ML19261C353
| ML19261C353 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 01/30/1979 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| ML19261C352 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-368-78-29, NUDOCS 7903220312 | |
| Download: ML19261C353 (2) | |
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9 ENCLOSURE 1 Arkansas Power & Light Company Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit No. 2 Docket No. 50-368 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Based on the results of an NRC inspection conducted December 18, 1978 through January 14, 1979, it appears that certain of your activities were not conducted in full compliance with the NRC requirements as indicated below:
1.
Technical Specification 6.8.1 requires that, " Written procedures shall be established, implemented and maintained covering
.. the applicable procedures recommended in Appendix "A" of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978."
Contrary to the above, during a reactor startup on December 20, 1978, an operator under instruction was allowed to perform step 6.4, which withdraws the safety rods, out of sequence in the procedure 2102.08, "A proach to Criticality."
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This is an infraction.
2.
Technical Specification 3.7.11 requires that if a penetration fire barrier is non-functional, a continuous fire watch be established on at least one side of the affected penetration within one hour.
Contrary to the above, on January 11, 1979, four fire doors were found to be open or partially open and the required fire watches had not been established within one hour.
This is an infraction.
3.
Technical Specification 6.8.1 requires that written procedures shall be established, implemented and maintained.
a.
Procedure 1005.17, Control of Combustibles, has been established as of October 23, 1978.
Section 5.1.1 of this procedure requires that all wood used in safety-related fire zones be treated with a fire retardant or painted with a fire retardant coating.
Contrary to the above, an untreated wood ladder was observed to be inside the Engineered Safety Features Auxiliary Panel in the control room on January 11, 1979.
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Section 5.2.2.1 and Attachment II of Procedure 1005.17 prohibits using or storing combustible materials in a safety-related fire zore, and section 5.5.1 prohibits leaving transient combustibles unattended in a safety-related fire zone.
Contrary to the above, several cardboard cartons containing insulating material were observed to be stored in the north diesel generator room on January 11, 1979.
c.
' Section 6.1.6 of Procedure 1005.04, Control and Use of Bypasses and Jumpers, requires that when the purpose of a bypass or jumper has been fulfilled, it will be removed or reinstated and a verification will be carried out and documented.
Contrary to the above, two jumpers for system 99Y were found on January 10, 1979 to have been removed.but not cleared from the Jumper Bypass Log, and one jumper for system 49 was logged as having been removed but no verification of removal had been docu-mented as of January 10, 1979.
This is an infraction.
4.
Technical Specification 3.0.4 states in part that, " Entry into an Operational Mode or other specified applicability condition shall not be made unless th conditions of the Limiting Con ition for Operation are met without reliance on provisions contained {in the Action State-ments unless otherwise excepted."
Contrary to the above, the reactor was taken from Mode 3 into Mode 2 on December 19, 1978 with an inoperable control rod as defined under Technical Specification 3.1.3.1.c.
This is an infraction.