ML19256D395
| ML19256D395 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 10/23/1974 |
| From: | Brunner E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Thornburg H US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7910180742 | |
| Download: ML19256D395 (1) | |
See also: IR 05000289/1974032
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. , . i L*) ' ot R ECTO R ATE OF RF.GU LATO RY OPE R ATIONS {* ] REGION 1 ,m '4 631 PARK AVENUE %,,Gg N ,[ KING oF PRUSSI A, PENNSYLVANI A 19406 ' ( %N e *O U DCT 2 31974 , , H. D. Thornburg, Chief, Field Support and Enforcement Branch Directorate of Regulatory Operations:HQ ~ R0 INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-289 METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY LICENSE NO. DPR-50 The subject report is forwarded for Headquarters action as follows. 1. Inclusion of Regulatory Guide 1.71 in Licensee's Q/A Program The licensee currently addresses the conditions of limited access- ibility identified in Regulatory Guide 1.71 as indicated in Detail 4; however, since the licensee has no requirement to conduct this mock-up training when these conditions are encountered in the field, the current practice could be terminated at the licensee's 9 discretion. Section IX of the licensee's Quality Assurance Program contains commitments to Regulatory Guides 1.37 and 1.39 as well as e ANSI N45.2.1 and N45.2.3. It is recommended that the licensee's 3 ' program be updated by effecting the necessary licensee actions to include Regulatory Guide 1.71 in his Quality Assurance Program. 2. Revision of FSAR Analysis with respect to NaOH Tank Loading As noted in report Detail 7b, there are major discrepancies between the safety analysis presented in Supplement 1 to the FSAR and the values required for Sodium Hydroxide Tank loading in Section 3.3.1.3.b of the FSAR. The licensee indicated that a new analysis had been presented to Licensing by the NSSS supplier, but not yet incor- pcrated into the FSAR. It is requested that the inclusion of the new analysis, if appropriate, be expedited by Headquarters since Licensing has been aware of the appa*:ent inconsistencies documented in Detail 7b, both from licensee and RO:I inputs. .- u /. sb.u.,-w /, ' Csy r w w, Eldon J. Brunner, Chief Reactor Operations Branch cc: F. A. Dreher g 144B ' g y g1oiso 7M I " . _
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631 PARK AVENUE $, KING oF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANI A 19406 OCT 2 31974 - . Metropolitan Edison Company License No. DPR-50 Attention: Mr. R. C. Arnold Insp. No. 50-289/74-32 Vice President P.O. Box 542 Reading, Pennsylvania 19603 Gentlemen: This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. Ruhlman of this office on October 7-9, 1974 at the Three Mile Island Unit 1 Plant, Middletotm , Pennsylvania of activities authorized by AEC License No. DPR-50 , and to the discussions of our findings held by Mr. Ruhlman and other members of this office with Mr. Herbein and other members of your staff , I at the conclusion or the inspection, and to a subsequent telephone discussion between Mr. Ruhlman and Mr. Miller of your staff on Oc.cober 10, 1974. , O Areas examined during this inspectica are described i the Regulatory Operations Inspection Report which is enclosed with this lettero ,a Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations V of procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observations by the inspector. Our inspector also verified the steps you had taken to correct the violation brought to your attention in a letter dated October 4,1974, following our inspection number 50-289/74-20. We have no further questions regarding this matter. During this inspection, it was found that certain of your activities appeared to be in violation of AEC requirements. The items and references to the pertinent requirements are listed in the 2nclosure to this letter. This letter constitutes a notice sent to you pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.201 of the AEC's " Rules of Practice", Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations. Section 2.201 requires you to submit to this office within 20 days of your receipt of this notice, a written statement of explanation in reply, including: (1) corrective steps which have been or will be taken by you, and the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Duggg O 1448 017 " 7'liOl{0755 __ _ .
