ML20149F889

Forwards Insp Repts 50-413/97-08 & 50-414/97-08 on 970427- 0607 & Notice of Violation.Violation Involved Operations Staff to Ensure Timely Operability Determination Following Control Room Indication of Low Valve Actuator Nitrogen

ML20149F889
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	07/07/1997
From:	Scott Shaeffer NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Gordon Peterson DUKE POWER CO.
Shared Package
ML20149F893	List: ML20149F889 ML20149F906 ML20149F929
References
50-413-97-08, 50-413-97-8, 50-414-97-08, 50-414-97-8, NUDOCS 9707220353
Download: ML20149F889 (6)

See also: IR 05000413/1997008

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July 7,1997

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Duke Power Com)any

ATTN: Mr. G. )eterson

Site Vice President

Catawba Nuclear Station

4800 Concord Road

York SC 29745

SUBJECT: NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-413/97-08 AND s-414/97-08 AND

NOTICE OF VIOLATION

Dear Mr. Peterson: 1

On June 7. 1997, the-NRC completed an inspection at your Catawba Nuclear

Station. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.

During the six-week period covered by this inspection, your conduct of.

activities at the Catawba Nuclear Station was generally characterized by

safety-conscious operations, sound engineering and maintenance practices, and

careful radiological work controls. However, a violation of NRC requirements

was identified and cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice).

Described in detail in the enclosed report, this violation is of concern for

it involved a failure of the operations staff to ensure a timely operability

determination following control room indication of low valve actuator nitrogen

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pressure to a Main Feedwater Containment Isolation Valve. Contributing to

this was an inadequate control room annunciator alarm response which failed to

s)ecify the alarm set)oint and adequate immediate actions commensurate with I

t1e potential inopera)1lity of the valve.

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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

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

necessary to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice " a copy of

this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.

Sincerely.

Original signed by:

Scott M. Shaeffer. Acting. Chief

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Reactor Projects Branch 1

Division of Reactor Projects

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Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414 1

License Nos. NPF-35 and NPF-52

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Enclosures: 1. Notice of Violation

2. NRC Inspection Report

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Regulatory Compliance Manager

Duke Power Company

4800 Concord Road

York. SC 29745-9635

Paul R. Newton

Legal Department (PB05E)

Duke Power Company

422 South Church Street

Charlotte. NC 28242-0001

Robert P. Gruber

Executive Director

Public Staff - NCUC

P. O. Box 29520

Raleigh NC 27626-0520

J. Michael McGarry III. Esq.

Winston and Strawn

1400 L Street NW

Washington, D. C. 20005

North Carolina MPA-1

Suite 600

P. O. Box 29513

Raleigh. NC 27626-0513

Max Batavia Chief

Bureau of Radiological Health

S. C. Department of Health

and Environmental Control

2600 Bull Street

Columbia. SC 29201

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Richard P. Wilson Esq.

Assistant Attorney General

S. C. Attorney General's Office

P. O. Box 11549

Columbia, SC 29211

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Federal Emergency Management Agency

500 C Street. Sw. Room 840

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Karen E. Long B. Summers, OE (EA 97-325)

Assistant Attorney General NRC Resident Inspector

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P. O. Box 629

Raleigh. NC 27602

Saluda River Electric

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Power Systems Field Sales

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

P. O. Box 7288

Charlotte, NC 28241

County Manager of York County

York County Courthouse

York, SC 29745

Piedmont Municipal Power Agency

121 Village Drive

Greer, SC 29651

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Duke Power Company

P. O. Box 1006

Charlotte. NC 28201-1006

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Owners Group

North Carolina Electric

Membership Corporation

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York. SC 29745

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