ML20084N508
| ML20084N508 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 05/18/1983 |
| From: | Carey J DUQUESNE LIGHT CO. |
| To: | Starostecki R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML20084N495 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8306030303 | |
| Download: ML20084N508 (4) | |
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Telephone (412) 4564000 Nuclear Division P.O. Box 4 Shippingport, PA 150774)04 May 18, 1983
, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Inspection and Enforcement At tn:
Mr. Richard W. Starostecki, Director Division of Project and Resident Programs Region 1 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, PA 19406
Reference:
Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. DPR-66 Docket No. 50-334, License No. DPR-66 IE Inspection Report No. 83-07 Gentlemen:
In response to your letter of April 20, 1983, and in accordance with 10 CFR 2.201, the attached reply addresses Notice of Violation which was included as Appendix A with the referenced Inspection Report.
If you have any questions concerning this response, please cantact my office.
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- yours, J.'
rey Vice esident, Nuclear I
Attachment cc:
Mr. W. M. Troskoski, Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Beaver Valley Power Station Shippingport, PA 15077 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission c/o Document Management Branch Washington, DC 20555 l
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m DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY Beaver Valley Power Station Unit Nc. 1 Reply to Notice of Violation Inspection.83-07 Letter dated April 20, 1983-VICLATION A (Severity Level V; Supplement I)
Description of Violation (83-07-02)
' Technical Specification 6.9.1.9 requires that conditions' leading to operation in a-degraded mode permitted by a limiting condition;for operation be reported to the Regional Office within 30 days in a com-pleted copy of a licensee event report form supplemented, as needed,.
by additional narrative material to provide a. complete explanation of.
the circumstances surrounding the event.
Contrary'to the above, as of March 31, 1983, the following are examples.
of licensee event reports (LERs) that have not been supplemented with revised information necessary to completely understand the circumstances-that led to operation in a -degraded mode:
(1) LER:
79-23, No. 1 Diesel Generator Output Breaker Failure ^,'
occuring on July 24, 1979. Request for. additional informa-tion. relating to the results of a DLC engineering evaluation into the failures is documented in NRC Inspection Report No.-50-334/79-22.
1 (2) LER:
81-42, Failure of Block, Valve MOV-RC-535 Remote. Indication;.
on April 28,-1981, and LERi 81-48,. Failure'of a Residuel Heat Removal Pump Suction Valve. to Open-on Demand, on Mayj3,1981.
Results of a Task Force investigatica. into -the failures have not=
been submitted (as requested and documented. in NRC Inspection Report No. 50-334/81-15).
3i' (3)~ LER:
81-83, Nuclear Instrumentation Power Range Channel N44 l
Power Supply Failure, on September 6,1981. The number of
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previous similar occurrences was not included as specified l
in NUREG 0161, Instructions for Preparation of Data Entry Sheets for Licensee Event Report File (request. is documented in NRC Inspectior Report No. 50-334/81-25).
I Corrective Action Taken~
The events reported in the LERs noted above have been reviewed to obtain the requested supplemental information. A supplemental report for LER 79-23 was issued on April 13, 1983.
Supplemental reports have been prepared for LERs 81-42, 81-48 and 81-83 and are currently being reviewed for issuance, expected prior to May 27, 1983.
Brivsr Valley Pownr Station s
Reply to N>tice of-Violation'
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Inspection 83-07 x
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-VIOLATION A (Continued)
' Action Taken to Prevent' Recurrence The' Technical Advisory Group now' maintains an LER follow-up commit-ment log to aid in the tracking of LERs which require supplemental.
reporting.
A revied has performed to identify LERs which will require supplemental reporting when additional-information becomes available. These items will be tracked on the LER follow-up commitment log.
Date cut Which Full Compliance Will be Achieved Full compliance will be achieved prior to May 27, 1983.
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.Pago'3 VIOLATION B (Severity Level V, Supplement I)
Description of Violation (83-07-08)
-Section A.2.2 to Appendix A, Quality Assurance, of the Updated Final' Safety. Analysis' Report, requires that those refueling' activities affecting ' quality lua prescribed by documented procedures that are approved for release by authorized personnel, and are distributed to and used at the location where the activity is performed. Nuclear-Division Directive No.12, Operations Quality Control (0QC), Issue 2, requires that fuel assemblies received at BVPS be inspected by OQC 4
personnel. per the requirements of OQC Procedure 10.2, FuelfAssembly.
and Shipping Container Receipt and Inspection, as approved by the -
Manager of Nuclear Safety and Licensing.
Contrary to the above, on March 29, 1983, an unapproved, obsolete copy of NSQC 10.2, Fuel Asembly and Shipping ~ Container Receipt and Inspection, Revision 1, was at the location where preparations for new fuel receipt
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and. inspection were in progress.
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' Corrective Action Taken i
.Upon notification, Operations Quality Control immediately supplied the
.0QC Inspector with the approved OQC Inspection Procedure from which all actual Fuel Receipt Inspection was. conducted.
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Ac' tion Taken t'o Prevent Recurrence l
The following corrective steps have.been performed to assure compliance and avoid further violations:
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Current procedures and requirements for receiving I
new fuel were reviewed with the 0QC Inspectors.
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Inspection Personnel scheduling requirements were reviewed j
with the Senior OQC Inspectors and their responsibilities were restated regarding performing on-the-job surveillance of Inspection Personnel.
3.
OQC Procedure 5.1, " Instructions, Procedure and Drawings",
was revised to improve the existing '0QC Training Program for the inspection function of " Document Control".
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OQC Procedure 10.2, " Fuel Assembly and Shipping Container Receipt Inspection", was revised to establish necessary training requirements for Inspection Personnel conducting New Fuel Receipt Inspection.
Date on Which Full Compliance Will Be Achieved Full compliance has been achieved at this time.
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