__ _ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ . 9G - - -2- . V As indicated in Enclosure N-.1 to this !.etter, we note that you have corrected Item Nos. 2 and 3, and therefore, you need not . ' address yourself to these matters in your response. In accordance with Section 2.790 of the AEC's " Rules of Practice", Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosed inspection report will be placed in the AEC's Public Document Room. If this report contains any information that you (or your contractor) believe to be proprietarf, it is necessary that you make a written applicatior. within 20 days to this office to withhold such information from public disclosure. Any such application ~must include a full statement of the reasont on the basis of which it is claimed that the information is proprietary, cnd should be prepared so that proprietary information identified in _he application is contained in a separate part of the document. If we do not hear from you in this regard within the specified period, the report will be placed in the Public Document Room. . Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be pleased to discuss them with you. Sincerely, () s . .. h, G(; -(j . hr, W ' [ s , Eldon J. Brunner, Chief Reactor Operations Branch Enclosure: 1. Description of violations 2. RO Inspection Report No. 50-289/74-32 J. G. Herbein, Station Superintendent cc: R. W. Heward, project Manager, GPUSC _ bec: R0 Chief, FS&EB RO:RQ (4 cpys of ler., 5 cpys of report) R0 Files Central Mail & Files DL (4 cpys of ltr.,13 cpys of report) RS (1 cpy of ltr., 3 cpys of report) PDR S
Local PDR NSIC TIC State of Pennsylvania Reg Reg Reading Room RO Directors ((II, III, IV) (Report Only) OGC Miss Mary V. Southard, Chairman, Citizens for a Safe Environment _ . _ _ _ _
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DESCRIPTION OF VIOLATION . Metropolitan Edison Company Docket No. 50-289 License No. DPR-50 Certain activities under your license appear to be in violation of AEC requirements. These violations are considered to be of Category l II and Category III severity. Category II Violations 1. 10 CFR 19.12 states in part: "All individuals working in or frequenting any portion of a restricted area. . .shall be instructed of their respon- sibility to report promptly to tne licensee any condition which may lead to or cause a violation of Commission regulations and licenses or un- necessary exposure to radiation or radioactive material; ...and shall ' be advised as to the radiation exposure reports which workers may request 9 pursuant to 19.13." p In violation of the above, all individuals working in or frequenting d restricted areas were not instructed in their responsibilities to repert conditions which could cause or lead to violations of Commission regula- tions; in that personnel questioned stated that such instruction has net been given, and that there was no documented training for such instruction. 2. Technical Specification 3.3.1.3.b states in part: "The sodium hydroxide tank shall contain not less than 16,000 pounds of sodium hydroxide and not more than 17,000 pounds of sodium hydroxide." - In violation of the above, the Sodium Hydroxide Tank was found to contain 17,677 pounds of sodium hydroxide during the routine surveillance test conducted on Septe=ber 19, 1974. (A0 74-17, Le .:er to RO:I dated September 30, 1974) We note that item 2 wu reported to Regulatory as indicated above. Your corrective measures wure reviewed during this inspection. We have no further questions on this matter at this time. k [[ p o / fo7rs - .1448 019 . _ . _ . _ ___
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. z.: -.. ~::mu.nc . . _... -- - . a_ . . . . a -2- U c tegory III Violations a - i 3. Criterion V of Appendix B to 10 CFR 30 and Section V of the licensee's Operational Quality Assurance Program both state in part: " Instructions, procedures, or drawings shall include e.ppropriate quantitative or quali- . tative acceptance criteria for determining that important activities have - been satisfactorily accomplished." In violation of the above, Emergency Procedure 1202 . MSS OF RC/RCS . PRESSURE had inappropriate weeptance criteria for determining when sodium hydroxide addition had been satisfactorily accomplished; in that step 8 A (3) of the r ocedure indicated addition was complete and certain valves were to be repositioned when the sodium hydroxide tank reached . " low level." " Low Level" was not quantitatively or qualitatively defined in the procedure nor indicated on the level instrumentation. The inspector noted that your corrective action had been completed prior to the end of the inspection. We have no further questions on this matter at this time. O m ' (./ _
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1 ' . i , ' Type of Licensee: PWR (B&W) 871 MWe - i! Type of Inspection: Routine, Announced O,DatesofInspection: October 7-9, 1974 .. , October 7-9, 1974 L tes of Previous Inspection: [ Reporting Inspector. // '.8!'u. /0/7,/9 - . . . . i' Date W. A. Ruhlman, Reactor Inppector I Accompanying Inspectors: Pt/L.% E 9r s l2th4 N. Panzarino, hadiation Specialist Date . . .f Date .I . , Date
, Ikkb Date . . , None Other Accompanying Personnel: Reviewed By: f Entire document previously -j r. . . .c ace, r., en Nuclear Support Sectian, R entered into system under: l v . .J ) ANO - . No. of pages: .. -. . . }}