ML18038B937
| ML18038B937 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 08/14/1997 |
| From: | Crane C TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| 50-259-97-07, 50-259-97-7, 50-260-97-07, 50-260-97-7, 50-296-97-07, 50-296-97-7, NUDOCS 9708220142 | |
| Download: ML18038B937 (18) | |
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CATEGORY 1 REGULATORY iNFORMATION 'DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (RIDS)
ACCESSION NBR:9708220142 DOC.DATE: 97/08/l4 NOTARIZED:
NO DOCKET ¹ FAC: :50-259 Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, Tennessee 05000259
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50-,260 Browrs Ferry Nuclear Power, Station, Unit 2, Tennessee 05000260 50-296 Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Station, Unit 3, Tennessee 05000296 AUTH.NAME AUTHOR AFFILIATION CRANE,C.M.
Tennessee Valley Authority REC:P.iVAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION Document Control Branch (Document Control Desk)
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NRC 970717 ltr re violations noted in insp repts 50-259/97-07,50-260/97-07
& 50-296/97-07 on 970511-0621.Corrective actions:SSP-12.8 was revised to clar'ify which. clear items allowed on refueling floor.
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Tennessee Valley Authority, Post Office'Box 2000, Decatur. Alabama 35609.2000 Christopher M. (Chris) Crane Vice President. Browns Ferry Nudear Phnt August'-
14, 1997
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ST Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D ~ C ~
20555 10 CFR 2. 201 Gentleman:
In the Matter of Tennessee Valley Authority Docket Nos.
50-259
'50-260 50-296 BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT (BFN)
NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50 259r 50 260r 50 296/97 07 REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION (NOV)
This letter provides TVA's reply to the subject NOV transmitted by letter from M. S. Lesser, NRC, to O.
D.
Kingsley Jr.,'VA, dated July 17, 1997.
In the letter, two violations of NRC requirements were identified.
The first violation involved the lack of an adequate Emergency Operating, Instruction (EOI) to ensure EOI ladder station controls The second violation was cited for inadequate implementation of administrative controls regarding Foreign Material Exclusion.
(FME).
The second violation had three examples:
(1) Unauthorized clear plastic wrap was being used on the refueling floor, (2).
FME logs on the refueling floor were not adequately maintained, and (3) Personnel did not properly fillout the FME requirements reference sheet prior to starting work.
TVA admits these violations.
NRC concluded that no reply for the first violation is required.
BFN Problem Evaluation Report (PER)-970889 and the Inspection Report adequately describe this violation, corrective actions taken or planned to correct the violation, and preclude recurrence.
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August 14, 1997 The Enclosure contains.the reply to the NOVs.
No commitments are made in this reply. If you have any questions,
.please contact me at (205) 729-3675.
Sincerely, C. M.
C ane Enclosure cc (Enclosure):
Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II 61 Forsyth Street S.W.
Suite 23T85 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Mr. Mark S. Lesser, Branch Chief U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II 61 Forsyth Street S.W.
Suite 23T85 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 NRC Resident Inspector Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 10833 Shaw Road
- Athens, Alabama 35611 Mr. J.
F. Williams, Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint, North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852
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AND 3 INSPECTION 'REPORT NUMBER 50 259 g 50 260 ~ 50 296/97 07 REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION (NOV)
RESTATEMENT OF VIOLATIONA "During an NRC inspection conducted on May 11 June 21,
- 1997, two 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.
Technical Specification 6.8.l.l.a. requires that written procedures shall be established, implemented, and maintained covering the applicable procedures recommended in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978.
Section lc of the Regulatory Guide recommends administrative procedures for Equipment Control (e.g.,
locking and tagging).
General Operating Instruction O-GOI-300-1, Operations Routine Sheets, Attachment 15.22, EOI (Emergency Operating Instruction)
Tools and Equipment Inventory Checklist, dated May 5, 1997, states that ladders are secured with GGMKA padlocks at the designated EOI ladder stations. 5.22 includes EOI Inventory Form 0-EOI-000-0010 EOI Ladder Stations which describes, in part, a 20 ft Extension Ladder, in place and padlocked at ladder station 3-RB-565-1, Reactor Building Elevation 565'.
Contrary to the above, on May 27,
- 1997, NRC inspectors identified that 0-GOI-300-1 was not adequately established to ensure EOI ladder station control.
A 20 ft extension ladder was not in place and padlocked at ladder station 3-RB-565-1.
The ladd'er that was found at ladder station 3-RB-565-1 was not adequate to support an EOI Appendix action.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I) ".
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TVA's REPLY TO VIOLATIONA TVA reviewed BFN Problem Evaluation Report (PER)-970889 and Inspection Report 97-07 to ensure that the description accurately reflects Violation A, corrective actions taken and planned to correct the violation, and preclude recurrence.
Therefore, no formal reply to this violation is required.
RESTATEMENT OF VIOLATION B B.
10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criter'ion V, requires, in part, that activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by procedures of a type appropriate to the circumstances and shall be accomplished in accordance with these procedures.
Foreign Material Exclusion control, an activity which affects quality by preventing the introduction of foreign materials into systems relied upon to safely operate and shutdown a nuclear plant, is accomplished by implementing the requirements of Site Standard Practice SSP-12.8, Foreign Material Exclusion.
Instruction 1.0.C of Appendix E of SSP-12.8 states that clear material or other material which would be difficult to identify underwater shall not be used on the Refuel Floor, unless specifically authorized by the refueling floor Senior Reactor Operator, Shift Operations Supervisor, or Maintenance Supervisor.
