ML20148D201

Notice of Violation from Insp on 970318-0428.Violation Noted:On 970423,operators Failed to Shut Six of Twelve Cylinder Indicator Test Cocks Following Completion of C Emergency Diesel Generator pre-start Checks

ML20148D201
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	05/23/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
Shared Package
ML20148D196	List: IR 05000354/1997002 ML20148D191 ML20148D201 ML20148D230
References
50-354-97-02, 50-354-97-2, NUDOCS 9705300114
Download: ML20148D201 (2)

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i APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Public Service Electric and Gas Company Docket No:

50-354 Hope Creek Generating Station License No: NPF-57 During an NRC inspection conducted on March 18,1997 to April 28,1997, a violation (s) of NRC requirements was (were) identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation (s) is (are) listed below:

Technical Specification 6.8.1.d requires in part that written procedures shall be established and implemented for surveillance and test activities of safety-related equipment.

4 Hope Creek operations department surveillance test procedure HC.OP-ST.KJ-0003(Q), revision 34, requires that emergency diesel generators be " barred-over with air... " in accordance with the system operating procedure.

Hope Creek emergency diesel system operating procedure, HC.OP-SO.KJ-0001(Q),

revision 26, step 5.9.3.1 directs operators to " shut all cylinder test cocks" following completion of the barring over process.

Contrary to the above, on April 23,1997, opercors failed to shut six of the twelve i

cylinder indicator test cocks following completion of "C" emergency diesel 1

generator pre-start checks. This failure led to emergency diesel engine operation at full load with the cylinder test cocks open.

9 This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement 1).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Pubic Service Electric and Gas Company is j

hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cornmission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a 4

copy to the Regional Administrator, Region I, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the f acility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a

" Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (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. Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

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2 Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. if you request withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 23rd day of May,1997 t

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