ML20140H189

Notice of Violation from Insp on 860127-0207

ML20140H189
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	03/27/1986
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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Shared Package
ML20140H177	List: IR 05000354/1986010 ML20140H171 ML20140H189
References
50-354-86-10, NUDOCS 8604040070
Download: ML20140H189 (2)

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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Public Service Electric and Gas Company Docket No. 50-354 Hope Creek Generating Station License No. CPPR-120 As a result of the inspection conducted on January 27, 1986 - February 7, 1986,'and in accordance.with NRC Enforcement Policy (10 CFR 2, Appendix C),

the following violations were identified:

A. 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, requires that activities affecting quality be accomplished in accordance with documented procedures.

Startup Administrative Procedure 24 (SAP-24) Revision 11 requires:

A test exception to be initiated to identify procedure errors requiring revision to reflect design changes or actual system operation.

A change notice or on-the-spot change to be issued to resolve test exceptions or correct procedure errors.

A change notice'to be issued for revisions that alter the intent of.

the test.

All intent changes to be reviewed and approved by the same organiza-tional authorities that reviewed and approved the original test.

QA approval of the deletion or addition of mandatory witness points (MWP) when . altered by on-the-spot (OTS) or procedure change notices.

Quality Assurance Instruction (QAI) 2-11, Revision 5, requires the Quality Assurance Startup Engineer's (or his written designee) authorization for waiver of a MWP.

Contrary to the above, the following examples of noncompliance were l identified; (1) During performance of preoperational test procedure SN-1, Automatic Depressurization System, testing of the acoustic monitors was conducted on November 5, 1985 in a manner inconsistent with preoperational test procedure SN-1 requirements and without the issuance of a test exception or a reviewed and approved change notice.

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Appendix A 2 (2) On December _19, 1985 during performance of LN-1, Automatic Depressur-ization System (ADS), a leak rate retest of ADS accumulator inlet check valve 1-SN-V044 was conducted without the required MWP. The ,

MWP was deleted from the retest without the approval of the Quality Assurance department prior to performance of the retest as required by SAP-24.

.(3) On June 12, 1985 during performance of preoperational test procedure GT-1, Drywell Ventilation, step 8.1.20 was performed without the re-quired QA observation of the clearly identified MWP. Prior authort-zation for waiver of the MWP had not been obtained by the Quality Assurance Startup Engineer or his written designee as required by QAI 2-11.

This is a severity level V violation (Supplement II).

B. 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XI, requires test results be evaluated to assure that test requirements have been satisfied.

Contrary to the above:

(1) On January 4, 1986 the Preoperational Review Committee (PORC) reviewed, evaluated and approved the results of SN-1, Automatic Depressurization System and failed to identify that all test requirements had not been satisfied as evidenced by:

(a) acoustic monitors being tested in a manner inconsistent with the documented procedure,

(b) unauthorized deletion of a MWP during a retest and (c) three completed test pages missing from on-the-spot change No. 020 (2) On January 27, 1986 the PORC reviewed, evaluated and approved the results of GT-1, Drywell Ventilation and failed to identify that a MWP had not been witnessed or properly waived by the Quality Assur- y ance Startup Engineer or his designee as required.

This is a severity level IV violation (Supplement II).

Your proposed corrective actions for these violations were followed up on and reviewed on-site February 12 - 14, 1986 during inspection 50-354/86-12. Based on this review which is described in detail in report 50-354/86-12, you need not respond to this letter. We will continue to closely review your preopera-tional testing program and assess the effectiveness of your corrective actions.

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