ML19309C679

Responds to NRC Ltr Re Violations Noted in IE Insp Repts 50-313/80-01 & 50-368/80-01.Corrective Actions:Comprehensive Program Under Development for Scheduling & Performance of Relay Insp & Testing.Program Will Be Completed by Nov 1980

ML19309C679
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	02/22/1980
From:	Trimble D ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:	Madsen G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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ML19309C674	List: ML19309C679
References
1-020-16, 1-20-16, NUDOCS 8004090148
Download: ML19309C679 (3)

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9 ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY POST OFFICE BOX 551 UlTLE ROCK. ARKANSAS 72203 (501) 371-4000 February 22, 1980 1-020-16 2-020-10 Mr. G. L. Madsen, Chief Reactor Operations & Nuclear Support Office of Inspection & Enforcement U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Arlington, Texas 76011

Subject:

Arkansas Nuclear One - Units 1 & 2 Docket Nos. 50-313 and 50-368 License Nos. DPR-51 and NPF-6 Response to Inspection Report Nos. 50-313/80-01 and 50-368/80-01 (File: 0232, 2-0232)

Gentlemen:

Attached is our response to the subject report.

Very truly yours,

.DCLut) f. Y David C. Trimble Manager, Licensing DCT: MAS:skm Attachment cc: Mr. W. D. Johnson U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm.

P. O. Box 2090 Russellville, AR 72801 i

8004090(4%

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1 MEMBEA MICOLE SOUTH UTILITIES SYSTEM

NOTICE OF VIOLATION Based on the results of an NRC inspection conducted during the period of January 7-18, 1980, it appears that certain of your activities were not conducted in full compliance with NRC regulations and the conditions of your licenses, DPR-51 and NPF-6, as indicated below:

I. Criterion V to Appendix B of 10 CFR states: " Activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented in-structions, procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstances and shall be accomplished in accor-dance with these instructions, procedures, or drawings.

Instructions, procedures, or drawings shall include appro-priate quantitative or qualitative acceptance criteria for determining that important activities have been satisfac-torily accomplished."

AP&L Quality Control implementing procedure 1004.10, Test Control (revision 5, PC-3), states in paragraph 5.2.2:

"A primary listing of process instrumentation requiring calibration according to Technical Specifications require-ments is included in Procedure QC 1004.12. The computerized preventive maintenance program also serves as a listing of Technical Specification requirements but Procedure QC 1004.12 remains as the controlling document for Technical Specifica-tion calibration. Other process instruments are listed in an Equipment Identification List (EIL) or the computerized preventive maintenance program. These lists include equip-ment title (number), calibration interval, and applicable procedure number."

Contrary to the above, the inspector found as a result of a review of electrical safety-related job orders conducted during the 1978 refueling outage (Example, Job Order 5804R2) that the calibration and testing program for the protective relaying associated with the switchgear attached to the Engineer Safety System 4.16KV buses is deficient in that:

(a) No approved written procedures were found delineating the calibration and testing of these relays, and (b) No schedule of the type described above were found to include these relays.

This failure to comply with Criterion V to Appendix B of 10 CFR 50 and the implementing procedure 1004.10 constitutes an item of noncompliance at the infraction level.

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II. Criterion XVII of Appendix B to 10 CFR 50, as amplified by paragraph 11.4.2, of APL-TOP-1A requires that records of testing contain test'results and conclusions and that they be reviewed and signed by the cognizant supervisor.

Contrary to the above, the existing data sheets by recording (nly a relay setting do not contain sufficient criteria such that conclusions concerning acceptability can be reached based solely on these records. Furthermore, the cognizant stpervisor denoted in Exhibit I to procedure 1004.10 did not review and sign the existing data sheets for the above relays.

Th~s is a deficiency.

RESPONSE

The feasability of adding relay personnel to the ANO staff is under review.

Presently, all relay activities at AN0 are accomplished by relay personnel on loan from the central Relay Department. A comprehensive program is also being developed for the scheduling and performance of relay inspection and testing. The comprehensive program will include the following components:

(1) A schedule for inspection, calibration, and testing of relays required by Technical Specifications.

(2) A system of approved plant procedures for relay calibration and testing containing sufficient acceptance criteria to allow the reviewing super-visor to determine acceptability.

(3) A system of review and retention of completed procedures to avoid any further noncompliance.

The responsibility for review of relay data sheets and completed procedures lies with the maintenance superintendent or his designee. The relay proce-dures will require this review and approval. The development of a compre-hensive program will be completed by November 1980.

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