ML20059G067
| ML20059G067 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 01/05/1994 |
| From: | Crlenjak R NRC Office of Inspection & Enforcement (IE Region II) |
| To: | Medford M Tennessee Valley Authority |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9401210090 | |
| Download: ML20059G067 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000327/1993042
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Docket Nos. 50-327, 50-328
Tennessee Valley Authority
ATTN: Dr. Mark 0. Medford, Vice President
Technical Support
3B Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT N05, 50-327/93-42 AND 50-328/93-42
Thank you for your response of December 13, 1993, to our Notice of Violation,
issued on November 9, 1993, concerning activities conducted at your Sequoyah
Nuclear Plant. We have evaluated your response to violation 50-327,328/
93-42-03 and found that it meets the requirements of 10 CFR 2.201. We will
examine the implementation of your corrective actions during future
inspections.
We have reviewed your response to violation 50-327,328/93-42-01, and have the
following comments.
Your response to Example 2 of the violation fails to
address the subject of the violation.
The violation concerned a circumvention
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issued the clearance before placing the ground. The response states that the
reason for the violation was that procedure SSP-12.3 did not require
accountability for the exact locations where the grounds were installed.
However, although the procedure did allow floating grounds, it clearly and
specifically required the person installing the ground to hold the clearance.
The response did not address the circumvention of this procedural requirement,
which was the subject of the violation.
The responses to Examples 1 and 2 of the violation need more detail with
respect to cause and corrective actions. These violations are of particular
concern because multiple supervisory personnel (foremen) were involved in
circumventing procedural requirements, and in directing others to c5 so as
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well.
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Example 3 of the violation concerned the failure to remove multiple
individuals from a clearance hold order while meggering was in progress. The
response states, "The reason for the violation is that the foreman holding the
clearance did not verify that each individual had been removed from the hold
order before testing began." This statement contradicts procedure SSP-12.3,
which specifies that Operations (the designated SRO), not the Maintenance
foreman, is responsible for ensuring that other individuals are removed from
the hold order prior to testing. As detailed in the inspection report, there
was no record on the hold order form that Maintenance had notified Operations
of the meggering activity as required.
Therefore the response to this
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violation example does not addecss the failure of Maintenance to notify
Operations that meggering was to be performed, so that Operations could remove
other individuals from the hold order in accordance with procedures.
The response to Example 4 of the violation is inadequate, in that it only
addresses the issue of hold order form entries which lacked some of the data
for the logged work activities.
The response does not address the much more
important aspect of the violation, detailed in the inspection report,
involving work activities which were performed but were'not recorded on the
hold order forms at all.
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Collectively, Examples 3 and 4 of the violation identify a number of examples
where there was no record on the hold order sheet that Operations personnel
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were made aware of maintenance activities in progress. This lack of work
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control and in the interface between the Operations and Maintenance
organizations is not addressed in the licensee's response.
We request that you provide a supplemental response to our Notice of Violation
that addresses the above comments. We appreciate your cooperation in this
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matter.
Sincerely,
(Original signed by P. Kellogg)
R. V. Crlenjak, Chief
Reactor Projects Branch 4
Division of Reactor Projects
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Craven Crowell, Chairman
Robert Fenech, Vice President
Tennessee Valley Authority
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
ET 12A
Tennessee Valley Authority
400 West Summit Hill Drive
P. O. Box 2000
Knoxville, TN 37402
Soddy-Daisy, TN .37379
W. H. Kennoy, Director
0. J. Zeringue, Senior Vice
Tennessee Valley Authority
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Nuclear Operations
400 West Summit Hill Drive
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville, TN 37902
3B Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Johnny H. Hayes,. Director
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
Tennessee Valley Authority
ET 12A
Michael H. Mobley, Director
400 West Summit Hill Drive
Division of Radiological Health
Knoxville, TN 37902
3rd Floor, L and C Annex
401 Church Street
TVA Representative
Nashville, TN 37243-1532
Tennessee Valley Authority
Rockville Office
County Judge
11921 Rockville Pike
Hamilton County Courthouse
Suite 402
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Rockville, MD 20852
Bill Harris
General Counsel
Route 1, Box 26
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ten Mile, TN 37880
ET 11H
400 West Summit Hill Drive
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Knoxville, TN 37902
B. S. Schofield, Manager
Nuclear Licensing and
Regulatory Affairs
Tennessee Valley Authority
4G Blue Ridge
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN
37402-2801
Ralph H. Shell
Site Licensing Manager
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
P. O. Box 2000
Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379
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