ML20137J746

Notice of Violation from Insp on 961207-970206.Violations Noted:Applicable Procedures Recommended in App a of RG 1.33 Rev 2,Feb 1978 Were Not Correctly Implemented

ML20137J746
Person / Time
Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	03/26/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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ML20137J734	List: IR 05000373/1996020 ML20137J730 ML20137J746
References
RTR-REGGD-01.033, RTR-REGGD-1.033 50-373-96-20, 50-374-96-20, NUDOCS 9704040112
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i NOTICE OF VIOLATION i Commonwealth Edison Company Dockets Nos. 50-373; 50-374 LaSalle County Station Licenses Nos. NPF-11, NPF-18 During an NRC inspection conducted on December 7,1996, through February 6,1997,  ;

violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the " General l

Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the.  !

j_ violations are listed below:

1. Technical Specification 6.2.A.a requires that applicable procedures recommended in  :

Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978, be established, l implemented, and maintained.

) Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978, specifies

, procedures for implementation of a fire protection program and operation of onsite .

AC power and liquid radioactive waste systems.  !

Step F.15 of LaSalle Operating Procedure (LOP) AP-11, " Racking-out a 4160 Volt ,

Motor Operated Air Circuit Breaker," Revision 8, requires that operators secure the breaker compartment door bolt by tightening the bolt at the top of the door when the associated Division 3 breaker is removed from service.

I Step F.2.b of LaSalle Operating Surveillance (LOS) FP-M4, " Fire Protection Sprinkler and Deluge System Valve Lineup and Alarm Check," Revision 20, requires that operators open the inspector's test drain valve during the surveillance test.

4 Steps F.8.a through F.8.i of LaSalle Operating Procedure LOP WX-06, " Establishing a Waste Sludge Tank Transfer Loop," Revision 10, requires that operators secure i the transfer of the waste tank contents, close the waste tank outlet valves, and j begin a flush of the transfer lines with " clean" cycled condensate water after transferring the desired amount of waste sludge from the tank for further

! processing and disposal.

Step B.4 of LaSalle Administrative Procedure LAP 900-16, " Fire Protection '

Equipment and Fire Barrier impairments," Revision 13, requires initiation of a fire protection impairment permit before any fire protection component or system is taken out-of-service or otherwise rendered inoperable.

4 Contrary to the above, applicable procedures recommended in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978, were not corrsctly implemented 1

- in the following instances:  ;

, s. On January 21,1997, inspectors identified that the bolt at the top of the I Division 3, Bus 143, Cubicle 3 compartment door was not secured. The bolt was hanging loose and not engaged with the switchgear fiame, although the breaker was removed from service. )

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b. On February 1,1997, while conducting a fire protection system surveillance  !

{ test in accordance with LOS-FP-M4, a non-licensed operator opened the manual deluge valve for the Unit 1 auxiliary transformer instead of the ,

. inspector's test drain valve.

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c. On January 31,1997, during a waste tank transfer in accordance with LOP-WX-06, an operator did not secure the transfer of the waste tank l contents, close the waste tank outlet valves, and begin a flush of the >

j transfer lines with " clean" cycled condensate water per steps F.8.a through

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F.8.l. j t d. On January 11,1997, personnel in the Consolidated Facilities Maintenance  !

Group did not obtain a fire impairment permit before disabling fire door 149.

I This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I). (50-373/96020-01; j 50-374/96020-01).

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2. . 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, " Instructions, Procedures and Drawings,"

j requires that activities affecting quality be prescribed by documented instructions,  ;

procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstances and be '

j - accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures, or drawings.

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Contrary to the above, out-of-service (OOS) 960015064, dated October 11,1996,  !

was not appropriate to the circumstances in that it did not contain sufficient  !

Instructions to ensure that operators removed the correct Unit 2, Division 2, battery j j- charger circuit breaker from service. ]

l This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1) (50-374/96020-03). l i

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Commonwealth Edison Company is hereby required to submit a written statement of explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

. Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555 with a copy to the

Regional Administrator, Region lil, and a cepy to the NRC Resident inspector at the LaSalle 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

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results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and l (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your 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 l

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r i 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 l

the response time.

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

2 cxtent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, prop.ietary, 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 provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in the detail the bases for your claim of 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 financialinformation), if 4 safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

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Dated this .lf_gt day Lisle, Illinois of March 1997 i

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