ML20098C952
| ML20098C952 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 10/05/1995 |
| From: | Link B WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| VPNPD-95-077, VPNPD-95-77, NUDOCS 9510110003 | |
| Download: ML20098C952 (4) | |
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{{#Wiki_filter:. ) (: Wisconsin 1 Electnc POWER COMPANY R*it hmch fAchm Pbnt 6610 Nuclecr Rd,Two Rwrt WI 54241 @i4 W 2321 VPNPD-95-077 October 5, 1995 Document control Desk U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Mail Station P1-137 Washington, DC 20555 . Gentlemen: ' DOCKETS 50-266 AND 50-301 RESPONSE TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION INSPECTION REPORTS 50-266/95008 (DRP) ; 50-301/95008 (DRP) POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 On September 14, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission forwarded to Wisconsin Electric Power Company, licensee for the Point Beach Nuclear Plant, the results of the routine resident inspection conducted by Messrs. T. Kobetz, A. McMurtray, and others of your office from June 17, 1995, through August 11, 1995. This . inspection report included a violation wherein compensatory measures were not implemented for a' period of.23 minutes for a protected area intrusion alarm which had not been reset. We have reviewed this apparent violation and, pursuant to the provisions of 10-CFR 2.201, have prepared a written response of explanation concerning the identified violation. Our written response is included as an attachment to this letter. We believe the attached reply is responsive to your concerns and fulfills.the requirements identified in your September 14, 1995, letter. If you have any questions or require additional information regarding'this response, please contact us. Sincerely, ./ Bob Link .Vice PresidentI Nuclear Power j Attachment 9510110003 951005 PDR ADOCK 05000266 . Q. '.. _ _ ._ PDR cc :. NRC-Resident Inspector NRC. Administrator, Region III l //0\\' j mmn c aeu
. _ _ ~ _ _ _. _ _. - - og a + ^ q'. RESPON8E_TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION WISCONSIN ELECTRIC' POWER COMPANY 2 POINT BEACM NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKETS.50-266 AND 50-301 y ' LICENSES DPR-24 AND DPR-27 During;a' routine' safety inspection conducted by Messrs. T. robetz, A; McMurtray and others.from June 17, 1995, through1 August 11, i 1995,1 a* violation of NRC requirements was identified. The 1
- violation was. classified as Severity Level-IV.
Inspection-Report 1-Nos. 50-266/95008 (DRP) 50-301/95008 (DRP) and.the Notice of l Violation transmitted'to Wisconsin Electric on' September.14, 1995, F provide details regarding the violation. ~We agree that the events and circumstances described in the Notice of Violation are .accuratelyncharacterized. U
- Infaccordance with the instructions provided in the inspection freport, our reply to thefproposed violation includes:
(1) the reason for the violation, or if contested, the basis for disputing d the violation;.(2) corrective action taken; (3) corrective. action to be taken.to avoid further' violations; and (4) date when full 4 l' compliance will be achieved. VIOLATION Section 3.F of Amendments 37 and 42 of the Facility Operating Licenses No. DPR-24 and DPR-27 requires the licensee to maintain in effect-and fully implement all provisions of the commission approved Physical Security and Contingency Plans, including i amendments and changes made pursuant to the authority of 10 CFR 50.54(p). 4 Section 2.1, Paragraph 5.0 of the approved Point Beach Security l Plan requires an outage of the intrusion alarm zone be monitored by l .a security compensatory measure. . Contrary to the above, on July 13, 1995, the licensee failed to implement compensatory measures for a period of 23 minutes for a protected area intrusion alarm zone that was not functioning, (266/301-95008-02 (DRSS)). e i l a 4 Page 1 of.3 .l ,s.-, , - ~ w N,
4 i RESPONSE TO VIOLATION: . Wisconsin Electric submitted 30-day security event report 266/95-S03-00 to the NRC on August 11, 1995 as required by 10 CFR 73.71(b). This report was submitted via our. transmittal. letter VPNPD 95-066. In that report we provided details of the event, our immediate corrective actions, and long-term corrective actions. 1. Reason for Violation A comprehensive root cause' evaluation of this event and of the previous events determined that corrective actions previously taken were not sufficient to prevent recurrence of this type of event. . Previous event evaluations identified human error and/or noncompliance with procedural guidance as the root cause of the events. The corrective actions focused upon individual -performance, written instructions and software solutions rather than upon interface communications and central alarm station ~(CAS)/ secondary alarm station (SAS) facility operations. The results of the root cause evaluation for this event concluded that communications between the CAS and SAS operators were inadequate in that repeat-back communications were not used. 2. Corrective Actions Taken and Results Achieved: a. A comprehensive root cause evaluation of this event and previous similar events was performed. In addition to evaluating the effectiveness of previous corrective actions, an independent evaluation of human engineering / ergonomic aspects of working in the CAS/SAS was conducted. b. A preliminary evaluation of CAS/SAS operator distractions resulted in the following corrective actions being taken: (1) Non-essential radios in the CAS/SAS were removed. (2) Ringdown of the security office telephone to the CAS has been discontinued. P Page 2 of 3
w 3. Corrective Actions to be Taken to Avoid Further Violations a. The communications standard will be enhanced and rainforced with CAS/SAS operators by October 30, 1995, to require repeat-backs for CAS/SAS operator communications. Supervision will monitor adherence to this standard and to operator performance and will provide feedback as appropriate. b. CAS/SAS operations will be reevaluated by February 28, 1996. Improvements resulting from this reevaluation will be implemented as necessary. 4. Date that Full Comoliance will be Achieved: Full compliance with all regulatory requirements was achieved on July 13, 1995. Page 3 of 3 =--r-.}}