ML17325B507
| ML17325B507 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cook  |
| Issue date: | 03/26/1999 |
| From: | Grobe J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Powers R AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17325B508 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-315-99-01, 50-315-99-1, 50-316-99-01, 50-316-99-1, EA-99-044, EA-99-44, NUDOCS 9904010210 | |
| Download: ML17325B507 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000315/1999001
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DOC.DATE: 99/03/26
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FACIL:50-315 Donald C.
Cook Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, Indiana
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50-316 Donald C.
Cook Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2, Indiana
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GROBE,J.A.
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POWERS,R.P.
American Electric Power Co., Inc.
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SUBJECT: Forwards insp repts 50-315/99-01
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0302.Four violations of NRC requirements identified
&, being
treated
as non-cited violations. First violation pertained to
tagg'ing procedure for plant equipment.
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UNITEDSTATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION III
801 WARRENVILLEROAD
LISLE, ILLINOIS605324351
Yarch 26,
1999
EA 99-044
Mr. R. P. Powers
Senior Vice President
Nuclear Generation Group
American Electric Power Company
500 Circle Drive
Buchanan, Ml 49107-1395
SUB JECT:
D. C. COOK INSPECTION REPORT 50-315/99001(DRP); 50-316/99001(DRP)
Dear Mr. Powers:
On March 2, 1999, the NRC completed an inspection at your D. C. Cook Units 1 and 2 reactor
facilities. The inspection was an examination of activities conducted under your license as they
relate to compliance with the Commission rules and regulations and with the conditions of your
'icense.
Areas reviewed included Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Plant Support.
Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures and
representative
records, interviews with personnel, and observations of activities in progress.
The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.
During this inspection period, we noted that you developed an Operations Department
Leadership Plan and an Engineering Department Leadership Plan to establish a framework for
performance improvements.
We also noted that you established
a Shift Operability Review
Team which improved both the quality and the timeliness of operability determinations.
In
addition, we noted that following your identification of a missed Technical Specification
surveillance requirement, associated with the power operated relief valves, you implemented
comprehensive corrective actions which resulted in the identification of additional missed
surveillance testing requirements.
As a result, you appropriately broadened the scope of your
investigation to include surveillance testing requirements
in other modes of operation.
The
above initiatives and demonstrated
aggressive corrective actions reflect positively on your
commitment to identify and resolve safety issues.
In contrast to the above examples of improving performance,
a non-licensed operator started
the Unit'1 CD diesel generator starting air compressor and failed to monitor the system
.
response.
Consequently, the starting air receiver relief valve lifted on high pressure and an
alarm was received in the control room: In addition, we identified that the control room
operators observed, but did not question, abnormal indications on a residual heat removal flow
instrument.
Both of these occurrences indicated weaknesses
with operator control and
monitoring of plant systems and equipment.
Your continued attention to effect improved
performance in this area appears warranted.
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R. Powers
Based on
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the results of this inspection, the NRC has determined that four violations of NRC
requirements occurred.
The first violation, which was identiTied by NRC inspectors pertained to
a tagging procedure for plant equipment that did not contain instructions to place tags at all
locations where out-of-service equipment may be operated.
The second violation, which was
identified by your staff, related to the failure to implement Technical Specification Action
Requirements for missed surveillance testing associated with the power operated relief valves.
The third violation, which was identified by your staff in 1994, involved the movement of fuel in
the spent fuel pool area with the spent fuel pool exhaust ventilation system inoperable.
The
fourth violation, which was identified by your staff in 1997, pertained to inadequate maintenance
instructions which permitted the installation of unqualified material in a safety-related system.
These Severity Level IVviolations are being treated as Non-Cited Violations (NCVs).
Appendix C of the Enforcement Policy requires that for Severity Level IVviolations to be
dispositioned as NCVs, they be appropriately placed in the licensee's corrective action program.
Implicit in that requirement is that the corrective action program be fullyacceptable.
The D. C.
Cook Plant corrective action program was not adequate and has been the focus of significant
attention by your staff to improve the program.
While your staff and the NRC have not yet
concluded that the corrective action program is fullyeffective, the corrective action program
improvement efforts are underway and captured in the D. C. Cook Restart Plan which is under
the formal oversight of the NRC through the NRC Manual Chapter 0350 Process, "Staff
Guidelines for Restart Approval." Consequently, these issues will be dispositioned as NCVs.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its
enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316
Sincerely,
Original signed
by A. Vegel
John A. Grobe, Director
Divisioriof Reactor Safety
Enclosure:
Inspection Report 50-315/99001(DRP);
50-316/99001(DRP)
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A. C. Bakken III, Site Vice President
M. Rencheck, Vice President, Nuclear Engineering
D. Cooper, Plant Manager
R. Whale, Michigan Public Service Commission
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Emergency Management
Division
Ml Department of State Police
D. Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists
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