ML20059F436

Forwards Insp Rept 50-458/93-25 on 931025-1112.No Violations Noted

ML20059F436
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	01/07/1994
From:	Beach A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Mcgaha J GULF STATES UTILITIES CO.
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See also: IR 05000458/1993025

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JAN - 7 1994

Docket: 50-458

License: NPF-47

EA No.: 94-004

Gulf States Utilities

ATTN: John R. McGaha, Vice President

River Bend Nuclear Group

P.O. Box 220

St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775

SUBJECT: RIVER BEND STATION OPERATIONAL SAFETY TEAM INSPECTION

NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-458/93-25

This refers to the Operational Safety Team Inspection conducted by Mr. P. H.

Harrell, and the inspectors identified in the attached report, on

October 25-29 and November 8-12, 1993. The inspection included a review of

activities authorized for your River Bend Station facility. At the conclusion

of the inspection, the findings were discussed with you and those personnel

identified in the enclosed report.

Area: examined during the inspection are identified in the report. The team

eva ated programs and activities important to the_ safe operation of the

pl< Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations

of procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel,' and

observation of activities in progress.

Based on the results of this inspection, two categories of apparent violations

were identified and are being considered.for escalated enforcement action in

accordance with the " General Statement cf Policy and Procedure for NRC

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

Accordingly, no Notice of Violation is presently being issued for these two

inspection findings. Please be advised that the number and characterization

of apparent violations described in the enclosed inspection report may enange

as a result of further NRC review.

The first category of an apparent violations is of concern because it involved

multiple examples of procedures not being maintained. Of particular concern

was the apparent inability of the plant staff to perform surveillance testing,

for a number of the tests witnessed by the NRC inspectors, using the

procedures, as written. In addition,_the team noted that many procedures

contained an excessive number of_ revision pages, which was a concern since it

required a large number of revised pages to be integrated with the original

pages and created confusion for the procedure user. The team noted that the

reason for procedure problem was the cumbersome and time consuming process

that the licensee used for issuing procedure revisions.

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The second category of apparent violations is of concern because it involved

programmatic concerns with yoLr corrective action program. Although many of 4

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your plant staff were appropriately utilizing condition reports, some of the

personnel in the key areas of maintenance and system engineering stated that

they did not routinely generate condition reports when a deficient or

nonconforming condition was identified. The team also noted that, in some l

cases, effective corrective actions were not implemented to prevent recurrence

for deficient and nonconforming conditions identified on condition reports. l

In addition, the performance indicator for open condition reports did not l

accurately reflect the total number of open corrective action documents. l

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An enforcement conference to discuss these apparent violations will be l

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scheduled in the near future. The time and date of the conference will be

published by separate correspondence. The purposes of this conference are to  ;

discuss the apparent violations, their causes and safety significance; to ,

provide _an opportunity for you to point out any errors in our inspection l

report; and to provide an opportunity for you to present your proposed

corrective actions. In addition, this is an opportunity for you to provide

any information concerning your perspectives on: (1) the severity of the ,

issues; (2) the factors that the NRC considers voen it determines the amount

of a civil penalty that may be assessed in accoraance with Section VI.B.2 of -

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the Enforcement Policy; and (3) the possible basis for exercising discretion

in accordance with Section VII of the Enforcement Policy. You will be advised

by separate correspondence of the results of our deliberations on this matter.

No response regarding the apparent violations is required at this time.

This enforcement conference will be open to public observation in accordance '

with the Commission's trial program as discussed in the enclosed Federal

Register notice. Although not required, we encourage you to provide your  ;

comments on how you believe holding this conference open to public  :

observation affected your presentation and your communications with the NRC. .

Four unresolved items were identified during this inspection. The first item,  :

discussed in Section 2.5.3, involves a review of the licensee's operability -

determination for the material found in containment. The second item,

discussed in Section 3.3.3, involves a review of the control of acceptance ,

criteria and verification that the criteria were used appropriately. The '

third item, discussed in Section 5.1.2, involves a review of the process used

to close condition reports based on the generation of another document. The

fourth unresolved item, discussed in Section 5.2.1, involves a review of the

effectiveness of the licensee's efforts to address the high temperature

condition in the drywell .

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In accordance with 10 CFR Part 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy  !

of this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC PJblic Document

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The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notices are not subject

to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No. 96.511.  ;

Should you have any questions regarding this inspection, we will .be pleased to

discuss them with you.

Sincerely, .

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A. Bill Beach, Director  !

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Enclosures:  ;

1. Appendix A - NRC Inspection Report

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2. Appendix B - Federal Register Notice, "Two Year Program for Conducting

Open Enforcement Conferences; Policy Statement"

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Gulf States Utilities

ATTN: J. E. Booker, Technical Assistant

P.O. Box 220 '

St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775

Gulf States Utilities  ;

ATTN: Harold W. Keiser, Senior Vice

President

P.O. Box 220

St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 ,

Gulf States Utilities .

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ATTN: Michael B. Sellman, Plant Manager

P.O. Box 220

St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775

Gulf States Utilities

ATTN: James J. Fisicaro, Manager - Safety ,

Assessment and Quality Verification s

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P.O. Box 220

St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775

Winston & Strawn ,

ATTN: Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esq.  ;

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1401 L Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005-3502  ;

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Gulf States Utilities ,

ATTN: Les England, Director i

Nuclear Licensing

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St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 l

Mr. J. David McNeill, III

William G. Davis, Esq. t

Department of Justice j

Attorney-General's Office  !

P.O. Box 94095

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804-9095. l

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President of West Feliciana

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P.O. Box 1921

St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775

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Cajun Electric Power Coop. Inc.

ATTN: Philip G. Harris ,

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P.O. Box 15540

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70895  ;

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70884-2135  ;

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