ML18038A437
| ML18038A437 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 01/23/1989 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML18038A436 | List: |
| References | |
| CON-IIT07-432A-91, CON-IIT07-432B-91, CON-IIT07-464A-91, CON-IIT07-464B-91, CON-IIT7-432A-91, CON-IIT7-464A-91, CON-IIT7-464B-91 50-220-88-34, NUREG-1455, NUDOCS 8902020242 | |
| Download: ML18038A437 (4) | |
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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Nine Mile,Point Unit 1 Nuclear Power Plant Docket No.
50-220 License No.
DPR-63 As a result of the inspection conducted on November 14-18,
- 1988, and in accord-ance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (Enforcement Policy) (1988), the following violation has been identified:
10 CFR 50.49 paragraph (b)(3) and (f) requires that certain post accident monitoring equipment be qualified and qualification of each item of electri-cal equipment be based on testing or experience with identical equipment or with similar equipment with supporting analysis to show that the equip-ment is acceptable; 10 CFR 50.49, paragraph (g) requires that each item of electrical equipment, important to safety be qualified and that qualification must be completed at a time no later than November 30, 1985.
Section 1.31 "Design and Qualification Criteria" - Category 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.97, Rev.
2 states in part:
The instrumentation should be qualified in accordance with Regulatory Guide 1.89, "Qualification of Class 1E Equipment for Nuclear Power Plants,"
and the methodology described in NUREG-0588, "Interim Staff Position on EQ of Safety-Related Electrical Equipment".
Qualification applies to the complete instrumentation channel from sensor to display.
Contrary to the above, on November 18, 1988 the following Category 1,
Regulatory Guide 1.97 instruments did not have sufficient documentation to establish their Environmental Qualification in accordance with 10 CFR 50.49 requirements:
1.
Suppression Pool Water Level, Category 1, Type A variable (Downcomer submergence),
Instrument No. 58-04.
2.
Drywell Atmosphere Temperature, Category 1, Type A variable, Thermocouple Numbers 201-36A, 201-50A and 201-51A.
3.
Suppression Pool Water Temperature, Category 1, Type A variable, Sensing Element Numbers TE201.2-491, TE201.2-492, TE201.2-517 and TE201. 2-518.
This is a Severity Level IV violation.
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Appendix A Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation is hereby required to submit to this office within thirty days of the date of the letter which transmitted this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including:
( 1) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Mhere good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending this response time.
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