ML18065A492
| ML18065A492 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 02/06/1996 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML18065A488 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-255-95-14, NUDOCS 9602150206 | |
| Download: ML18065A492 (2) | |
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._ Consumers Power Company
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- Palisades Nuclear Generati~g Plant License No. DPR-20 During an NRC inspection conducted on December 7, 1995, through January,29,.,_.., >:-
- 1996, 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~
- 1.
10 CFR 50 Appendix B, Criterion XVI, states, in part, that measures shall be established to assure that conditions adverse to quality, such as failures, malfunctions,. deficiencies, deviations, defective material and equipment, and nonconformances are promptly identified and corrected.
Contrary to the above, adequate freeze protection was not provided to LIA-2022, condensate storage tank level indicator, following cold weather freezing on February* 11, 1995, unt i1 a second occurrence of c:*o 1 d weather freezing on December 9, 1995.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
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10 C~R 50 Appendix B, Criterion V, states, in part, that activities affet't i ng qua 1 i ty sha 11 be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings, of a type a~propriate to the circumstances ~nd shall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures, or drawings.
General Operating Procedure (GOP-9), Plant Cooldown from Hot Standby/Shutdown, step 4.4, states "WHEN PCS is less than 210° F (i.e.
Cold. Shutdown) THEN initiate work order to disable Safety Injection actuation circuits (refer to SOP 3, Step 7.7.1).".
System Operating Procedure (SOP-3), Safety Injection and Shutdown Cooling System), step 7.7.1, states that the safety injection actuation circuits shall only be disabled when the reactor is in cold or refueling shutdown.
Contrary to the above, on January 18, 1996, the low pressurizer pressure function of the safety injection system was deenergized with the primary coolant system above cold shutdown conditions.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
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.*,. pul-sUant to.the provisions of IO CFR. 2. 20 I,,
- consumers *Power Co~l>a~.Y
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reqJired to *submit a written statement or e*xplanation -~J the U.S. Nuclear*
- Regulatory Commission, ATTN:
Document Control Desk, Washington, D.Ci:*20555 **
with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region III, and a copy to the NRC
.. Resident.Inspector at the facility that_ is t~e subject. of this _Notice, -_~it~~n..... >*<_-.*. -
30 days*of the date of the letter tran~mitting this Notice of Violation
. (Notice).
This reply should be clearly marked as.a "R~ply to a Notice of>:.:'-.-:_;.,.:**
Violation" and should include for each violation:
(1) the reasQn for the.. _
- violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation,' (2) the*'
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- corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response.
If an adequate reply is not received.within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may be issued to show cause why the license should not be modified, suspended,_or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken.
Where good cause is _shown, consideration will be given to extending the ~esponse
- time.
Beca~se your response wi 11 be pl aced in the NRC Public De>cument. Roo111 ( PDR), _,~o.,..
- ,,.the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, *proprietary*,
or safeguards information so that it can be placed.in the PDR without redaction.
However, if you find it necessary to include such information, you should clearly indicate the specific information that you desire not.to be*'...
- placed in the PDR, and provide the legal basis to support your r~quest for withholding the information from the public.
Dated at Lisle; Illinois this 6th day of February 1996
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