ML19290G643
| ML19290G643 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 07/21/1980 |
| From: | Robert Lewis NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Ferguson J VIRGINIA POWER (VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO.) |
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| NUDOCS 8012180201 | |
| Download: ML19290G643 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000338/1980019
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Virginia Electric and Power Company
ATTN:
J. H. Ferguson
Executive Vice President-Power
P. O. Box 26666
Richmond, VA 23261
Gentlemen:
This refers to the inspection conducted by M. S. Kidd of this office on April 14 -
Mav 30, 1980, of activities authorized by NRC Li cense Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7 for
the North Anna facility, and to the discussion of e r findings hAd with
W. R.
'artwright at the conclusion of the inspection.
Areas examined during the inspection and our findings are discussed in the
enclosed inspection report.
Within these areas, the inspection consisted of
selective examinations of procedures and representative records, interviews with
personnel, and observations by the inspecters.
We have examined actions you have taken with regard to previously identified
enforcement matters and unresolved items. The status of these items is discussed
in the enclosed report.
During the inspection, it was found that certain activities under your license
appear to be in noncompliance with NRC requirements. These items and references
to pertinent requirements are listed in the Notice of Violation enclosed herewith
as Appendix A.
This notice is sent to you pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.201
of the NRC'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 or explanation in reply including:
(1) corrective steps which have been taken by you and the results achieved; (2)
corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further noncompliance; and (3) the
date when full compliance will be achieved.
During the inspection it was found that certain activities under your license
appear to deviate from commitments to the Commission and have safety significance.
These items identified in the Notice of Deviation enclosed herewith as Appendix B.
Please provide us in writing within 20 days of your receipt of this letter your
comments including a description of corrective actions that have been or will be
taken, corrective actions which will be taken to avoid further deviations, and
the date corrective actions were or will be completed.
In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2,
Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosed
insp ction report will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.
If this
report contains any information that you (or your contractor) believe to be
proprietary, it is necessary that you make a written application within 20 days
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to this office to withhold such information from public disclosure.
Any such
application must include a full statement of the reasons on the basis of which
it is claimed that the information is proprietary, and should be prepared so
that proprietary information identified in the 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 Publit Document Room.
Should you have any questions concerning this letter, we will be glad to discuss
them with you.
Sincerely,
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R. C.
ewis, Acting Chief
Reactor Operations and Nuclear
Support Branch
Enclosures:
1.
Appendix A, Notice of Violation
2.
Appendix B, Notice of Deviation
3.
Inspection Report Nos. 50-338/80-19
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cc w/ encl:
W. R. Cartwright, Station Manager
P. G Perry, Senior Resident Engineer
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AFTENDIX A
Virginia Electric and Power Company
License Nos. NPF-4
NPF-7
Based on the NRC inspection April 14 - May 30, 1980, certain of your activities
were apparentl'. not conducted in full compliance with h7C requirements as indicated
below. These items have been categorized as described in correspondence to you
dated December 31, 1974.
A.
As required by Unit 1 Technical Specification 6.8.lc, written procedures
shall be established, implemented and maintained for conduct of surveillance
and test activities of safety related equipment.
Contrary to the above, Unit 1 periodic test procedure 1-PT-36.10, "P-4
Permissive Verification," written to verify proper operation of reactor
trip breaker auiliary contacts feeding P-4 every 31 days, was not performed
between the dates of January 14, 1980 and May 8,1980.
This is an Inf raction.
B.
As required by Criterion V of Appendix B of 10 CFR 50 as implemented by
Paragraph 17.2.5 of VEPCO's " Topical Report - Quality Assurance Program -
Operations Phase" (VrP-3A) requires that activities affecting quality be
p rform-d in accordance with procedures.
Contrary to the above, rework of the Unit 2 control room air conditioning
chillers and their control panels per Engineering and Design Coordination
Report P-2717-2 was accomplished without the use of a Rework Control Form.
Use of the rework control form is required by Construction Quality Control
Procedure 26.1 " Rework Control Program."
This is an Infraction.
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APPENTIX B
NOTICE OF DEVIATION
Virginia Electric and Power Company
North Anna 1 and 2
License Nos. NPF-4
NPF-7
Based on the results of the NRC inspection conducted on April 14 - May 30, 1980
certain of your activities appear to deviate from your commitments to the Commission
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as indicated below.
A.
VEPCO letter Serial No. 1160 dated December 28, 1979, a supplement to
Unit 1 LER 79-149, stated that station emergency procedures would be revised
as
necessary to assure continued ventilation flow from the safeguards
buildings and the auxiliary building central area in the event of ductwork
failure during a seismic event.
Contrary to the above, Units 1 and 2 abnormal Operating Procedure 1-AP-35,
" Seismic Event," was
revised March 5,
1980, but instructions were not
provided for assuring continued ventilation of the safeguards buildings in
the event of failure of exhaust ductwork.
B.
VEPC0 letter Serial No. 123 of February 14, 1980, a final report per 10 CFR 50.55(e)
on the non-seismically qualified control room air conditioning chiller
control panels, stated that required Unit 2 modification would be completed
prior to initial fuel loading.
Contrary to the above, electrical modifications per Engineering and Design
Coordination Report P-2717-2 were not completed until April 28, 1980.
Initial fuel loading began April 12, 1980.
C.
VEPCO's " Topical Report - Quality Assurance Program - Operations Phase"
(VEP-3A), Section 17.2.27,
as implemented by Paragraph 2.5.3.2 of the
" Nuclear Power Station Quality Assurance Manual," requires that temporary
personnel be indoctrinated in VEPCO's quality assurance procedures as
related to their specific tasks to be performed.
Contrary to the above, the Babcock and Wilcox startup test engineer
cha rge of Unit 2 precritical test 2-SW-11 on the 4:00pm and midnight shift
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on May 1,1980, had not received such indoctrination.
D.
VEPCO letter Seri 1 No. 1179 dated December 12, 1979, concerning commitments
to correct identified equipment problems, stated that any use of service
water mode of containment cooling would have to be under strict administra-
tive control and th;se controls for Unit I woui. be
startup from the first refueling outage.
in place prior to
Contrary to the above, no administ rative controls were implemented until
af ter May 16, 1980.
Startup from the first refueling was in January 1980.
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