ML20036A805
| ML20036A805 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Framatome ANP Richland |
| Issue date: | 04/30/1993 |
| From: | Scarano R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Femreite B SIEMENS POWER CORP. (FORMERLY SIEMENS NUCLEAR POWER |
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| ML20036A806 | List: |
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| EA-93-085, EA-93-85, NUDOCS 9305170026 | |
| Download: ML20036A805 (3) | |
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APR 3059g3 Docket No. 70-1257 License No. SNM-1227 EA93-0B5 Siemens Power Corporation 2101 Horn Rapids Road P. D. Box 130 Richland, Washington 99352-0130 Attention: Mr. B. it. Femreite, Plant Manager
SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO 70-1257/93-05 This refers to the special in-office inspection conducted by Mr. C. A. nooker of this office on April 19-22, 1993.
Ihe inspection included a review of the findings identified during the Augmented Inspection Team (AIT) inspection (Report No. 70-1257/93-02) conducted on february 9-12, 1993, of activities authorized for your Siemens Power Corporation facility in Richland, Washington. The findings related to this inspection were discussed by telephone en April 22, 1993, with those members of your staff identified in the enclosed report.
Areas examined during this inspecticn are describej in the enclosed inspection report. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of a review of the findings described in the AIT Inspection Report No. 70-1257/93-02, a selective examination of procedures and your April 22, 1993, response to the NRC's
" Confirmatory Action Letter" dated February 12, 1993. The purpose of the inspection was to determine whether activities authorized by the license were conducted safely and in accordance with NRC requirements.
Based on the results of this inspection, four apparent violations were identified and are being considered for escalated enforcement action in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions" (Enforcement Policy),10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C.
These apparent "f olations involve the failure to:
(11 "" ~ ' procedures for
.se of a " Work Order" modifich %n of systems that involve fissile ma l
as opposia to an " Engineering Change Notice"), 1.
. sode safety modifications in the criticality safety analyses (installation of limit switches on Accurate feeders), (3) follow operating procedures (taping of a safety interlock), and (4) perform an adequate evaluation of the potential for moderator intrusion.
Collectively, these apparent violations indicate failure to rigorously implement your criticality safety program. Accordingly, no Notice of Violation is presently being issued for these inspection findings.
Please be advised that the number and characterization of apparent violations described in the enclosed inspection report may change as a result of further NRC revier:
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An enforcement conference to discuss these apparent violations has been scheduled for May 17, 1993, at 2:00 pm, at the Region V office.
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enforcement conference will be open to public observation in accordance with i
the Commissions trial program as discussed in the enclosed Federal Register notice (Enclosure 2).
The decision to hold an enforcement conference does not
-i mean that the NRC has determined that a violation has occurred or that enforcement action will be taken.
The purposes of this conference are to
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i discuss the apparent violations, their causes and ' safety significance; to-i provide you the opportunity to point out any errors in our inspection report; and to provide an opportunity for you to present your proposed corrective i
In particular, we expect you to address the application of actions.
criticality safety principles as they apply to the apparent violations; the -
degree of rigor applied to planning, installation and use of the limitregarding the switches; and the rigor of analyses predating February 12, 1993, potential for moderator intrusion into the moderation control areas of the In addition, this is an opportunity for you to l
powder preparation system.
provide your views concerning 1) the severity of the violations, 2) the
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application of the factors that the NRC considers when it determines the-amount of a civil penalty that may be assessed in accordance with Section j
VI.B.'2 of the Enforcement Policy, and 3) any other application of the Enforcement Policy to this case, including the exercise of discretion in accordance with Section VII.
Y6u will be advised by' separate correspondence of the' results of our deliberations on this matter. No response regarding-I these apparent violations is required at this time.
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'I In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, a copy of this lctter and the enclosures will be placed in the NRC's Public Document q
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Division of Raciation Safety &
Safeguards
Enclosures:
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Inspection Report'No. 70-1257/93-05 2.
Federal Register Notice i
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