ML18059A533
| ML18059A533 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 11/24/1993 |
| From: | Greenman E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Slade G CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18059A534 | List: |
| References | |
| EA-93-277, NUDOCS 9312070114 | |
| Download: ML18059A533 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000255/1993026
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Docket No. 50-255
License No. DPR-20
Consumers Power Company
ATTN:
Gerald B. Slade
General Manager
799 ROOSEVELT ROAD
GLEN ELLYN, IWNOIS 60137-5927
NOV 2 4: 1S33
Palisades Nuclear Generating Plant
27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway
Covert, MI
49043-9530
Dear Mr. Slade:
SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-255/93026(DRP)
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This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. E. R. Schweibinz of this office
from October 14 through November 3, 1993.
The inspection included a review of
activities authorized. for your Palisades Nuclear Generating Facility. At th~
conclusion of the inspection, the findings were discussed with those members
of your staff identified in the enclosed report (Enclosure 2). Additional
discussions were conducted by telephone on November 22, 1993. *
Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the report. Within
these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures
and representative records, and interviews with personnel.
The purpose of the
inspection was to determine whether activities authorized by the license were
conducted safely and in accordance with NRC requirements.
Based on the results of this inspection, four apparent viola~ions were
identified and are being considered for escalated enforcement action in
accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC
Enforcement Actions" (Enforcement Policy), 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C.
Accordingly, no Notice of Violation is presently being issued for these
inspection findings.
One of the apparent violations involved a violation of
Technical Specifications, Limiting Condition for Operation 3.3.l, 3.4.l and
3.0.3 because the reactor was critical and continued to operate at power with
the safeguards room cooler fans inoperable and incapable of performing their
design function.
This rendered ECCS and containment cooling equipment
Another apparent violation involved a violation of Technical
Specifications, Limiting Condition for Operation 3.17.1 because the
containment high pressure and containment high radiation actuation system
relays installed in 1990 were not capable of performing their intended safety
functions under certain design conditions.
The remaining two apparent
violations involved violations of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion III because
inadequate design control measures applied to the change of setpoint for the
safeguard room fan coolers motor breaker thermal overloads, and because
containment high pressure and containment high radiation relays with nine or #'
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more normally closed contacts were installed with an inadequately sized coil,
such that their operation under design conditions involving seismic events and
mjnimum-electrical voltage was not assured.
In addition, please be advised
that the number and characterization of apparent violations described in the
enclosed inspection report may change as a result of further NRC review.
An enforcement conference to discuss these apparent violations has been
scheduled for December 3, 1993.
The purposes of this conference are to
discuss the apparent violations, their causes and safety significance; to
provide you the opportunity to point out any errors in our inspection report;
and to provide an opportunity for you*to present your proposed corrective
actions.
In particular, we expect you to address whether safety systems
associated with both the safeguards room fan coolers and the containment high
pressure and containment high radiation actuation relays would have been able
to perform their intended safety functions, given the preexisting conditions.
In addition, this is an opportunity for you to provide any information
concerning your perspectives on 1) the severity of the violations, 2) the
application of the factors that the NRC considers when it determines the
amount of a civil penalty that may be assessed in accordance with Section
VI.B.2 of the Enforcement Policy, and 3) any other application of the
Enforcement Policy to this case, including the exercise of discretion in
accordance with Section VII.
You will be advised by separate correspondence
of the results of our deliberations on this matter.
No response regarding
these apparent violations is required at this time.
This enforcement conference will be open to public observation in accordance
with the Commission's trial program as discussed in the enclosed Federal
Register notice (Enclosure 3). Although not required, we encourage you to
provide your comments on how you believe holding this conference open to
public observation affected your presentation and your communications with the*
NRC.
The results of this inspection also showed that certain other of your
activities appeared to be in violation of NRC requirements, as specified in
the enclosed Notice of Violation (Enclosure 1).
You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions
specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response.
In your
response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional
actions you plan to prevent recurrence.
