ML18067A593
ML18067A593 | |
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Site: | Palisades |
Issue date: | 06/17/1997 |
From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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50-255-97-05, 50-255-97-5, NUDOCS 9707010166 | |
Download: ML18067A593 (3) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Consumers Power Company Palisades Nuclear Generating Plant Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 During an NRC inspection conducted on March 1 through April 11, 1997. 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 50.55a, ~*codes and Standards," Paragraph (g). "lnservice Inspection Requirements," Paragraph (4). states in part that components classified as ASME Code Class 1, 2, and 3, must meet the requirements, except for design, set forth in Section XI of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,Section XI, Paragraph IWA-4210, "Repair Procedures, Rules and Requirements," states in part that repairs shall be performed in accordance with the original Construction Code of the component. The original Code of Construction for valves CV-0501 and CV-0510 was USA Standard (USAS) B31. 1. "Power Piping."
Contrary to the above, repairs made to valves CV-0501 and CV-0510, on Novemb~r 17. 1996, using Work Orders WO 2451 2907 and WO 24610966, respectively, were not performed in accordance with the original Code of Construction, USAS B31. 1, in that extensive material was removed from existing pipe plugs in the valves, without verifying that the Code required minimum wall thickness was met.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
- 2.
10 CFR 50. 73, Licensee Event Report, states in part that the holders of an operating license for a nuclear power plant (licensee) shall submit a Licensee Event Report (LER) for any of the type described in this paragraph within 30 days after the discovery of the event. The licensee shall report any event or condition that resulted in the condition of the nuclear power plant, including its principal safety barriers, being degraded, or that resulted in the nuclear power plant being in a condition that was outside the design basis of the plant Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to submit a Licensee Event Report within 30 days after the discovery on January 10, 1997, of an event concerning the dew~ded stuffing boxes on the main steam isolation valves.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
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1 O CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, "Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings,"
requires that activities 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.
9707010166 970617 PDR ADOCK 05000255 G
Notice of Violation Contrary to the above:
- a.
On November 16, 1996, an activity affecting quality, the seal weld on the main steam isolation valve CV-0510 pipe plug was not as described in the Weld Inspection Checklist for Work Order No. 24610966, Procedure No. 5.05.
- b.
On November 16, 1996, an activity affecting quality, tfle seal welded configuration for main steam isolation valve CV-0501 pipe plug was not performed as described in the Weld Inspection Checklist for Work Order No. 2451 2907.
- c.
On November 16, 1997, Work Order Nos. 24610966 and 2451 2907, were not available at the work site for the main steam isolation valves, CV-0501, and 0510, as required by Administrative Procedure 5.01, Attachment 2, "Work Order Scheduling, Performance, and Completion, Section 4.1, which states, in part, "a working copy of the work order shall remain at the work site whenever work is in progress."
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I).
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 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 transmitti*ng 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 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 response time.
Because your respol"')se will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.(PDR), to th~
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 informa~ion 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
Notice of Violation 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 10 CFR 73.21.
Dated qt Lisle, Illinois, this fl!!!day of April 1997