ML20127M782
| ML20127M782 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 01/21/1993 |
| From: | Ring M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML18058B367 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-255-92-28, NUDOCS 9301290013 | |
| Download: ML20127M782 (2) | |
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'4 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Consumers Power Company Docket No.- 50-255 Palisades Nuclear Generating Plant License No. DPR-20 During an NRC inspection conducted on December 7 through 18,
-1992, a violation of NRC requirements was_ identified.
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accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR_Part~2, Appendix C, the violation is listed below:
Technical Specification 4.0.5.a states ".
inservice testing b
of ASME Code Class 1, 2,
and 3 pumps and_ valves shall be performed in accordance with Section XI of the ASME Boiler and.
ASME Section XI, INV-3522, Pressure Vessel Code
" Exercising Procedure," states, in part " check valves shall' be-exercised to the positic.n required to fulfill their function..."
Contrary to the above, inservice test procedure QO-8B, dated October 2, 1992, contained inadequate acceptance criteria to verify that the following check valves were exercised to their tull open position (50-255/92028-Cl(DRS)).
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Primary coolant loop check valves CK-ES3101, CK-ES3116, CK-ES3131, and CK-ES3146 required 8000 gpm flow to verify 3
full open, whereas the test acceptance criteria was 1200-1800 gpm.
b.
Low pressure safety injection check valves CK-ES3103,-
CK-ES3118, CK-ES3133, and CK-ES3148 required 1600 gpm flow-to verify full-open, whereas the test acceptance criteria was 1200-1800 gpm.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I.D.3).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Consumers Power company is hereby required to submit a written statement.or explanation to the U.
S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,_ ATTN:
i Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C.
20555 with a copy to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region-III, 799_ Roosevelt Road, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, 60137, _and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the Palisades Nuclear Generating Plant, within 30-days of the date of the letter transmitting 1this_ 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-l that have been taken and the results achieved,.(3) the corrective E
steps that will be taken to avoid further violation, and (4) the
'date when full compliance will be achieved.
If an adequate reply v
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2 is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a demand for information may be issued as to why-the license should not be modified,. suspended, c2 revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken.- Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
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/e-r" Dated at Glen Ellyn, Ill.inois this tg day of T,
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Ring, Chief f
Engineering Branch
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