine,

"W. Marsh,

"J. Napier,

  • G. Overbeck,

¹M. Radoccia,

  • V. Rhodes,

"R.

Rouse,

J. Scott,

  • J. Sills,

E.

Simpson,

  • D. Stover,

¹M. Winsor,

Power Pro 'ect

(ANPP)

an

anager,

n)

3

Vice President,

Nuclear Safety

and Licensing

Compliance

Manager

Site Services Director

Executive Vice President - Nuclear

Director Site Engineering

and Construction

Assistant Plant Manager,

Unit 2

Operations

Outage

Manager,

Unit 2

equality Assurance

and Monitoring Manager

El Paso Electric Engineer

El Paso Electric Engineer

Plant Manager, Unit 2

Salt River Project, Site Representative

Radiation Protection/General

Manager

Plant Manager,

Unit 1

Compliance Supervisor

Compliance

Engineer

Participant Services,

Senior Coordinator

Site Nuclear Engineering Supervisor

Vice President,

Nuclear

Power Production

Plant Operations

and Maintenance Director

Compliance

Lead

Technical

Support Director

SME Nuclear Engineering

Manager

Document Control Supervisor

Compliance Supervisor

General

Manager of Site Chemistry

Rad.

Protect)on

Tech/Sycs.

Acting Manager

Vice-Pres.

Nuclear Engineering

8 Construction

Nuclear Safety Manager

NSSS

System Engineering Supervisor

The inspectors

also talked with other licensee

and contractor

personnel

during the course of the inspection.

¹Attended the Exit meeting held with NRC Inspector

Paul

Narbut

on June

29,

1990.

"Attended the Exit meeting held with NRC Resident

Inspectors

on

July 19,

1990.

/

2.

Previousl

Identified Items - Units 1

2

and

3 (92701

and 92702)

Unit

(Closed)

Enforcement

Item (528/89-16-03):

"Ino erable

mos

eric

um

a ve

o.

-

n)

The remaining actions

committed to by Arizona Public Service

Company

(APS) are to upgrade

operating procedures

and train

operators.

The operator training schedule

was discussed

in

Inspection

Report 50-528/90-03

and appeared

appropriate.

The

operating procedure

upgrade

schedule

was considered

inappropriate

and

has

been revised

and documented

in APS

memo

294-000144-JWD

from J.

W. Dennis to T.

R. Bradish.

The

schedule for upgrading operating procedures

is:

o

September

3,

1990 - December

20,

1991, - upgrade

Abnormal

Operating procedures.

o

January

6,

1992 - January

2, 1996, - upgrade

Normal

Operating

Procedures.

The inspector considered that the specific. actions

associated

with the procedure

changes

and operator training .relative to

Atmospheric

Dump Valve (ADV) operation is complete

and complies

with the licensee's

associated

independent verification and

locked valve/breaker

procedures.

The licensee's

large scope,

long range

upgrade

proqram is an

initiative well beyond the scope of the original violation.

The inspector questioned

the adequacy of the timeliness of the

larqe

scope

procedure

review relative to ensuring

independent

verification requirements

are met and will followup under

Followup Item (528/90-23-04).

This item is closed.

b.

(0 en) Followu

Item (528/90-03-02):

"Load Shed Potential

rans

ormer

as

ure

-

ns

C.

This event resulted in two root cause of failure Engineering

Evaluation

Requests

(EER) to evaluate

the Potential

Transformer

(PT) failures.

EER 89-NA-049 wa's closed stating that the

PT

failure evaluation will be documented in EER 90-NA-002.

General Electric is performing the root cause

evaluation

and

the estimated

completion date is October 30, 1990.

This item

will remain

open until

EER 90-NA-002 is complete

and evaluated

by the inspector.

(0 en) Followu

Item (528/90-03-03):

"Fuel Buildin

Rollu

oor

ama

e

en i

a son

am er

um er

ns

a

a son

nl

This event resulted in Engineerinq Evaluation

Request

(EER)

90-ZF-009

and Incident Investigat)on

Report (IIR) 3-1-90-008.

IIR 3-1-90-008 is complete

and includes

a

Human Performance

d.

Unit

a.

Evaluation

System report.

The inspector

reviewed IIR

3-. 1-90-008

and

had

no further questions.

EER 900-ZF-009 is to

evaluate

the physical

equipment

consequences

of this event

and

is not yet complete.

This item wi 11 remain open until

EER

90-ZF-009 is complete

and evaluated

by the inspector.

(Closed)

Enforcement

Item (528/89-30-01):

"Ex ired Flam-

ma

e

tora

e

erm>ts

-

nit

This item involved three expired flammable storage

permits

which were found on flammable storage

lockers.

The revision to

Procedure

14AC-OEP03,

Control of Transient

Combustibles,

was

approved

on July 5, 1990,

and effective

on July 13,

1990.

The

inspector

reviewed this revision and concluded that it appeared

to be appropriate.

The inspector

was provided documentation to

substantiate

that Site Modification 13-SM-ZZ-001 has

been

funded

and would add several

permanent

storage

locations for

safe, combustible

storage in the plant.

The implementation of

instruction change

requests

in work planning

and work control

procedures

appears

to be consistent with 14AC-OEP03

and is

scheduled for inclusion in a major rewrite by August 1990.

The

equality Assurance

Monitoring program

has completed

approximately twenty monitoring reports

and is planning to

continue to monitor. this area for at least three

months

beyond

July 13, 1990, the effective date for the revision to

14AC-OFP03.

The inspector

concluded that all corrective action

is either complete or scheduled

to be complete

on an

appropriate

schedule.

This 'item is closed.

2:

(Closed)

Followu

Item (529/89-30-04):

"Control of

a)n enance

ec

naca

anua

s

-

ns

This item resulted

from the use of a superseded

technical

manual for maintenance

when the current manual

was available

and approved for use.

The licensee

concluded that personnel

had not followed existing procedures,

which require work

planners to confirm that only current approved technical

manuals

are

used in work documents.

However, the licensee

chose to strengthen this area

by incorporating this specific

requirement into procedures

30DP-9WP02,

Work Planning

and

30AC-9ZZOl, Work Control.

These

changes

are complete.

The

licensee

also identified and initiated corrective action

on

other vendor technical

manual

program deficiencies.-

These

include enhancing

page level control for manual revisions,

and

restricting the

use of manuals

which have not received

review

and

comments

by licensee staff.

This item is closed.

(Closed)

Unresolved

Item (529/89-30-05):

"Safet

In'ection

c ua ion an

a>n

ee

um

uc ion

>

e

ver ressure

nl

This item involved two issues

resulting from the July'12,

1989,

reactor trip and subsequent

main feed

pump suction piping

overpressurization.

The first issue

involved the adequacy of

previous corrective actions

regarding excessive

pressurizer

spray valve seat

leakage.

The inspector

reviewed the work

history on these

valves in all units since startup.

The work

history shows approximately

60 Mork Orders

(MO) were issued in

Units 1 and

2 over the- three years prior to the event.

Host of

these

MOs were to address

calibration

and seat

leakage

problems.

Additionally, the inspector

observed current operational

parameters

to assess

the condition of the valves in Units 1 and

3, which were at normal operating pressure.

In Unit 3, the

proportional

heaters

control at about

50 percent output (or

150

KM) to maintain plant pressure

while compensating

for seat

leakage,

bypass

flow and ambient heat losses.

One set of

150

KM backup heaters

augment the proportional

heaters.

In

Unit 1, backup heater"

are also

used to augment the

proportional

heaters

for steady state conditions.

In both

units observed,

operators

indicated that substantially

more

heaters

were previously required

due to excessive

leakage

and

that current conditions were noticeably better.

Combustion

Engineerinq

Standard

Safety Analysis Report

(CESSAR), Section

5.4. 10.2, indicates that the proportional

heaters

are designed

to be adequate

to maintain pressure

and that the backup heaters

are normally deenergized.

The current conditions in Units 1

and

3 do not appear to meet this design standard,

in spite of

noted

improvements to the valves.

An analysis of the depressurization

event

was performed by

Combustion Engineering

and documented

in the Incident

Investigation

Rep'ort (IIR-2-2-89-001).

This analysis

concluded

that the excess

pressurizer

spray

and diminished reserve of

backup heaters

contributed only slightly to the extent of the

depressurization.

The performance

of the Steam

Bypass Control

Valves appears

to have

been the principal contributor to the

pressure

decrease.

The Engineering Evaluations

Department

(EED) has performed

an

evaluation of current conditions

and concluded that the spray

valves are not leaking excessively.

The use of backup heaters

is necessary

due to ambient losses

and normal

bypass

spray

flow.

The

CESSAR section referenced

above

assumes

a much

smaller bypass

spray flow rate than

has

been found necessary

to

achieve

a less

than

70 degree

F temperature

difference

between

spray line temperature

and pressurizer

temperature,

This

increased

flow rate,

in conjunction with longer than

anticipated piping runs,

has resulted in both greater

ambient

heat losses

than

assumed

and greater

heater

demand to offset

5

the spray effects

on pressure.

EEO has stated that these

CESSAR assumptions,

while no longer valid, do not impact on the

safety analysis.

