ML20134K221

Forwards Insp Repts 50-334/96-07 & 50-412/96-07 on 960813- 0928 & Notice of Violations

ML20134K221
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	11/08/1996
From:	Eselgroth P NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Cross J DUQUESNE LIGHT CO.
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ML20134K224	List: IR 05000334/1996007 ML20134K221 ML20134K247
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See also: IR 05000334/1996007

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i November 8,1996

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i Mr. J. E. Cross

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Duquesne Light Company (DLC)

Post Office Box 4

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l SUBJECT: NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-334/96-07, 50-412/96-07

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j Dear Mr. Cross:

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] The NRC conducted an inspection of the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS) facilities from

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August 13 to September 28,1996. The enclosed report presents the results of that

inspection.

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During the six week period covered by this inspection period, your staff demonstrated

strong operational command and control during the Unit 2 shutdown and refueling j

t activities. Engineers effectively managed their workload and provided timely resolution to

various refueling outage issues. Senior management's review of emergency diesel

generator post maintenance testing weaknesses was insightful. Performance in the

j radiation protection (RP) area by RP staff was good. Radiological cont'rols established

during the Unit 2 refueling outage were appropriate and well planned. Radiation worker i

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practices were improved compared to the previous Unit 1 refueling outage, i

l Engineering performance improved in quality of documentation, backlog reduction, and

response timeliness. Several recently identified issues were related to previous design

3 control prnblems. Examples within the past six months included AMSAC timing relay

reset, AMSAC feedwater flow instrument setpoints, fire pump capacity, and containment

j penetration overpressure protection. Issue identification demonstrated a good questioning

l attitude by your engineering staff. Notwithstanding, our inspectors identified a

longstanding valve misalignment in the Unit 1 reactor pressure control system. Your initial

I conective actions were appropriate. The cause of this error and results of your expanded

scope review will be assessed during future inspections.

i Based on the results of this inspection, two violations of NRC requirements were identified.

The first resulted from your failure to audit activities of the Onsite Safety Committee (OSC)

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since 1992. Our inspectors noted the strengthened oversight provided by your recently

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established Nuclear Safety Review Board; however, this does not in itself fulfill your

existing license requirements to perform and audit OSC activities. The second violation

, was failure to adequately control safeguards documents.

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These violations are cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation, and the circumstances  !

surrounding the violations are described in detailin the enclosed report. Please note that i

you are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the

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enclosed Notice when preparing your response. The NRC will use your response, in part, i

to determine whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with

regulatory requirements. i

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter

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and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).

Sincerely,

Original Signed By:

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Peter W. Eselgroth, Chief

Projects Branch 7

Division of Reactor Projects  :

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Docket Nos. : 50-334,50-412

Enclosures:

! 1. Notice of Violation

l 2. Inspection Report 50-334/96-07, 50-412/96-07

3. AMSAC Predecisional Enforcement Conference Slides dated August 28,1996

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S. C. Jain, Vice President, Nuclear Services

T. P. Noonan, Vice President, Nuclear Operations

l L. R. Freeland, Manager, Nuclear Engineering Department

l B. Tuite, General Manager, Nuclear Operations Unit

l K. L. Ostrowski, Manager, Quality Services Unit

R. Brosi, Manager, Nuclear Safety Department

M. Clancy, Mayor

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Distribution w/encls (VIA E-MAIL):

l J. Stolz, NRR

D. Brinkman, NRR

W. Dean, OEDO

l Inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)

R. Correia, NRR

R. Frahm, Jr., NRR

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