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Discusses Insp Rept 50-482/97-08 on 970223-0405 & Forwards Notice of Violation.Violation of Concern Because Supervisor Directed Radwaste Operators to Exceed Precautionary Fill Limit W/O Following Proper Plant Administrative Procedures
ML20140E705
Person / Time
Site: Wolf Creek Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation icon.png
Issue date: 04/25/1997
From: Gwynn T
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To: Maynard O
WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORP.
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ML20140E710 List:
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EA-97-108, NUDOCS 9704290111
Download: ML20140E705 (5)
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See also: IR 05000482/1997008

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Otto L. Maynard, President and

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P.O. Box 411

Burlington, Kansas 66839

SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-482/97-08 AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION

Dear Mr. Maynard:

An NRC inspection was conducted February 23 through April 5,1997, at your Wolf Creek

Generating Station reactor facility. The enclosed report presents the scope and results of

that inspection.

During this inspection, four violations were identified in the operations, maintenance, and I

engineering areas. Violation A is of particular concern because a supervisor directed I

radwaste operators to exceed a precautionary filllimit without L oowing the proper plant

administrative procedures to obtain authorization. Violation B is also of concern because it

is another example of corrective actions to identified problems not preventing the

recurrence of related events. Violation C addresses the lack of rigor and the procedural

noncompliance that your staff used as they considered risk while adding activities into your j

work schedule. Violation D cites your failure to update the Updated Safety Analysis Report l

to address the configuration of safety-related systems.

These violations are cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice) and the

circumstances surrounding the violations are described in detailin the enclosed report.

Please note that you are required to respond to this letter and should follow the

instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. The NRC will i

use your response, in part, to determine whether further enforcement action is necessary

to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

We also identified an additional example of a violation cited in NRC Inspection Report 50-

482/97-04 (Violation A). This example reinforces our concern that shift supervisors may

not be consistently recognizing the impact of maintenance activities on the operability of

safety-related equipment. In your response to this previously cited violation, please include

a discussion of this additional example and how your corrective actions will prevent its

recurrence. In order to provide you ample time to include this additional information in

your response, we have authorized an additional 14 days for response to the violations

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

its enclosures, 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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Docket No.: 50-482

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2. NRC Inspection Report

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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

Office of the Governor

State of Kansas

Topeka, Kansas 66612

Attorney General

Judicial Center

301 S.W.10th

2nd Floor

Topeka, Kansas 66612-1597

County Clerk

Coffey County Courthouse

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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