ML17354A312
| ML17354A312 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 10/15/1996 |
| From: | NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17354A311 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-250-96-11, 50-251-96-11, NUDOCS 9611010038 | |
| Download: ML17354A312 (3) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Florida Power and Light Company Turkey Point, Units 3 and 4 Docket Nos.
50-250, 50-251 License Nos.
DPR-31, DPR-41 During an NRC inspection conducted on August 18 to September 28,
- 1996, a
violation of NRC requirements was identified.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions," (60 FR34381; June 30.
1995), the violation is listed below:
10 CFR 50.48. Fire Protection,
- states, in part. that:
......all nuclear power plants licensed to operate prior to January l. 1979, shall satisfy the applicable requirements of Appendix R to this part, including specifically the requirements of Sections III.G, III.J, and III.O.
10 CFR 50, Appendix R, Section III.G.2, states.
in part, that:
.... where cables or equipment........, of redundant trains of systems necessary to achieve and maintain hot shutdown conditions are located within the same fire
- area, outside of primary containment, one of the following means of ensuring that one of the redundant trains is free of'ire damage shall be provided:
a.
Separation of cables and equipment and associated non-safety circuits of redundant trains by a fire barrier having a 3-hour rating; or b.
Separation of cables and equipment and associated non-safety circuits of redundant trains by a horizontal distance of more than 20 feet with no intervening combustibles or fire hazards.
In addition. fire detectors and an automatic fire suppression system shall be installed in the fire area; or c.
Enclosure of cables or equipment and associated non-safety circuits of one train in a fire barrier having a one hour fire r ating.
In addition. fire detectors and an automatic fire suppression system shall be installed in the fire area.
10 CFR 50 Appendix B, Criterion III, Design Control, requires, in part. that measures sha11 be established to assure that applicable regulatory requirements (including 10 CFR 50, Appendix R) are correctly translated into specifications.
Further, Criterion III requires that design changes be subject to design control measures which provide for verifying or checking the adequacy of design.
~ Contrary to the above, Fire Zone 64 was designed and installed with a one hour barrier vice a three hour barrier in 1983.
Additionally, Fire Zone 143 was also designed and installed with a one hour barrier vice a three hour barrier in 1991.
- Further, no fire detectors and/or automatic fire suppression systems 96iiOi0038 9hiOi5 PDR ADQCK 05000250 6
existed for either of these fire zones.
The two fire zones were required to meet 10 CFR 50, Appendix R, III.6.2, as delineated in the Fire Hazards Analysis report in Updated Final Safety Analysis Report section 9.6A.
Since 1992. these two areas have been properly compensated for with fire watches as specified in NRC Bulletin 92-01.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Florida Power 8 Light Co. is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:
Document Control
- Desk, Washington, D.C.
20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region II, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice.
within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).
This reply should be clearly marked as a "Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation:
(1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results
- achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response.
If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or Demand for Information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or
- revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken.
Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 15th day of October 1996