ML19347F197
| ML19347F197 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hatch  |
| Issue date: | 04/03/1981 |
| From: | Widner W GEORGIA POWER CO. |
| To: | James O'Reilly NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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GeoOa Power Cornpany 333 Piedmont Av;nue 8
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Post Office Box 4545 At!anta. Georgia 30302 GeorgiaPower
'*Od ite southern electnc system W. A. Widner vice President and General Manager April 3, 1981 Nuclear Generation United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
REFERENCE:
Office of Inspection and Enforcement RII:
RCL Region II - Suite 3100 50-321/50-366' 101 Marietta Street, NW Inspection Report Atlanta, Georgia 30302 81-04 c
ATTENTION: Mr. James P. O'Reilly Gentlemen:
The following information is submitted in response to Inspection Report 81-04, concerning the inspection conducted by R. F. Rogers of your office on January 10 - February 10, 1981.
Two apparent violations were identified.
V10LATIONS:
A.
Technical Specification 3.5.3.1.b.2 requires that in condition 4, two independent Core Spray System subsystems shall be operable taking suction from the condensate storage tank when the suppression pool is drained.
Contrary to the above, the operability of the core spray system was not met in that on January 26, 1981, the manual injection isolation valves for both subsystems were inadvertently shut for approximately 7 hours8.101852e-5 days <br />0.00194 hours <br />1.157407e-5 weeks <br />2.6635e-6 months <br />.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation.
B.
Technical Specification 6.8.2 requires that written procedures be reviewed by the Plant Review Board (PRB) and approved by the Plant Manager.
Contrary to the above, adequate review and approval requirements were not met in that the PRB reviewed and the Plant Manager approved an inservice inspection hydro procedure (HNP-2-1230) on January 9, 1981, which, resulted in violation of Technical Specification 3.5.3.1.b.2 when implemented.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation.
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Mr. James P. O'Reilly April 3,1981 Page 2
RESPONSE
Admission or denial of alleged violations:
The violations occurred as stated.
Reason for the Violations:
The Inservice Inspection RPV Hydro procedure in use at the time, HNP-2-1230, contained no warning that Technical Specifications would be violated if the valve lineup was performed without water in the torus. The torus mJst be filled to perform the RPV hydro, and when the Plant Review Board reviewed and approved the procedure, it was their understanding that the procedure, which includes the valve line-up, would not be performed until the torus was refilled.
However, this was not stated in writing as part of the procedure.
This resulted in Violation B.
The valve line-up was commenced several days prior to the RPV hydro at a time when the torus was still drained.
Since the procedure did not contain a caution that core spray injection would be isolated as a result of the valve lineup, Violation A resulted.
Corrective steps which have been taken and results achieved:
Upon discovery, the core spray manual isolation valves we; e returned to the open position and the valve line-up discontinued.
On January 27,1981 HNP-2-1230 was replaced by HNP-2-3995. The valve line-up specified in this procedure requires-that thet manual isolation valves be left open and that motor-operated isolation valves 2E21-F005A and B be used as the hydro boundary:
Revision 1 to this procedure, incorporated on February 12, 1981, requires that Technical Specifications 3.5.3.1 be complied with prior to starting the valve line-up.
In addition, on February 11, 1981, a letter stressing the importance of ECCS operability was distributed to plant personnel.
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Corrective steps which will be taken to avoid future violations:
The steps outlined are sufficient to assure future compliance.
Date when full compliance was achieved:
Revision 1 to HNP-2-3995 was in place on February 12, 1981.
Please contact this office if you require further information.
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GeorgiaPower A Mr. James P. O'Reilly April 3,1981 Page 3 W. A. Widner states that he is Vice President of Georgia Power Company and is authorized to execute this oath on behalf of Georgia Power Company, and that to the best of his knowledge and belief the facts set forth in this letter are true.
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W. A. Widner Sworn to and. subscribed before me this 3rd day of April 1981.
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Executive Vice President 270 Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30303 Gentlemen:
Subject:
Report Nos. 50-321/81-04 and 50-366/81-04 This refers to the routine safety inspection conducted by R. F. Rogers of this office on January 10 - February 20, 1981, of activities authorized by NRC Operating License Nos. OPR-57 and NPF-5 for the Hatch facility. Our preliminary findings were discussed with M. Manry 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 inspector.
During the inspection, it was found that certain activities under your license appear to violate NRC requirements.
These items and references to pertinent requirements are listed in the Notice of Violation enclosed herewith as Appendix A.
Elements to be included in your response are delineated in Appendix A.
We have examined actions you have taken with regard to previously identified enforcement mattersLand unresolved items. The status of these items is discussed in the enc,losed report.
In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosed inspection report will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
If this report contains any information that you believe to be proprietary, it is necessary that you make a written application within 20 days to this office to withhold such information from public disclosure. Any such application must include the basis for claiming that the information is proprietary and the proprietary information should be 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 Public Document Room.
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-- Should you'have any questions concerning this. letter,-we will be glad to discuss them with you.
Sincerely-j ichard C./L[wis, Acting Director A
Division of Re:iient and Reactor Project Inspection
Enclosures:
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Appendix A, Notice of Violation 2.
Insper. tion Report Nos. 50-321/81-04, 50-366/81-04 cc w/ encl:
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