ML18153A135
| ML18153A135 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 05/19/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18152A129 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-280-97-03, 50-280-97-3, NUDOCS 9705290342 | |
| Download: ML18153A135 (3) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Virginia Electric and Power Company Docket *No. 280 License No. DPR-32 Surry Nuclear Plant During an NRC inspection conducted on March 9 through April 19, 1997, violations of NRC requirements were identified.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
NUREG-1600, the violations are listed below:
A.
Technical Specification 3.10.A.l requires that during refueling operations, the equipment access hatch shall be properly closed.
In addition, for those penetrations which provide a direct path from containment atmosphere to the outside atmosphere, the penetrations shall be closed by a valve, blind flange, or equivalent.
Contrary to the above, the licensee failed*to maintain the equipment access hatch properly closed and all penetrations closed which provide a direct path from containment atmosphere to the outside atmosphere as evidenced by the following examples:
- 1.
- 2.
On March 20, 1997, a Main Steam Safety Valve flange was not properly closed in that a blind flange installed in place of Main S.team Safety Valve 1-MS-SV-103C was not properly closed. There was a gap of approximately one-eighth inch in between the seating surfaces which provided a direct path from the containment atmosphere to the outside atmosphere.
On March 21, 1997, the containment equipment hatch blank flange cover was not properly closed. Light could be seen between the sealing surfaces indicating that a direct path from the containment atmosphere to the outside atmosphere existed.
- 3.
On March 21, 1997, Main Steam Trip Valve 1-MS-TV-lOlC was not fully closed. This provided a direct path from the containment atmosphere to the outside atmosphere.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I).
B.
Technical Specification 6.4.A.8 requ.fres detailed written procedures for refueling operations and Technical Specification 6.4.D requires that these procedures be followed.
Mechanical Corrective Maintenance procedure, O-MCM-1150-01, "Reactor Disassembly and Reassembly,"
Revision 4, incorporates this requirement for disassembly* and reassembly of the reactor.
Contrary to the above, on March 16, 1997, the licensee failed to follow procedure O-MCM-1150-01, Step 6.11.6.c, in that, they did not apply RTV along the entire inner circumference of the inner J-Seal when installing the reactor cavity seal ring.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
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C.
10 CFR 50.9(a) requires. in part, that information provided to the Commission by a licensee shall be complete and accurate in all material respects.
Contrary to the above, on February 20, 1997, Licensee Event Report 50-280/97001 was submitted to the Commission and was,not accurate in all material respects. Specifically, the Immediate Corrective Action Section (4.0) of the Licensee Event Report incorrectly stated that the plant was borated to the cold shutdown condition.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement VII).
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 Surry, 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 Violations A and B:
(1) the reason for the violation. or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation. (2) the correct*ive 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 previously docketed correspqndence, if the correspondence adequately addressed the required response.
If an adequate reply is not received within the time 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, considerations will be given to extending the response time.
Regarding Violation C, the NRC has concluded that the information regarding the reasons for the violation, the corrective actions taken and planned to correct the violation and prevent recurrence, and the date when full compliance will be achieved is already adequately addressed on the docket in Virginia Electric and Power Company's May 6, 1997, response to Violation No.
50-280, 281/97-02-04, issued on April 7. 1997.
However. you are required to submit a written statement or explanation pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201 if the description therein does not accurately reflect your corrective actions or your position.
In that case, or if you choose to respond. you should follow the instructions described above for Violations A and B.
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 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
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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 19th day of May 1997