ML20058D265

Forwards Insp Rept 50-271/90-80 on 900806-17 & Notice of Violation

ML20058D265
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Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	10/23/1990
From:	Hodges M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Murphy W DUKE POWER CO.
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ATTN:

Mr. Warren P. Murphy

Senior Vice President, Operations

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Gentlemen:

Subject: NRC Safety System Functional Inspection Team Report No. 50-271/90-80

This letter forwards the report of the safety system functional inspection

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(SSFI) performed by an NRC team from August 6 to 17, 1990 at the Vermont

. Yankee Nuclear Station. The team's. findings and preliminary conclusions were

summarized for.you and members of your staff at the exit meeting held at the

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. Vermont Yankee site on August 17, 1990.

In addition to the above, the team

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performed reviews,and inspections,,from August 20 to 30. 1990 in the Region I

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office, of the materials and information. that you provided to the team af ter

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the onsiteLinspection.

Some members of the team'and the Division of. Reactor

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Safety management also met with you at your request to receive; review, and

' discuss additional information that you had developed subsequent to the above

inspection regarding an unreviewed safety issue. -The team's finding and

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. conclusions regarding this additional information have been summarized and

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communicated to you by phone, and also by Mr. Chaudhary of my staff to

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Mr. Pelletier of your staff at your Brattleboro, Vermont office on

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The SSFI objective was-to assess the operational capability of the core spray-

-(CS) . system and the. service water portion of the residual heat removal: systems

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to perform. their design basis safety functions. -- The team evaluated the adequacy

of operati,nal. procedures, test practices, and. maintenance policies as they

contributeLtothe-system'sreliability. The team also addressed the quality of

design control and other management programs applied to the systems. The team

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concluded that the systems were capable of performing their design basis safety

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However, as discussed at the exit meeting, the inspection identified two

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inappropriate applications of 10CFR 50.59, i.e., (1) core spray valve realignment

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would better have been handled under a temporary exemption and, (2) Residual.

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' Heat Removal Service Water. pump motor cooling-line redesign is subject to a

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. single failure.

~In' addition, it appears that other activities were not conducted-

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in full' compliance with NRC requirements,;as set forth in the Notice of Violation

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enclosed herewith as Appendix A.

The' violations have been categorized by severity

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. level in accordance with-the " General Statement of Policy.and Procedure for NRC

Enforcement Actions," 10CFR Part 2, Appendix C (Enforcement Policy). You are

required to respond to this letter and in preparing your response, you should

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follow the instructions in Appendix A.

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The violations, along with unresolved items and weaknesses identified by the

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inspection team, are summarized in the ext :utive summary. The weaknesses are

also listed in the Appendix I to the report. Weaknesses are conditions presented

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for your review to establish what, if any, corrective actions are appropriate.

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We request.that your response to the Notice of Violation also includes a

discussion of your proposed corrective actions and schedules to address the

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unresolved items and weaknesses identified in the report.

-Your cooperation with us in the matter is appreciated.

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Sincerely,

Original Signed By:

Marvin W. Hodges

Marvin W. Hodges, Director

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Enclosures:

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' Appendix A,. Notice of Violation

2. -NRC Region I Inspection Report 50-271/90-80

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cc w/encls:

J. Weigand,. President and Chief Executive Officer

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J.~Pelletier, Vice President Engineering

.D. Reid, Plant Manager

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J.- DeVincentis, Vice President, Yankee Atomic Electric Company

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L. Tremblay, Senior Licensing Engineer, = Yankee Atomic Electric Company

'J. Gilroy, Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, Inc.

Vermont Yankee Hearing Service List

Public Document Room (PDR)

local Public Document Room (LPDR)

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

NRC Resident Inspector

State of New Hampshire, SLO Designee

State of Vermont, SLO Designee

-Commonwealth of_ Massachusetts, SLO Designee

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Region I Docket Room (wlth concurrences)

Management Assistant,-DRMA (w/o enc 1)

R..Bellamy, DRSS

J.' Johnson, DRP

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Rogge, DRP

.H. Eichenholz, SRI - Vermont Yankee

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T.' Koshy, SRI - Vermont Yankee

M. Conner, SALP Reports Only

K. Abraham, PA0 (20) SALP Report and (2) All Inspection Reports

'J. Caldwell, EDO

M. Fairtile, NRR

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