ML20134P395

Notice of Violation from Insp on 961201-970111.Violations Noted:Rcs Cooldown Rate Allowed to Exceed Limits Specified in PTLR for Approximately One Hour,During Unit Cooldown

ML20134P395
Person / Time
Site:	Crystal River
Issue date:	02/05/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
Shared Package
ML20134P392	List: ML20134P389 ML20134P395 ML20134P400
References
50-302-96-20, NUDOCS 9702250422
Download: ML20134P395 (2)

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION l

Florida Power Corporation Docket No. 50-302 Crystal River Unit 3 License No. DPR-72 During NRC inspections conducted on December 1.1996 through January 11. 1997. [

. violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the >

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" General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions." NUREG 1600, the violations are listed below:

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A. Technical Specification (TS) 3.4.3 Reactor Coolant System (RCS)

Pressure and Temperature (P/T) Limits, requires that at all times. RCS ,

! pressure. RCS temperature, and RCS heatup and cooldown rates shall be  !

i maintained within the limits specified in the Pressure Temperature Limits Report (PTLR).  !

t Contrary to the above, on January 11, 1996. during unit cooldown, the

RCS cooldown rate was allowed to exceed the limits specified in the PTLR

, for approximately one hour. Specifically, the cooldown rate was not

' decreased from 25 F per half-hour to less than 10 F per hour at an RCS temperature of 150 F as measured by the decay heat cooler outlet

temperature, as required by the PTLR curve entitled. Reactor Coolant System Pressure-Tem)erature Limits for Cooldown for First 15 Effective i Full Power Years (E PY).

This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement 1).  !

, B. Technical S)ecification (TS) 5.6.1. Procedures, requires that written l procedures )e established implemented, and maintained for the recommendations in Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.33. Revision 2. Appendix A.

4 February-. 1978. RG 1.33, as implemented by TS 5.6.1 requires that j

. administrative procedures be established for control of procedure review and approval.

AI-400C, New Procedures and Procedure Change Processes. Revision 17. )

requires that if interfacing department's actions or procedures will be  ;

impacted, then the interfacing department must perform a qualified ,

review. AI-400C requires that all qualified reviewers of a procedure '

! are to verify conformance to AI-402B, Procedure Writing (Except for  !

j Abnormal and Emergency Operating Procedures).

4 Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to review Procedure PM-191. i Main Turbine / Generator. Feedwater Turbine Layup adequately, in that all i departments impacted by the procedure did not perform qualified reviews  ;

i' and that conformance to Procedure AI-402B was not verified for all  !

sections of the procedure. i I

This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement 1). ,

1 Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201. Florida Power Corporation is

hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. ,

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FPc 2 Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201. Florida Power Corporation is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ATTN: Document Control Desk. Washington DC 20555. with a copy to the Regional Administrator Region II. and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector, at the Crystal River facility, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this 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 that have been taken and the results achieved. (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full com)liance will be achieved. Your response may reference or include )revious docceted corr-espondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses t1e required response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or demand for information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, sus) ended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be tacen. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 5th day of February 1997 Enclosure 1