ML18065B215
| ML18065B215 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 04/16/1998 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML18065B214 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-255-98-02, 50-255-98-2, NUDOCS 9804270152 | |
| Download: ML18065B215 (2) | |
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Consumers Power Company Palisades Nuclear Generating Plant NOTICE OF VIOLATION Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 During an NRC inspection conducted from January 28 through March 13, 1998, one violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:
10 CFR Part 50, Appendix 8, Criterion V, "Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings,"
requires, in part, that ~ctivities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstances and shall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures, or drawings.
Administrative Procedure 4.02, "Control of Equipment," Section 11.1 a, states, "Flood doors shall be maintained operable and reflect the position/dogging requirements as*
identified on Plant Flood Door Checklist CL 3.4, except as detailed below:
- 1. During normal ingress/egress
- 2. When a person is in a room, then the door may be closed with only one dog tight."
Checklist CL 3.4, "Plant Flood Door System Checklist," states, in part, that watertight door Number 59, the door between east and west safeguards rooms, is required to be "Closed, Fully Dogged."
Contrary to the above, on January 13, 1998, an activity affecting quality was not accomplished in accordance with Palisades Administrative Procedure 4.02 and associated Checklist CL 3.4 in that watertight door Number 59, located between the east and west safeguards rooms, was found by the licensee without any of the dogs tightened and a person was not in either room.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
Pursuant to the provisions of 1 O CFR 2.201, Consumers Power Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:
Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region Ill, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a "Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation; (2) the 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 as to 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 response time.
Notice of Violation If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR); to 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. If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 1 O CFR 73.21.
Dated at Lisle, Illinois this 16th day of April 1998
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