ML20080N128
| ML20080N128 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 09/09/1983 |
| From: | Clayton F ALABAMA POWER CO. |
| To: | Verrelli D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| ML20080N122 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8310040377 | |
| Download: ML20080N128 (3) | |
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Alabama Power Company 600 North 18th Street P;,st Offica Box 2641 Birmingham, Alabama 35291 Telephone 205 783-6081 USNRCPE W '.i F. L Clayton, Jr.
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<~ ser*m ewe s-em September 9,1983 Docket No. 50-348 Docket No. 50-364 Mr. D. M. Verrelli U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region 11 101 Marietta Street, N.W.
Suite 3100 Atlanta, GA 30303
SUBJECT:
J. M. Farley Nuclear Plant NRC Inspection Of July 11 - August 10, 1983 RE: Report Numbers 50-348/83-20 50-364/83-18
Dear Mr. Verrelli:
This letter refers to the violations cited in the subject inspection reports which state:
"As a result of the inspection conducted on July 11 - August 10, 1983 and-in 'accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy, 47 FR 9987 (March 9,1982), the following violations were identified.
A.
_ Technical Specification 6.8 requires in part that written procedures shall be established, implemented and maintained.
Farley procedure FNP-0-AP-13, Control of Temporary Alterations, requires that plant changes be controlled by approval and documentation on a work request.
Contrary to the above, these requirements were not met in that on July 7,1983 the 2A and 2B containment air cooler fans annuncia-tor links were found to be open and the links were not controlled in that the opening of the links had not been approved and documented on a work request."
Admission or Denial The above tisiat. ion occurred as described in the subject report.
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Mr. D. M. Verrelli September 9, 1983 Page 2 Reason for Violation No cause for this violation could be determined. An in-depth review of work requests was performed but no documentation could be found which would have required the links to be opened. The last record of testing on the annunciator was Startup Test 060-3-101 conducted on February 9,1980. The links were closed at this time.
As noted in the detailed NRC inspection report, the open links defeated an alarm function designed to alert plant operators if the remote control switches for the containment air cooler fans were placed in the " local" postion.
Indication of the remote control switch position was still available in the control room via indicating lights on the fast and slow speed handswitcnes and on the fan damper position.
Safety functions of the containment air cooler fans were not affected.
Corrective Action Taken and Results Achieved The links were closed and the annunciator was verified operable.
Corrective Steps Taken to Avoid Further Violations All personnel who can perform maintenance in electrical panels will be reinstructed concerning FNP-0-AP-13 (Control of Temporary Altera-tions). This action is scheduled to be completed by October 1,1983.
Date of Full Compliance July 7, 1983.
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10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XII and the accepted Quality Assurance Program (FSAR Chapter 17) requires that measures shall be established to assure that tools, gauges, instruments and other measuring and testing devices used in activities affecting quality are properly controlled, calibrated and adjusted at specified periods to maintain accuracy within necessary limits.
Section 12.4.1.b of the Operations Quality Assurance Manual (0QAM) requires preparing and implementing procedures for the control, calibration, and adjustment of each category of measuring and test equipment requiring calibration. The procedures will include the requirement for the control of the equipment, calibration accuracy, schedule, records and t raceability.
Contrary to the above, on July 11, 1983 documented procedures governing the control of the battery hydrometer standard did not assure that all measures to control, calibrate, and adjust that standard at specified intervals had been taken in that no procedure existed that governed the control and traceability of the battery hydrometer standard."
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Admission or Denial The above violation occurred as described in the subject report.
Reason for Violation This violation was due to procedural deficiency. Guidance was'not provided for'the preparation, control and traceability of the battery acid standard.
Corrective Action Taken and Results Achieved Chemistry Control Procedure FNP-0-CCP-12 (Preparation of Battery.
Acid Standard for Surveillance. Testing) will be written to address the preparation, control and traceability.of the battery acid standard. All 7
battery surveillance testing procedures will_ be revised to require appropriate precautionary measures to ensure the proper use and storage of the standard and to require verification that the standard is within its expiration date.
The unused quantity of standard which was initially noted by the NRC inspector was analyzed on July 19, 1983 and found to be acceptable.
-Corrective Steps Taken-to Avoid Further Violations See above. All corrective action is scheduled to be completed-by -
October 1,1983.
Date of-Full Compliance October 1,1983.
Affirmation I affirm that this response is true and. complete to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.
The information contained in this letter is not considered to be of-a proprietary -nature..
- Yours very ly, F. L. Clayton, Jr.
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5 SEP 191983 Alabama Power Company ATTN:
Mr. R. P. Mcdonald Vice President-Nuclear Generation P. O. Box 2641 Birmingham, AL 35291 Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
REPORT NOS. 50-348/83-20 and 50-364/83-18 Thank you for your response of September 9,1983, to our Notice of Violation issued on August 19, 1983, cor.cerning activities conducted under NRC Operating License Nos. NPF-2 and NPF-8. We have evaluated your response 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 appreciate your cooperation in this matter.
Sincerely, fL-D.
Verrelli, Chief Project Branch 1 Division of Project and Resident Programs cc:
W. O. Whitt, Executive Vice President F. L. Clayton, Jr.,
Senior Vice President H. O. Thrash, Manager, Nuclear Operations and Administration O. D. Kingsley, Jr., Manager, Nuclear Engineering and Technical Services J. W. McGowan, Manager-Safety Audit and Engineering Review W. G. Ware, Supervisor-Safety Audit and Engineering Review W. G. Hairston, III, Plant Manager wewm v
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