ML17317A966
| ML17317A966 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Cook  |
| Issue date: | 12/21/1978 |
| From: | Dolan J AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC. |
| To: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| Download: ML17317A966 (5) | |
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AMER1CAN Ki.ECTR)C POWER Service Corporation 2 Broadway. Nnc York. V. Y. l0004 (212J 4 2.4800 December 21, 1978 AEP:NRC:00106
'Donald C.
Cook NucTear Plant Units 1
8 2
Docket Nos.. 50-315'md 50-316 License Nas:.. DPR-5E end OPR Response tzr Notice ef Violation Hr. J.
G. Keppler, Regional Director U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Office of Inspectien and Enforcement Region III 799 RooseveTt Road Glen El lyrr IL 60IX7
Dear Kr. Keppler:
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e This Tetter is in response to your letter dated November 9, 1978 which we received: on NovemIber 13, 1978 and which transmitted to us IE Inspection itp5ets Ho 50-315g8-27 and 50-316/78-31.
Appendix A to your letter was a
Notice of Violation citing ba infractions.
On November 13, 1978, Mr. R.
F:.lhrnick. of'our office agreed by telephone to an extension until December 21, 1978 of the-due date for our required reply.
The required reply to the Notice
~a(Vielatian. fol 1 ows.
I%FRACTION A "3echnicaT Specification 6.8.1 requires procedures be implemented.
PMI-2140,
'Bypass of Safety Functions:
- Jumpers, Grounds, Lifted Hire and Blocked Relay Control 'equ:ires alarms which are blocked be approved and logged.
Contrary"ta the abave, on August 29, 1978, the Unit 2 RHST piping for low temperature alarm was blocked without being approved and logged."
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J, 6, Keppler December 21, 1978 AEP:NRC:00106 Corrective Action Taken and Results Achieved Since it was not possible to determine exactly who actually blocked the alarm, a new policy was instituted for blocking alarms effective September 12, 1978.
This policy requires that the Uni't Supervisor who is in charge of the Control Room remove all. alarm blocks'rior to getting relieved.
This makes the individual in charge of the Control Room immediately responsible for all blocked alarms since there are no alarms blocked when a Unit Superviso'r takes the re-sponsibilityy for the Control Room.
This has resulted in fewer alarms being blocked at any given time and a more complete record of blocked alarms that do exist.
Corrective Action To Be Taken to Avoid Recurrence Since the number of blocked alarms has been reduced and all blocked alarms are accounted for by each eight hour shift, the responsibility for a blocked alarm which is not recorded is iomediately placed and-proper action can be taken.
These actions will also identify alarms which are repetitively blocked and will enable us to investigate the cause and take appropriate action to eliminate the cause for the repetitive alarms.
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Date When Full Com liance Will Be Achieved Full compliance was achieved on September 12, 1978.
INFRACTION B
".Technical Specification 6.8.1 requires procedures be implemented.
PMI-7030,
'Condition Reports'equires that condition reports be promptly initiated for events which may be reportable to external organizations.
Contrary to this requirement, Condition Reports were not promptly initiated for the inoperability of the Unit 2 AB diesel generator on June 14, 1978 and the opening of Unit 2 ice condenser doors on September 26, 1978."
Corrective Action Taken and Results Achieved The Operations Superintendent met with all Shift Operating Engineers and the Production Supervisors - Operations to re-emphasize the need for promptly preparing Condition Reports when required and that during their review of logs they should question whether required reports were initiated.
Also, the Unit Supervisors are now required to note in the Control Room Logs if they have initiated a Condition Report for any log entry which had the potential for placing the Unit in one of the Action Statements of the Technical Specifications.
This will readily allow the log reviewer to determine whether or not a Condition Report was initiated for any item on the log.
December 21, 1978 AEP:NRC:00106 Mr. J.
G. Keppler
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Corrective Action To Be Taken To Avoid Recurrence Identifying Tog entries as to whether a Condition Report has been initiated will assist the log reviewer in determining if required reports were iniNated and will also enable the reviewer to make
. direct contact wi'& the Unit Supervisor if a Condition Report was not initiated..
The log reviewer will then be able to take immediate
'action to instruct personnel in the proper manner of complying with instructions and te get a Condition Report initiated if it was not.
- 3. -Date When Full C
liance Mill Be Achieved Full campTiance was achieved on October 20, 1978.
Very truly yours, JED:em ohn E. Dolan Senior Executive Vice President, Engineering cc:
R. C. CaTlen G. Charnoff P.W. Steketee
'.-"'R. J. VoTlen
'R. Walsy D. V. Shaller'Bridgman R.
W. 8urgensen