ML19309A291
| ML19309A291 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Rancho Seco |
| Issue date: | 12/06/1974 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML19309A274 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-312-74-09, 50-312-74-9, NUDOCS 8003270652 | |
| Download: ML19309A291 (3) | |
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O' ENCLOSURE DESCRIPTION OF VIOLATIONS Sacramento Municipal Utility District Sacramento, California Docket No. 50-312.
Certain activities under your operating license appear to be in viola '
tion of AEC regulations and your technical specifications and QA program as described below.
The following violations are consF red to be of Category II severity.
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Specification 3.3.1.A.1 as.
imiting Condition for Operation in Appendix A of your Technical Specifications requires that the reactor shall not remain critical, unless the borated water storage tank contains a minimum of 390,000 gallons of water having a
=4n4===,F. concentration of 1,800 ppa boron at a temperature not less than 40 Contrary to the above, the reactor was taken critical and remained critical for a period of 17 minutes with the borated water storage tank containinF 375,000 gallons of water as reported in your letter to Licensing dated October 9, 1974.
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Specification 3.1.2.3 and Figure 3.1.2-2 as a Limiting Condition for Operation in Appendix A of your Technical Specifications require that the maximum cooldown rate of the reactor coolant system shall not p ceed 100 F/hr for reactor coolant systen tempera-tures between 530 F and 280 F.
Contrary to the above, a cooldown rate of the reactor coolant system of 122 F/hr was experienced as a result of the plant transient reported in your letter to Licensing dated October 22, 1974.
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Criterion VII of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, states in part, " measures shall be established to assure that purchased material, equipment, and services... conform to procurement documents. These measures shall include... examination of products upon delivery." Criterion X of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, states in part, "A program for inspection of activities affecting quality shall be established and executed...to verify conformance with documented instructions, procedures and drawings for accomplishing the activity." Further, SMUD Quality Assurance Procedure No. 6, Inspection Planning, states in part,
" Inspection planning will be prepared for... receiving inspection...on Class 1 items and selected Class II items."
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Contrary to the above, no receiving inspection pinnning has been performed for the receipt inspection of Class I spare parts.
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Criterion XIV of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, states in part, " Measures shall be established to indicate by the use of markings, such as stamps, tags, routine cards, or other suitable means, the status of inspection and tests performed upon individual items of the nuclear power plant...These measures shall provide for the identification of items which have satisfactorily passed required inspections ad tests...Further SMUD, Quality Assurance Procedure No.10, Receiving Inspection, states that "Upon completion of the inspection, the parts are acceptance stamped or tagged by the inspector."
Contrary to the above, class I spara parts, stored in the warehouse, ready for issue, have not been stamped or tagged to indicate their acceptance status.
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Criterion XV of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, states in part, " Measures shall be established to control materials, parts or components which do not conform to requirements...These measures shall include, as appropriate, procedures for identification, documentation, i
segregation,, disposition, and notification to affected organization..."
Further, SMUD Quality Assurance Procedure No. 8 states that for the receiving of materials, parts and components, "When a nonconformance j
is detected, the inspector will prepare a Nonconformance Report."
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Contrary to the above, Nonconformance Reports have not been prepared for spare parts determined unacceptable during receipt processing in the warehouse.
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Criterion XVI of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B states in part, " Measures shall be established to assure that conditions adverse to quality...are promptly identified and corrected." Further, SMUD Quality Assurance Procedure No.19, System Auditing, states that "All organization j
shall provide prompt corrective action to verify quality assurance inadequacies."
Contrary to the above, proposed action to correct an apparent deficiency identified during an internal audit performed on July 25, 1974, had not been resolved as of the date of the Regulatory Operations inspection ending on November 12, 1974.
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The following violation'is considered to be of Category III severity.
Criterion XVII of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, states in part, " Sufficient records shall be maintained to furnish evidence of activities affecting quality..." and specification 6.11.3.b of Appenddx A of your Technical Specifications requires records relative to plant organization and personnel changes, qualifications, experience, training and retraining of personnel employed at the plant be retained for the life of the plant.
Contrary to the above, records were not being maintained to docu-ment quality assurance indoctrination and training of personnel performing quality activities related to receipt inspection planning, receipt inspection or for the use of stamps or tags used to identif7 the acceptance status of Class I spare parts, l
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