ML20135D443

Notice of Violation from Insp on 961130-970117.Violation Noted:Use of Inappropriate Surveillance Procedure Causing Uncontrolled Leak & Inline Relief Valve Lifting Due to Failure to Remove Installed Blank Flange

ML20135D443
Person / Time
Site:	Big Rock Point File:Consumers Energy icon.png
Issue date:	02/24/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20135D436	List: IR 05000155/1996012 ML20135D434 ML20135D443
References
50-155-96-12, NUDOCS 9703050250
Download: ML20135D443 (2)

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I NOTICE OF VIOLATION Consumers Power Company Docket No. 50-155 -

. Big Rock Point Nuclear Plant License No. DPR-6 i During an NRC inspection conducted from November 30,1996, through January 17, 1997, two examples of violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance

with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"

l NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:

1. 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, " Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings,"

requires, in part, that activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstances.

Contrary to the above:

! A. On January 2,1997, surveillance procedure TV-02, " Containment Integrated 4

Leak Rate Test," Rev 28., an activite affecting quality, was inappropriate to j the circumstances in that performt .,e of the procedure resulted in 1) an i uncontrolled leak of about 400 gallons of reactor coolant through the open

CRD accumulator water-side-drain valves and 2} an inline relief valve lifting j due to the failure to remove a installed blank flange. j i

B. In November 1994, the work control documents used to inspect and repair l the main steam isolation valve, MO-7050, an activity affecting quality, were )

? inappropriate to the circumstances in that they did not contain specifications i to ensure a proper fit between the T-slot in the valve wedge and tee on the

- valve stem.

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This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1). l

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 i Commission, ATTN

Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555, with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region lil, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the i facility that is the subject of this Notice, 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 '

t 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 compliance will be achieved. Your

,l response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response. If an adequate reply 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, or 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.

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Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the ,

i extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please i provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be 2

protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you j request withholding of such material, you muat specifically identify the portions of your

! response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of i withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). If l safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the i level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

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1 l Dated at Lisle, Illinois, 1 this 24th day of February 1997

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