ML20006D946
| ML20006D946 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 01/30/1990 |
| From: | Wilson B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20006D945 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-327-89-29, 50-328-89-29, NUDOCS 9002150289 | |
| Download: ML20006D946 (2) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION i
Tennessee Valley Authority Docket Nos. 50-327, 50-328
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- Sequoyah' License Nos. DPR-77, DPR-79 Duringlthe Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted December 5, c1989.- January 9,1989, a violation of NRC requirements was identified.
In accordance with the " General Stttement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement. Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1989), the violation is listed below:-
10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI, Corrective ' Action, _ states that' measures shall be established to assure that conditions adverse to s
. quality, such as failures, malfunctions, deficiencies,. deviations, defective material and equipment, and: nonconformances are promptly identified and corrected.
Administrative Instruction 12, ~ Corrective Action, implements this requirement, AI-12 establishes the requirements that shall 'oe used in determining whether an issue / problem should be identified as a condition adverse to quality and corrected and documented via a Condition' Adverse to Quality Report--(CAQR); and as such, receive additional reviews and management attention than those required in the administrative control program.. AI-12 states that an item that has failed, malfunctioned or shows. signs of. abnormal degradation resulting from inadequate design shall'be' identified by a CAQR.
Contrary to the ' above, from October 3,1989_ to December 15, 1990, the licensee identified that the heat - tracing had. been removed from the Unit I and ' Unit 2 Refueling Water Storage Tank level transmitters and did
.not. initiate a CAQR or take prompt corrective action. 'These transmitters' had.'a history of failures when heat tracing was not applied.' Prior to the licensee taking corrective action to reapply heat tracing that had been removed as a result of an inadequate design, at least.three level transmitters failed.
These failures resulted in entry into technical
-specification (TS) Limiting Condition for Operation 3.3.3.7, and a request for TS relief.
E This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Tennessee Valley Authority is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:
Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555, with a copy to the Associate Director for Special Projects, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector, Sequoyah, within 30' days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice. This reply should
-be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include:
(1) admission or denial of the violation, (2) the reason for the violation if admitted, (3) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved, (4) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further 9002150289 900130 PDR ADOCK 05000327 9
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Docket Nos. 50-327, 50-328 Sequoyah License Nos. DPR-77, DPR-79 violations, and (5). the date when full compliance will be achieved.- Where good cause is1 shown, consideration will be given' to extending _the response t
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If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order may be issued to show cause why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked or why such other action as may be proper 4
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FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l
f c.t Bruce A. Wilson, Assistant Director for Inspection Programs TVA Projects Division Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dated at Atlanta, Georgia-this 30^ day of January 1990 j
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