ML19332D535
| ML19332D535 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Quad Cities  |
| Issue date: | 11/24/1989 |
| From: | Miller H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| ML19332D534 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-265-89-23, NUDOCS 8912040099 | |
| Download: ML19332D535 (3) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Comonwealth Edison Company Docket No. 50-265 l.
Quad Cities Station - Unit 2 License No. DPR-30 As a result of the inspection conducted on October 16-20 and November 15, 1989, and in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1989) the following violation was identified:
Technical Specification 6.2.A.11 requires adherence to fire protection program implementing procedures.
As specified below Flammable and Combustible Materials Control Procedure QAP 1700-1, and Station Housekeeping Procedure QAP 1700-5 require the following:
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Step C.4 k of QAP 1700-1 and Steps C.1.0, p and q of QAP 1700-5 require, in areas containing safety-related equipment, that excess combustible materials (e.g. scrap and unused material) resulting from a work activity be removed following completion of the activity or at the end of the work shift, whichever comes first. Excess combustible materials required for continuation of the work activity may remain in the area provided the area is not left unattended.
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Step C.4.j of QAP 1700-1 requires that all desks, tables, etc., used inside any Station structures be of suitable non-combustible construction unless prior approval was obtained from the Fire Marshal or his designee.
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Step C.S.a of QAP 1700-1 requires that compressed gas cylinders be firmly
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secured by means of a chain or other approved device attached to a permanent cylinder rack, cylinder truck, welding cart rack or cylinder lifting rig.
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Step C.5.h(10) of QAP 1700-1 requires that compressed gas cylinders not be secured to conduit and implies that mounts not intended for securing compressed gas cylinders not be used.
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Step C.S.b of QAP 1700-1 requires that compressed gas cylinder valve protection caps be securely in place except when a cylinder is in use or connected for use.
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Step C.5.f(12) of QAP 1700-1 requires that compressed gas cylinders not be stored within twenty feet of flammable or combustible liquids unless separated by an approved non-combustible wall.
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Step C.8.b(4) of QAP 1700-5 requires that common combustible material not be stored in safety-related areas.
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Contrary to the above, the fire protection program implementing procedures 3
were not being adhered to as detailed in the examples listed below. The inspector made the following observations during one or more plant tours conducted both during day shift and off-shift hours on October 16, 17, 18 j
and 19, 1989:
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Several stacks of excess unused combustible materials (rolled and rectangular absorbant materials) were found left unattended in the Unit 2 Diesel Generator Room while no work activity was evident.
b.
Three yellow bags containing plastic hoses were found left unattended (lying adjacent to an Appendix R designated fire barrier) in the Unit 2 Reactor Building, 647' elevation while no work activity was evident.
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A plastic bag of combustible rags was found (adjacent to a
" combustible free zone") left unattended in the Unit 2 Turbine Guilding, 639' elevation while no work activity was evident.
2.
A wooden table, chair and electronic equipment with plastic housing (each having inherent combustible characteristics) that were not approved by the Station Fire Marshal or his designee were found in the Unit 1/2 Auxiliary Electrical Equipment Room.
3.
Several individual oxygen and acetylene compressed gas cylinders were found not in use and in an unsecured condition (a locse metal chain was in place but dangling around the lower portion of the cylinders) in the Unit 2 Turbine Building, turbine deck level.
4.
An argon cylinder was found improperly chained to an instrument air line support in the Unit 2 Reactor Building, ground floor, at the south wall across from the south bank of control rod drives.
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An oxygen / acetylene unit which was not in use and not connected for use was found unattended in the Unit 2 Turbine Building, 615' 6" elevation without the gas cylinder's valve protection caps in place.
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An oxygen / acetylene unit which was not in use and not connected for use was found immediately adjacent to an unattended 55 gallon drum of lube oil in the Unit 2 Turbine Building, 611' 6" elevation.
7.
Two (per unit) pan configured cardboard boxes were placed in and on cable trays marked as ESS 11 type trays with a plastic hose running into red plastic buckets to catch the oil leakage in the Unit 1/2 Turbine Building, ground floor, outside the main steamline isolation valve room and the "D". Heater Bay area.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1).
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- Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201. you are required to submit to this office within thirty days of the date of this Notice a written statenent or explanation in reply, including for each violation:
(1) the corrective steps
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that have been taken and the results achievedi (2) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Consideration may be given to extending your response time n
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Dated Hubert J. Miller, Director Division of Reactor Safety j.
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