ML20150D498
| ML20150D498 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 03/17/1988 |
| From: | Brownlee V NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20150D487 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-424-88-09, 50-424-88-9, NUDOCS 8803240306 | |
| Download: ML20150D498 (2) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Georgia Power Company Docket No. 50-424 Vogtle 1 License No. NPF-68 Durin0 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted on January 30 - February 26, 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, the violations are listed below.
A.
Technical Specification 6.7.la requires that procedures shall be established, covering activities delineated in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978. Maintenance Procedure No. 24551-1, Rev. 7 "Containment Hydrogen Monitor Train A Analog Channel Operational Test And Channel Calibration" and Maintenance Procedure No. 24552-1, Rev. 7 "Containment Hydrogen Monitor B Analog Channel Operational Test And Channel Calibration" contains the specific procedures for the required surveillance tests.
Contrary to the above, on February 1,1988, Maintenance Procedure Nos.
24551-1 and 24552-1 had not been adequately established in that these procedures did not contain measures to preclude rendering the respective monitors inoperable as a result of performing the surveillance.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I).
B.
10 CFR 50.73 requires in part, that the Licensee Event Report shall be submitted within 30 days after discovery of an event. 10 CcR 50.73(a)(2),
requires, in part, a report for any operation or condition prohibited by i
the plant's Tect.11 cal Specification.
Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to report events within 30 days of discovery as follows:
1.
On July 23, 1987, an event was discovered which occurred on July 12, 1987, involving a failure to perform an Analog Channel Operational 1
Test Surveillance on the Power Low Setpoint prior to the unit startup.
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On June 24, 1987, an event was discovered which identified that missed surveillances were not always reported.
Five missed surveillances were not reported because the subsequent surveillance was performed satisfactorily.
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Docket No. 50-424 Vogtle 1 License No. NPF-68 Failure to perform a required surveillance is a condition prohibited by the plant's Technical Specification.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I).
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, Vogtle, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice.
This reply should be clearly r.,arked 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 have been taken and the results achieved, (4) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and (5) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order may be issued to show cause why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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Virgf1 L. Brownlee, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects Dated a Atlanta, Georgia thisj day of pisx61988 l
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