ML20149G318

Notice of Violation from Insp on 871130-1204 & 14-18 & 880115.Violations Noted:Core Exit Thermocouple Junction Box in Containment Left in Unqualified Environ Condition After Maint & Problems Not Identified as Adverse to Quality

ML20149G318
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	02/11/1988
From:	Julian C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
Shared Package
ML20149G314	List: IR 05000424/1987069 ML20149G311 ML20149G318
References
50-424-87-69, NUDOCS 8802180223
Download: ML20149G318 (3)

See also: IR 07100130/2012004

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ENCLOSURE 1

NOTICE OF VIOLATION

Georgia Power Company Docket No. 50-424

Vogtle License No. NPF-68

During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted on

November 30 -

December 4, December 14 - 18, 1987, and January 5, 1988,

violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the

"General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR

Part 2, Appendix C (1988), the violations are listed below:

A. 10 CFR 50.49(a) requires that each holder of a license establish a prog am

for qualifying electric equipment. 10 CFR 50.49(b)(3) lists certain

post-accident monitoring system equipment as being important to safety.

10 CFR 50.49 paragraphs (f), (k), and (j), NUREG-0588, and IEEE 323-1974

require that:

1. This equipment be installed in a manner and position equivalcat to

the as tested /as analyzed condition and;  !

2. Documentation be maintained to verify the equipment is qualified for

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its application for the entire period during which the covered item

is installed in the Nuclear Power Plant.

Contrary to the above, a Core Exit Thermocouple Junction Box

(post-accident monitoring instrumentation) in containment was left in an

unqualified environmental condition following system maintenance. This

condition was identified on April 13, 1987, on MWO 18704972 which stated

that no documentation could be located to verify irsta'.lation of the

environmental seal for the junction box. The condition was not corrected

until October 10, 1987, following six months of power operation.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).

B. 10 CFR 50 Appendix B Criterion V, and the licensee's accepted QA program,

Final Safety Evaluation Report (FSAR) Section 17.2.5, require that

activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented procedures

and shall be accomplished in accordance with these procedures. The

licentec Deficiency Control Procedure, 00150-C, Revision 6, Sections 1 and

1.2, require that conditions adverse to quality be identified and

processed oer this procedure.

Contrary to the above, problems involving main steam, chemical and volume

control, main feed, power operated relief valves, and post-accident

monitoring instrumentation systems were not identified as conditions

adverse to quality. They were processed via the maintenance work order '

program rather than the approved deficiency control program. The specific

work orders are:

8802100223 080211

PDR ADOCK 05000424

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Georgia Power Company 2 Occket No. 50-424

Vogtle License No. NPF-68

MWO 18705430

MWO 18706938

MWO 18701732

MWO 18702035

MWO 18704972

This is a severity Level V violation (Supplement I).

C. 10 CFR 50 Appendix B Criterion XI, and the licensee's accepted QA program,

FSAR Section 17.2.11, collectively require that a test program be estab-

li'J.ed to assure that all testing required to demonstrate that systems

will perform satisfactorily in service is performed in accordance with

written test procedures. Additionally, Procedure SUM 22, Maintenance Work

Orders, Revision 16, Section 6.7.1, states that where applicable (dering

the preoperational phase), a functional test is required after maintenance

work to verify that systems are capable of performing their intended

function.

Contrary to the above, following preoperational modifications to the

turbine driven auxiliary feedwater (AFW) pump turbine speed indication

circuit under MWO 18620139, a functional test was not performed to verify

that this system would perform satisfactorily in service. The modifica-

tion placed an oversized resistor in the circuit which resulted in a loss

of AFW turbine speed indication in the control room and shutdown Panel C.

This condition was discovered three months later and was not repaired

until after two months of power operations.

This is a Severity Level V violation (Supplement I).

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Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Georgia Power Company is hereby

required to submit a written statement or explanation to the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555, with a copy to

the Regional Administrator, Region II, and a copy to the NRC Resident

Inspector, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice.

This reply should be clearly marked as a "Reply to a Notice of Violation" and

should include [for each violation]: (1) admission or denial of the violation,

(2) the reason for the violation, if admitted, (3) the corrective steps which

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(2) the reason for the violation, if admitted, (3) the corrective steps which

have been taken and the results achieved, (4) the corrective steps which will

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be taken to avoid further violations, and (5) the date when full compliance

l will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to

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extending the response time. If an adequate reply is not received within the

i time specified in this Notice, an order may be issutd to show cause why the

l license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked or why such other action

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as may be proper should not be taken.

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FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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Caudie A. Ju ian, Chief'lt

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Dated at Atlanta, Georgia,

this lith day of February 1988

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