ML20147C953

Notice of Violation from Insp on 871119-880103.Violation Noted:Licensee Failed to Notify NRC That Train a Emergency Diesel Generator Discovered to Be Inoperable on 871209

ML20147C953
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	03/01/1988
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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ML20147C930	List: IR 05000482/1987033 ML20147C925 ML20147C953 ML20147C971
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50-482-87-33, NUDOCS 8803030198
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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Docket: 50-482' Wolf. Creek Generating Station 0perating License: NPF-42 l

l l During an NRC inspection conducted November 19, 1987, through January 3, 1988, a i

violation of NRC requirements was identified. The violation involved the failure to report as required by 10 CFR 50.72. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1987), the violation is listed below.

Failure To Report As Required By 10 CFR 50.72 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(1) requires that, within 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br />, the licensee shall report "Any event, found while the reactor is shut down, that, had it been found while the reactor was in operation, would have resulted in the nuclear power plant, including its principal safety barriers, being seriously degraded . . . ."

On December 9,1987, at 8:20 a.m. (CST) with Residual Heat Removal (RHR)

Train "B" oJt-of-service for maintenance and the plant in Mode 5, cold shutdown, "A" train emergency diesel generator was discovered to be inoperable. This made "A" train RHR inoperable. At 3:32 p.m. (CST), a report was made to NRC concerning this event as required by 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(vi).

Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to notify NRC by 12:20 p.m.

(CST).

This is a Severity Level IV violation. (Supplement I)(482/8733-01)

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation is hereby required to submit to this Office, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including for each violation: (1) the reason for the violations if admitted; (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved; (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations; and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

Dated at Arlington, Texas this 1st day of March 1988.

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