ML19259C040

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Notice of Violation from Insp on 790306-09
ML19259C040
Person / Time
Site: Maine Yankee
Issue date: 03/27/1979
From:
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
Shared Package
ML19259C036 List:
References
50-309-79-02, 50-309-79-2, NUDOCS 7906120248
Download: ML19259C040 (2)


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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company Docket No. 50-309 Based on the results of the NRC inspection conducted on March 6-9, 1979, it appears that one of your activities was not conducted in full compliance with the conditions of your NRC Facility License No. DPR-36, as indicated below. This item is categorized as an infraction.

Technical Specification 5.8.1 states, in part, " Written procedures shall be established, implemented and maintained covering... sur-veillance and test activities of safety related equipment."

Administrative procedures; 0-06-1, Procedure Preparation, Classi-fication and Format; 0-06-2, Procedure Review, Approval and Distribu-tion; and 0-10-2, Surveillance Tests and Records, which implement the requirements of ANSI N18.7 have been prepared to, among other things, administratively control the performance of surveillance activities.

Contrary to the above, surveillance test records reviewed March 6-9, 1979, revealed the following examples in which administratively required actions were not being performed.

(1)

Surveillance record sheets were not being prepared for the daily reactor coolant system leakage evaluations.

(2) The master surveillance schedule was not being maintained.

(3), Documentation associated with several completed surveillance tests did not verify equipment acceptability.

(4) Acceptance criteria has not been established for cardox storage tank level and pressure, and the boric acid tank concentration.

(5) The accuracy of the test instrument used in the performance of a fire pump capc. city test was not verifiable.

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(6) A diesel fire pump quarterly surveillance test for viscosity, water content.and sediment was performed using an unapproved procedure.

(7) Surveillances associated with diesel fire pump testing failed to document the auto-start of the engine required by Technical Specification 4.12.8.5.3.b, each refueling interval.

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