ML20059C693

Notice of Violation from Insp on 931010-1127.Violation noted:free-standing Scaffolding Installed Near safety- Related Equipment in B Emergency Core Cooling Corner Room Not Laterally Supported or Securely Fastened

ML20059C693
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	12/23/1993
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
Shared Package
ML20059C680	List: IR 05000271/1993026 ML20059C676 ML20059C693
References
50-271-93-26, NUDOCS 9401060032
Download: ML20059C693 (2)

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p ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation Docket No. 50-271 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station License No. DPR-28 During an NRC inspection conducted from October 10 to November 27,1993, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1992), the violation is listed below:

Technical Specification 6.5.A requires that detailed written procedures shall be prepared and adhered to for maintenance operations which could have an effect on the safety of the reactor.

10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, " Instructions, Procedures and Drawings," requires, in part, that activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions or procedures of a type appropriate to the circumstances. Appropriate instructions or procedures are required by Section V of the Yankee Atomic Electric Company Operational Quality Assurance Manual, YOQAP-1-A. Procedure AP 0019, Rev. 6, " Control of Temy.orary and/or  ;

Portable Material," was written pursuant to Technical Speci6 cation 6.5.A.1 and requires, in Step B.3, that ladders be securely fastened.

(1) Contrary to the above, on November 10, 1993, free-standing scaffolding installed near safety related equipment in the "B" emergency core cooling corner room of the reactor building was not laterally supported and a ladder was not securely fastened, and  ;

procedure AP 0019 did not contain instructions to assure that temporary materials do not affect the continued operability of safety-related equipment during a seismic event.  :

(2) Also, on or about October 23, the licensee did not prepare maintenance procedures of e a type appropriate to the circumstances, as evidenced by the installation of polyethylene e plastic over the reactor building crane access hatch without an evaluation of the effects that this potential modi 6 cation of reactor building- ventilation would have on the environmental qualincation design assumptions used in high energy line break analysis.

These examples constitute a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Vermont Yankee is hereby required to submit a i written statement of explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: ,

Documer.t Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, i Region I. and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility that is the subject of this i Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).

This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. If an adequate reply is not received within the time speci6ed in this Notice, an j 9401060032 931223 l PDR ADOCK 05000271-  !

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i Enclosure 1 2 l order may be issued to show cause why the license should not be modified, suspended, or' l revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause ,

is shown, consideration will be given to extending this response time. l Dated at King of Prussia. Pennsylvania this 23RD day of DECEMBER,1993 l

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