ML18153A082
| ML18153A082 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 10/07/1996 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18153A080 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-280-96-09, 50-280-96-9, 50-281-96-09, 50-281-96-9, NUDOCS 9610220109 | |
| Download: ML18153A082 (2) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Docket No. 50-280 Surry Nuclear Plant License No. DPR-32 During an NRC inspection conducted on July 28 - September 7, 1996, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG 1600, the violation is listed below:
10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, states that activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions or drawings of a type appropriate to the circumstances.
This requirement was implemented by Virginia Electric and Power Company Operational Quality Assurance Program Topical Report VEP-1-5A (updated),
revision 25, dated January 1996, Section 17.2.5, Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings.
Contrary to the above, during 1993, an activity affecting quality was not prescribed by documented instructions or drawings of a type appropriate to the circumstances. Set points for safety-related molded-case circuit breakers were not specified by Engineering personnel in Design Change Package DCP 90-008. This resulted in circuit breakers 1-EPL-MCC-1K2-1B and -2F having set points adjusted incorrectly. This caused premature tripping of the breakers.
This is a Severity Level IV 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, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region II, 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 clearly 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 further 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 response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or 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 extending the response time.
Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without ENCLOSURE 1 9610220109 961007 PDR ADOCK 05000280 Q
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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 deletes such information.
If you request withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim 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 response. please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.
Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 7th day of October, 1996