ML20134J411
| ML20134J411 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 11/08/1996 |
| From: | Skinner H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Dennis Morey SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20134J413 | List: |
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| EA-96-410, NUDOCS 9611150198 | |
| Download: ML20134J411 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000348/1996009
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
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SUBJECT:
NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-348/96-09 AND 50-364/96-09.
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Dear Mr. Morey:
On October 12, 1996, the NRC completed an inspection at your Farley Nuclear
Plant (FNP) facility. The enclosed report presents the results of this
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inspection,
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During the six-week period covered by this ins)ection period, your conduct of
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activities at FNP was generally characterized )y safety-conscious operations,
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sound engineering and maintenance practices', and careful radiological work
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controls. However, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. We are
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particularly concerned about this violation because it represents two separate
events involving system alignment errors by non-licensed operators.
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errors resulted in the inoperability of the IB emergency diesel generator, and
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caused two plant transients associated with the Unit 2 letdown system.
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The violation is cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice), and the
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specific circumstances surrounding it is described in detail in the enclosed
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report.
Please note that you are required to respond to this letter and.
should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing
your response. The NRC will use your response, in part, to determine whether
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further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with regulatory
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requirements.
In your October 25. 1996 reply to the Notice of Violation ter NRC Inspection
Report numbers 50-348/96-10 and 50-364/96-10, you committed to provide to NRC
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a supplemental response by December 24. 1996, to address the additional long
discrepancies discussed in Inspection Report numbers gects of the pipe support
term corrective actions regarding the 3rogrammatic as
0-348/96-07 and 50
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additional examples of support discrepancies discussed in Paragraph E1.2 of
the attached inspection report. We are also concerned with the adequacy of
your structural welding inspection program, specifically the fact that the
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number of weld discrepancies identified during recent NRC inspections.
indicates that there may be other similar deficiencies-in your welding
program.
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In addition, two apparent violations were identified and are being considered
for escalated enforcement action in accordance with the " General Statement of
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Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions" (Enforcement Policy),
NUREG-1600. These apparent violations'cor.cern:
1) Failure to install Kaowool
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fire barriers as required by your Fire Protection Program, and 2) Programmatic
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breakdown of the Kaowool independent inspection program. Accordingly, no
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Notice of Violation is presently being issued for these inspection findings.
In addition please be advised that tha rumber and characterization of
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apparent violations described in the enclosed inspection report may change as
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a result of further NRC review.
A predecisional enforcement conference to discuss these apparent violations
has been scheduled for November 18, 1996. The decision to hold a
predecisional enforcement conference does not mean that the NRC has determined
that a violation has occurred or that enforcement action will be taken. This
conference is being held to obtain information to enable the NRC to make an
enforcement decision. such as a comman understanding of the facts, root
causes, missed opportunities to identify the apparent violations sooner,
corrective actions, significance of the issues and the need for lasting and
effective corrective action.
In addition, this is an opportunity for you to
point out any errors in our inspection report and for you to provide any
information concerning your perspectives on 1) the severity of the violations.
2) the application of the factors that the NRC considers when it determines
the amount of a civil penalty that may be assessed in accordance with Section
VI.B.2 of the Enforcement Policy, and 3) any other application of the Enforce-
ment Policy to this case, including the exercise of discretion in accordance
with Section VII.
You will be advised by separate correspondence of the results of our
deliberations on this matter.
No response regarding these apparent violations
is required at this time,
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of
this letter and its enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
Sincerely.
(Original signed by Pierce H. Skinner)
Pierce H. Skinner. Chief
Reactor Projects Branch 2
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos.:
50-348 and 50-364
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Inspection Report 50-348/96-09
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M. J. Ajluni
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Licensing Manager
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R. D. Hill, Jr.
General Manager, Farley Plant
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Southern Nuclear Operating
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Company Inc.
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G. S. Waymire, Su)ervisor
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Safety- Audit and Engineering Review
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Farley Nuclear Plant
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Ashford, AL 36312
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J. D. Woodard
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Executive Vice President
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State Health Officer
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M. Stanford Blanton
Balch and Bingham Law Firm
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