However,

EED has

agreed that the

CESSAR

should

be updated to reflect actual plant conditions.

The inspector

concluded that the corrective actions

taken with

respect

to the spray valve leakage

were adequate

and there were

no further technical

concerns.

The second

issue

deals with adequacy

of corrective actions

following the main feedwater

pump suction piping

overpressurization

event.

The inspector

reviewed

IIR-2-2-89-001.

One of the corrective actions'dealt

with the

delay in troubleshooting

the feedwater suction pressure

switches

which were found to be deformed several

days before

the unit was restarted.

IIR-3-2-89-032 was performed to

evaluate

the circumstances

leading to this delay.

The

inspector

reviewed this IIR as well.

These reports

do not

address

the deficiencies

in the initial engineering

evaluation

of the overpressurization

identified by the inspector

and

reported in Inspection

Report 529/89-30.

However, the final

engineering evaluation,

as presented

in these

documents

and in

the "Condensate

Piping Overpressure

Evaluation" dated

August 16,

1989,

appears

to adequately

address

the technical

issues

associated

with the overpressurization

event.

The

corrective

and preventive actions

associated

with the delay in

troubleshooting

appear to be appropriate.

The licensee's

corrective actions following this reactor trip

event were discussed

during

a management

meeting held

September

1,

1989 (Inspection

Report 529/89-42).

The inspector

noted that although the licensee

acknowledged

the lessons,

learned

from this event,

the inadequacy of engineering

work was

not detailed in the investigation report.

The

NRC will

continue to monitor the licensee's

long range

improvement

efforts in this area.

This item is closed.

(Closed)

Enforcement

Item (529/89-43-03

"Failure to

0

1

nl

This violation resulted

from the licensee's

failure to notify

the

NRC of the incapacitation

and removal

from licensed duties

of a licensed operator.

This issue is closely related to

issues

regarding licensed operators'edical

records

which will

be documented

in Inspection

Report 50-528/90-36.

The

evaluation of the licensee's

corrective actions to this item

(529/89-43-03) will be addressed

in that inspection report.

This item is closed.

(Closed)

Enforcement

Item (529/90-03-01):

"Use of

nre

>a

e

mer enc

>ese

enera

or

ue

>

ora

e

an 've

e er

or

urve>

ance

es

-

ni

-

2)

This violation resulted

from using

a meter with a

known

reliability deficiency to satisfy

a Technical Specification

surveillance

requirement.

The licensee

has provided guidance

to operations

personnel

to evaluate

such deficiencies

and

document justification for use of deficient indication

equipment in the surveillance test log.

Additionally, the

.

diesel

generator

surveillance

procedures

have

been modified to

allow use of alternate

indications of fuel oil tank level.

These actions

appear

adequate.

The inspector

has not

identified during routine inspections

any further

cases

of log

taking deficiencies

by AOs.

This item is closed.

3.

Review of Plant Activities (71707

and 93702

a.

b.

Unit 1

The unit began

the repor t period in Mode 5.

Steam Generator

tube plugging was resolved with the installation of a

Combustion Engineering

tube sheet

plug and the discovery and

repair of several

other leaking tube plugs.

Mid-loop operation

was entered to support the removal of nozzle

dams.

The unit

entered

Mode 4 on June

13, 1990,

and

Mode

3 on June

14,

1990.

The Confirmatory Action Letter

(CAL) of December

24,

1989,

was

lifted on June

24,

1990,

and

Mode

2 followed immediately

thereafter.

A manual reactor trip test

was conducted

on

June

25,

1990,

and

Mode 2 was entered

again

on June

25, 1990.

A slipped

rod event during startup testing occurred

and was

evaluated

and resolved.

Mode 1 was entered

on June

30,

1990.

Main turbine control problems

were traced to incorrect orifices

in the turbine control oil system.

The Power Ascension Testing

Program

was nearing completion

and the unit was at 100 percent

power at the end of the report period.

Unit 2

Unit 2 entered this report period in Mode 6, with major

activities associated

with the refueling outage in progress.

Node

5 was entered

on June 3,

1990.

The plant entered

Mode 4

on July 2 and

Mode

3 on July 3.

The reactor

was brought to

criticality at 10:46

PM,

MST,

on July 14,

and the plant ended

the report period in Mode 2.

Unit 3

Unit 3 began this report period at 100 percent

power.

On

May 29

1990, the unit experienced

a reactor

power cutback when

the

"A

main feedwater

pump tripped

as

I8C Technicians

were

completing

a preventive

maintenance

check

on the discharge

pressure

switches

(see

paragraph

20).

Other than minor power

reductions for testing and/or maintenance,

the unit remained at

100 percent

power for the rest of the report period.

d.

Plant Tours

The

the

The

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8,

following plant areas

at, Units 1,

2 and

3 were toured by

inspector during the inspection:

Auxiliary Building

Containment Building

Control

Complex Building

Diesel

Generator Building

Radwaste

Building

Technical

Support Center

Turbine Building

Yard Area and Perimeter

following areas

were observed

during the tours:

0 eratin

Lo

s and Records - Records

were reviewed against

ec naca

peer

>ca ions and administrative control

procedure

requirements.

Monitorin

Instrumentation - Process

instruments

were

o serve

or corre

a son

etween

channels

and for

conformance with Technical Specification requirements.

Shift Staffin

- Control

room and shift staffing were

o serve

or conformance with 10 CFR 50. 54.(k), Technical

Specifications,

and.administrative

procedures.

E ui ment Lineu

s - Various valves

and electrical

breakers

were vers le

o be in the position or condition required

by Technical Specifications

and administrative'rocedures

for the applicable plant mode.

E ui ment Ta

in

- Selected

equipment, for which tagging

reques

s

a

een initiated,

was observed to verify that

tags were in place

and the equipment

was in the condition

specified.

General

Plant

E ui ment Conditions - Plant equipment

was

o serve

or

>n >ca 1ons

o

sys

em leakage,'mproper

lubrication, or other conditions that would prevent the

systems

from fulfillingtheir functional requirements.

Fire Protection - Fire fighting equipment

and controls

f

Tthf ht

Specifications

and administrative procedures.

Plant Chemistr

- Chemical analysis results

were reviewed

or con ormance with Technical Specifications

and

administrative control procedures.

9.

Securit

- Activities observed for conformance with

regu

a ory requirements,

implementation of the site

security plan,

and administrative procedures

included

vehicle and personnel

access,

and protected

and vital area

integrity.

The Secondary

Alarm Station

was included in plant tours.

The inspector

observed

one instance

in which an escort

abandoned

his escort duties for a visitor in the Unit 2

auxiliary building for a period of about five minutes.

This incident was referred to Region

V personnel

and was

documented

in Inspection

Report 529/90-29.

10.

Plant Housekee

in

- Plant conditions

and

ma erma

equ>pmen

storage

were observed to determine the

general

state of cleanliness

and housekeeping.

ll.

Radiation Protection Controls - Areas observed

included

con ro

porn

opera ion, records of licensee's

surveys

within the radiological controlled areas,

postinq of

radiation

and high radiation areas,

compliance with

Radiation

Exposure Permits,

personnel

monitoring devices

being properly worn,

and personnel

frisking practices.

No violations of NRC requirements

or deviations

were identified.

4.

En ineered Safet

Features

S stem Walkdowns - Units 1

2 and

3

Selected

engineered

safety features

systems

(and systems

important

to safety)

were walked down by the inspector to confirm that the

systems

were aligned in accordance

with plant procedures.

During this inspection period the inspectors

walked

down accessible

portions of =-the following systems.

Unit 1

r

o

Emergency Diesel Generators

"A" and "B"

o

"B" Auxiliary Feedwater

System

Unit 2

o

Emergency

Core Cooling System

(ECCS) Containment

Sumps - Trains

"A" and "B"

Unit 3

o

Emergency Diesel Generators

"A" and "B"

No violations of NRC requirements

or deviations

were identified.

5.

Monthl

Surveillance Testin

- Units

1

2 and

3 (61726)

Selected

surveillance

tests

required to be performed

by the

Technical Specifications

(TS) were reviewed

on a sampling basis

to verify that:

1) the surveillance

tests

were correctly

included

on the facility schedule;

2)

a technically adequate

procedure

existed for performance

of the surveillance tests;

3) the surveillance tests

had been performed at the frequency

specified in the TS;

and 4) test results satisfied

acceptance

criteria or were properly dispositioned.

b.

Specifically, portions of the following surveillances

were

observed

by the inspector during this inspection period:

Unit 1

o 41ST-1EC03

o 41ST-1SG03

o 41ST-1SG05

o 77ST-1SB08

Essential

Chilled Water System Inoperable

Action Surveillance

Testing Atmospheric

Dump Valves in Mode 3

Atmospheric

Dump Valves Nitrogen

Accumulator Drop Test

Core Protection Calculator

Channel

"B"

Functional Test

Unit 2

~0i U

o 31ST-9SI01

o 32ST-9SF02

o 42ST-2ZZ20

o 73ST-2DG01

o 73ST-2XI02

Unit 3

~race

ere

o 36ST-9SA11

o 43ST-3ZZ04

Cleaning/Inspection

of ECCS

Sumps

Control Element Drive Mechanism Circuit

Breaker Surveillance Test

Remote

Shutdown Disconnect Switch and

Control Circuit Operability

Integrated

Safeguards

Surveillance

Test

Train "A"

Section

XI Valve Stroke Timing for Steam

Generator

No.

