ML17326A083
| ML17326A083 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cook  |
| Issue date: | 08/13/1999 |
| From: | Grobe J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Powers R AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17326A084 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-315-99-15, 50-316-99-15, NUDOCS 9908200038 | |
| Download: ML17326A083 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000315/1999015
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DOC.DATE: 99/08/13
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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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AUTH.NAME
AUTHOR AFFILIATION
GROBE,J.A.
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RECIPIENT AFFILIATION
POWERS,R.P.
American Electric Power Co., Inc.
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990528-0716.No violations noted.Insp consisted of selective
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6 representative
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UNITEDSTATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORYCOMMISSION
REGION III
801 WARRENVILLEROAD
LISLE, ILLINOIS605324351
August 13,
1999
Mr. R. P. Powers
Senior Vice President
Nuclear Generation Group
American Electric Power Company
500 Circle Drive
Buchanan, MI 49107-1395
SUBJECT'D. C. COOK INSPECTION REPORT 50-315/99015(DRP); 50-316/99015(DRP)
Dear Mr. Powers:
On July 16, 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
license. 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 activmes in progress.
The enclosed report presents the results ofthat inspection.
Your staff successfully restored three offour diesel generators to an operable condition along
with the associated train of boration control resulting in an increased abilityto address
postulated reactor coolant dilution events.
The fourth diesel generator had been restored to an
operable condition and discussed in a previous inspection report. This marked the first time
since January 1999, that all four diesel generators were operable.
We also noted that your
staff Identified in a timely manner and took aggressive corrective action to address an adverse
trend in configuration control and attention to detail.
Even though previous escalated enforcement action had been issued for ineffective control of
contractors, an example ofweak control of contractors was identified by the inspectors.
The
example involved oversight of maintenance work on the Unit 1 West Component Cooling Water
(CCW) heat exchanger.
The inspectors'lso Identified an organization-wide misunderstanding
ofthe use of your Quality Assurance Program and how the program interfaces with contractor
quality assurance
programs.
In response to the inspectors'oncern,
your staff took prompt
and appropriate corrective actions.
Corrective actions included the holding of a plant-wide
stand down to emphasize the Cook Quality Assurance Program and the need for contractor
control..
During the inspectors review of the control of contractors, two violations of NRC requirements
were identified. The first violation, identified by the NRC inspectors, was a failure to followthe
Quality Assurance Program. The procedure used by the contractors when pulling tubes from
the Unit 1 West CCW heat exchanger was not approved at the appropriate management
level.
The second violation, identified by the inspectors, involved the failure of the contractors to
followtheir procedure while removing tubes from the Unit 1 West CCW heat exchanger.
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R. Powers
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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.
Implicitin that requirement is that the corrective action program be fullyacceptable.
The 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 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, its
enclosure, and your response, ifyou choose to provide one, will be placed in the NRC Public
Document Room.
Sincerely,
Original signed
by
Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316
John A. Grobe, Director
Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosure:
Inspection Report 50-315/99015(DRP);
50-316/99015(DR
P)
cc w/encl:
A. C. Bakken III, Site Vice President
T. Noonan, Acting Plant Manager
M. Rencheck, Vice President, Nuclear Engineering
R. Whale, Michigan Public Service Commission
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Emergency Management
Division
MI Department of State Police
D. Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists
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These Severity Level IV.violations 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 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 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 willbe dispositioned as NCVs.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its
enclosure, and your response, ifyou choose to provide one, will be placed in the NRC Public
Document Room.
Sincerely,
Original signed
by
Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316
John A. Grobe, Director
Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosure:
Inspection Report 50-315/99015(DRP);
50-316/99015(DRP)
cc w/encl:
A. C. Bakken III, Site Vice President
T. Noonan, Acting Plant Manager
M. Rencheck, Vice President, Nuclear Engineering
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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R. Powers
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