ML17333B013
| ML17333B013 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cook  |
| Issue date: | 08/15/1997 |
| From: | Grant G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Fitzpatrick E AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17333B014 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-315-97-09, 50-315-97-9, 50-316-97-09, 50-316-97-9, NUDOCS 9708290037 | |
| Download: ML17333B013 (8) | |
See also: IR 05000315/1997009
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August 15,
1997
Mr. E. E. Fitzpatrick
Executive Vice President
Nuclear Generation Group
American Electric Power Company
500 Circle Drive
Buchanan, Ml 49107-1395
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OPERATIONAI SAFETY TEAM INSPECTION (OSTI)
REPORT NO. 50-315/97009(DRP);
50-316/97009(DRP)
Dear Mr. Fitzpatrick:
On May 23, 1997, the NRC completed an OSTI at your D. C. Cook
1 and 2 reactor
facilities, and discussed
the results of the inspection with you at an exit
meeting.
The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.
The OSTI was conducted to determine the scope.and
magnitude of recent problems with
procedure adherence
and adequacy, the conduct of operations, and with material
condition.
No significant issues were identified during this inspection relative to
procedures.
We willcontinue to assess
procedure use and adherence
as you implement
recent changes to your governing procedure.
In addition, your staff made three procedure-
related commitments to us to address discrepancies
involving consistency of component
nomenclature, flow diagrams, and sealed valves.
These commitments are discussed
in
Section 03.1.
If our characterization of the commitments differs from your understanding,
please inform us by letter.
Overall, control room and in-plant operations department activities were conducted in a
professional manner., In general, we found good control room decorum, operators
attentive to their job related duties, and use of three way communications.
However, a
mispositioned valve went undetected
by Unit 1 control room operators for a period of 12
hours.
Followup to this mispositioned valve revealed that the operations department did
not have documented
requirements regarding how frequently operators should walk down
control room panels.
While this event appears to be isolated, your corrective action for
this problem needs to address whether or not routine panel walkdowns by plant operators
are conducted at,a frequency that willidentify rnispositioned valves in a timely manner.
The material condition of major components
in the auxiliary building was good.
However,
water and oil leaks persist.
For example, leaks continue to exist on the Unit 1 main
feedwater pumps.
These leaks remain even though Unit 1 recently carne out of a refueling
outage in which repairs were made to the pumps.
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Based on the resuits of this inspection, two violations of NRC requirements were
identified. The first violation involves two examples of proceduie adherence
issues.
The
first example pertains to temporary modifications that remained in-place past the,
procedure-allowed
extension date.
While only one instance is cited in the inspection
report, the inspectors identified six other temporary modifications on nonsafety-related
systems that were similarly past the extension dates.
The second example involves the
inability to follow the appropriate procedure for deenergizing the 2AB emergency diesel
generator inverter.
Because your staff has provided the NRC with information regarding
the reasons for the violation and the corrective actions taken and planned to correct both
examples of the violation and prevent recurrence, as described in the enclosed Inspection
Report, you,are not required to respond to this letter unless the description therein does
not accurately reflect your corrective actions. or your position.
In that case, or if you
,choose to provide additional information, you should-follow the instructions specified in
the enclosed Notice.
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The second violation was identified during our review of four recently installed
modifications.
In three of the four modification packages,
our inspectors identified
discrepancies,
suggesting that additional effort is necessary to ensure that complete and
accurate information is included in modification packages.
You are required to respond to
this violation and should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when
preparing your response.
The NRC will use your response,
in part, to determine whether
further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with regulatory
requirements.
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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 (PDR).
Sincerely,
Geoffrey E. Grant, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316
Enclosures:
2. Inspection Report
No. 50-315/97009(DRP); 50-316/97009(DRP)
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John Sampson,
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James
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Michigan Department of
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Based on the results of this inspection, two violations of NRC requirements were
identified. The first violation involves two examples of procedure adherence
issues.
The
first example pertains to temporary modifications that remained in-place past the
procedure-allowed
extension date.
While only one instance is cited in the inspection
report, the inspectors identified six other temporary modifications on nonsafety-related
systems that were similarly past the'. extension dates.
The second example involves the
inability to follow'the appropriate procedure for deenergizing the 2AB emergency diesel
generator inverter.
Because your staff has provided the NRC with information regarding
the reasons for the violation and the corrective actions taken and planned to correct'both
examples of the violation and prevent recurrence,
as described in the enclosed Inspection
Report, you are not required to respond to this letter unless the description therein does
not accurately reflect your corrective actions or your position.
In that case, or if you
choose to provide additional information, you should follow the instructions specified in
the enclosed Notice.
The second violation was identified during our review of four recently installed
modifications.
In three of the four modification packages,
our inspectors identified
discrepancies,
suggesting that additional effort is necessary to ensure that complete and
accurate information is included in modification packages.
You are required to respond to
this violation and should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when
preparing your response.
The NRC will use your response,
in part, to determine whether
further enforcement action, is necessary to ensure compliance with 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 (PDR).
Docket Nos. 50-315, 50-316
Sincerely,
/s/Mare L. Dapas for
Geoffrey E. Grant, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Enclosures:
2. Inspection Report
No. 50-31 5/97009(DRP); 50-31 6/97009(DRP)
Document:
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See attached concurrence
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Based on the results of this inspection, two violations of NRC requirements were
identified. The first violation involved two examples of procedure adherence
issues.
Regarding the first example, only one instance is given where a temporary modification
remained in-place past the procedure-allowed
extension date.
However, six other
temporary modifications on nonsafety-related
systems were similarly past the extension
dates.
The second example addresses
the inability to follow the appropriate procedure for
deenergizing the 2AB EDG inverter.
The NRC has concluded that information regarding the
reasons for the violation, and the corrective actions taken and planned to correct both
examples of the violation and prevent recurrence
is already adequately addressed
in the
enclosed Inspection Report.
Therefore, you are not required to respond to this letter
unless the description therein does not accurately reflect your corrective actions or your
position.
In that case, or if you choose to provide additional information, you should
follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice.
The second violation came from our review of four modifications performed recently.
In
three of the four modification packages,
our inspectors identified discrepancies,
suggesting
that additional effort is necessary to ensure that complete and accurate information is
included in modification packages.
You are required to respond to this violation and should
follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response.
The NRC will use your response,
in part, to determine whether further enforcement action
is necessary to ensure compliance with 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 (PDR).
Sincerely,
Docket Nos. 50-315, 50-316
Geoffrey E. Grant, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Enclosures:
1.
2. Inspection Report
No. 50-315/97009(DRP);
50-316/97009(DRP)
Document:
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To receive a.copy of this document, indicate in the box "C" = Copy without attach/encl
"E" = Copy with attach/encl
"N" = No copy
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