ML20058J111

Forwards Safety Insp Rept 50-423/90-19 on 900905-1015 & Notice of Violation

ML20058J111
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	11/14/1990
From:	Wenzinger E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Mroczka E NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO.
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Docket No. 50-423

Northeast Nuclear Energy Company

l ATTN: Mr. Edward J. Mroczka

Senior Vice President - Nuclear

Engineering and Operations

P.O. Box 270

Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270

Gentlemen:

Subject: NRC Region ! Inspection No. 50-423/90-19

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This letter transmits the report of the routine resident safety inspection

conducted by Mr. K. Kolaczyk and others of this office on September 5 through i

i October 15, 1990 at Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit 3, Waterford, ,

Connecticut. The report covers activities authorized by NRC License No, i

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NPF-49. The inspection findings were discussed by Mr. Kolaczyk with

l Mr. C. Clement and others of your staf f at the conclusion of the inspection. ,

Areas examined during this inspection are described in the NRC Region I

inspection report which is enclosed with this letter. Within these '

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areas, the inspection consisted of observation of activities,

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interviews with personnel, measurements, and document reviews. *

Based upon the results of this inspection, it appears that one of your ,

activities was not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements,

as set forth in the Notice of Violation enclosed herein as Appendix A

and further discussed in section 7.3.1 of the enclosed inspection

report. The violation concerns the failure to post a compensatory '

fire watch when a fire barrier was taken out of service in accordance

with plant technical specification 3.7.13 " Fire Rated Assamblies".

This licensee-identified violation has been categorized by severity

level in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and ,

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Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR 2 Appendix C

(Enforcement Policy 1990). You are required to respond to this

letter, and in preparing your response, you snould follow the

instructions in Appendix A.

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We have noted that previcus lapses in tha fire protection program were

attributed to inadequate procedures and poor labeling of fire related

assemblies. The recorriag na'.ure of these problems and your failure

to initiate adequate preventscive measures resulted in issuance of a

Notice of Violation.in December, 1988. Although improvements have been

noted through revised procedures and improved labeling of fire rated I

assemblies, our review has concluded that ineffective communications i

between fire watch personnel continue to result in poor implementation l

of the fire protection program. Other enforcement action was

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considered, becaute of the repetitive nature of these events, but not

taken, based upon our determination of the low safety significance of

the violations. Nonetheless, the f ailure to address a continuing

program weakness is of concern. Therefore, we request that, in your

response to the Notice of Violation, you inform us of the actions that

will be taken to ensure the fire protection program is effectively

implemented.

One non-cited procedure violation is included in t ie enclosed report, in

Section 3.7, involving a procedure violation durin; this reporting period.

This violation occurred in spite of corrective acttons in response to

a previous procedure violation, discussed in Sectiins 3.6 and 3.7. I am

concerned about the apparently repetitive nature o ' these procedure

violations, even after receipt of the training dis:Ussed in your letter of

July 31,1990, to the Region I office, in response to the previous violation

(90-08-01). Please respond to this letter, within 30 days of its receipt,

describing those actions you consider necessary to minimize the occurrence of

additional procedure violations.

The response requested by this letter is not subject to the clearance

procedures of the Office of Management an Budget, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.

Your cooperation with us is appreciated.

Sincerely,

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EDV,'i.; 0 C. LL.'isGi.ft

Edward C. Wenzinger, Chief

Projects Branch No. 4

Division of

Reactor Projects

Enclosures:

1. Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2. NRC Region ! Inspection Report No. 50-423/90-19

cc w/encis:

W. D. P -berg, Vice President, Nuclear Operations

D. O. ;- iquist, Director of Quality Services

R. M. Kacich, Manager, Generation Facilities Licensir.g

S. E. Scace, Station Director, Millstone

C. H. Clement, Nuclear Unit Director, Millstone 3

Gorald Garfield, Esquire

l Public Document Room (PDR)

Local Public Document Room (LPDR)-

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

NRC Senior Resident Inspector

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State of Connecticut

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Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

Management Assistant, DRMA (w/o enclosures)

DRP Section Chief

J. Shediosky, $RI, Haddam Neck

W. Raymond, SRI, Millstone

D. Jaffe, PM, NRR t

J. Joyner, DRSS  !

R. Paolino, DRS '

J. Caldwell, EDD

bec w/ Appendix A, Repo*t Cover Sheet and Executive Summary only:

W. Hehl, DRP

J. Wiggins, DRP

W. Hodges, DRS

J. Durr, DRS

L. Bettenhausen, DRS

M. Knapp, DRSS

R. Cooper, DRSS

J. Stolz, NRR/PDI-4

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