ML18102A871
| ML18102A871 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 02/19/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML18102A870 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-272-96-18, 50-311-96-18, NUDOCS 9702250012 | |
| Download: ML18102A871 (2) | |
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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Public Service Electric and Gas Company Salem Nuclear Generating Station Docket Nos: 50-272 50-311 License Nos: DPR-70 DPR-75 Units 1 and 2 During an NRC inspection conducted on December 15, 1996 to January *25, 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:
A.
Appendix B, Criterion Ill of 10 CFR 50 requires that licensees establi~h measures for the selection and review for suitability of appiication of materials, parts, equipment,
. and processes that are essential to the safety-related functions of the structures, systems and components. These measures shall include the establishment of procedures among participating design organizations for the review, approval, release, distribution, and revision of documents involving design interfaces.
Contrary to the above, during the licensee's re-analysis of.the inadvertent safety injection event (evaluation S-2-RC-MEE-1108, dated August 23, 1996), the licensee failed to evaluate the adequacy of the existing pressurizer power-operated relief valve (PORV) accumulator check valves for suitability of application, and failed to revise the accumulator leak test procedure to meet the more stringent test requirements required by the ASME Section XI In Service Testing Program.
This is a Severity Level IV violation. (Supplement I)
B.
Technical Specification 3/4.4.0.5 requires, in part, that In Service Testing of ASME Code* Class 1, 2, and.3 components shall be performed *in accordance with Section.
XI of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Ve.ssel Code and applicable Addenda as required by 10 CFR 50, Section 50.55a(g)'. ASME Section XI~ 1983 Edition, Article IWV-3000, Test" Requirements, Subsection IW\\(-3400 requires exercise and.full stroke time testing of category A and B valves to the position required to fulfill their safety function.
Contrary to the above, as of December 15, 1996, the licensee had not included safety injectio~ valves SJ4 arid SJ5 in the Section XI In Service Testing Program for exercise and full stroke time testing. Valves SJ4 and SJ5 are category B valves that are required to close to terminate SI flow as part of the steam generator tube rupture accident mitigation actions.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I)
C.
Technical Specification 3.9.4 for Salem Unit 2 requires that during core alterations or movement of irradiated fuel within the containment, the containment bu'ilding penetrations providing direct access from the containment atmosphere to the 9702250012 970219
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2 outside atmosphere shall be either (1) closed by an isolation valve, blind flange, *or manual valve, or (2) be capable of being closed by an operable automatic containment isolation valve.
Contrary to the above, the licensee moved irradiated fuel within the containment building from December 17, 1996 to December 19, 1996, with service water penetrations providing a direct access from the containment atmosphere to the outside atmosphere, with the manual service water isolation valves (24SW269 and 24SW63) inside the containment penetration open and the service water isolation
. valve (24SW223) outside containment removed with no blind flange or manual valve installed in its place and no operable-automatic containment isolation valve in the access path.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I)
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Pubic Service Electric and Gas Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.~. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region I, 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 cleariy 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 furth~r 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 respons*e. If an adequate reply is not received within the tirrie 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 *extendfng the response time.
Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the exteni possible, it should r:iot include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be. placec;t 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 delet~s such information. If you request withholding of such material, you must specific.ally identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claini 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 respon*se, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR ~3.21.
Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 19th day of F~bruary 1997