ML20127M782

Notice of Violation from Insp on 921207-18.Violation Noted: Inservice Test Procedure QO-8B Contained Inadequate Acceptance Criteria to Verify That Listed Check Valves Exercised Full Open Position

ML20127M782
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	01/21/1993
From:	Ring M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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ML18058B367	List: IR 05000255/1992028 ML20127M782
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. In e accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR_Part~2, Appendix C, the violation is listed below:

b Technical Specification 4.0.5.a states ". .. inservice testing of ASME Code Class 1, 2, and 3 pumps and_ valves shall be performed in accordance with Section XI of the ASME Boiler and.

Pressure Vessel Code . . . " ASME Section XI, INV-3522,

" 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)).

a. Primary coolant loop check valves CK-ES3101, CK-ES3116, .

CK-ES3131, and CK-ES3146 required 8000 gpm flow to verify full open, whereas the test acceptance criteria was 1200-3 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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Notice of Violation ~- 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.

Dated at Glen Ellyn, Ill.inois I b' L WN /e-r" this tg day of T, v acV , 1993 F. A. Ring, Chief Engineering Branch f

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