ML18100A696
| ML18100A696 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 11/03/1993 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| References | |
| 50-272-93-21, 50-311-93-21, NUDOCS 9311150134 | |
| Download: ML18100A696 (1) | |
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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Public Service Electric and Gas Company Salem Nuclear Generating Station Docket Nos: 50-272 & 311 License Nos: DPR-70 & 75 Units 1 and 2 During an NRC inspection conducted on September 5 - October 16, 1993, 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 (1992), the violation is listed below:
Salem Unit 1 Technical Specification (TS) Action Statement 3.3.2.1 requires that when an Engineered Safety Feature Actuation system instrumentation channel is inoperable, the Action shown in Table 3.3-3 of the TS must be taken. Table 3.3-3 specifies that when an automatic actuation logic channel for the safety injection, turbine trip and feedwater isolation function is inoperable, the inoperable channel must be restored to an operable status within six hours or the plant must be in Hot Standby within the next six hours and in Cold Shutdown within the following 30 hours3.472222e-4 days <br />0.00833 hours <br />4.960317e-5 weeks <br />1.1415e-5 months <br />.
Contrary to the above, at 5:30 a.m. on July 11, 1993, the Solid State Protection System Train B Feedwater Isolation Circuit at Salem Unit 1 failed a surveillance test, the failed channel was not subsequently restored to an operable status, and it was not until approximately 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br /> after the test failure that unit operators initiated a plant shutdown due to the inoperable channel.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Public Service Electric and Gas Company is hereby required to submit to this office within 30 days of the date of the letter which transmitted this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including: (1) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective 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.
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