ML18064A403
| ML18064A403 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 09/30/1994 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML18064A402 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-255-94-13, NUDOCS 9410110015 | |
| Download: ML18064A403 (1) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION ton~umers Power.Company
- Palisades Nuclear Generating Plant Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 During an NRC inspection conducted August 22-August 26, 1994, a violation of.
NRC requiremants was identified.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Pol icy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Act1ons," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1994), the violation is listed below; 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, "Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings;" requires in part that activities affecting quality be prescribed.by documented instructions or procedures of a type appropriate to the circumstances..
Technical Specification 6.8.1.a req~ires that ~ritten.
proc~dures be established, implemented, and maintained covering activities recommended in Appendix "A" of Regulatory Guide 1.33. Appendix "A" of.
Regulatory Guide 1.33 recommended combating emergencies and other significant events as being a safety-related activity that should be.covered by written*
procedures.
Consumers Power Company Procedure EOP 9.0, "Functional Recovery Procedure," issued June 3, 1994, was a procedure for combating emergencies and
.other significant events.
- Step 1 of the continuing actions for PCS/core heat removal of procedure EOP 9.0 provided instructidns for conse~ving condensate
- storage inventory ih order to combat emergencies and other significant events~
Contrary to theabov~, procedure EOP 9.P~*issued June 3, 1994*,. ~as.. not of a
- type appropriate to the ciicums.tances i ri that step 1 of the continuing actions
- for PCS/core heat removal did hot ensure condensate* storage inventory would be conserved because it directed* the operator to close the wrong valve.
.. This is*a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1)..
Pursuant to the* provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, *Consumers Power Company*is**hereby required to submit a written statement or.explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatciry Commi~sion, ATTN:
Document Control Desk, Washingto~ O.C. 20555 with a copy to the U. S. N~clear Regulatory Commission, Region Ill, 801.
Warrenville Road, Lisle, 'Illinois, 60532 and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the Palisades Nµclear Generating Plant, *within 30 days of the date -Of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice)~ *This reply should be clearly mark~d as a "Reply to a Notice of Violation".and should include for each ~iolation:* (1) the reason for the violation, pr, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective step*s that have been*tak~n and the results achieved, (3) the torrective st~~s that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the~ate.when full compliance will be achieved. If an adequate reply is not received within.the time ~pecified in this Notice, an order or a Demand For. Information may be issued as to why the license should hot *be modified; suspended~ or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken.
Wh~re good cause i~ shown, consideration will be-given tci extending the response time.
"Dated -at Lisle, Illinois this 30th day of September, 1994 9410110015 940930
. PDR ADOCK 05000255 G