2 Containment Isolation

Valves.

During the performance of

73ST-2XI02 for steam line drain valves,

communications

were noted

by the inspector.

to be formal

and control

room operators

exercised

good control of the evolution.

Descri tion

Engineered

Safety Features

Actuation System

Train "A" High Risk Subgroup

Relay Monthly

Functional

Test

Weekly Shutdown Electrical Distribution

Checks

No violations of NRC requirements

or deviations

were

identified.

10

6.

Monthl

Plant Maintenance

- Units

1

2 and

3 (62703)

a.

b.

During the inspection period,

the inspector

observed

and

reviewed selected

documentation

associated

with

maintenance

and problem investigation activities listed

below to verify compliance with regulatory requirements,

compliance with administrative

and maintenance

procedures,

required equality Assurance/equality

Control involvement,

proper

use of safety tags,

proper equipment alignment

and

use of jumpers,

personnel

qualifications,

and proper

retesting.

The inspector verified that reportabi lity for

these activities was correct.

Specifically, the inspector witnessed portions of the

following ma>ntenance

activities:

Unit 1

Descri tion

o Steam

Bypass

Control

System Valve Dynamic Response'ime

Test

o Oil samplinq in LPSI "A" Pump Motor

o Repair Leaking Body to Bonnet Leak on LPSI "8" Suction

Check Valve

o Repair Auxiliary Building Ventilation Ducting

o Troubleshooting

ADV-178 Air/Nitrogen Leak

o Troubleshooting

Steam

Bypass Control Valve 1008 Timing

Problem

o Installation of gBN-001 Holophane

Emergency Light Unit

o Burn Test of gBN-003 Holophane

Emergency Light Unit

During the performance of a preventive maintenance

task to

add oil to the crankcase

of charging

pump CHA-P01,

mechanics

used approximately five-eights of a gallon of

the wrong oil.

After running the

pump for approximately

half an hour after the incorrect oil was added the error

was discovered

by the licensee

maintenance

person

who

added the oil.

The

pump was stopped,

declared

inoperable,

the system engineer

was contacted,

the oil taken out,

and

the proper oil was

added prior to the

pump being restored

to service,

The inspector

noted that the licensee's

identification of

the issue indicated

a willingness

on the part of craft

personnel

to identify their own errors.

Unit 2

Descri tion

o

Remove Isolation Valve 2SIB-UV-0676-"8" Containment

Sump

P

I,

l

t

11

o

Retest of 2-E-NGN-L1287 Load Center Main Feed Breaker

o

Atmospheric

Dump Valve Nitrogen Regulator

FCV-323

Troubleshooting

Unit 3

Descri tion

o

Troubleshooting

3-E-gDN-N02 Emergency Lights

o

Control Element Drive Mechanism Coil Traces

43TP-3S F01

During a review of Work Order

(WO) 423113 in Unit 3 for the

performance of 36MT-9SG01,

ADV Weekly Bonnet Pressure

Measurement

and Instrument Installation, the inspector

noted

that

no signature

was present

on the

WO cover sheet for

Releasing

Organization.

This signature constitutes

permission

to perform the work.

The Releasing

Organization in this

instance

was Operations

and the Assistant Shift Supervisor

had

signed

page

6 of 28 of the attached

copy of 36MT-9SG01, which

constituted

permission to perform the work.

The inspector

concluded that this represented

inattention to detail.

No violations of NRC requirements

or deviations

were

identified.

Worker in a Hi

h Radiation Area (HRA) Without Pro er Dosimetr

n)

On June

20, 1990, the inspector

noted that

a Mechanical

Maintenance

Foreman

was in a

HRA with only a 0-200

mi llirem

(mR) Self Indicating Dosimeter (SID), rather

than also with an

alarming dosimeter set at 50

mR as required

by the Radiation

Entry Permit (REP).

The inspector

questioned

the worker who

acknowledged that

he had forgotten that his work area

was

a

HRA

and

had not noticed the posting because

he backed

down the

ladder to the lower level of -the "A" Low Pressure

Safety

Injection pump

room.

This is a violation of NRC requirements

(528/90-23-01).

This was brought to the attention of licensee

management

who

took immediate corrective action.

The individual's radiation

exposure

was evaluated

and

no overexposure

occurred.

The

individual's work records

were reviewed

and

no other similar

incidents

have occurred with this individual.

The individual

asked to brief all the Unit 1 Maintenance

Department personnel

on the lessons

he learned

from the event.

Management

agreed

and these briefings will be complete

by July 19,

1990.

A Problem Resolution

sheet

was initiated and

a Radiological

Controls Problem Report

was completed.

The worker's access

to

the Radiological Controls Area

(RCA) was

removed until the

investigation

was complete.

The Radiological Protection

(RP)

Lead Technician at the

RP "Island" was

removed from Shift

12

Technician responsibilities

at the

RP "Island" until he

completed

an oral

knowledge review with the unit

RP Manager.

The day the

RP Technician

was to meet for this knowledge review

he resigned citing unrelated

personal

reasons.

The

RP

department

concluded that the root cause of the event

was the

RP

Lead Technician at the

RP Island failed to provide the

worker with proper service in that two separate

briefings

failed to identify the lower level of the "A" LPSI room as

a

HRA.

In addition, the Maintenance

Manager concluded that the

worker did not meet his expectations

regarding following the

requirements

of the

REP and

RP postings.

Several

actions

are

in progress

to prevent recurrence

of this event:

1)

The

RP department

is acceleratinq their plans to

change

the excessively

conservat>ve

posting policy of

post>ng

a larger area

than necessary

as

HRAs and

Locked

HRAs (LHRAs).

In the future the RP'department

plans to post only the immediate

area surrounding the

sources

of exposure requiring

HRA and

LHRA postings

rather than entire

rooms or levels.

This is a long

term effort which will involve establishing

dose rate

guidelines for the location of HRA and

LHRA

boundaries,

procedure

changes

and training.

This

site effort will be complete

by September

30,

1990.

2)

Unit 1

RP department

created

an

RP Restart

Plan which

is a notebook containing survey and posting changes

which were required for the various

power levels with

required notifications for the Unit 1

RP Manager.

3)

The

RP department-

i.s acceleratinq

the plan to use

reverse

background posting sign )nserts.

The inspector

agrees

with the preliminary conclusions

reached

by the licensee.

One violation of NRC rquirements

was

identified.

8.

Plant Startu

From Refuel in

- Unit 1 (71711

72700)

The inspector evaluated

the Emergency Diesel Generators

and the

Motor Driven Auxiliary Feed

Pump AFB-P01 system for proper

restoration

from the refueling outage.

No discrepancies

were

noted which would affect component or system operability.

The inspector

reviewed 410P-1ZZ03,

Reactor Startup,

and noted

that it contained revisions which addressed

concerns

the

inspector raised after observing

420P-12Z03,

Reactor Startup,

used for a reactor

startup at Unit 2 on September

22,

1989,

and

described

in Inspection

Report 50-529/89-43,

paragraph

12.

The

inspector

observed

the Unit 1 reactor startup

on June 24, 1990,

and

had

no concerns.

The inspector

noted that after Reactor

Engineering told Operations

they were ready for Operations

to

perform the startup,

the Assistant Shift Supervisor

announced

that they were starting to pull regulating group control

rods

13'nd

then the Reactor

Engineer

asked Operations

to wait two more

minutes

so Reactor Engineering could get their paperwork ready.

The inspector particularly noted the Shift Supervisor's ability

to keep this confusion

from affecting his crew's performance.

The inspector

concluded that the unit appeared

ready for the

startup

and

power operations.

No violations of NRC requirements

or deviations

were

identified.

9.

Confirmator

Action Letter Followu

- Unit 1 (92703)

By a letter dated January

11, 1990,

the licensee

committed to

the

NRC to complete

190 action items associated

with Unit 1

prior to its restart following the

15 month outage which began

after the unit trip of March 5, 1989.

These

items included

lessons

learned

from the Unit 3 reactor trip event of March 3,

1989, in the areas

of Atmospheric

Dump Valves,

Emergency

Lighting, Steam

Bypass

Control System,

and Reactor Coolant

Pump

Power Supplies.

Seventy-two of the items

had been closed

by

the licensee

during previous efforts in the restart of Units 2

and

3.

The inspector selected

an initial sample of fifty-one

items for review, thirteen of which came from the category of

previously closed items.. All of the above listed systems

were

included in this sample

as well as the instrument air system,

operations

department training and performance,

and post

restart

commitment progress.

Ultimately, over seventy

items

were reviewed in that additional

items were sampled

based

on

questions

arising from the review of the initial sample.

Further,

the licensee's

Management

Review Committee

(MRC)

activities were reviewed.

The following observations

represent

licensee

weaknesses

as they related to restart preparations.

a.

