ML20034F048
| ML20034F048 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 02/23/1993 |
| From: | Beach A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | William Cahill TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC CO. (TU ELECTRIC) |
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| ML20034F049 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 9303020225 | |
| Download: ML20034F048 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000445/1993008
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Docket 50-445
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License NPF-87
Construction Permit CPPR-127
TU Electric
ATTN:
W. J. Cahill, Jr., Group Vice President
Nuclear Engineering and Operations
Skyway Tower
400 North Olive Street, L.B. 81
Dallas, Texas 75201
SUBJFLT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-445/93-08; 50-446/93-08 (NOTICE OF
VIOLATION)
This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. P. M. Madden of the Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation and the inspectors identified in the enclosed
report on January 11-15, 1993. The inspection included a review of activities
authorized for the Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2,
facility. At the conclusion of the inspection, the findings were discussed
with Messrs. Ji. D. Bruner and C. L. Terry and those members of your staff
identified in the enclosed report.
Areas examined during the inspection included followup on inspection findings
identified during the Fire Protection Team Inspection conducted
November 16-20, 1992, and an assessment of your procurement, training, quality
assurance, engineering, installation, and testing activities associated with
your use of Thermo-Lag as a fire barrier system.
Within these areas, the
inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures and
representative records, interviews with personnel, and observation of
activities.in progress.
Based on th'e results of this inspection, certain of your activities appeared
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to be in violation of NRC requirements, as specified in the enclosed Notice of
Violation (Notice). The violation is of concern because a failure in the work
control process resulted in a significant percentage of your safe shutdown
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emergency lighting being inoperative, after the system had been turned over to
the operations organization as functional. The inoperative safe shutdown
lighting may not have been detected until the performance of the next
scheduled preventive maintenance, which occurs at 6-month intervals.
Three unresolved items and two inspection followup items, from the initial
inspection, pertaining to:
the susceptibility of certain safe shutdown motor-
operated valves to be rendered inoperable due to fire induced short
circuiting, as discussed in NRC Information Notice 92-18; testing and
maintenance of emergency lighting; positioning of smoke detectors; physical
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location of sprinkler heads; and completion of the high-impedance fault study
for Unit 1, were closed based on your commitments to take appropriate actions
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in a timely manner.
During this inspection, further commitments were made
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pertaining to justifications for Thermo-Lag configurations which deviate from
tested configurations and completion of 100 percent of the preventive
maintenance procedures for emergency lighting. All of these commitments are
docketed in your letters dated December 23, 1992,- and January 15, 1993, which
are provided as Attachments 2 and 3 to the enclosed report.
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You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions
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specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response.
In your
response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional
actions you plan to prevent recurrence.
After reviewing your response to this
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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 Part 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy
of this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC's Public_ Document _
Room.
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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.
Should you haYe any questions concerning this inspection, we'will be pleased
to discuss them with you.
Sincerely,
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Enclosures:
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Appendix A - Notice of Violation
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Appendix B - NRC Inspection Report
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TU Electric
ATTN:
Roger D. Walker, Manager of
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Regulatory Affairs for Nuclear
Engineering Organization
Skyway Tower
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1850 Parkway Place
Marietta, Georgia 30067-8237
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TU Electric
Bethesda Licensing
3 Metro Center, Suite 610
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
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Jorden, Schulte, and Burchette
ATTN: William A. Burchette, Ecl.
Counsel for Tex-La Electric
Cooperative of Texas
1025 Thomas Jefferson St., N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20007
Newman & Holtzinger, P.C.
ATTN:
Jack R. Newman, Esq.
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Suite 1000
Washington, D.C.
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Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation
ATTN:
G. R. Bynog, Program Manager /
Chief Inspector
Boiler Division
P.O. Box 12157, Capitol Station
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Honorable Dale McPherson
County Judge
P.O. Box 851
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Glen Rose, Texas 76043
Texas Radiation Control Program Director
1100 West 49th Street
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Owen L. Thero, President
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Quality Technology Company
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