ML18150A239
| ML18150A239 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 07/15/1987 |
| From: | Grace J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML18150A226 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-280-87-07, 50-280-87-7, 50-281-87-07, 50-281-87-7, EA-87-078, EA-87-78, NUDOCS 8707220405 | |
| Download: ML18150A239 (2) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Virginia Electric* and Power Company.
Surry, Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50-280 and 50-281 License Nos. DPR-32 and DPR-37 EA 87-78 During an NRC inspection conducted -0n May 4 - 8, 1987, a violation of NRC requirements was reviewed after indentification by Virginia Electric and Power Company Licensee Event Report No. 87-010-00.dated April 10, 1987. In accordance with the 11General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions, 11 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1987), the violation is listed below:..
10 CFR 50.48(b) requires, in part, that all nuclear power plants licensed to operate prior to January 1, 1979, shall satisfy the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, including specifically,Section III.G, Fire Protection.of Safe Shutdown Capabi 1 ity.
Section III.G.2 specifies that; where cables or equipment of redundant trains of systems necessary to achieve and maintain hot shutdown condi-tions are located within the same fire area outside of primary containment, a means of ensuring that one of the redundant trains remains free of fire damage shall be provided.
Section III.G.3 requires an alternative or dedicated shutdown capability independent of cables, systems or components in the specified fire area.
under consideration where the protection of systems does not satisfy the requirements of Paragraph G.2.
Contrary to* the above, as of March 13, 1987, the power and control cabling for Diesel Generators No. 1 and No. 3, the power sources for the Unit 1 altern~tive shutdown equipment used to satisfy* Section III.G.3, were not independent of the specified design basis fire area.
The cabling, as well as the cabling for the Unit 2 safe shutdown equipment, was routed through the Unit 2 Cable Vault and Tunnel (Fire Area 2), the design basis fire area.
This is a Severity Level III violation (Supplement I).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Virginia Electric and Power Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:
Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555 with a copy of the Regional Administrator, Region II, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector, Surry Nuclear Station, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice. This reply should be clearly marked as a
11 Reply to Notice of Violation 11 and should include for each violation:
(1) the reason for the violation if admitted, (2) the corrective steps which have been taken arid the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. If an adequate reply is not received within the time 0101220405 Bl&66~eo PDR ADOCK O PDR 0
Notice of Violation specified in this Notice, an order may be issued to show cause why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked or why such action as may be proper sho*u1 d not be taken.
Where good cause is shown, cons i de ration will be given to extending the response time.
Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 15 day of July 1987 FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULAORY COMMISSION Original signed by
}. Nelson Grace J. Nelson Grace Regional Administrator