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Forwards Safety Insp Rept 50-293/92-27 on 921102-06 & Notice of Violation
ML20126L839
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Site: Pilgrim
Issue date: 12/30/1992
From: Bettenhausen L
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Richard Anderson
BOSTON EDISON CO.
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See also: IR 05000293/1992027

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DEC 3 01992

Docket No. 50-293

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Mr. Roy A.- Anderson

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Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360

Dear Mr. Anderson:

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SUIUECT: INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-293/92-27

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This _ refers to the safety inspection of fire protection activities conducted by Mr. A. Finkel of

this ofEce from -November 2 - 6,1992, at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Plymouth,

- Massachusetts, of activities authorized by NRC License No. DPR-35 and to the discussions

- of findings held by Mr. Finkel with Mr. E. Kraft, Jr., and other members of your-staff at

the conclusion of the inspection.

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Areas examined during this inspection are described in the'NRC Region I Ins'pection Repor't

.which is enclosed with this letter. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of sclective

examinations of procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel, and

observations of activitics in progress.

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Based on the results of this inspection, certain of your activities appear to'be in violation off

NRC requirements, as'specified in the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice), Appendix Ai

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enclosed Notice when preparing your response. -In our response, you shoiild" document the

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specific actions taken and any additional actions you plan to'take to prevent recurrence. =In

"your response, you should document the specific actions taken and any actions you phin to;

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prevent recurrence of the delays that have occured in addressing findings identified through

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your corrective action system.

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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 Public Document Room.

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Enclosures:

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Appendix A, Notice of Violation

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Inspection Report No. 50-293/92-27

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El Boulette, Vice President, Nuclear Operations and Station Director -

E. Kraft, Plan't Manager

- V. Oheim, Manager, Regulatory Affairs Department

D. Tarantino, Nuclear Information Manager

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N. Desmond, Compliance Division Manager

R.- Hallisey, Department of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

R. Adams, Department of Labor and Industries, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy

The Honorable John F Kerry

The Honorable Edward J. Markey

The Honorable Edward P Kirby

The Honorable Peter V. Forman

B. Abbanat, Department of Public Utilities

Chairman, Plymouth Board of Selectmen

Chairman, Duxbury. Board of Selectmen

Plymouth Civil Defense Director

Paul W. Gromer, Massachusetts Secretary of Energy Resources

Sarah Woodhouse, Legislative Assistant

A Nogee, MASSPIRG

Regional Administrator, FEMA

Office of the Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality

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Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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A. Finkel, DRS

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION

Boston Edison Company

Docket No. 50 293

Piigrim Nuclear Power Station

License No. DPR-59

During an NRC inspection conducted from Novemoer 2 - 6,1992, violations of NRC

requirements were identified. In accordance with the, " General Statement of Policy and

Procedures for NRC Er.forcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1990), the

violations are listed below:

10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI, requires that neasures shall be established

to assure that conditions adverse to quality, such as failures, deficiencies, defective

material and equipment, are promptly identified and corrected. Boston Edison

Company (BECo) Fire Protection Program, NOP83FP1, requires that the fire -

protection program be periodically audited. The BECo Quality Assurance Program

Sections 2.5.6,16 and 16.2.4 require that audit deficiencies be reported to responsible

management. Conditions adverse to quality shall be corrected and that such

corrective shall be timely.

Contrary to the above actions were not taken in a timely manner to correct audit

findings and other conditions adverse to quality as evidenced by the following

examples:

A lack of required fireproofing material on structural steel in some areas of the

Reactor Building was identified by Quality Assurance Deficiency 1306,

October 24,1984. The same deficiency was also identified in Audits No. 90-

30, December 5,1990, and 91-45, January 9,1992. Corrective action was

not taken to repair this deficiency until November 5,1992, after it was again

brought to your attention during our inspection.

In June 1988, an engineering service request (ESR 88-407) was issued

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identifying a broken sight glass on the diesel fire pump fuel oil day tank which

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was also identified in Maintenance requests 88-33-51 and 88-33-161. Audit

No. 90-30, December 5,1990, further identified that tne design of the day

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tank sight glass was not in accordance with the design requirements of the

National Fire Protection Code No. 20. To date, no corrective action has been

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taken to bring the tank volume measurement system into NFPA code design.

This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement 1).

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Appendix A

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Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Boston Edison Company is hereby required to

submit a written statement or explanation to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

A'ITN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555, with a copy to the Regional

Administrator, Region I, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility that is the

subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of

Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a, " Reply to a Notice of

Violation," and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation; or, if

contested, the basis for disputing the violation; (2) the corrective steps that have been taken

and the results achieved; (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations;

and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown,

consideration will be given to extending the response time.

Dated at: King of Prussia, PA

this pday of December 1992.

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