ML20043A836

Responds to Violations Noted in Insp Repts 50-313/90-05 & 50-368/90-05.Corrective Actions:Personnel Involved Received Counselling Re Incident & Operations Personnel Being Trained on Significance of Surveillance Requirements

ML20043A836
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	05/07/1990
From:	Ewing E ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
0CAN059003, CAN59003, NUDOCS 9005230178
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U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Mail Station P1-137 F Washington, D. C. 20555

SUBJECT:

Arkansas Nuclear One - Units 1 and 2 L Docket Nos. 50-313/50-368 License Nos. DPR-51 and NPF-6 Response to Inspection Report 50-313/90-05; 50-368/90-05 s

Gentlemen:

Pursuant to the provisions of 10CFR2.201, attached is the response to the violation regarding the failure to perform a Technical Specification surveillcnce on the containment personnel air lock within the required time ,

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'E, C. Ewing t General Manager, i Technical Support and Assessment  ;

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.May 7, 1990 i Notice of Violation ,

Unit 2 Technical Specification 4.6.1.3, surveillance requirement for containment air locks, states, in part, that "Each containment air lock 1

_shall be demonstrated ope s.le; a. After each opening, except when the air lock is being used for multi le entries, then at least once per 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />, by

. verifying seal leakage . . .p' In addition,10 CFR Part 50, Appendix J, ,

Paragraph III.D.2(b)(iii) states, in part, that " Air locks opened during i periods when containment integrity is required by plant's. Technical '

Specifications shall be tested within three days after being opened."  ;

, Contrary to the above, on March 11, 1990, greater than 4 days had expired since the last opening of the air lock without the Surveillance test being  ;

performed.  !

This is a Severity Level IV violation. (Supplement I)(368/9005-03) ,

Response to Violation 368/9005-03  !

(1) The reason for the violation [

The reason for the missed surveillance on the containment personnel air 1 lock was determined to be personnel error. The Shift Operations  !

Supervisor and the Control Room licensed operators failed to recognize that a seal leakage test had not been performed. The key to the  !

containment personnel air lock is under the strict administrative .

L control of the Snift Operations Supervisor and issued by him. The  !

Shift Operations Supervisor Key Control procedure specifically states 1 that the Shift Operations Supervisor shall ensure that a seal leakage j i<

test is-performed. Additionally, the requirement for the leakage test r was annotated on a Safety System Status Board located in the Control ,

Room. Although the requirement to perform the surveillance was  ;

documented, the Shift Operations Supervisors and licensed Control Room ~,

l operators failed to be aware of the requirement.

(2)~ Corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved:

The personnel involved received counselling regarding the incident. ,

a The event.has been reviewed with each Shift Operations Supervisor, t Operations personnel are being trained on the significance of ,

surveillance requirements using this event as an example.

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L i-F Additionally, a surveillance testing group has been established to F manage.the ANO Surveillance Test Program for both units. The super-

visor position and one, of two, staff positions have been filled. An F offer has been extended and verbally accepted for tb second staff o position. Procedure 1015.03B, " Unit Two Operations Logs", has been h revised to require the performance of a daily check regarding the status of surveillance requirements which are not routinely tracked

l. through an established surveillance tracking program. Also, the Safety-System Status Board has been enlarged and rearranged to increase the.

L A new visibility of the requirement to p'erform specific surveillances.

l- section. " Administrative Controls , has been added to the status board which contains a. subsection titled, "Surveillances Due." The " Hatch

-Leak Rate" surveillance is printed as an entry under this sub-section.

L i Since the implementation of the procedure revision to 1015.03B and the '

changes to the Safety System Status Board, no additional surveillances -

have been missed.

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. (3) Corrective steps which will be taken to prevent recurrence

a l' ANO Business Plan item C.1 had previously been initiated tc address l this issue.. The action plan associated with item C.1 was reviewed in i detail with the NRC at a meeting on April 24, 1990. As part of this '

action plan, an evaluation of the surveillance program is being i conducted to identify problem areas and develop a plan which will j t'

provide. resolution of the identified problems. The evaluation is  !

scheduled.to be completed by May-15, 1990.

t (4) Date of full comp 1'iance i

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Full compliance with Technical Specification 4.6.1.3 surveillance

. requirement was achieved at 2210 hours0.0256 days <br />0.614 hours <br />0.00365 weeks <br />8.40905e-4 months <br /> on March 11,.1990, when the containment personnel air lock seal leakage test was satisfactorily "j completed with'no discrepancies noted. Therefore, there were no safety i concerns.

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.The. surveillance program evaluation is scheduled to be' completed by May ,

15, 1990. The surveillance test group positions will be fully staffed -

by May 15, 1590. The' individual sniected to fill the second staff [

position in the surveillance testing group is scheduled to report to [

-ANO on, or before, May 21, 1990.

l Full compliance will be achieved on May 21, 1990. I i

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