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Forwards Insp Rept 50-482/97-05 on 970127-0214 & Notice of Violation
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Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	04/02/1997
From:	Howell A; NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Maynard O; WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORP.
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April 2,1997

Otto L. Maynard, President and

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Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

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i SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-482/97-05 AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION 1

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Dear Mr. Maynard:

An NRC inspection was conducted January 27-31 and February 10-14,1997, at your Wolf ;

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Creek Generating Station reactor facility. The enclosed report presents the scope and ;

results of that inspection. The overall results of this inspection were discussed with

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Mr. T. Damashek of your staff on April 2,1997.

) The inspection team concluded that conditions adverse to quality were being appropriately

identified at the Wolf Creek Generating Station. Your quality assurance program had

identified a weakness in the ability to perform effective root cause evaluations and

corrective actions for significant performance improvement requests. We noted that you

, had initiated significant corrective actions for the identified weakness including the

establishment of a Corrective Action Review Board, the selection of Performance ,

l- Improvement Coordinators, and planned root cause evaluation training. We encourage full ;

implementation of your corrective actions to improve the performance of your root cause :

evaluations and the effectiveness of your corrective action program.

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The team also identified that you had performed an acceptable functional assessment of :

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your auxiliary feedwater system as corrective action for NRC Enforcement

Action EA 96-124, dated July 1,1996. The assessment identified several weaknesses,

including inconsistent implementation of (1) lessons-learned from industry experience,

(2) testing and surveillance requirements, and (3) completion of corrective actions for

closed performance improvement requests. A noncited violation associated with a failure

to adequately perform a Technical Specification Surveillance Requirement was identified.

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The inspection identified a violation involving the failure to correct an identified low flow '

condition to the component cooling water system radiation monitor. This violation is cited

in the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice) and the circumstances surrounding the violation

is described in detailin the enclosed report. Please note that you are required to respond

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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

further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with regulatory

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

its enclosure (s), and your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room

(PDR). To the extent possible, your response should not include any personal privacy,

proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without

redaction.

Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be pleased to discuss

them with you.

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Arthur T. Howell Ill, Director

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No.: 50-482

License No.: NPF-42

Enclosures:

1. Notice of Violation

2. NRC Inspection Report

50-482/97-05

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Chief Operating Officer

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.

P.O. Box 411

Burlington, Kansas 66839

Jay Silberg, Esq.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge

2300 N Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20037

Supervisor Licensing

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.

P.O. Box 411

Burlington, Kansas 66839

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Chief Engineer -

Utilities' Division

Kansas Corporation Commission

-1500 SW Arrowhead Rd.

Topeka, Kansas ' 66604-4027

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Burlington, Kansas 66839-1798

Public Health Physicist

Division of Environment

Kansas Department of Health

and Environment

Bureau of Air & Radiation

Forbes Field Building 283

Topeka, Kansas 66620

Mr. Frank Moussa

Division of Emergency Preparedness

2800 SW Topeka Blvd

Topeka, Kansas 66611-1287

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