Atmos heric

Dum

Valves

(ADVs

The inspector

reviewed the licensee's

actions with respect

to valve labeling, procedure

for manual operation,

operability tests,

preventive maintenance,

training,

and

nitrogen

subsystem

maintenance.

The following

observations

were

made:

1)

The licensee

implemented

a preventive maintenance

calibration check of the nitrogen regulators

on ADVs

(Item 664), but implemented it only when performance

problems

occurred during monthly 30 percent stroke

testing or quarterly accumulator

pressure

drop

testing.

The inspector

noted that the licensee

performs calibration checks

on pressure

regulators

in

nonsafety-related

systems

and questioned

why the

safety-related

ADV nitrogen system

was not routinely

checked.

The licensee

committed to evaluate

and

implement

a routine calibration.

14

The licensee

flushed the

ADV nitrogen

system to

assure

the cleanliness

quality of the'nitrogen

supply

(Item 670), but subsequently

found foreign

particulate matter in the pressure

regulator,

which

could have contributed to observed

performance

problems during testing.

Nore aggressive

flushes

were performed to achieve satisfactory

system

cleanliness.

However, the nitrogen supply to the

ADV

accumulators

is not filtered and,

although the

licensee

plans to install filters (Post Restart

Item 800) by April 1992,

no cleanliness

monitoring of

the

ADV nitrogen

system

was planned.

The inspector

questioned this lack of monitoring in view of the

known problem with particulate matter,

the present

lack of filters in the supply line,

and the potential

impact on the performance

of the pressure

reducer

and

ADY positioner

components.

The licensee

committed to

evaluate

and implement nitrogen quality monitoring

checks until the permanent filters are installed.

The above

two items were further described

in NRC

Inspection

Report 528/90-20.

While attempting to evaluate

the problems with

getting

ADV nitrogen systems

to pass

surveillance

test 41ST-1SG05,

ADV Nitrogen Accumulator Drop Test,

the licensee

questioned

whether temperature

had an

effect on the outcome of the test.

System

Engineering's

preliminary calculations

suggested

that

a one degree

Fahrenheit

change during the test would

result in approximately

one psiq pressure

change in

the accumulator.

This calculation

was refined by the

Nuclear

Engineering

Department

(NED) in Engineering

Evaluation

Request

(EER) 90-SG-114

and

a formula was

provided to account for temperature

changes

from the

beginning to the

end of the test.

However, this

formula was identified by the inspector to provide

invalid results in some cases.

When the ADV-178 accumulator

was tested

on June

23,

1990, the pressure

drop was

30 psig per hour, the

upper limit of the acceptance

criteria; however,

the

,temperature

had increased

an average of 0. 15 degrees

Fahrenheit.

When the

NED formula in EER 90-SG-114

was

used with this data,

the results

suggested

that

"the ADV-178 accumulator

passed its acceptance

criteria.

These results

were documented

in EER

90-SG-136.

The inspector questioned

the validity of

this result since with a measured

pressure

drop of

exactly

30 psig per hour,

any temperature

increase

would represent

a non-conservative

effect on the

measured

pressure

drop and would suggest that the

acceptance

criteria had not been

met.

Discussions

between

the inspector

and System Engineering

supervision

and management

revealed that the

EER

0

15

90-SG-114 formula was based

on

a two hour pressure

drop from 650 psig to 590 psig, rather than the

actual

documented

drop from 625 psig to 565 psig.

This difference

made the formula in EER-90-SG-114

inappropriate for the actual field conditions

and

produced results

which wer e invalid from an

engineering

standpoint.

EER 90-SG-136

was

subsequently

revised using the correct temperature

compensation

formula.

While a reevaluation of the formula and the test

results

by System Engineering resulted

in accepting

the drop test,

the inspector

concluded that the

initial formula in EER 90-SG-114

was inaccurate with

respect to actual field conditions

and that System

Engineering failed to identify this when these

results

were applied to the initial version of EER

90-SG-136.

b.

Emer enc

Li htin

The inspector

reviewed the licensee's

restart

commitments

to install and test

emergency lighting.

Although the

licensee's

specific restart

commitments

were met, further

review in this area is documented

in

NRC Inspection

Reports

528/90-02

and 528/90-25.

On June 22, 1990, during

a routine plant tour, the

inspector

noted that three

emergency lights indicated

an

existing high charge condition and brought this to the

attention of plant management.

One of these units,

gBN-004,

a Holophane unit located at the

100 foot

elevation in the auxiliary building, required

a cell

replacement

and retest.

The other two units were dual

light units in the

77 foot and 87 foot elevations of the

west mechanical

piping penetration

rooms.

One unit

required replacement

and the other

no longer indicated

a

high charge.

The unit which displayed

a high charge

when

the inspector

observed it but had returned to normal

when

the licensee

checked it, could merely have cycled briefly

"

to high charge during the inspector's

tour which would be

consistent with the-design of these units.

In addition to

these

problems,

the licensee

discovered that Control

Room

emergency light gDN-F01 failed its 8-hour test apparently

due to

a faulty circuit card.

The car d was replaced

and

gDN-FOl passed

the test successfully.

The inspector

expressed

the expectation that these

and all other

emergency lighting discrepancies

be included in the

ongoing evaluation of the reliability of emergency

lighting.

The licensee

agreed with this and stated that

these

evaluations

were ongoing.

16

0 erations

Restart

Item 454 addressed

the following NRC concern:

"Operations Supervision is not adequately

establishing,

communicating,

monitoring,

demanding

and enforcing

a

working environment that promotes professionalism,

formal>ty, accountability

and adherence

to high standards

of performance."

This issue

was addressed

and closed

by

the licensee

based

on issuing several

memos.

Two of these

memos

were from the Plant Director to the Plant Managers

with copies to other

management

personnel.

These

two

memos set the tone

and standards

of professionalism for

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station.

One

memo was to

all plant personnel

which promulgated the Standards

for

Personnel

Performance

and Plant Material Condition.

This

memo included the Expectations

For Operations

which

described

expectations

for professionalism,

formal

communication,

not proceeding in the face of uncertainty,

use of procedures,

being alert to changing plant

conditions, maintaining control

room decorum,

and

insisting on high quality, professional

performance

and

high standards

for all unit personnel.

During the two weeks before the restart of Unit 1, the

inspector

observed

several

occasions

in which control

room

operators

were not adhering to these

standards.

In one

case,

a control

room operator

pushed

another operator

sitting in a chair for several

feet during the control

board walkdown portion of shift turnover.

In another

case,

while in a discussion with the inspector,

an

operator silenced

an alarm, but did not know the nature of

the alarm which had been silenced

when questioned

by the

inspector.

In a third case,

the inspector

observed

a

control

room operator direct an Auxiliary Operator

(AO) to

go to a containment

purge valve inside containment

where

radio communication is poor,

"make

some noise" to signal

the Control

Room Operator to open the valve, then

"make

some

more noise" to signal the Control

Room Operator to

shut the valve, then telephone

the Control

Room Operator

to discuss

the results.

Mhile this troubleshooting

activity transpired,

the inspector

observed

the Control

Room Operator proceed

as planned

and then misunderstand

the

AO using the radio.

During these

same

two weeks,

three self-revealing

events

also indicated that operators

were not always adhering to the established

standards.

The first event involved rendering all four Safety

Injection Tanks inoperable

by powerinq their vent valves

as discussed

in paragraph

13 of this inspection report.

The second

event involved restoring the Steam

Bypass

Control System

(SBCS) with a large

demand,

which resulted

in six steam

bypass

control valves opening rapidly,

thereby causing

steam generator

swell from 50 percent to

at least

91 percent,

triggering

a Main Steam

Line

Isolation initiation.

The Operators

followed the

17-

procedure,

but,

due in part to a procedural

deficiency and

the operators'ailure

to fully understand

the expected

plant response,

the operators

failed to compensate

adequately for the larqe

demand signal prior to restoring

the

SBCS.

This event )s detailed

in paragraph

12.

The

third event involving two Auxiliary Operators

who failed

to properly follow the procedure for manual

operation of

an Atmospheric

Dump Valve as described

in paragraph

10.

The inspector considered

each of the three inspector

observation

examples to be of relatively minor safety

significance.

However,

when these three

examples

are

taken

as

a whole, with the three self-revealing

events,

a

need for additional

management

attention into control

room

and operations activities was evident.

This was discussed

with the Unit 1 Operations

Manager

and Plant Manager.

In

addition,

Region

V management

discussed this with senior

licensee

management.

The Plant Manager prepared

a

briefing paper containing these six events

and management

guidelines

and philosophy to be given to all operators

at

shift turnover by the Shift Manager.

The inspector

observed

two of these briefings and noted that the

briefings were detailed, specific,

and clearly expressed

management's

concerns

and expectations.

The Plant Manager

implemented

a previously planned Shift Manager position to

provide 24 hour/day-7

day/week

management

coverage

onsite

for Unit 1 during the startup preparations

and

power.

ascension.

The

NRC inspector

concluded that the

licensee's

corrective actions

were appropriate

and that

these

issues

would not prevent the

NRC from lifting the

December

24,

1989 Confirmatory Action Letter.

d.

