ML18096A299
| ML18096A299 | |
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| Site: | Salem, Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 09/26/1991 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| NUDOCS 9110080128 | |
| Download: ML18096A299 (2) | |
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APPENPIXA NOTICE OF VIOLATION Public Service Electric* and Gas Company Hope Creek Generating. Station Docket No:
50-354 License No:
NPF.-57 During an NRC inspection conducted on July 31 - September 10, 1991, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the *General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,* 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1991), the violation is listed below:
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Technical Specification 6.8.1 requires that written procedures be established, implemented and maintained covering the activities referenced in (1) Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978; and in (2) NUREG 0737, Clarification of TMI Action Plan Requirements.
A.1 Regulatory*. Guide 1. 33, Appendix A requires administrative procedures for the control of maintenance. Nuclear administrative procedure, NC.NA-AP.ZZ-0009(Q), "Work.
Control Process,* Revision 2, sections 3.1 and 5.2 require personnel to initiate work*
requests and recommend hanging an Equipment Malfunction Information System (EMIS) tag for malfunctioning components or systems.
Contrary to the above, training and chemistry personnel observed low flow indications during liquid post accident sampling system (PASS) operation betWeen May 16 to July 9, 1991, such that a reactor coolant sample could not be acquired and no work request was initiated nor were any EMIS tags posted on the system.
A.2 NUREG 0737 item II.B.3, Post Accident Sampling, requires procedures for PASS sample collection, transport and analysis. Procedure HC.CH-EO.SH-OOOl(Q),
Revision 13, *post Accident Sample Panel Operation,* Section 2.9 requires the PASS sample team to inform chemistry supervision wheri any pr()blems enoountered during.
sampling in order to effect resolution.
Contrary to the above, on March 15, 1991, during an emergency drill in\\'olving PASS operations, chemistry, training and emergency preparedness personnel noted that there was no detectable sample flow such that a reactor* coolant sample could not be acquired, and this information was not formally communicated to chemistry supervision until May 17, 1991.
This is a Severity Level N violation (Supplement n.
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Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CPR 2.201, Public Service Ele.ctric and Gas Company is hereby required to submit to this office within 30 days of the date of the letter whfoh transmitted this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including: (1) the corre.ctive steps which have be.en taken and the results achieved; (2) corre.ctive steps which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending this response time.