ML17333A582
| ML17333A582 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cook  |
| Issue date: | 09/27/1996 |
| From: | Grant G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Fitzpatrick E AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17333A583 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 9610030329 | |
| Download: ML17333A582 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000315/1996010
Text
September
27,
1996
Hr.
E.
E. Fitzpatrick
Senior Vice President
Nuclear Generation
Group
American Electric Power
Company
500 Circle Drive
Buchanan,
MI 49107-1395
SUBJECT:
NRC
INSPECTION
REPORTS
NO. 50-315/96010(DRS);
50-316/96010(DRS)
Dear Hr. Fitzpatrick:
On August 29,
1996,
the
NRC completed
an inspection at your D.
C.
Cook
1 and
2
reactor facilities.
The enclosed
report presents
the results of that
inspection.
During this inspection,
inspectors
identified a violation for test controls
which failed to verify component cooling system .performance
requirements
described
in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report
(UFSAR).
This violation
is of concern
because
your surveillance
program
was expected
to verify and
maintain system performance.
This requirement
was not recognized
by several
members of your engineering staff and was still not understood after the
integrated
performance
assessment
inspection
team identified it.
Also, during
review of the test control issue,
inspectors
noted that surveillance
flow
results,
which were less
than those described
in the
UFSAR, were established
by your staff without appropriate
safety evaluations
as specified
by 10 CFR 50.59.
As part of the violation, you are requested
to evaluate failures
by
your staff to perform required safety evaluations for changes
to plant
operation.
This should
be included in your response.
You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions
specified in the enclosed
Notice when preparing your response.
In
your'esponse,
you should document the specific actions taken
and
any additional
actions
you plan to prevent recurrence,
Your response
may reference
or
include previous
docketed
correspondence, if the correspondence
adequately
addresses
the required
response.
After reviewing your response
to this
Notice, including your proposed corrective actions
and the results of future
inspections,
the
NRC will determine
whether further
NRC enforcement
action is
necessary
to ensure
compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.
In accordance
with 10 CFR 2.790 of the
NRC's "Rules of Practice,"
a copy of
this letter, its enclosures,
and your response will be placed in the
NRC
Public Document
Room.
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27,
1996
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We will gladly discuss
any questions
you have concerning this inspection.
Sincerely,
Original Signed
by Geoffrey E. Grant
Docket Nos.:
50-315,
50-316
Geoffrey E. Grant, Director
Division of Reactor
Safety
Enclosure:
1.
2.
Inspection
Report
No. 50-315/316/96010(DRS)
cc w/encl:
A. A. Blind, Site Vice President
John
Sampson,
Plant Manager
James
R. Padgett,
Michigan Public
Service
Commission
Michigan Department of
Public Health
Distribution:
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DRS w/encl
PUBLIC IE-01 w/encl
RIII PRR w/encl
OC/LFDCB w/encl
SRI,
D.
C.
Cook w/encl
DRP w/encl
LPM,
NRR w/encl
A. B. Beach, RIII w/encl
Enf. Coordinator, RIII w/encl
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CAA1
W. L. Axelson, RIII w/encl
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