Preventive

Maintenance

(PH)

The licensee

committed to provide justification for waived

PM's which involved performinq all

PMs that could be

performed

and having Engineer)ng

Evaluation Requests

(EERs) for PMs which could not be performed (Restart

Item 9).

One of these

was

a

PH to calibrate fire

protection

pump oil pressure

switch AJFPNPSL0104,

which

could not be performed

due to the unavailability of parts.

The

EER to justify why the plant could be operated

safely

without this

PH complete

(90-FP-29)

was

vague

and did not

document

a complete evaluation of the impact on the plant.

The inspector

questioned this

EER and was provided

EER

90-FP-030 which fully addressed

the impact of the

nonperformance

of this

PH on plant operation.

Mhile

completing

EER 90-FP-030

on June

24,

1990, the licensee

'lso

placed

a deficiency tag on the local alarm panel for

FPNP01A to warn operators that the low oil pressure

switch

is not within calibration.

The licensee

also committed to ensure

th'at there are

no

other waived PH's which could affect safe plant operation.

This was also documented

in Restart

Item 9.

The licensee

accomplished this by reviewing all

PHs since

commercial

operation,

identifying those which had been waived,

and

evaluating

each waiver for any current impact on plant

operation.

In many cases

Engineering identified rework

which was necessary

for safe plant operation.

The

evaluation of each waived

PM was

documented

on a form

which required the engineer

to document the basis for the

PH,

an evaluation

as to whether the lack of performance of

the

PH caused

or could have

caused

degradation,

whether

Engineering will now grant the existing waiver, whether

additional

requirements

need to be imposed

as

a result of

the waiver,

and when the

PM is next scheduled

to be

performed.

The inspector evaluated

a sampling'f these

PH

review forms for safety-related

systems.

The majority of-

those

reviewed were properly filled out and contained

apparently

adequate justification for the determinations

made.

A significant number,

however,

contained

only a

"No" or "None" answer to some questions

without additional

d>scuss>on.

The inspector

questioned this during discussions

with the

.

Systems

Engineering

Manager

who agreed that the

documentation

of these evaluations

were, in many, cases,

inadequate.

The licensee

committed to re-review all

PM

reviews to select

those with inadequate

documentation of

the justification.

Each

PM review which is inadequately

just>fied will be re-reviewed

and the justification will

be adequately

documented.

Any new add)tional

requirements

to be performed

as

a result of not performing the

PH will

be brought to the inspector's

attention immediately

and

all re-reviews will be complete

and available for the

inspector's

review by November 1,

1990.

This will remain

an open item until the re-review,

documentation

and

inspector's

review is complete

(528/90-23-02).

Mana ement

Review Committee

(MRC)

The

MRC functioned essentially

the

same

as during the

previous review of the Unit 3 restart

program.

The

MRC at

the outset recognized

the importance of demonstrating that

APS was capable of managing three operating units.

As a

result,

the

MRC paid considerable

attention to various

backlogs.

The stated criteria was to maintain

a

decreasing

backlog in Units

2 and

3 while preparing to

startup Unit l.

An additional

suggestion

was first

proposed that the

MRC review any incidents that occur

(site-wide) for evidence of management

weakness.

This

suggestion

was apparently

not formally or comprehensively

undertaken,

even though

a number of events

occurred since

December,

some of which are

documented

in NRC Inspection

Reports.

19

Finally, the

MRC recognized that the toughest

issue which

needed

to be overcome in the restart of Unit

1 would be

personnel

readiness.

As

a result,

the

MRC maintained,a

continued interest in 'training, proficiency watches,

and

management

observations

of operators

in simulator training

and during plant operations.

However,

as noted elsewhere

in this report section,

the inspector

observed

occasions

where operator

performance either failed to meet

established

standards

or caused

an operational

problem.

The inspector

noted that although maintenance

and

engineering

backlogs

appeared

to be getting under control,

personnel

performance

continues to require additional

management

attention.

It appears

that the

MRC

successfully

served its purpose

in the management

overview

of restart activities.

Post-Restart

Comnitments

g.

The inspector

reviewed several

of the licensee's

closed

post-restart

action items.

One of these

(Item 616)

was 'a

commitment to evaluate

the

need for a chemistry post-trip

checklist.

The inspector

noted that the licensee

closed

the item by referencing

the evaluation which determined

the

need for such

a checklist in July 1989

and

recommended

implementation

by December

1989.

In June

1990, the

inspector determined that the checklist

had not been

implemented

because

of an assigned

low priority in the

procedure

change

backlog.

The inspector noted that the

licensee

met the letter of the commitment by performing

the evaluation,

but had not followed it through to

completion in a timely manner.

Subsequently,

the licensee

upgraded

the priority and expects

to issue the checklist

by August 31,

1990.

The inspector will continue to

periodically review completed post-restart

items.

~Summa r

The inspector

concluded that although the licensee

ultimately met their restart

commitments,

several

items

as

noted

above required additional actions

subsequent

to

NRC

identification of discrepancies.

This appears

to reflect

the

need for a continued

and heightened attitude of self-

criticism and

an insistence

on timely, final, and

sustained

corrective actions

by all licensee

employees.

No violations of NRC requirements

or deviations

were

identified.

10.

Mis-o eration of Atmos heric

Dum

Valve

ADV

in Manual-

Unst

1

93 02

On July 21,

1990, the

NRC inspector

observed testing of

ADV-178, which required the manual

operation of the

ADV in

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accordance

with procedure

41DP-10P01,

Manual Operation of Air

Operated

Valves.

Steps

8.7 through B.9 in 41DP-10P01

required

the Auxiliary Operator

(AO) to lower the manual override shaft,

insert the clevis onto the actuator shaft,

then manipulate

the

valve using the handwheel.

The AO's difficulties in manually

operating

ADV-178 indicated

a lack of familiarity of the proper

operation of the

ADVs and resulted in the failure to perform an

action required

by the procedure.

These difficulties are

particularly noteworthy in light of the attention

on the manual

operation of ADVs based

on the March 1989 reactor trip event

and restart

commitments in this area.

When the

AO attempted

to lower the manual override shaft

as

specified

by Step B.7, the

AO rotated the handwheel

in the

counter-clockwise direction.

When the

AO encountered

resistance,

a second

AO was consulted

and the first AO

continued trying to rotate the handle counter-clockwise.

After

further discussion with the second

AO, both

AOs together tried

to turn the handwheel

counter-clockwise.

At this point,

an

SRO

assigned

to supervise this activity interrupted

and reminded

the

AOs that they had to engage

the clevis first.

At this

point, the first AO turned the handwheel

clockwise,

lowered the

manual override shaft,

engaged

the clevis,

and operated

the

valve.

Step B.8 required the set

screw to be tightened

when

the clevis was

engaged

to secure

the clevis to the actuator

shaft.

This was not accomplished

and

when the inspector

questioned

the

AO immediately after this evolution the

AO

acknowledged that the set

screw

had

been forgotten.

This

failure to follow the procedure is

a violation of NRC

requirements

(Enforcement

Item 528/90-23-03).

The inspector

noted that the procedure

requirement for

tightening the set screw was

one of several

actions in Step B.8

for engaging

the clevis

on the actuator shaft.

A revision of

procedure

41DP-10P01,

dated July 5, 1990, separated

the actions

by creating

separate

steps for sliding the clevis onto the

actuator shaft, fully seating

the clevis,

and tightening the

set screw.

The inspector considers this change to be

an

improvement to the procedure.

To ascertain

whether other

AOs had adequate

knowledge of the

proper manual

operation of ADVs, the licensee

chose

two AOs

from Unit 2 and two from Unit 3 and asked

them to demonstrate

manual

operation of an

ADV on short notice.

The AOs were able

to properly operate

the

ADVs in manual

and

on this basis

the

licensee

determined that the observed

ADV manual mis-operation

was

a performance

issue

on the part of the operators

involved

, and not

a training issue.

The

NRC inspector

agreed with this

conclusion.

The licensee

responded

to this concern

along with other

operator

performance

concerns

described

in this report by

immediately implementing the planned Shift Manager position for

the restart activities, addressing

the operator

performance

issues with the operators, involved, and conducting

management

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briefings of'l 1 Operators,

licensed

and non- 1 icensed,

to

discuss'anagement

expectations

regarding operator

performance.

Over-Dilution

Excessive

Power

Rate Increase

- Unit 1 (93702)

On July 8, 1990, while diluting the reactor coolant system to

increase

power, the reactor operator permitted power to

increase

from 50 percent to approximately 54.5 percent in one

hour.

This exceeded

the Combustion Engineering

(CE) fuel

preconditioning guidelines of 3 percent

per hour.

The

operators

reduced

the power increase

rate to within CE's

guidelines

and notified management.

The licensee

has

determined that this is an operator

performance

issue

and

has

addressed

this with the operator involved.

The inspector

considers this to be another

example which suqgests

that

operator

performance

continues to require add>tional

management

and supervisory attention.

No violations of NRC requirements

or deviations

were

identified.

