ML20147A861
| ML20147A861 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Perry  |
| Issue date: | 01/15/1997 |
| From: | Caldwell J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Myers L CENTERIOR ENERGY |
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| ML20147A866 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 9701280346 | |
| Download: ML20147A861 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000440/1996011
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Mr. Lew W. Myers
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Vice President, Nuclear
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P. O. Box 97, A200
Perry, OH 44081
SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-440/96-11 AND
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Dear Mr. Myers:
On November 1,1996, the NRC corapleted a routine safety inspection at your
Perry 1 reactor facility. The enclosed report presents the results of that.
inspection.
During the 7-week period covered by this inspection period, your conduct of
activities at the Perry facility was generally characterized by safety-
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conscious operation, appropriate maintenance practices, and sound engineering
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practices.
The facility was operated safely. One plant event, involving the
trip of a motor control center feeder breaker, occurred that impacted plant
o]eration, but did not cause a plant transient.
Your staff responded well to
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t1is event. However our evaluation of the equipment malfunction that
contributed to this event has not been completed.
This item is of concern
because it had the potential to cause a loss of safety function of the control
room emergency recirculation system.
A violation of NRC requirements was identified.
In this case, your personnel
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identified that a change to an instruction had made the instruction unusable
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as written. One of your unlicensed operators identified the error while NRC
inspectors were observing his attem)t to follow the instruction.
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Jersonnel further identified that t1e erroneous section of the instruction had
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Jeen completed several times without the error being identified. .The delay in
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identifying the error concerns us, as does your failure to identify the error
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during review of the instruction prior to use.
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This violation is cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation, and the
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circumstances surrounding the violation are described in detail in the
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enclosed report.
Please note that you are required to respond to this letter
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and should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when
preparing your response. The NRC will use your response, in part, to
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determine whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance
with regulatory requirements.
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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of
this letter and the enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room
(PDR).
Sincerely,
/s/ J. L. Caldwell
James L. Caldwell, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket No.
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License No.
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Enclosures:
Inspection Report 50-440/96-11
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cc w/ encl:
J. P. Stetz, Senior Vice
President - Nuclear
L. W. Worley, Director, Nuclear
Services Department
J. D. Kloosterman, Manager,
Regulatory Affairs
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W. R. Kanda. Director, Perry Nuclear
Assurance De3artment
N. L. Bonner, Jirector, Perry
Nuclear Engineering Dept.
H. Ray Caldwell, General
Superintendent Nuclear Operations
R. D. Brandt, General Manager Operations
Terry J. Lodge, Esq.
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State Liaison Officer, State of Ohio
Robert E. Owen, Ohio
Department of Health
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C. A. Glazer. State of Ohio,
Public Utilities Commission
Distribution:
Docket File w/ encl
SRI Perry w/ encl
PUBLIC IE-01 w/ encl
DRP w/ encl
OC/LFDCB w/ encl
RIII PRR w/enci
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Project Manager, NRR w/ encl
CAA1 w/ encl (E-mail)
A. B. Beach, w/ enc 1
H. B. Clayton, w/ encl
W. L. Axelson, w/ encl
PLEASE SEE ATTACHED CONCURRENCES
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H. Ray Caldwell, General
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R. D. Brandt, General Manager Operations
Terry J. Lodge, Esq.
State Liaison Officer, State of Ohio
Robert E. Owen, Ohio
Department of Health
C. A. Glazer, State of Ohio,
Public Utilities Commission
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