ML20011F276

LER 90-004-00:on 900124:discovered That Control Rod Positions Not Recorded on Operator Logs on 890425 When Control Rod Insertion Limit Monitor & Deviation Alarm Out of Svc.Cause Not Stated.Personnel counseled.W/900223 Ltr

ML20011F276
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	02/23/1990
From:	Noonan T DUQUESNE LIGHT CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
LER-90-004, LER-90-4, ND3MNO:2031, NUDOCS 9003050005
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- O Box 4 Stuppingport PA 15077-0004 February 23, 1990-ND3MNO:2031 Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. 1 Docket No. 50-334, License No.:DPR-66 LER 90-004-00 a: -

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk

. Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen:

In accordance with Appendix A, Beaver Valley Technical Specifications, the following Licensee Event Report is-submitted:

LER 90-004-00, 10 CFR 50.72.a.2.i.B, " Failure to Record Rod Positions".

Very truly.yours, T. P. Noonan General Manager Nuclear Operations s1

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J. Beall -Nuclear Regulatory Commission, BVPS Sen1or Resident Inspector ,,.

Dave Amerine Centerior Energy 6200 Oak Tree Blvd.

Independence, Ohio 44101 INPO Records Center Suite 1500 1100 Circle 75 Parkway Atlanta, GA 30339 G. E. Muckle, Factory Mutual Engineering, Pittsburgh Mr. J. N. Steinmetz, Operating Plant Projects Manager Mid Atlantic-Area. '

Westinghouse Electric Corporation Energy Systems Service Division Box-355 Pittsburgh, PA 15230 American Nuclear Insurers c/o Dottie Sherman, ANI Library The Exchange Suite 245 270 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06032 Mr. Richard'Janati Department of Environmental Resources P. O. Box 2063 16th Floor, Fulton Building Harrisburg, PA 17120 Director, Safety Evaluation & Control +

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On 1/24/90, an internal Quality Assurance audit discovered that the Control Rod positions were not recorded ~on the operators logs on 4/25/89 at 2000 Hours. These-readings are required to be recorded, as per Technical Specifications 3.1.3.1 and 3.1.3.2.

.every four hours when the Control Rod Insertion Limit-monitor and Deviation alarm are out of service. This audit found no other omissions of this type. An independent examination of a sampling of operator logs found no similar-errors. The involved personnel were counseled concerning this event. There were no safety implications due to this event. The operator logs for 4/25/89 at 1600 Ilours and 4/26/89 at 0000 Hours showed that the control rods '

were. aligned to within 5 steps, while the maximum allowed deviation is 12 steps.

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0l0 0l2 0F 0l2 Descrintion of Event In January 1990, the Beaver Valley Quality Assurance (QA).

Department performed an internal audit of the Operations group's compliance with Technical Specification requirements. On January 24, 1990, this audit discovered that the Operation Surveillance Verification Log-LS-3 was not completed-for April 25, 1989. This log is used to record the control rod analog position indications .

every four hours and verify that they vary no more than 12 steps  !

from the digital. position indications. All reading on the April 25 1989 log were complete except for the 2000 Hour readings, which were left blank. This violated the surveillance requirements of Technical Specifications 3.1.3.1 (Reactivity control Systems - Movable Control Assemblies) and 3.1.3.2 (Reactivity Control Systems - Position Indication Systems).

Cause of Event The QA audit-found no other errors of this type. The Operations department conducted an independent check of a sample of completed Operation Surveillance Logs and found no other problems of this type. Based on these examinations, it appears that this event was an isolated case, f Corrective Actions l

l Tpe involved personnel have been counseled concerning this event.

l Previous Similar Events There have been no previous reportable events where operators failed to log the control rod positions.

l l Safety Evaluation L l There were no safety implications due to this event. The operator logs for 4/25/89 at 1600 Hours and 4/26/89 at 0000 Hours showed that the control rods were aligned to within 5 steps, while the l l_. maximum allowed deviation is 12 steps. i i

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