ML20127E812
| ML20127E812 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 01/06/1993 |
| From: | Herdt A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Tuckman M DUKE POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20127E815 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9301200055 | |
| Download: ML20127E812 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000413/1992029
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Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414
License Nos. NPF-35 and NPF-52
Duke Power Company
ATTN: Mr. M. S. Tuckman
Vice President, Catawba Site
4800 Concord Road
York, SC 29745
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
(INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-413/92-29 AND 50-414/92-29)
This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. William Orders of this office
on November 8, 1992 - December 12, 1992.
The inspection included a review of
activities authorized for your Catawba 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 examinations 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 violation is of concern because it involves two
design deficiencies which rendered the auxiliary feedwater systems on both
Catawba units inoperable since start-up and in certain accident scenarios,
would have prevented the systems from performing their intended safety
functions. Although it is recognized that your personnel identified this
issue and that prompt corrective action was taken, it should be understood
that the design basis documentation efforts which you have completed on the
auxiliary feedwater system, represents a prior opportunity during which design
deficiencies such as these could and should be detected.
Furthermore, it
should be noted that your failure to perform an adequate design review of the
auxiliary feedwater system was the subject of Non-Cited Violation (NCV)
413,414/92-09-02. The NCV also served as a prior opportunity for you to have
detected the current problem had conservative root cause analysis and
corrective actions been taken.
In addition, the enclosed Inspection Report identifies activities that
violated NRC requirements that will not be subject to enforcement action
because the licensee's efforts in identifying and/or correcting the violation
meet the criteria specified in Section Vll.B. of the Enforcement Policy.
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
actions you plan to prevent recurrence.
After reviewing your response to this
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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.
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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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 concerning this letter, please contact us.
Sincerely,
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Alan R. Herdt, Chief
Reactor Projects Branch 3
Division of Reactor Projects
Enclosures:
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f.RC Inspection Report
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R. C. Futrell
Compliance
Duke Power Company
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4800 Concord Road
York, SC 29745-9635
A. V. Carr, Esq.
Duke Power Company
422 South Church Street
Charlotte, NC 28242-0001
J. Michael McGarry, Ill, Esq.
Winston and Strawn
1400 L Street, NW
Washington, D. C.
20005
North Carolina MPA-1
Suite 600
P. O. Box 29513
Raleigh, NC 27626-0513
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Heyward G. Shealy, Chief
S. C. Department of Health
and Environmental Control
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Richard P. Wilson, Esq.
S. C. Attorney General's Office
P. O. Box 11549
Columbia, SC 29211
Michael Hirsch
' Federal Emergency Management Agency
500 C Street, Sw, Room 840
Washington, D. C.
20472
North Carolina Electric
Membership Corporation
P. O. Box 27306
Raleigh, NC 27611-
Karen E. Long
N. C. Department of Justice
P. O. Box 629
Raleigh, NC 27602
Saluda River Electric
Cooperative, Inc.
P. O. Box 929
Laurens, SC 29360
T. Richard Puryear
Nuclear Technical Services Manager
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
P. O. Box 32817
Charlotte, NC 28232
County Manager of York County
York County Courthouse
York, SC 29745
Piedmont Municipal- Power Agency
121 Village Drive
Greer, SC 29651
R. L. Gill
Mail Stop EC050
Duke Power Company
P. O. Box 1006
Charlotte, NC 28201-1006
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Document Control Desk
NRC Resident Inspector
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Route 1, Box 179-N
York, SC 29745
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