ML20058P749

Notice of Violation from Insp on 891023-27 & 1113-17. Violations Noted:Nuclear Licensing Failed to Take Actions Necessary to Assure Timely Response for 76 Examples of Regulatory Correspondence Classified Response Required

ML20058P749
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	08/09/1990
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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ML20058P743	List: IR 05000458/1989200 ML20058P749
References
50-458-89-200, NUDOCS 9008200044
Download: ML20058P749 (2)

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APPENDIX HOTICE OF VIOLATION Gulf States Utilities. Docket: 50-458 ,

River Bend Station Operating License: HPF During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted from-October 23-27 and November 13-17, 1989, ai. the River Bend Station (RBS),

violations of HRC requirements were' identified. The violations involved inadequate evaluation of vendor technical information and failure to follow' 111censee procedure requirements. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Action," 10 t,FR Part 2, Appendix C  ;

(1990),theviolationsarelistedbelow: i A. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI, " Corrective Action," requires that measures be established to assure that conditions adverse to quality, 1 '

such as failures, defective material and equipment, and nonconformances are promptly identified and corrected. In the case of significant conditions adverse to quality, the measures shall-assure that the cause of the condition .,

is determined and corrective action is taken to preclude repetition. The 1 identification of the'significant condition adverse to quality, the cause of the condition, and the' corrective action taken shall be documented and >

reported to appropriate levels of management.

River Bend Engineering Department Procedure No. EDP-AA-65, " Review and Processing of Vendor Technical Information," implements the above requirement in the area of vendor information. This procedure states, in part, that

" vendor information must be reviewed for applicability, completeness, consistency, and practicability prior to its incorporation in the design data = base. The purpose of the review is to determine those vendor-requirements or recommendation that are essential'to maintaia equipment ,

quality and to provide technical justifications for amendments or exceptions to _ vendor requirements or recommendations that would adversely affect 1 plant safety, personnel, ALARA considerations, or plant availability."

Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to perform a documented evaluation for applicability to RBS for technical information received.

from their emergency diesel generator (EDG) vendors [Transamerica .

Delaval/EnterpriseEngine(TDl/EE)andGeneralMotorsElectro-Motive Division /Morrison-Knudsen(GM/MK)]. Specifically, the inspectors found for the most part there were no documented evaluations for applicability to RBS for the Service Information Memos (SIMs) from TDl/EE pertaining to the Division I and.Il EDGs. Also, RCS had not received, evaluated, nor was-aware of the existence of Power Pointers, and had not received or conducted any documented evaluations of maintenance instructions from GM/MK pertaining to the Divisica IU EDG.

This % c h verity Level IV Violation. (Supplement 1)(458/89-200-03) 900820G044 900909 .

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B. 10 CFR-Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, " Instructions, Procedures, and-e Drawings," requires, in part, that activities affecting. quality shall be~

prescribed by-documented instructions, procedures, or drawings, of a type

. appropriate to the circumstances and shall be accomplished in accordance-with these instructions, procedures or drawings.

RBS Nuclear Licensing Procedure !!o. NLP-10-006, " Processing and Tracking -

of Regulatory and Industry. correspondence," requires Nuclear Licensing to

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take those actions necessary to assure that a timely response is provided to them when regulatory correspondence is classified as "For Response Required."

Contrary to the above, RBS Huclear Licensing failed to take actions necessary to assure that a timely response was provided to them for 76 examples of regulatory correspondence classified "For Response Required." Forty-two of the 76 examples of regulatory correspondence were from the period 1984 through 1988.

This is a Severity Level IV Violation, (Supplement-1)(458/89-200-04)

Pursuant;to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Gulf States Utilities is hereby required'to submit to this office, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting for this Notice, each violation: a written (1) the reasonstatement or explanation for the violation.if in rep admitted - 2)(ly, theincluding correctivestepswhichhavebeentakenandtheresultsachieved,(3)the_  !

corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the ]

date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown,  !

consideration will be given to extending the response time. j Dated at Arlington, Texas, this -9th day of August 1990 4

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Senior Resident Inspector, Fort Calhoun I. Barnes  !

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