ML17326A889
| ML17326A889 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cook  |
| Issue date: | 04/08/1981 |
| From: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML17326A888 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-315-81-01, 50-315-81-1, 50-316-81-01, 50-316-81-1, NUDOCS 8105110509 | |
| Download: ML17326A889 (2) | |
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AppendixA NOTICE OF VIOLATION American Electric Power Service Corporation Docket No. 50-315 Docket No. 50-316 As a result of the inspection conducted on January 1-31,
- 1981, and in accordance with the Interim Enforcement Policy, 45 FR 66754 (October 7, 1980),
the following violations were identified:
1.
10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, states, in part, "Activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstances and shall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures, or drawings."
American Electric Power Service Corporation General Procedure No. 32, "Preparation of Submittals to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission," establishes methods for insuring that commitments are met, that submittals to the NRC are factual, and required submittal dates are met.
Contrary to the above:
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The licensee's January 9,
1981 submittal for TMI Task Action Plan requirements was not factual in that it stated that "In the basement assembly area there is a cartridge purge unit..."
as a part of the response to Item III.D.3.3.
A verification check by the inspector disclosed that this cartridge purge unit was present but was not installed, i.e.,
was not functional.
b.
IE Bulletin 80-11 "Masonry Wall Design" requires a two part response.
The second response was not provided when due on November 4, 1980.
An inspector inquiry resulted in a partial response dated January 14, 1981.
This is a Severity Level V violation (Supplement I.E).
2.
Unit 1 (50-315) -
10 CFR 50.72 states:
"Each licensee of a nuclear power reactor licensed under 50.21 or 50.22 shall notify the NRC Operations Center as soon as possible and in all cases within one hour by telephone of the occurrence of any of the following signifi-cant events and shall identify that event as being reported pursuant to this section.
Any event requiring initiation of shutdown of the nuclear power plant in accordance with Technical Specification Limiting Conditions for Operation."
Contrary to the above, on January 12, 1981, Unit 1 entered the action statement of Technical Specification 3.5.4.1 requiring shutdown within
Appendix A
six hours due to the Boron Injection Tank being outside the specified concentration limits for boron.
The NRC was not notified of this event within the prescribed time frame.
4 This is a Severity Level V violation (Supplement I.E).
3.
Unit 2 (50-316) - Appendix B Technical Specification 2.4.2.9 states:
"The radioactivity in steam generator blowdown shall be continuously monitored and recorded.
Whenever these monitors are inoperable, the blowdown flow shall be diverted to the waste management system and the direct release to the environment terminated."
Contrary to the above, on January 12,
- 1981, from steam generator 21 was directed to the line indicated no flow, thus preventing the and quantify the radioactivity in the steam the specified actions of the above Limiting (LCO) were not taken.
while the blowdown flow start up tank, the sample capability to identify generator
- blowdown, and Condition for Operation This is a Severity Level V violation (Supplement I.E).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, American Electric Power Servie Corporation is hereby required to submit to this office within twenty-five days of the date of this Notice a written statement or, explanation in reply, including for each item of noncompliance:
(1) corrective action taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective action to be taken to avoid further noncompliance; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Under the authority of Section 182 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
- amended, this response shall be submitted Dated es G.
Kepp e
irector