Main Steam Isolation

Due to Restorin

Steam

B

ass Control

s

em

wi

a

ar

e

eman

-

ni

On July 20, 1990, while restoring

from 36MT-9SF09,

Steam

Bypass

Control System Valve Dynamic Response

Time Test, the operators

moved the Emergency Off/Reset handswitch

from Emergency Off to

Re'set with a large

demand signal,

which caused six Steam

Bypass

Control Valves

(SBCV) to open rapidly.

This rapid increase

in

steam

demand

caused

a large swell in both steam generators.

Number

2 steam generator

swelled from 50 percent to 94 percent

level, triggerinq a Main Steam Isolation Signal

(MSIS).

The

operators

stabilized the plant using 41A0-1ZZ31, Inadvertent

MSIS, verified the MSIS actuation,

stopped

SBCV work and

notified Compliance

and the System Engineer.

A Category

2

investigation

was initiated and

a Licensee

Event Report

(LER)

will be issued.

The inspector

concluded that this event

was

an

example in which operator performance

and procedures

needed to

be improved and that increased

management

and supervisory

attention

appears

warranted.

The inspector will evaluate

the

.

licensee's

conclusions

during the review of the

LER for this

event.

No violations of NRC requirements

or deviations

were

identified.

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Ino erable Safet

In'ection Ta'nks - Unit 1 (93702)

On June

17,

1990, all four Safety Injection Tank (SIT) vent

valves

were discovered

by the oncoming Assistant Shift

Supervisor to have

power available. 'his

was contrary to

Technical, Specification 3.5. 1.(a)

and rendered all four SITs

technically inoperable.

This licensee identified violation is

not being cited because

the criteria specified in Section

V.G.

of the Enforcement Policy were satisfied.

Power was provided to the SIT vent valves

on June

16, 1990,

approximately

25 hours2.893519e-4 days <br />0.00694 hours <br />4.133598e-5 weeks <br />9.5125e-6 months <br /> earlier, to facilitate draining of SIT

1A to permit disassembly

and repair of valve SI-235, the SIT 1A

discharge

check valve.

Subsequent

to the identification of

this situation,

the licensee

immediately

removed

power from the

vent valves,

which restored

three of the four SITs to an

operable status,

and initiated

a Problem Resolution

Sheet

and

a

Category

3 investigation.

The inspector

noted that the

management briefing given to the operations staff on this event

appeared

appropriate.

Further

review of licensee

actions to

improve operator

performance will be conducted

during rev'iew of

the required

LER.

Installation/Testin

of Modifications - Unit 2 (37828)

The inspector

examined the activities

and hardware associated

with the plant modification to install

a Refueling Mater Level

Indication System

(RMLIS).

The system

was installed in Units 1

and

2 and was in response

to Generic Letter 88-17 regarding

mid-loop operations.

The physical installation was examined in the Unit 2

Containment,

including instrumentation

tubing runs

and

connections

to the pressurizer

and the shutdown cooling loop.

The inspector verified anchorages,

tubing slopes

and runs,

and

labeling.

The inspector also examined

records of the installation

including the design

change

package

implementing work orders

and completed construction inspection plans

and testing

documentation.

The inspector

observed

the added control

room

indication in Unit 1 and discussed

the

new system operation

with the Unit 1 operations

personnel

who had actually used the

system during recent

steam generator

work.

The inspector

also

discussed

modification management

and testing with

construction,

planning

and system engineering

personnel.

Further,

the inspector

requested

that the licensee reverify the

physical elevation location of the

RMLIS differential pressure

indication LT-752A, 752B,

753A and 753B.

The level indicators

were subsequently

verified to be at the proper elevation.

No violations or deviations

were observed

during the

inspection.

However, several

observations,

summarized in the

following paragraphs,

were

made by the inspector

which were

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related to the licensee

at

an. exit interview held on June

29,

1990.

o

Desi

n

En ineerin

Methods of Communicatin

Information

o

e

le

ons ruc

son

ersonne

The inspector,

in examining the paperwork which documented

>the design

change

noted that the elevation tolerance for

locating the

RMI.I( level transmitter

was communicated

by

means of a relatively obscure

note in the Design

Change

Package

and limited the elevation deviation to plus or

minus one-half inch, which is much tighter than the

licensee's

normal field installation tolerance of plus or

minus

5 inches for instrumentation

location.

Also any

substantial

height deviation would lead to a corresponding

error in indicated level which could cause

inadvertent

reactor coolant vortexing in mid-loop operations.

The

inspector requested

the height of the transmitters

be

reverified, which was

done

and was found to be

satisfactory.

The inspector

noted to licensee

design

engineering

personnel

the type of documents field

personnel

take to the field to perform such

an

installation, specifically work orders

and installation

drawings.

These field documents

would appear to be the

more appropriate

means of communication.

o

Stren th of Construction

Ins ection

Plans'he

inspector

noted that the licensee's

system of using

pre-estabished

Construction Inspection

Plans

(CIPs)

appeared

to be

a sound method to ensure

important

inspection attributes

in specialized

areas

were examined

and signed off.

The methodology also provides

a location

to capture

any "lessons

learned 'hen recurring

installation problems might be encountered.

o

Stren th of Modification Turnover Process

The inspector

noted that the licensee's

modification

turnover process

included

a walkdown and acceptance

by the

user organizations,

e. g. Maintenance

and Operations.

In

the case of the

RMLIS modification, the walkdown resulted

in a change to the nomenclature

of the labeled valves (to

suit Operations

needs)

and change in the scaling of

control

room indicators to reflect specific plant

elevations

vice relative heights (to suit operator

preference

and for clarity and consistency with

procedures).

Mhile good observations

were being

made in the turnover

process,

the inspector

commuted that the licensee

should

continue to emphasize

the importance of the turnover

process

to plant'ersonnel.

The inspector

noted that the

two gage glass installations (for direct visual

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observation of mid-loop level) were not labelled to

differentiate which gage

was reading which hotleg.

This

situation might lead to operator confusion since the

hotlegs will have different levels depending

on which

shutdown cooling train is being run.

The inspector also

pointed out that engineering

stated

they were surprised

the gage glasses

were not labeled since their "Note xi" to

DCP 2FJ-151 stated that all instruments

should

be "tagged"

if not already "tagged."

The inspector again pointed out

that general

design

change

notes

were not a good way to

communicate to the field and in this case

was not

implemented

as expected

by engineering.

Secondly,

the

inspector

noted that the changes

identified by the

walkdowns could have

been anticipated if a closer design

engineering/plant

user interface

had been established

in

the design planning stages.

o

Formalit

of Test Reviews

b

Desi

n

En ineerin

The inspector

noted that design engineering

had formally

documented their review, rationale

and acceptance

for a

special test of the

RWLIS system.

The inspector

considered this

a good practice.

o

Potential Installation Weaknesses

The inspector

observed

two design features that could

cause potential

problems in the future.

Specifically,

long tubinq runs

used

many swagelock mechanical fittings

which provide the opportunity for leaks,

whereas

welded

fittings would have eliminated the potential

maintenance

problems.

Secondly,

the final connection to plant

systems,

e.g. to the pressurizer

gas

space,

were

done

without the addition of RWLIS vent valves.

Other plants

have found frequent draining and venting of the

RWLIS to

be necessary

and have provided valves for such operations.

While Arizona Public Service

Company's current system

configuration will allow for such venting by disconnecting

swaqelock fittings at the high points, this may lead to

additional

maintenance.

On the other hand,

the licensee's

use of the system in Unit 1 did not indicate that frequent

venting was required at Palo Verde.

o

Lack of Detailed

0 erator

S stem Information

The inspector

observed that design engineering

had not

provided

an operating

diagram of the

RWLIS system for

operator

use.

Licensee

personnel

in standards

had

produced

a diagram in the operating procedure for the

system,

but the inspector

noted that the diagram

was not

complete

nor accurate.

Specifically high side

and low

side drain valves for the level transmitters

were not

shown

on the diagram although they were installed.

Additionally, the diagram (Appendix I of procedure

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410P-1ZZ16) did not show the label

nomenclature

associated

with the valves in the field.

The inspector explained that other sites

had eventually

found it necessary

to number

and label all valves,

including those

operated

by I8C,

and to position and

ver ify those valves

by specific valve line up sheets.

The

inspector explained that other sites

found these

valve

line up actions

necessary

after they experienced

continuing valve line up errors especially in the

I8C/Operations

interface area.

o

Conclusion

At the exit interview on June

29,

1990, the ins'pector

concluded that the licensee's

installation and testing of

the

RWLIS system

appeared

to have

been properly performed.

Specific observations

were related

as detailed

above.

The

inspector also

made the qeneral

comment that it appeared

that the design engineering

interface with the site could

be strengthened

as exemplified by the changes

required to

the

RWLIS system after installation which could have

been

identified prior to the design

package

issuance,

and as

exemplified by the designers

expectation that general

package

notes

would be an effective way to communicate

detailed installation requirements.

Additionally, the inspector

noted

some of the licensee's

strengths

in modification control

as exemplified by the

Construction Inspection

Plans

(CIPs).

No violations of NRC requirements

or deviations

were

identified.

15.