Step 12 of Section 3.5.A of SSP-12.8 requires that a
baseline inventory be performed and the log book reconciled prior to activa'tion of a Foreign Material Exclusion Area after it has been inactive for greater than seven days.
Section 3.2 of SSP-12.8 requires Form SSP-62, FME Requirements Reference
- Sheet, to be filled out by the supervisor of a work activity involving Foreign Material Exclusion controls.
Contrary to the above, during the period of May 28-June 2,
- 1997, NRC inspectors identified that activities affecting quality were not accomplished in accordance with prescribed procedures in that the requirements of Site Standard Practice SPP-12.8 Foreign Material Exclusion were not properly implemented:
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Personnel were observed in possession of a roll of clear plastic wrap material on the refueling floor.
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refueling floor in support of health physics activities and was not specifically authorized.
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Baseline inventories and log book reconciliations were not being performed prior to some reactivations of the spent fuel pool FHE areas after they had been inactive for greater than seven days.
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Forms SSP-62, FME Requirements Reference
- Sheets, associated with Work Orders 97-004237-000(Removal of paint from refueling floor overhead beams) and 97-003911-000 (1B/1D residual heat removal system heat exchanger cleaning) were not filled out properly.
The level of foreign material exclusion protection prescribed in SSP-12.8 was not properly indicated on the forms.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I) ".
TVA's REPLY TO VIOLATION B Exam le 1
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Reason For Exam le 1
'This example resulted from worker's methods and ingraine'd habits used in the completion of a task.
Specifically, clear plastic is used to:
(1) wrap collected air sample cartridges/filters from'various locations in the plant including the refuel floor before transferring them to the Chemistry Laboratory, and (2) place on personnel contamination monitors to provide protection to the detector below the foot plate.
Since these uses of plastic have been employed at BFN for several
- years, the 'involved individuals believed that clear plastic was previously authorized for this specific application to be on the refuel floor.
Therefore, no willfulviolation of procedural requirements occured.
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Corrective Ste s Taken And Results Achieved SSP-12.8 was revised to clarify which clear items are
.allowed on the refueling floor, and which items need special approval/authorization.
Suitable substitute material was obtained to replace the clear wrap used by Radcon personnel on the refueling floor.
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Corrective Ste s That fHave Been Or] Will Be Taken To Prevent Recurrence 4'.
TVA held stand-down meetings to communicate to Radcon personnel the importance of compliance with SSP-12.8, and the use/restriction of clear materials on the refuel floor.
ll Date When 'Full Com liance Will Be Achieved TVA is in full compliance.
Exam Reason For Exam le 2 Root causes of this 'example were a result of tiered personnel errors:
(1) the Foreign Material Exclusion Monitor (FMEM) failed to follow procedure SSP-12.8; (2) the FMEM supervisor failed to detect or correct FMEM documentation errors;
.and (3) the FMEM supervisor failed to review baseline logs, to ensure logs were properly updated for new material entering the FME area, and to follow procedure.
Although there were several causes to this event, TVA i
believes that not maintaining the affected FME log was a
unique condition for the following reasons:
(1)
FME areas are always in existence on the refuel floor, (2) responsibility for the FME in these areas was divided
.between two organizations, and'3) the controlling procedure did not clearly define when a transfer of responsibility should'ake place between organizations.
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Corrective Ste s Taken And Results Achieved The identified documentation errors of the long-term refueling floor FME logs were corrected by the performance of new baseline inventories for all three units.
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Corrective Ste s That
[Have Been Or] Will Be Taken To Prevent Recurrence identified FMEM.issues were incorporated into the initial training for FMEMs.
Briefings were held with previously trained PKEMs.
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Maintenance supervisory issues identified in this example will be discussed with the appropriate ma'intenance supervisors during their next annual'raining.'perations supervisory issues identified in this example will be discussed with the appropriate Operations supervisors during EKE control training.'SP-12.8 was revised to clearly delineate supervisory responsibility for refueling floor FME control areas.
TVA held stand-down meetings for Operations and Maintenance personnel to communicate the FME events and to discuss corrective actions taken.
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Date When Full Com liance Will Be Achieved TVA is in full compliance.
EXAMPLE 3 Reason For Exam le 3 The root cause of this example was personnel error for failure to follow procedure.
Specifically, a foreman identified that two forms were available to control an B4E area (Fuel Pool area).
Form SSP-62 is normally used in the plant to assess the FME controls prior to establishing an FME area.
- Whereas, Form SSP-169 is used in the plant for an established FME area.
In this example, the Fuel Pool area was already an established FME area.
Therefore, the foreman completed the required Form SSP-,169;
- however, the foreman neglected to complete the redundant SSP-62 form.
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Corrective Ste s Taken And Results Achieved Personnel corrective actions were taken in accordance with TVA policy.
SSP-12.8 was revised to delete the need for a redundant Form SSP-62.
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Corrective Ste s That
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,Prevent Recurrence TVA held stand-down meetings for Maintenance personnel to communicate the FME events and to discuss corrective actions taken.
This action is being tracked by TVA's Corrective Action Program and is not considered a regulatory commitment.
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0 As the result of revising SSP-12.8, training of plant personnel will be conducted
'ate When Full Com liance Will Be Achieved TVA is in full compliance.
t This action is being tracked by TVA's Corrective Action Program and is not considered a regulatory commitment.
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