ML20151H526

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-029/88-02

ML20151H526
Person / Time
Site:	Yankee Rowe
Issue date:	07/07/1988
From:	Gallo R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Drawbridge B YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO.
References
NUDOCS 8808010338
Download: ML20151H526 (2)

See also: IR 05000029/1988002

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Docket Na. 50-29

Yankee Atomic Electric Company

ATTN: Mr. Bruce L. Drawbridge

Vice President and Manager

of Operations

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Framingham, Massachusetts 01701

. Gentlemen:

Subject: Inspection No. 50-29/88-02

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This refers to your letter dated May 25, 1988, in response to our letter

j. dated April 27, 1988.

Thank you for informing us of the corrective and preventive actions documented

in your letter. These actions will be examined during a future inspection of

your Itcensed program.

Your cooperation with us is appreciated.

Sincerely,

ROBERT M. GAllo

Robert M. Gallo, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

cc:

J. E. Tribble, President

N. N. St. Laurent, Plant Superintendent

G. J. Papanic, Jr., Senior Project Engineer - Licensing

P. W. Agnes, Assistant Secretary of Pubite Safety, Commonwealth of

Massachusetts

Public Document Room (POR)

local Public Document Room (LPOR)

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

HRC Resident Inspector

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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May 25, 1988

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United States Nuclear Regulatory Comission

Document Control Desk

Washington, DC 20555

References: (a) License No. DPR-3 (Docket No. 50-29) l

(b) Letter, USNRC to YAEC, dated April 27, 1988 l

(c) Letter, YAEC to USNRC, dated April 26, 1988

(d) YAEC, LER 50-29/87-15 Revision 1, dated April 26, 1988

Subject: Response to Inspection Report No. 50-29/88-02

Dear Sir:

Reference (b) documents a safety assessment team inspection conducted by

Mr. N. Blumberg on January 10 through 15, 1988 at the Yankee Nuclear Power

Station, Rowe, Massachusetts and the Yankee Atomic Electric Company,

Framingham, Massachusetts. The report identified an activity that was not

conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements. This activity was

identified as a Severity Level IV violation. In accordance with 10CFR2.201,

we hereby submit the following information: .

Violation

100FR50, Appendix B, Criterion VII, "Control of Purchased Material,

Equipment, and Services," the Yankee Operational Quality Assurance Program

Manual, and Administrative Procedure AP-0211. "Material & Service Procurement

Program" require that measures be taken to assure that purchased material

I conforms to procurement documents and that records of such conformance be .

l retained. Additionally, 10CFR50, Appendix B, Criterion III, "Design Control"

and the Yankee Operational Quality Assurance Program Manual require that

measures be established to assure that regulatory requirements and the design

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bases are translated into specifications, drawings, procedures, and

instructions.

Contrary to the above, on January 13, 1988 during repair of a

safety-related vapor containment high pressure alarm, fuses in the alarm

bistable were replaced "in ktnd" with comercial grade fuses which were not

purchased in conformance to procurement documents. In addition, although the

fuses were replaced "in kind " the exact fuse size required for the vapor

containment alarm was not translated into specifications, drawings,

procedures, or instructions.

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We concur with the Notice of Violation as described above and in

Reference (b).

I. Event Description --

On January 13, 1988, Maintenance Request MR 88-89 was initiated for

the Instrumentation and Control Department to troubleshoot and

repair a failed vapor container pressure channel, VC-PI-243. The

failure was determined to be a blown fuse in the alarming circuit.

The fuse was replaced "in kind" from the stock in the Control Room.

This stock cf fuses was not purchased under a program to ensure that

commercial grade fuses possess the required measures of assurance to

allow their use in safety-related applications.

II. Corrective Steps Which Have Been Taken and Results Achieved

A program has been established for the dedication of commercial

grade fuses to be used in Quality Assurance (QA) applications. The

program consists of purchasing the fuses in accordance with plant

Procedure AP-0212. "Control of Purchased Material Equipment, and

Services." Plant maintenance personnel have been instructed in this

program.

III. Corrective Steps Which Will Be Taken To Avoid Further Violations

Yankee intends to perform the following steps:

A. 0A Fuse Documcntation Program

We plan to implement a fuse documentation program. The program

will consist of preparing a work instruction to identify the

scope of fuses requiring QA, standardizing fuse size

guidelines, performing a walkdown of plant systems to document ,

fuse location and sizes, and updating the applicable plant

drawings.

B. Utilization of Commercial Grade Items

We intend to modify Yankee procedures to include specific

guidance on the acceptance of all commercial grade equipment

for use in QA applications. This guidance will be developed

. using EPRI NP-5652 "Guldance for the Utilisation of Commercial

Grade Items in Nuclear Safety-Related Applications (NCIG-07)."

It will include a requirement to determine the critical

characteristics and the means by which verifiestie. of

acceptability will be performed when any conmercial grade item

is used in a QA application.

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IV. The Date When Full Compliance Will Be Achieved

The QA Fuse Documentation Program will begin this summer to support

initial system walkdowns during our Cycle 19-20 refueling outage

scheduled late this year. We intend to complete our system

walkdowns during our Cycle 20-21 refueling outage (Summer 1990) with

a final verification walkdown, if necessary, during the Cycle 21-22

refueling outage (Spring 1992).

The modification to the Yankee procedures to include specific

guidance on the acceptance of all comercial grade equipment for use

in QA applications will be completed by November 1, 1988.

Additionally, we were requested in Reference (b) to respond to four

questions about our main steam line pressure switches and three identified

weaknesses. These items will be addressed in a separate letter by

June 30, 1988. However, as an update to your report, Yankee submitted a

10CFR21 Report and a revision to LER 50-29/87-15 on the main steam line

pressure switches on April 26, 1988 Reference (c) and (d).

If you have any questions or desire additional information, riease

contact us.

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Very truly yo rs,

YANKEE ATOMIC LECTRIC COMPANY

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B. L. Drawbr dge

Vice Presiden d Manager of Operations

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USNRC Resident Inspector. YNPS

William V. Johnaton

Acting Director, Division of Reactor Safety

USNRC Region I