ML20036B031
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| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | FitzPatrick  |
| Issue date: | 05/13/1993 |
| From: | Wenzinger E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Harry Salmon POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9305180083 | |
| Download: ML20036B031 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000333/1993004
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Docket No. 50-333
Mr. Harry P. Salmon, Jr.
Resident Manager
New York Power Authority
James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant
Post Office Box 41
Lycoming, New York 13093
Dear Mr. Salmon:
Subject:
NRC Inspection Report No. 50-333/93-04
This letter refers to your April 29,1993 correspondence, in response to our April 1,1993
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Thank you for informing us of the corrective and preventive actions documented in your
letter. These actions will be examined during a future inspection of your licensed program.
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Your cooperation with us is appreciated.
Sincerely,
Edward C. Wenzinger, Chief
Projects Branch No. 2
Division of Reactor Projects
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Director, Energy & Water Division, Department of Public Service, State of New York
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DOCKET NO. 50-333
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Gentlemen:
In accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Notice of
Violation, we are submitting our response to notice
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Technical Specification 6.8.A states, in part, that. written
procedures shall be implemented that meet or exceed the
requirements of Section 5 " Facility Administrative Policies
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and Procedures" of ANSI 18.7 - 1972..
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ANSI 18.7 - 1972, Section 5.3.4.2 states, in part, that
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procedures shall be provided to guide operations during and
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following a controlled shutdown or reactor trip.
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AOP-1, Reactor Scram Procedure, Section C.1, Immediate.
Operator Actions, states, in part, place reactor mode switch
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in shutdown.
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ODSO-2,.. Operating Principles and Philosophy, Section'7.3.4
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requires, in part, that after immediate actions are
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performed, the actions are verified to be correct and
complete per the appropriate procedure.
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Contrary to the above, on February 25, 1993, AOP-1, Reactor
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Scram, was not properly implemented, in that, the mode
switch was not verified in shutdown prior to resetting the
The mode switch was found in an intermediate
position after resetting the scram.
Response to Notice of Violation
The Power Authority agrees with this finding, and
acknowledges that operating procedure AOP-1, Reactor Scram
Procedure, Section C.2.3.b.1 requires the operator to
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" verify Rx mode switch is in shutdown", and that this step
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was not properly performed by the operator.
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cause of this violation was personnel error.
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The scram occurred at 0140 hours0.00162 days <br />0.0389 hours <br />2.314815e-4 weeks <br />5.327e-5 months <br /> on February 25, 1993
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(LER-93-004).
The immediate corrective action, which
occurred at 0153 hours0.00177 days <br />0.0425 hours <br />2.529762e-4 weeks <br />5.82165e-5 months <br />, was to place the mode switch in
shutdown and reset the scram.
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Permanent corrective action includes adding a step to the
Subsequent Operator Action section of AOP-1 that will
provide the operators with a method, other than visual
observations of the switch handle, to verify the reactor
mode switch is in the shutdown position.
This step will be
to verify that annunciator, " mode switch in shutdown trip
bypass" has alarmed.
This annunciator will only alarm if
the mode switch is in shutdown and a short time delay has
elapsed.
The NRC letter which transmitted Inspection Report No.
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50-333/93-04 requested an evaluation of the post trip review
process to identify measures which would strengthen the
process.
A review of this process has been completed, and a
number of changes identified.
The single largest change is
the formation of the Post Transient Review Group (PTRG).
This group will consist of three members.
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Operations (an SRO independent of the transient being
analyzed), one member from Technical Services, and one
member from the Operations Review Group.
The PTRG analyzes
the event, identifies the root cause, recommends corrective
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Procedure AP-03.01, Post Trip Evaluation will
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guidance for the Post Transient Review Group.
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Office of the Resident Inspector
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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