ML20024J261
| ML20024J261 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 10/05/1994 |
| From: | Beach A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Yelverton J ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20024J262 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9410130106 | |
| Download: ML20024J261 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000313/1994007
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OCT - 5 1994
Dockets:
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50-368
Licenses:
NPF-6
Entergy Operations, Inc.
ATTN:
J. W. Yelverton, Vice President
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Operations, Arkansas Nuclear One
1448 S.R. 333
Russellville, Arkansas 72801
SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-313/94-07; 50-368/94-07 (NOTICE OF
VIOLATION)
This refers to the inspection conducted by Ms. L. J. Smith and other
inspectors of this office on July 24 through September 3,1994.
The
inspection included a review of activities authorized for your Arkansas
Nuclear One, Units 1 and 2, facility.
At the conclusion of the inspection,
the findings were discussed with you and those members of your staff
identified in the enclosed report.
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Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the report.
Within
these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures
and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observation of
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activities in progress.
The purpose of the inspection was to determine
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whether activities authorized by the license were conducted safely and in
accordance with NRC requirements.
Based on the results of this inspection, certain licensed activities appeared
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to be in violation of NRC requirements as specified in the enclosed Notice of
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Violation (Notice).
The first violation involves two examples of:
(1) the
failure to lock Unit I feedwater line vent valves which are manual reactor
building isolation valves, and (2) the failure to include the same valves in
the procedure used to check valve positions prior to criticality.
While the
failure of these valves to be correctly positioned during power operations
would quickly be detected, the violation is still of concern because your
staff has incorrectly interpreted that manual reactor building isolation vent
and drain valves on lines which fall undr - the scope of 10 CFR Part 50,
Appendix A, General Design Criteria 57, " Closed System Isolation Valves," do
not have to be locked.
The second violation involving the inadvertent omission of a change to a
maintenance procedure is not being cited because the criteria in
paragraph Vll.B.1 of Appendix C to 10 CFR Part 2 of the NRC's " Rules of
Practice" were satisfied.
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The inspection also identified an unre',olved item concerning the low pressure
safety injection motor-operated valves which would not close to a leak tight
configuration in the presence of a design basis check valve leakage.
This
matter is discussed in Section 7 of the enclosed inspection report.
You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions
specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response.
In your
response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional
actions ycu plan to prevent recurrence. After reviewing your response to this
Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future
inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action is
necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of
this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the NP.C Public Document Room.
The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject
to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No. 96.511.
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Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be pleased
to discuss them with you.
Sincerely,
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A. Bill Beach, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
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Enclosures:
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Appendix A - Notice of Violation
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Appendix B - NRC Inspection Report
50-313/94-07; 50-368/94-07
cc w/ enclosures:
Entergy Operations, Inc.
ATTN:
Harry W. Keiser, Executive
Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
D.O.
Box 31995
Jackson, Mississippi
39286-1995
Entergy Operations, Inc.
ATTN:
Jerrold G. Dewease, Vice President
Operations Support
P.O. Box 31995
Jackson, Mississippi
39286
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Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway
ATTN:
Robert B. McGehee, Esq.
P.O. Box 651
Jackson, Mississippi
39205
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Honorable C. Doug Luningham
County Judge of Pope County
Pope County Courthouse
Russellville, Arkansas 72801
Winston & Strawn
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ATTN: Nicholas S. Reynolds, Esq.
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1400 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20005-3502
ATTN:
Ms. Greta Dicus, Director
Division of Radiation Control and
Emergency Management
4815 West Markham Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-3867
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B&W Nuclear Technologies
ATTN:
Robert B. Borsum
Licensing Representative
1700 Rockville Pike, Suite 525
Rockville, Maryland 20852
Admiral Kinnaird R. McKee, USN (Ret)
214 South Morris Street
Oxford, Maryland 21654
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ABB Combustion Engineering
Nuclear Power
ATTN:
Charles B. Brinkman
Manager, Washington
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Nuclear Operations
12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 330
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Rockville, Maryland 20852
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