ML19317G189

RO-77-84:on 770713,discovered That Unit 3 Not Notified of 770706 Unit 1 & 2 Failure.Caused by Personnel Error.Tests Not Meeting Acceptance Criteria Constitute Inoperability. Personnel Instructed in Tech Spec Requirement Procedures

ML19317G189
Person / Time
Site:	Crystal River
Issue date:	08/05/1977
From:	Stewart W FLORIDA POWER CORP.
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EVENT DESCRIPTICN 0e l On 13 July 1977, while reviewing the completed Quarterly Battery Check Surveillance l

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gl Procedure SP-511, ic was discovered that Unit 3 was not notified of the failure of the t

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@l Units 1 & 2 batteries to meet the SP requirements. Unit 3 failed to enter the Action l

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Redundancy NA as batteries were operable.

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7 09 60 oe [ occurrence. The Action Statement was entered immediately and the SP re-run.

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Report No.:

50-302/77-84 2.

Facility:

Crystal River Unit #3 i-3.

Report Date:

5 August 1977 4.

Occurrence Date:

6 July 1977 5.

Identification of Occurrence:

Failure to enter Action Statement of Technical Specification 3.8.1.1 upon failure of Units 1 & 2 batteries to meet requirements of the Quarterly Battery Check SP-511.

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Conditions Prior to Occurrence:

Mode 1 power operation 7.

Description of Occurrence:

j On 13 July 1977, examination of Units 1 & 2 battery surveillance disclosed that, in anticipation of an upcoming surveillance test, a preliminary test had been performed on s'

i 6 July 1977. Several cells' specific gravity had dropped more than.01 from the pre-i vious quarter, but did meet acceptance criteria in other respects. Upon this dis-closure, Action. Statement was entered. The batteries in question meanwhile had been en charge and passed the surveillance and were declared operable within 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br />.

Designation of Apparent Cause:

Units 1 & 2 personnel were not aware that tests performed prior to required sur-ve111ance schedule which do not meet acceptance criteria constitute inoperability.

This has been corrected.

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Analysis of Occurrence:

There vera no safety implications in that the batteries were functioning in their intended service during the time in question.

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Corrective Action:

A meeting was held on 14 July 1977 by the Compliance Staff with all concerned personnel, to formally instruct them of correct actions to be taken with respect to Tech Spec requirements.

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Failure Data:

This was the first occurrence of this event.

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