After reviewing your response to the
Notice, the NRC will determine if additional enforcement action is necessary.
Also during this inspection, certain of your activities, pertaining to a
Regulatory Guide 1.97, pressurizer level indicator being powered from a
non-class IE power supply (paragraph 2.d), appeared to be in violation of NRC
requirements.
However, as described in the enclosed inspection report,- you
identified and corrected this violation. Therefore, the violation will not be
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subject to enforcement action because your efforts~in identifying and
correcting the violation met the criteria specifie~ in Section VII.B of the
"General
Stat~~ent of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
(Enforcement Policy, 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C).
The responses directed by
this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject to the clearance
procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of
this letter and its enclosures and your reply to this letter, will be placed
in the NRC Public Document Room.
Enclosures:*
2. Inspection Report
No. 50-255/93026(DRP)
3. Federal Register Notice
cc w/enclosures:
David P. Hoffman, Vice President
Nucl:ar Operations
David W. Rogers, Safety
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OC/LFDCB
Resident Inspector, Riii
James R. Padgett,_ Michigan Public
Service Commission
Michigan Department of
Public Health
Palisades, LPM, NRR
SRI, Big Rock Point
L. J. Callan, NRR
J. Lieberman, OE
J. R. Goldberg, OGC
Sincerely,
Edward G. Greenman, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
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NOV 2 4 1993
Consumers Power .Company
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subject to enforcement action because your efforts in identifying and*
correcting the violation met th~ criteria sp~cified in Section VII.B of the
"General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
(Enforcement Policy, 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C).
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this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject to the clearance
procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of
this letter and its enclosures and your reply to this letter, will be placed
in the NRC Public Document Room.
Sincerely,
Edward G. Greenman, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Enclosures:
2. Inspection Report
No. 50-255/93026(DRP)
3. Federal Register Notice
cc w/enclosures:
David P. Hoffman, Vice President
Nuclear Operations
David W. Rogers, Safety
and Licensing Director
OC/LFDCB
Resident Inspector, Rill
James R. Padgett, Michigan Public
Service Commission
Michigan Department of
Public Health
Palisades, LPM, NRR
SRI, Big Rock Point
J. G. Partlow, NRR
J. Lieberman, OE
J. R. Goldberg, OGC
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- subject to enforcement action because your efforts *1 n i dent i fyi ng and
correcting the violation met the criteria specified'in Section VII.B of the
"General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
(Enforcement Policy, 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C).
The responses directed by
this letter and the enclos~d Notice are not subject to the clearance
procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of
this letter and its enclosures and your reply to this letter, will be placed
in the NRC Public Document Room.
Enclosures:
2. Inspection Report
No. 50-255/93026(DRP)
3. Federal Register Notice
cc w/enclosures:
David P. Hoffman, Vice President
Nuclear Operations
David W. Rogers, Safety
and Licensing Director
OC/LFDCB
Resident Inspettor, RlII
James R. Padgett, Michigan Public
Service Commission
Michigan Department of
Public Health
Palisades, LPM, NRR
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J. G. Partlow, NRR
J. Lieberman, OE
J. R. Goldberg, OGC
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. subject to enforcement *action because your efforts "'in i dent ifyi ng and
correcting the violation met the criteria specified'in Section VIl.B of the
_"General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
(Enforcement Policy, 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C).
The responses directed by
this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject to the clearance
procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of
this letter and its enclosures and your reply to this letter, will be placed
in the NRC Public Document Room.
Enclosures:
2. Inspection Report
No. 50-255/93026(DRP) *
3. Federal Register Notice
cc w/enclosures:
David P. Hoffman, Vice President
Nuclear Operations
David W. Rogers, Safety
and Licensing Director
OC/LFDCB
Resident Inspector, RIII
James R. Padgett, Michigan Public
Service Commission
Michigan Department of
Public Health
Palisades, LPM, NRR
SRI, Big Rock Point
L. J. Callan, NRR
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J. R. Goldberg, OGC
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