ML20003J181

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Notice of Violation from Insp on 810220.Noncompliance Noted: Schedule 40 Pipe Was Being Supported Entirely by Welded Connection
ML20003J181
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Site: Comanche Peak Luminant icon.png
Issue date: 02/25/1981
From: Seidle W
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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ML20003J178 List:
References
50-445-81-02, 50-445-81-2, NUDOCS 8105080542
Download: ML20003J181 (2)


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.O Appendix A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Texas Utilities Generating Company Docket No. 50-445 CPPR-126 As a result of the inspection conducted on February 20, 1981, and in accordance with the Interim Enforcement Policy, 45 FR 66754 (October 7,1980), the following violation was identified:

Failure to Follow Procedures for Piping Installation 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V states, " Activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures or drawings of a type appropriate to the circumstances and shall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures or drawings."

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'g Erection Specificaticn 2323-MS-100, Revision 5, as modified by L.

gn Change Authority 4184, prohibits the temporary support of piping from valves.

Licensee's letter, dated May 5, 1980, in response to IE Inspection Report No. 50-445/80-11; 50 446/80-11, states in part, "The Brown and Root Procedure governing piping installation has been revised and now precludes attachment of piping ~ 7 stems to the associated equip-ment prior to positive support of the piping." Paragraph 3.17 was added to Brown & Root Procedure CP-CPM-6.9E, " Pipe Fabrication and Installation," to fulfill this commitment.

Contrary to the On February 20, 1981, at approximately 3:00 p.m., the NRC Resident Reactor Inspector observed that an estimated 18 feet of 16 inch, schedule 40 pipe was being supported entirely by only the welded connection to a 16 inch check valve and further that the valve and the aforementioned pipe assembly were being entirely supported for an unidentified length by the continua-tion of the piping run through a wall sleeve.

The unsupported line was identified as line number 16-CT-1-001-151R2, the valve as 1CT-149 and the connecting continuing line as 16-CT-1-120R2; all as shown on Figure 6.2.2-1,

" Flow Diagram, Containment Spray System," in the Final Safety Analysis Report.

This is a Severity Level V violation (Supplement I!).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Texas Utilities Generating Company is hereby required to submit to this office within twenty-five days of the date of this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including:

(1) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (3) the 8105080 5 %

. date when full compif ance will be achieved.

Under the authority of Section 182 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, this response shall be submitted under oath or affirmation.

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