ML18052A341
| ML18052A341 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 03/12/1986 |
| From: | Norelius C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Buckman F CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8603180228 | |
| Download: ML18052A341 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000255/1985027
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MAR 1 2 1966
Docket No. 50-255
Consumers Power Company
ATTN:
Mr. F. W. Buckman
Vice President
Nuclear Operations
212 West Michigan Avenue
Jackson, MI
49201
Gentlemen:
We have reviewed your response, dated January 22, 1986, to Inspection Report
No. 50-255/85027(DRP) and, for the reasons stated below, find it to be
inadequate.
Preliminary notification of this finding was communicated orally
to you by the Palisades Senior Resident Inspector during an exit meeting held
at the plant on January 31, 1986.
1.
In regard to your comments on Violation No. 1, additional information is
needed with regard to the adequacy of the management controls which
failed, a description of the root cause, and amplification of why your
corrective actions are considered adequate to prevent recurrence.
2.
Regarding Violation No. 2, your response lacks sufficient specificity
to ascertain acceptability of your corrective action.
During the
January 31, 1986 meeting referenced above, it was noted that additional
corrective actions had been taken by your QA organization.
Please
include in your revised response a description of any additional
corrective action taken regarding this issue.
3.
With respect to your reply to the November 8, 1985 Safety Injection Tank
(SIT) items of concern, the following clarifications are requested:
a.
Page 5, third paragraph (re: Item 1) - your response does not
address the repeated inoperability of the SITs and the lack of
controls to anticipate inoperability.
Please discuss your plans
for compensatory measures during future periods of inoperability.
b.
Page 5, first paragraph (re: Item 2) - we do not understand how you
plan to anticipate level and dilution problems in the SITs when the
indicator system becomes inoperable during times that leakage exists.
Additionally, please provide more detailed information regarding the
planned modification to the level indicating system .
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c.
Page 5, fourth paragraph (re: Item 4) - the paragraph does not
address the root cause for the operator error.
It is also unclear
why the administrative controls such as status boards, operating
logs, and turnover sheets were not effective in preventing the
oversight.
In addition to the above, it is requested that you review and update as
appropriate your response based on information and experience gained
during the recent refueling outage with respect to this system.
You are requested to submit a supplemental response within thirty days
of the date of this letter that addresses the points raised above.
cc:
Mr. Kenneth W. Berry, Director
Nuclear Licensing
J. F. Firlit, General Manager
DCS/RSB (RIDS)
Sincerely
Charles E. Norelius, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Division of Reactor Projects
Licensing Fee Management Branch
Resident Inspector, RIII
Ronald Callen, Michigan
Public Service Commission
Nuclear Facilities and
Environmental Monitoring
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