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Forwards Insp Rept 50-458/92-32 on 920927-1107 & Notice of Violation
ML20125D291
Person / Time
Site: River Bend Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 12/10/1992
From: Beach A
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To: Graham P
GULF STATES UTILITIES CO.
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ML20125D293 List:
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NUDOCS 9212150084
Download: ML20125D291 (5)


See also: IR 05000458/1992032

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Docket No. 50-458

License No. NPF-47

Gulf States Utilities

ATTN: P. D. Graham

Vice President (RBNG)

P.O. Box 220

St. Francisville, I uisiana 70775

Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT N0. 50-458/92-32 (NOTICE OF VIOLATION)

This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. W. F. Smith, and the inspectors

identified in the attached report, of this office September 27 through

November 7, 1992. The inspection included a review of activities authorized

for your River Bend Station facility. At the conclusion of the inspection,

the findings were discussed with those members of your staff identified in the

enclosed report.

Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the report. Within

these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examination of procedures

and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observation of

activities in progress.

Based on the results of this inspection, certain of your activities appeared

to be in violation of NRC requirements, as specified in the enclosed ' Notice of

Violation (Notice). The first violation is of concern because your licensed

operators failed to perform a containment purge in accordance with the system

operating procedure. This violation, though identified by your staff, is

being cited because corrective actions addressing the failure to follow

procedures were not implemented by the end of this inspection period, which

was approximately 6 weeks after the event. The second violation, which

involved your operator's failure to perform the required off-site power

transmission network availability verification within an hour-of placing the

Division I diesel generator in an inoperable status, is of concern because it

showed a poor practice of not entering Technical Specification action

statements for planned, short duration equipment outages. The third violation

is of concern because it was an example of maintenance procedures not

providing adequate instructions to satisfactorily complete the work. This

violation is being cited because your immediate corrective actions _did not

identify and correct all bent pushrods prior to running the engine.

You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions

specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. In your

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actions you plan to prevent recurrence. After reviewing your response to this

Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future

inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action is

necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.

Four other violations were identified in this report. However, in view of the

minor safety significance of each violation, and the good performance-of your

staff in documenting the events and executing corrective actions for each

violation, the violations meet the criteria specified in 10 CFR Part 2,

Appendix C,Section VII.B.1, of the Enforcement Policy for noncited violations

and no enforcement action will be taken.

It is our understanding that your staff has made a commitment to adjust the

security access computer program data as necessary to deny any individual

access to the protected area when the individual's general employee training

has expired, and that the estimated completion date for full implementation

was December 1, 1992. If you disagree with this understanding, please contact

us.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of-

this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC's Public Document

Room.

The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject

to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No. 96.511.

Should you have any questions regarding this inspection, we will be pleased to '

discuss them with you.

Sincerely,

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. Bill Beach, Director

Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosures:

1. Appendix A - Notice of Violation

2. Appendix B - NRC Inspection Report

50-458/92-32 w/ attachment

cc w/ enclosures:

Gulf States Utilities

ATTN: J. E. Booker, Manager-

Nuclear Industry Relations

P.O. Box 2951

Beaumont, Texas 77704

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Winston & Strawn

ATTN: Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esq.

1401 L Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005-3502

Gulf States Utilities

ATIN: Les Er. gland, Director

Nuclear Licensing

P.O. Box 220

St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 _

Mr. J. David McNeill, III

William G. Davis, Esq.

Department of Justice

Attorney General's Office

P.O. Box 94095

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804-9095

H. Anne Plettinger

3456 Villa Rose Drive

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806

President of West Feliciana

Police Jury

P.O. Box 1921

St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775

Cajun Electric Power Coop. Inc.

ATTN: Philip G. Harris ,

10719 Airline Highway

P.O. Box 15540

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70895

Hall Bohlinger, Administrator

Radiation Protection Division

P.O. Box 82135

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70884-2135

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