ML18153A822
| ML18153A822 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 05/18/1995 |
| From: | Merschoff E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Ohanlon J VIRGINIA POWER (VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO.) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18153A823 | List: |
| References | |
| EA-95-053, EA-95-53, NUDOCS 9505300055 | |
| Download: ML18153A822 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000280/1995006
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May 18, 1995
EA 95-053
Virginia Electric and Power Company
ATTN:
Mr. James P. O'Hanlon
Senior Vice President-Nuclear
Innsbrook Technical Center
5000 Dominion Boulevard
Glen Allen, VA
23060
SUBJECT:
(NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-280/95-06 AND 50-281/95-06)
Gentlemen:
This refers to the inspection conducted by M. Branch of this office on March 5
through April 1, 1995.
The inspection included a review of activities
authorized for your Surry facility. At the conclusion of the inspection, the
findings were discussed with those members of your staff. The report
documenting this inspection was sent to you by letter dated April 14, 1995 .
NRC concerns relative to the inspection findings were also discussed in an
Enforcement Conference held on April 24, 1995. A summary of this Enforcement
Conference was sent to you on May 5, 1995.
Based on the results of the inspection and additional information you provided
at the Enforcement Conference, we have concluded that certain of your
activities are in violation of NRC requirements, as specified in the enclosed
Notice of Violation (Notice).
We are concerned about the violation, in that, your control of the Measuring
and Test Equipment (M&TE) program was not effective. Since at least 1992,
non-temperature compensated test gauges were used to calibrate safety-related
equipment.
This induced a common mode failure mechanism that contributed to
all three pressurizer pressure protection instrumentation channels being
inoperable. Although a reduction in safety margin resulted, the actual safety
consequences were low due to the fact that the reactor trip and safety
injection actuation, although delayed, would have occurred.
Additionally, we are concerned that the corrective action program failed to
fully evaluate and correct the problem when discrepancies were found and
documented in two Deviation Reports (DRs) and when the test gauge was found to
be defective. Consequently, the unit operated for approximately seven months
in violation of Te~hnical Specifications.
You are required to respond to this Notice and should follow the instructions
specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response.
In your
response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional
actions you plan to prevent recurrence.
Your response may reference or
include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately
addresses the required response. After reviewing your response to this
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Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future
inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action is
necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice", a copy of
this letter and its enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room
(PDR).
To the extent possible, your response should not include any personal,
privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in
the PDR without redaction.
However, if you find it necessary to include such
information, you should clearly indicate the specific information that you
desire not to be placed in the PDR, and provide the legal basis to support
your request for withholding the information from the public.
The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject
to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No.96-511.
Docket Nos. 50-280, 50-281
EA 95-053
Enclosure:
cc w/encl:
M. L. Bowling, Manager
Nuclear Licensing & Programs
Virginia Electric & Power Company
Innsbrook Technical Center
5000 Dominion Boulevard
Glen Allen, VA
23060
David A. Christian
Station Manager
Surry Power Station
P. 0. Box 315
Surry, VA
23883
Ray D. Peace, Chairman
Surry County Board of Supervisors
P. 0. Box 130
Dendron, VA
238J9
cc w/encl continued:
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Sincerely,
Orig signed by Ellis W. ~erschoff
Ellis W. Merschoff, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
cc w/encl:
Continued
Dr. W. T. Lough
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Division of Energy Regulation
P. 0. Box 1197
Richmond, VA
23209
Michael W. Maupin
Hunton and Williams
Riverfront Plaza, East Tower
951 E. Byrd Street
Richmond, VA
23219
Robert B. Strobe, M.D., M.P.H.
State Health Commissioner
Office of the Commissioner
P. 0. Box 2448
Richmond, VA
23218
Attorney General
Supreme Court Building
101 North 8th Street
Richmond, VA
23219
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Distribution w/encl:
B. Buckley, NRR
J. Lieberman, OE
G. Hallstrom, RII
PUBLIC
NRC Resident Inspector
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Surry Nuclear Power Station
5850 Hog Island Road
Surry, VA
23883
NRC Resident
U.S. Nuclear
Route 2, Box
Mineral, VA
Inspector
Regulatory Commission
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