ML18012A612
| ML18012A612 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Harris  |
| Issue date: | 03/28/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18012A611 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-400-97-01, 50-400-97-1, NUDOCS 9704160050 | |
| Download: ML18012A612 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000400/1997001
Text
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Carolina Power 5 Light Company
Shearon Harris Unit 1
Docket No. 50-400
License
No. NPF-63
. During an
NRC inspection .conducted
from January
5 through February
15
1997,
violations of NRC requirements
were identified.
In accordance
with
he
"General
Statement of Policy and Procedure
for
NRC Enforcement Act ons,"
NUREG-1600. the violations are listed below:
A.
B.
10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI requires that meas
es
be
established
to assure that conditions adverse to quali y such
as
deficiencies,
deviations,
and nonconformances
are pr
ptly identified
and corrected.
In the case of significant conditio s adverse to
~
~
uality, the measures
shall
assure that the cause
f the condition is
etermined
and corrective action taken to preclu
e repetition.
These
requirements
are fur ther delineated in Section
2 of'he licensee's
corporate
Quality Assurance
Program Hanual,
R
ision 18 and in
Administrative Procedure
AP-615,
ondition
porting, Revision 20.
Contrary to the above,
from F
ru
y
3,
996 until February 13,
1997,
the licensee failed to corre
a c ndit
n adverse to quality in that
the corrective action for L'
ee
v t Report 50-400/96-003-00
used
a
change to the Technical
S ecifi tio
Basis to redefine rated thermal
power for Technical
Speci
s
ion
.2.3.
The Basis definition was in
conflict with the Technica
Speci, cation definition of rated thermal
power
and the facili
ope tin
icense.
On Harch 20.
1996 the Basis
definition was used
n po er
as 100.2 percent
and flux mapping was
not performed.
This is a Seve 'eve
I
violation (Supplement
1).
Technical
S c'fi tio
6.8.1.a requires,
in part, that procedures
shall
be establis
,
'mple
nted,
and maintained covering the activities
recommended
ppe
ix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February
1978, "Qualit
Ass
ance
Program Requirements
(Operations)."
Section
8.b of Regulator
uide 1.33, Appendix A, requires specific implementing
procedures
for
ch surveillance test listed in the Technical
Specification
Contrary t
he above,
on February 6,
1997, the licensee failed to have
an adequa
procedure for implementing Technical Specification
Surveil
nce Requirement 4.1.1.3.b.
Specifically, procedure
EST-702,
Revisi
10, Hoderator Temperature Coefficient
- End-of-Life Using the
ethod,
was inadequate
in that it miscalculated
the effects of the
bur
ble poison xenon on overall
core reactivity.
This six-year -old
er or resulted in non-conservative
calculations of the moderator
mperature coefficient for the current
and previous two fuel operating
cycles.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement
1).
ENCLOSURE
1
9704160050
970328
ADOCK 05000400
.R..
Carolina Power
8 Light Company
Docket No. 50-400
Shearon Harris Unit 1
License
No. NPF-63
. During an
NRC inspection conducted
from January
5 through
Febr uary 15,
1997,
violations of NRC requirements
were identified.
In accordance
with the
"General
Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
NUREG-1600, the violations are listed below:
A.
B ~
10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI requires that measures
be
established
to assure that conditions adverse to quality such
as
deficiencies,
deviations,
and nonconformances
are promptly identified and
corrected.
In the case of significant conditions adverse to quality, the
measures
shall
assure that the cause of the condition is determined
and
corrective action taken to preclude repetition.
These requirements
are
further delineated in Section
12 of the licensee's
corporate Quality
Assurance
Program Hanual, Revision
18 and in Administrative Procedure
AP-
615,'Condition Reporting,
Revision 20.
Contrary to the above,
from February 23,
1996 until February 13,
1997,
the licensee failed to correct
a condition adverse to quality in that the
corrective action for Licensee
Event Report 50-400/96-003-00
used
a
change to the Technical Specification Basis to redefine rated thermal
power for Technical Specification 3.2.3.
The Basis definition was in
conflict with the Technical Specification definition of rated thermal
power and the-facility operating license.
On Harch 20,
1996 the Basis
definition was used
when power
was 100.1 percent
and flux mapping was not
performed.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1).
Technical Specification 6.8.1.a requires,
in part, that procedures
shall
be established,
implemented,
and maintained covering the activities
recommended
in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2. February
1978, "Quality Assurance
Program Requirements
(Operations)."
Section 8.b
of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Appendix A, requires specific implementing
procedures for each surveillance test listed in the Technical
Specifications.
Contrary to the above,
on February 6,
1997, the licensee failed to have
an adequate
procedure for implementing Technical Specification
Surveillance
Requirement 4.1.1.3.b.
Specifically, procedure
EST-702,
Revision 10,
Hoder ator
Temperature Coefficient
- End-of-Life Using the
Boron Hethod,
was inadequate
in that it miscalculated
the effects of the
burnable poison xenon on overall core reactivity.
This six-year-old
error resulted in non-conservative
calculations of the moderator
temperature coefficient for the current
and previous two fuel operating
cycles.
This is
a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1).