ML20034F060

Notice of Violation from Insp on Stated Dates.Violations: Listed Specific Procedures Requirements Were Not Properly Implemented

ML20034F060
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	02/23/1993
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
Shared Package
ML20034F051	List: ML20034F050 ML20034F060 ML20034F065
References
50-327-93-02, 50-327-93-2, 50-328-93-02, 50-328-93-2, NUDOCS 9303020231
Download: ML20034F060 (2)

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i ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Tennessee Valley Authority Docket Nos. 50-327, 50-328 Sequoyah Units 1 and 2 License Nos. DPR-77, DPR-79 During an NRC inspection conducted January 11, 1993 through January 29, 1993 a violation of NRC requirements was identified.

In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C, the violation is listed below:

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Technical Specification 6.8.1 requires, in part, that written procedures be established, implemented and maintained for applicable procedures recommended in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Quality Assurance Program Requirements, Revision 2, February 1978. Appendix A to Regulatory Guide 1.33 requires administrative procedures, which include:

safe operation of nuclear power plants, scheduling calibrations, and performing maintenance.

Contrary to the above, the following specific procedures requirements were not properly implemented as described below.

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Site Standard Practice SSP-6.52 Rev. O, Activities of Customer Group at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, requires in step 3.2.a that clearances and grounding be performed in accordance with site and Customer Group requirements.

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Letter No. 9 dated June 1, 1992 section 14 requires that after verifying switching orders to be correct and adequate, the operator will then perform the operations exactly in the order given, carefully observing equipment for proper operation. He l

will report the time for each operation, including the time that clearance tags were placed.

On January 1,1993, during first shift, Sequoyah operators performed the required switching evolutions out of. sequence.

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Site Standard Practice Procedure, SSP-6.21, Maintenance Management System initiation Of Work Requests, specifically requires that work requests be initiated for maintenance on all installed plant equipment.

On December 8, 1992, a system engineer and a non-licensed operator performed maintenance on unit 2, number 3 heater drain tank level controller, LIC-6-106, with no work request or procedure.

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Site Standard Practice 6.3, Preventive Maintenance, is the administrative procedure for scheduling PM tasks, including cal i brati on'.. Section 3.12.2 of SSP-6.3 requires that if a PM task cannot be performed within the scheduled due date, including-the grace period, then the responsible Systems Engineer will 9303020231 930223 l

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2 provide a written technical justification for rescheduling or canceling the PM task.

On or about March 1991, a technical justification was not written i

for deferring the calibration of the 6.9 kV shutdown board time delay relays (device LV1 and LV2) for shutdown boards IB-B and 2B-B indefinitely.

These relays were last calibrated in May 1989.

As of January 22, 1993 a technical justification had not been written.

This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement 1).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Tennessee Valley Authority is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C.

20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region II, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector, Sequoyah, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation:

(1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved.

If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or demand for information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

Dated at Atlanta, Georgia l

this 23th day of February 1993

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