Control

Room Controlled Document Discre ancies - Unit 2 (71707)

During a review of the performance

of a surveillance

test

on

June

26, 1990, which utilized information from the Unit 2-

Cycle

3 Core Data Book (CDB) to calculate Keff, the inspector

identified the fact that the copy of the

CDB utilized by

control

room operators

was marked "Information Only" instead of

"Controlled Document."

The inspector determined that the

licensee

Document Distribution Center

IODC) issued

e Revision

0

of the

CDB on April 30, 1990,

stamped 'nformation Only" on all

pages,

which was the copy in use

by Control

Room operators

in

Unct 2.

Then,

on May 10, 1990,

a revision (Rev.

1) was issued

which was marked "Controlled Document"

and several

revised

pages

were inserted

by

DDC in the

CDB in place of the old

pages.

The inspector

concluded that an inappropriately

marked

CDB was in use in the control

room and that

DDC had revised it

with an appropriately

marked revision but failed to notice the

discrepancy,

and operators

had utilized the

CDB at least weekly

to meet Technical Specification surveillance

requirements

without questioning the appropriateness

of the 'nformation

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Only" markings.

The inspector

noted that over two months all

five operations

crews would have .had the opportunity to detect

and correct this discrepancy,

but did not.

The licensee's

immediate corrective action was to issue

a

controlled document

CDB to the Unit 2 control

room and to

verify that all controlled pages

matched

the information copy.

The licensee

concluded that the copies

were identical'nd

therefore

no technical

discrepancy

would have resulted

from the

use of the "Information Only" copy.

The licensee

checked all

other controlled copies of the

CDB's and found

no other

discrepancies.

In addition, the licensee

issued

a Night Order

to the operations staff stressing

the need to ensure

"Information Only" copies of documents

are not used in the

control

room.

On July ll, 1990,

a Unit 2 Shift Supervisor,

while answering

an

inspector's

question,

identified a controlled procedure,

740P-9SS03,

Gaseous

Maste

System Sampling,

which had been

revised with a change

intended for 74ST-9SS03,

Post Accident

Sampling System Surveillance Test,

and

had been placed in the

location for 74ST-9SS03.

However, the correct

and updated

74ST-9SS03

was in the location for 74ST-9ZZ03, Liquid Holdup

Tank Surveillance Test.

. Thus,

on July 10 the Unit 2 controlled

document set

had the following discrepancies:

'1)

74ST-9ZZ03

was missing

2)

A correct

74ST-9SS03

was mis-located to 74ST-9ZZ03

3)

740P-9SS03

was incorrectly revised with a change

intended for 74ST-9SS03,

The licensee

indicated that they had identified discrepancy

3

above

and

had re-issued

74ST-9SS03

on June

7, 1990, but that it

had been mis-filed in Unit 2 to the 74ST-9ZZ03 location.

The

inspector

acknowledged that although the licensee

had

identified this problem,

the corrective action

had not been

completely effective.

The licensee

took immediate action to

correct these deficiencies

and verified these controlled

document procedures

were correctly located in all other

controlled locations.

In addition,

DDC performed

a 100 percent

audit of the Unit 2 controlled document set.

Finally, the

DDC

Supervisor

issued

a

memo to all

DDC personnel

regarding

attention to detail.

Document distribution also preformed

a

complete audit of .all Unit 2 controlled documents.

At the

end

of the audit, Licensing management

evaluated

the results

and

determined that out of 2,229 procedures,

23 deficiencies

were

noted,

but that these

had

no impact on plant operations.

The inspector

concluded that although the requirements

of

10 CFR Part 50, Appendix

8< Criterion VI, Document Control,

had

not been

met

the licensee

s actions

were prompt, thorough

and

appeared

to be appropriate.

Thus, this violation is not being

cited because

the criteria in Section V.A. of the Enforcement

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Policy were satisfied.

The licensee

management

acknowledged

these

.comments.

Pressurizer

Heater

Re lacement - Unit 2 (93702)

A faulty pressurizer

heater

was identified during Cycle 2

operation

and was successfully

replaced .during this refueling

outage.

Another heater

had failed during Cycle 1 operation

which could not be extracted

and replaced.

In that case,

the

heater

element

had been cut off below the lower support plate

and the penetration

sealed with a welded plug.

The inspector

reviewed several

Engineerinq Evaluation

Requests

(EERs)

providing resolution of var>ous

c'oncerns

as efforts to extract

that heater

proceeded.

EER 88-RC-083

and Site Modification

2-SM-RC-011 document the acceptability of leaving portions of

the heater in the pressurizer.

The fai lure mechanism of the Cycle 1 failed heater,

documented

in EER 88-RC-123, is similar to that found in Arkansas Unit 2.

The heater

expands after water intrusion through the heater

sheath

wets the surrounding

magnesium

oxide with sufficient

force on the inner diameter of the heater

sheath to split the

sheath.

The crack thus

formed will propagate

in either

direction and allow further wetting of the magnesium

oxide and

further splitting.

This could have resulted

sn an unisolable

loss of coolant

as the sheath splits into the weld area.

In

this case,

the split extended to about 1/4 inch into the upper

end of a sleeve,

but no weld area deformation

was observed.

These conditions

were evaluated

and determined

by the licensee

to be satisfactory to support the continued

use of the

penetration with a welded plug and the remaining portion of the

heater

in the pressurizer.

The inspector

noted that the heater

sheath

remaining in the pressurizer

is not in contact with the

pressure

boundary

such that potential for boundary

leakage

could occur'.

No violations of NRC requirements

or -deviations

were

identified.

Reactor

Coolant

Pum

Breaker Tri

- Unit 2

93702

On July 12,

1990, while rolling the circulating water

pump

breaker into the cubicle adjacent to the

1B Reactor Coolant

Pump

(RCP) breaker,

the electricians jarred the side of the

cubicle.

The vibration caused protective relays

on the front

-of RCP

1B to shift, which tripped the

1B

RCP breaker.

The

reactor

was

shutdown at the time and there

was

no operational

impact.

This event is similar to the April 15,

1990 event in

Unit 1 described

in Inspection

Report 528/90-20,

paragraph

14.

The inspector

noted that the evaluation of this event is not

complete

and that the only document tracking the evaluation is

EER 90-NA-009, which was issued

as

a result of the April 15,

1990 event at Unit 1 and is still, open.

The inspector

concluded that the corrective action taken

as

a result of the

4'

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Unit 1 event

was inadequate

to prevent recurrence.

The

inspector will track the licensee's

resolution of EER 90-NA-009

with an Inspector

Followup Item (529/90-23-01).

No violations of NRC requirements

or deviations

were

identified.

Missed Reactor Coolant

S stem Boron

Sam le - Unit 2 (93702)

On July 4, 1990,

a Reactor

Coolant System

(RCS) boron

sample

was not obtained

when, required.

During the

RCS heatup with the

plant in Mode

3 with charging

pump

CHA-P01 running,

a second

charging

pump,

CHE-P01,

was started. at 1:22

PM,

MST, resulting

in an increase

in the required

RCS boron concentration

monitoring frequency,

from 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br /> to 2.5 hours5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br />,

in accordance

with Technical Specification

(TS) 3. 1.2.7.a

and Table 3. 1-5.

A

sample

had been taken at 1:20

PM and another

was required

by

3:52

PM.

However, another

sample

was not obtained until 4:20

PM.

The sample results

confirmed that

no unacceptable

boron

dilution had occurred.

The licensee's

investigation of interim corrective actions

and

actions to prevent recurrence

is being documented

in Incident

Investigation Report (IIR) 3-2-90-026.

The licensee will.be

submitting an

LER for this issue

and the licensee's

corrective

actions will be reviewed at that time.

Reactor

Coolant

S stem

(RCS)

S ill - Unit 2 (93702)

On July 12,

1990,

a 30-gallon

RCS spill resulted

from an

overpressurization

of a tygon tube which was

used to test the

newly installed Refuelinq Water Level Indication System

(RWLIS).

The

RCS was being pressurized

to 100 psia

when the

tygon tube ruptured.

The System Engineer

who discovered

the

source

shut valve 2RC-V204 to isolate the

RWLIS from the

RCS,

stopping the spill.

The spill was cleaned

up promptly.

Air

samples

confirmed

no airborne radiological problem developed

from the event.

The

RWLIS had been recently installed

and

had not been turned

over to operations

at the time of the event.

In this

condition, the operations

procedures

and plant drawings

had not

yet been

updated to reflect the plant modification.

The licensee

is documenting its investigation into this event

in Incident Investigation Report (IIR) 3-2-90-017.

This

investigation will address

the apparent

programmatic

weakness

regarding control of the implementation/retest

phase of

modifications.

This issue will be examined

by the inspector

after the licensee's

investigation is complete

(529/90-23-02).

Other related

comments

regarding

adequacy of system

documentation for operations

is found in paragraph

14 of this

report.

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20.

21.

No violations of NRC requirements

or deviations

were

identified.

Reactor

Power Cutback - Unit 3 (93702)

On May 29,

1990, at 3:56

PM,

MST, Unit 3 was at 100 percent

reactor

power,

when the "A" Main Feedwater

Pump Turbine

(MFWPT)

tripped resulting in a Reactor

Power Cutback

(RPCB).

