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Notice of Violation from Insp on 900624-0802.Violation Noted:Failure to Follow Instrumentation Procedures During Conduct of Plant Mod & Failure to Perform Adequate 10CFR50.59 Safety Evaluation Prior to Securing Annulus Door
ML20059H016
Person / Time
Site: Catawba  Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 08/31/1990
From: Herdt A
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
Shared Package
ML20059H014 List:
References
50-413-90-19, 50-414-90-19, NUDOCS 9009140179
Download: ML20059H016 (3)
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m ENCLOSURE 1 A ,

_ NOTICE OF VIOLATION

' Duke Power Company. Docket Nos. 50-413 an'd 50-414 1 Catawba Units 1 and-2 License Nos. NPF-35 and-NPF-52 I T During.the Nuclear Regulatory Commission-(NRC) inspection conducted on June' 24, through August 2,1990, violations- of NRC requirements.were identified. In accordance withithe " General-Statement of_ Policy _and Procedures for NRC m

Enforcement Actions," 10'CFR Part 2. Appendix C L(1990),- the violations; are listed below:

A. 10 CFR' 50.59 requires that a licensee receive NRC approval prior toi making a change to their facility as it is described in the FSAR_, or i performing a test not oescribed in:the FSAR, if t theitest or change involves, an unreviewed safety question.-

' Technical Specification 3.6.1.8 requires that two independent Annulus Ventilation (VE) Systems be ' operable when the unit-is operated in . Modes-F '1,_2, 3 or 4. With one. system inoperable, the inoperable system must be.

restored to operable: status.within 7 days or-the unit must be placed.in at least HOT STANDBY within the next 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br />.. With both systems-inoperable, the unit must be placed in the-action' requirement of, Technical Specification 3.0.3.

Contrary to the'above, on July 18, 1990, the. licensee made a modification P -to:the Catawba Unit 1 facility as described .in the. safety; analysis report, s

in that the upper annulus door, part of' the. annulus (secondary -

containment): ventilation boundary, was secured in.the open position.

-This modification did-not receive a 50.59 evaluation to determine the-h existence of an unreviewed' safety question. The open door-rendered both trains of.VE inoperable in that the: system .could not. perform its intended safety function of producing and_ maintaining a negative' pressure in:the. ,

- annulus nor minimizing the' release of radioisotopes from the annulus 1" > following a LOCA.

t This'is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement 1) and applies to N. Unit l' only.

si B.- 10 CFR 50, Appendix B,; Criterion-XVI as implemented by Duke Power Company Topical Report- Quality Assurance Program (Duke-1-A, Amendment 6) Section 17.2.16, reqtiires that measures be established to assure that the cause of significant conditions adverse to quality be determined and corrective action taken to preclude repetition.

Contrary to the above, on July 10, 1990, the licensee's corrective actions were inadequate when faulty valve actuators were identified in the Unit 1 train B Diesel Generator Starting Air System. This resulted

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'* lin;the ,inoperability ofi the Diesel Generator yet the licens'e'e failed l E to evaluate'and correct the problem. This led to the failure of the same t ' s* 4 valve' actuators and the'inoperability of-the diesel ~ generator.on July 15, M 1990.i.

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, C. .TechdicalLSpecification'6.8.1 requires that written procedures be- l f , p' established,' implemented, and maintained' covering. the activities '

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' Technica1LSpecification'3.6 1.8 requires that t'o windependent VE Systems be operable when- the unit is operated in Modes 1, .2, 3, or,4. 'With one:

. VE System inoperable. the inoperable system must be. restored to operable,  ;

status' within>7 days or the unit must be placed in at least HOT STANDBY <

iwithin- the4 next 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br />. - With both VE Systems inoperable. the unit must ]

be' placed in the action requirement of Technical Specification' 3.0.3. j .

IP/0/A/3890/02,.-Controlling Procedure For ' Changes on Systems and o

> Components, Section;10.3, Step 2.B, requires that the liftingf and; 1 retermination of; electrical leads performed during the-isolation of 3 W ' electrical circuits be documented in Enclosure 11.2 of the procedure. 5

' Contrary to the above, on March 2, 1990,'while performing procedure ilP/0/A/3890/02~to make heater temperature Jetpoint adjustments for Train A j w: .of the, Unit 2 VE System, Instrumentation and Electrical (IAE) technicians -

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  • .. failed to follow the procedure in that they did not. document the lifting
  • of,two thermocouple leads to the backup heater controller. Th'ese leads v, were found unterminated on March 8, 1990. With these leads unterminated, Train A of the annulus ventilation system was inoperable, #j tl 0;r ThisLista? Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I)' and applies to.

Unit 2'only.

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. Pursuant toLthe provisions'of 10 CFR 2.201, Duke: Power Company is'hereby

.requiredito submit a written-statement or explanation to the Nuclear

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4 Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555, g, ' with aEcopy to the Regional: Administrator, Region II, and a copy to the NRC -

Resident Inspector, Catawba, within thirty (30) days of the date.of the letter

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transmitting!this Notice.~This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a

. > 1 Notice of Violation" andLshould include for each violation: .(1) admission or-  ;

Y idenial of the violation, (2) the reason for the violation if admitted, (3) the 1 '

correctiv'e" steps which have been taken and the results achieved, (4) the '

, corrective steps. which will be taken to avoid further violations, and (5) the

. date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

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Duke Power. Company l 3; Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414 License'Nos.-NPF-35-and NPF ~

6 iCatawba Units 1 and.2 s

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'\p:[ If an adequate reply is 'not~ received within the time!specified in this Notice, an order may be issued to show cause why the license should not'be modified,

- suspended, or revoked or why such other action. as may be proper should not be taken.

FOR'THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

')4 8 Alan"R. Herdt, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects-Dated' at Atlanta, Georgia 1

this 3' - day._of August 1990.

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