05000281/LER-1981-011-03, /03L-0:on 810119,fire Watch Not Maintained While Fuel Oil Pumphouse Carbon Dioxide Sys Out of Svc for Design Change Mods.Caused by Personnel Leaving Post.Fire Watch re-established & Personnel Disciplined

/03L-0:on 810119,fire Watch Not Maintained While Fuel Oil Pumphouse Carbon Dioxide Sys Out of Svc for Design Change Mods.Caused by Personnel Leaving Post.Fire Watch re-established & Personnel Disciplined

ML18139B068
Person / Time
Site:	Surry
Issue date:	02/13/1981
From:	Joshua Wilson VIRGINIA POWER (VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO.)
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
Shared Package
ML18139B067	List: 05000281/LER-1981-011-03, /03L-0:on 810119,fire Watch Not Maintained While Fuel Oil Pumphouse Carbon Dioxide Sys Out of Svc for Design Change Mods.Caused by Personnel Leaving Post.Fire Watch re-established & Personnel Disciplined 05000281/LER-1981-013-03, /03L-0:on 810119,improperly Sealed Fire Barrier Penetration Discovered.Caused by Improper Matl Being Packed Into Penetration.Penetration Properly Sealed ML18139B066
References
LER-81-011-03L-02, LER-81-11-3L-2, NUDOCS 8102190595
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LER-1981-011, /03L-0:on 810119,fire Watch Not Maintained While Fuel Oil Pumphouse Carbon Dioxide Sys Out of Svc for Design Change Mods.Caused by Personnel Leaving Post.Fire Watch re-established & Personnel Disciplined

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01-19-81 TITLE OF EVENT:

FIRE WATCH NOT MAINTAINED

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EVENT DESCRIPTION

e With Unit 1 defueled and Unit 2 at 100% power, the Fuel Oil Pump House High Pressure CO2 fire system had been made inoperable"for Design Change modifica-tions.

A fire watch had been established as required by Tech. Specs. At 0700 hours0.0081 days <br />0.194 hours <br />0.00116 weeks <br />2.6635e-4 months <br /> on 1-19-81, it was discovered that.the fire watch was not being maintained.

This is contrary to Technical Specifications 3.21.D.3.a and is reportable per Technical Specification 6.6.2.b.(2).

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PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES AND STATUS OF REDUNDANT.SYSTEMS:

The automatic initiation system for the Fuel Oil Pump House co2 fire protec-tion system was inoperable; however, manual initiation capabilities were*

still available.

Operations personnel had been making periodic inspections of the *area, therefore, tbe position. was~..2UD.manned for orily 1~ hours. 'The. -a health and safety of the public were not affec.ted.

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CAUSE

The assigned fire watch left without being properly relieved.

The fire watch had gone home at 0530 hours0.00613 days <br />0.147 hours <br />8.763227e-4 weeks <br />2.01665e-4 months <br />.;

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IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS

The innnediate corrective action was to establish a fire watch.and attempt to locate the missing fire watch.

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SUBSEQUENT CORRECTIVE ACTION:

Appropriate disciplinary action was taken.against the fire watch.

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ACTION TAKEN TO PREVENT 'RECURRENCE{

The importance of maintaining a fire watch has been emphasized to all fire watches.

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GENERIC IMPLICATIONS:

None.