ML20125D291
| ML20125D291 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 12/10/1992 |
| From: | Beach A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Graham P GULF STATES UTILITIES CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20125D293 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9212150084 | |
| Download: ML20125D291 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000458/1992032
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DEC I 01992
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
response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional
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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
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discuss them with you.
Sincerely,
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. Bill Beach, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Enclosures:
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Appendix A - Notice of Violation
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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
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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
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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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