ML20128P261
| ML20128P261 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 05/09/1985 |
| From: | Pilant J NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT |
| To: | Johnson E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20128P203 | List: |
| References | |
| CNSS855636, NUDOCS 8506030495 | |
| Download: ML20128P261 (2) | |
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4_ Nebraska Public Power District COOPER NUCLEAR STATION
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CNSS855636 May 9, 1985
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Reactor Project Branch I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Arlington, Texas 76011
Subject:
Nebraska Public Power District Response to IE Inspection Report 50-298/85-08
Dear Mr. Johnson:
This letter is written in response to your letter dated April 17, 1985, transmitting Inspection Report 50-298/85-08. Therein you indicated that one of our activities was in violation of Nuclear Regulatory Commission requirements.
The following is the statement of the violation and our response in accordance with 10CFR2.201:
Statement of Violation
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Inadequate Procedure
!id:7 Pbf1 10CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, requires that activities
~ 5' affecting quality be prescribed by documented procedures. The licensee's Quality Assurance Program for Operations - Policy Document, Section 2.5, amplified the above requirement to include activities which have nuclear safety significance.
Contrary to the above, Licensee Procedure 0.9, " Equipment Clearance and Release Orders",Section II.A.3, required independent verification only of manual valves located in the main flow path of safety-related equipment and did not address switches, breakers, and other components being returned to service.
This is a Severity Level V Violation (Supplement 1E) (298/8508-01).
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-Page 2-Corrective Steps-Which Have Been Taken And The-Results Achieved aWritten instruction has been provided to all control room personnel stating the. independent verification required when returning safety related equipment
- to service.
It was communicated in this instruction that independent veri-fication11s~ required for valves and all other components in the main flow path
~ f safety-related equipment to ensure that CNS Procedure 0.9, " Equipment o
Clearance-and Release Orders", has been.followed correctly and that related components are returned to service properly. Although independent verifica-tionLon~all equipment.important to safety had previously been performed when the equipment was returned.to ' service, this instruction and a' subsequent revision to CNS' Procedure 0.9 will provide procedural controls to ensure that.
independent verification is initiated when required.-
' Corrective Steps Which Will Be Taken To Avoid Further Violations A' revision to CNS Procedure 0.9, " Equipment Clearance and Release Orders", has-been initiated which: indicates that not only manual valves located in the main.
. flow path of safety related equipment require independent verification, but all components (e.g., breakers, switches) associated with components located
.inithe main. flow path of. safety related equipment require. independent veri-fication when being returned to service.
It is believed this' revision provides adequate procedural controls to ensure
'that.it. dependent verification of necessary components is performed when-1 returning.these components to service.
Date When Full Compliance Will Be Achieved Full compliance will be' achieved by June 30, 1985.
If you have'any questions regar' ding this response, please contact me or
.P. V..Thomason at the site.
Sincerely, M
ilant Tecimical Staf f Manager L
Nuclear Power Group JMP:NLS:ya
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