ML18153D001
| ML18153D001 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 04/29/1992 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18152A243 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-280-92-07, 50-280-92-7, NUDOCS 9205190100 | |
| Download: ML18153D001 (2) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Virginia Electric and Power Company Surry Unit 1 Docket No. 50-280 License No. DPR-32 During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted on March B through April 4, 1992, violations of NRC requirements were identified.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1992), the violations are listed below:
A.
Technical Specifications (TS) 3.10.A.1 requires that for those systems which provide a direct path from containment atmosphere to
- the outside atmosphere, at least one valve shall be closed in each line penetrating the containment during refueling.operations.
TS 6.4.D requires that refueling procedures be followed.
Procedure 1-0P-lG, Refueling Containment Integrity and Reactor Coolant System Mid-Loop Containment Closure Checklist, dated March 19, 1992, requires that temporary flanges used to meet containment integrity be sealed with gaskets so that there are_ no visible air gaps.
Contrary to the above, direct paths from containment atmosphere to the outside atmosphere existed during refueling operations under the following conditions:
The removal of core internals and core off-load that co!Tlllenced at 5:42 p.m. on March 17, 1992 and completed at 7:19 p.m. on March 20, 1992, wis conducted while a direct path existed via an opening* inside containment from. feedwater (FW) header drain valve 1-FW-9 through the A steam generator (SG) and out an improperly sealed blank covering a maintenance opening on the bonnet of the A main steam (MS) trip valve 1-MS-TV-lOlA.
The movement of fuel associated with core on-load from 2:17 p.m.
to 3:01 p.m. on April 2, 1992, was conducted while a direct path existed via an opening inside containment at the hand hole on the B SG through the B MS line and out through an improperly sealed blank covering a maintenance opening on the bonn~t of MS check valve,.1-MS-117.
Additionally, during this period, the same direct path existed as described above.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I) 9205190100 920429 PDR ADOCK 05000280 G
Virginia Electric and Power Company Surry-Unit 1 2
Docket No. 50~280
- License No. DPR-32 B.
10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion,V, as implemented by the licensee's Topical Report, VEP 1-5A, requires that activities affecting quality shall be prescribed, by documented procedures of a type appropriate to the circumstances and shall be accomplished in accordance with these*
procedures.
These procedures shall include appropriate quantitative or qualitative acceptance criteria for determining that.important activities have been satisfactorily accomplished.
. Contrary to the above, maintenance and modification activities affecting quality were not being accomplished according to steps in various sections.of DCP no. 90-26-1, Heat Exchanger Servite Water Piping Cleaning and Recoating of Surry/Unit 1, dated October 2, 1990, which required in part the removal of temporary lighting, tools, debris, and -Other equipment from the service water lines.
Failure to follow these instructions became apparent when a rain ~uit was found in the *service water side of the B redrculation spray heat. exchanger.
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 sta.tement or explanation to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Corrunission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C.
205,55 with a copy to the. Regional Administrator, Region II, a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).
This reply should be clearly marked as a 11 Reply to a Notice of Violation 11 and should include for each violation: * (1) the reason for the ~iolation, or,.if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken an.d the res.ults achieved, (3) the corrective steps that 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 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 other action as may be proper should not be taken.
Where good caus~ is shown, c6nsideration will be gi~en to extending the response time.
Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this ~"A..day of April 1992