ML19256F115
| ML19256F115 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 09/12/1979 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| References | |
| 50-271-79-12, NUDOCS 7911210443 | |
| Download: ML19256F115 (1) | |
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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Docket No. 50-271 Corporation Based on the results of an NRC inspection conducted on August 13-17, 1979, it appears that certain of your activities were not conducted in full com-pliance with the conditions of your NRC Facility License No. DPR-28, as in-dicated below.
Item A is an Infraction and Item B is a Deficiency.
A.
Technical Specification 6.5.A states in part, " Detailed written proced-ures involving nuclear safety...shall be prepared and approved. All procedures shall be adhered to."
Procedure 0.P. 0101, Reactor and Generation Systems Heatup to Low Power, Revision 7, states in step I.A.15, " Start une reactor feed pump at approximately 350 psig in accordance with R.P. 2172."
Contrary to the above, at 0031 hours3.587963e-4 days <br />0.00861 hours <br />5.125661e-5 weeks <br />1.17955e-5 months <br /> on August 13, 1979, during a reactor startup following a maintenance outage, a reactor feed pump was not started until reactor pressure was approximately 480 psig.
Failure of the operators to start the reactor feed pump at the prescribed pressure resulted in a reactor scram due to low reactor vessel water l evel.
B.
Technical Specification 6.5.A states in part, " Detailed written proced-ures involving nuclear safety...shall be prepared and approved. All procedures shall be adhered to."
Procedure A.P. 0021, Maintenance Requests, Revision 7, states in the Discussion section, " Maintenance Requests (MR) must be submitted for all corrective maintenance," and states in Procedure Step 1: "The individual who notices a deficiency in plant equipment which requires repair must originate or cause to be generated, a Maintenance Request (MR) using form VYAPF 0021.01 available in the Control Room and entering the appropriate information on the Control Room index.
The form must accurately describe the affected equipment and its symptoms."
Contrary to the above, on August 2, 1979, corrective maintenance was performed to repair pipe hanger MS-H-A10 on the HPCI system and no maintenance request was issued.
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