The

Reactor

Power Cutback caused

the selected

Control

Element

Assembly

(CEA) regulating groups

4 and

5 to fully insert in the

core

and setback

the Main Turbine to 60 percent,

per design.

After the insertion of the CEA's and the run back of the

Turbine, the CEA's were placed in Manual Sequential

control to

maintain temperature

and to stabilize

power in accordance

with

43A0-3ZZ43, Reactor

Power

Cutback (Loss of Feedpump).

Power

was s'tabi lized at approximately

52 percent.

The event

was initiated during calibration of the "A" MFWPT

high discharge

pressure

switches,

but was determined

by the

licensee

not to be

a

human performance deficiency.

Troubleshooting indicated that pressure

spikes

were induced in

the pressure

sensing lines during instrument valve

manipulation.

Engineering Evaluation

Request

EER 90-FT-007

was

generated

to evaluate

the pressure

spike

phenomena

and provide

recommendations.

The inspector

reviewed the licensee's

Incident Investigation

Report (IIR) 3-3-90-007

and followed up on several

issues

not

brought to closure in the report.

While troubleshooting is

still incomplete for two minor problems identified in the

report,

the licensee's

response

and corrective actions

appear

adequate

and it appears

that the open issues

are being

prudently addressed.

No violations of NRC requirements

or deviations

were

identified.

Cracked Reactor Tri

Breaker Arc Chutes - Unit 3 (93702)

While performing semi-annual

preventive

maintenance

on

a

Westinghouse

reactor trip breaker,

the electricians

discovered

damage to two of the three arc chutes.

The electricians

who

initially removed the arc chutes

were certain that the chutes

were not damaged

when the breaker

was

removed from service,

however the foreman

has not been able to establish

when and

how

they were

damaged.

The system engineer told the inspector that

the

damage is what would be expected if the screws

securing the

arc chutes

were over-tightened.

The inspector

looked at the

damaged

arc chutes

and agreed with this conclusion.

Based

on

the electricians

assurance

that the arc chutes

were not damaged

when the breaker

was

removed

from service,

the system engineer

concluded that the arc chutes

did not fai 1 in service

and

an

evaluation of the

damage

on the operability of the breaker

was

not necessary.

The inspector

concluded that this event

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suggests

a need for better control of maintenance

practices for

these

and similar breakers.

No violations of NRC requirements

or deviations

were

identified.

22.

OSHA Concern:

Non-ionizin

Radiation - Units

1

2 and

3 (93001)

A licensee

contractor raised

a concern

regarding non-ionizing

radiation effects associated

with Electro-Magnetic Fields

(ENF)

on personnel

occupying the Unit 2 Operations

Support Building

(OSB).

The inspector

passed this concern to the licensee.

The

licensee

asserted

that the location of the

OSB met

OSHA and

licensee

guidelines for stand off distances

from the nearby

high voltage lines.

The contractor also questioned

the effects of Radio Frequency

(RF) radiation

on workers in the vicinity of a microwave

transmitter.

This issue

was also passed

on to the licensee.

The licensee

determined that

RF power and energy densities

were

well within ANSI guide lines

and that

no health hazard exists.

No violations of NRC requirements

or deviations

were

identified.

23.

Review of Licensee

Event

Re orts - Units 1

2 and

3 (92700)

The following LERs were reviewed

by the Resident

Inspectors.

Unit 1:

a.

528/90-01-LO/Ll (Closed)

"En ineered Safet

Feature Actuation

ause

a

sa

son

one or

i

e

The licensee

event discussed

in this report was previously

discussed

in Inspection

Report 528/90-03,

paragraph

13.

This

LER is closed.

b.

528/90-03-LO (Closed) "Ino erabilit

Of All Lo

Power Channels

aces

an

>n

on i ion

o

e ine

ec naca

eci

1-

ca ions

C.

This licensee

event discussed

in this report was

previously discussed

in Inspection

Report 528/90-12,

paragraph

11.

This

LER is closed.

528/90-04-LO (Closed) "Technical

S ecification Surveillance

e u>remen

>sse

ue

o

roce ure

rror

This licensee

event involved surveillance testing

procedures

which test the remote

shutdown disconnect

switch and control circuit operability of Units 1,

2 and 3.

However, these

procedures

did not test the

remote

shutdown panel control of valve SIB-UV-659.

At the

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time of discovery this surveillance

requirement only

applied to Unit 3 since Units

1 and

2 were in operational

modes to which this surveillance

did not apply.

The

licensee

entered

Action (b) of Technical Specification

(TS) 3. 3, 3. 5, immediately revised the surveillance

procedure,

performed the surveillance

on valve SIB-UV-659,

declared

the remote

shutdown

system operable,

and exited

Action (b) of TS 3.3.3.5.

Procedure

changes

were issued

for Units 1 and

2 and

TS component

change

record entries

were

made to ensure that completing this surveillance

would be

a Mode

2 restraint.

A 100 percent

review of the

TS 4. 3. 3. 5. b required equipment

was

made with the

surveillance

procedures

to ensure that

no other

components

were missed in the surveillance

test procedures.

This

LER

is closed.

The inspector

concluded that although Technical

Specifications

requirements

had

been violated, the

licensee's

actions

were prompt and considered

appropriate.

Thus, this violation is not being cited because

the

criteria of Section

V.G. 1 of the Enforcement Policy were

satisfied.

Unit

a.

2:

529/89-09-LO/Ll (Closed)

"Reactor Tri

Due to Partial

Loss of

orce

ow

This

LER reports

the reactor trip and safety injection

which occurred

on July 12,

1989.

This event

was also

documented

in Inspection

Report 529/89-30,

Paragraphs

11

and 12.

The

LER appears

to adequately identify the root

causes

of the plant response

problems,

though the root

cause of failure of the potential transformer

fuse failure

which resulted in the trip was not conclusively determined

due to insufficient data.

The corrective actions

and actions to prevent recurrence

were reviewed

and confirmed to have

been

implemented.

These actions

appear to adequately

address

the

known root

causes

of the event

and plant response

problems.

Unresolved

item 89-30-05,

concerning

adequacy of previous

corrective actions for problems with pressurizer

spray

valves

and steam

bypass control valves, is addressed

separately

in paragraph

2 of this inspection report,

This

item resulted

from the inspectors

questions

related to

these

system

responses

following the reactor trip and

which were not addressed

in the

LER.

This

LER is closed.

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b.

529/89-10-LO (Closed)

"Reactor Tri

Due to Erroneous

Power

eve

s

na

This event

was previously inspected

and reported in

Inspection

Report 89-49,

Paragraph

10.

Three faults

resulted in the plant trip: 1)

a grounded

Reactor Coolant

Pump

(RCP) speed

sensor,

2)

a faulty cable connector for

excore nuclear instrumentation

(NI), and 3) a failed

excore

NI linear calibrate switch.

The corrective

actions

described

in the

LER appear

adequate

to address

the deficiencies

and prevent

recurrence.

The temporary modification to the NI linear calibrate

switch was installed in all three. units.

Permanent

replacement

switches

have

been procured

and were installed

in Unit 2 during the current refueling outage.

Two preventive

maintenance

tasks

have

been developed for

the

RCP speed

sensors

for each unit,

as described

in the

LER.

The licensee

committed to performing an evaluation of

methods to ensure continuity of NI detector cables

and

associated

connectors

following maintenance

or test

activities.

Accordinq to the Engineering Evaluations

Department

System Engineer,

the evaluation is incomplete.

No method

has

been identified which will check continuity

when the reactor is at very low power levels.

Work orders

are in place to confirm that the signal strength is too

weak to detect while the reactor is shutdown.

However,

continuity can

be confirmed at low power levels during

reactor startup early enough to identify problems before

challenging safety systems.

Additionally, channel

. deviations result in alarms

and automatic reactor trips,

even if the discontinuities

are not detected earlier.

The

sole purpose of this corrective action was to enable

the

licensee to repair deficiencies without affecting the

'plant startup

schedule.

This is not a safety concern.

This

LER is closed.

24.

Review of Periodic

and

S ecial

Re orts - Units 1

2 and

3

Periodic

and special

reports

submitted

by the licensee

pursuant

to Technical Specifications (TS) 6.9. 1 and 6.9.2 were reviewed

by the inspector.

This review included the following considerations:

the report

contained the information required to be reported by

NRC

requirements;

test results and/or supporting information were

consistent with design predictions

and performance

specifications;

and the validity of the reported information.

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Within the scope of the above,

the following reports

were

reviewed

by the inspector.

Unit 1

o

Monthly Operating

Report for May and June

1990.

Unit 2

o

Monthly Operating

Report for May and June

1990.

Unit 3

o

Monthly Operating

Report for May and June

1990.

No violations of NRC requirements

or deviations

were

i'dentified.

25.

Exit Meetin

(30703)

The inspector

met with licensee

management

representatives

periodically during the inspection

and held an exit meeting

on

July 19,

1990.

Additionally, a separate

exit meeting

was held

on June

29,

1990, regarding the inspection findings documented

in Paragraph

14 of this report.