ML20153E054
| ML20153E054 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Yankee Rowe |
| Issue date: | 04/27/1988 |
| From: | Johnston W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Drawbridge B YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20153E057 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8805090383 | |
| Download: ML20153E054 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000029/1988002
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APR 271988
Docket No.
50-29
Yankee Atomic Electric Company
ATTN:
Mr. Bruce L. Drawbridge
Vice President and
Manager of Operations
1671 Worcester Road
Framingham, Massachusetts 01701
Gentlemen:
Subject:
Inspection Report No. 50-29/88-02
This refers to the Safety Assessment Team inspection conducted by Mr. N.
Blumberg of this office on January 10-15, 1988 at Yankee Nuclear Power Station,
Rowe, Massachusetts and Yankee Atomic Electric Company, Framingham Massachusetts
of activities authorized by NRC License No. 50-29 and to the discussions of our
findings held by Mr. N. Blumberg with Mr. N. St. Laurent and other members of
your staff at the conclusion of the inspection.
Areas examined during this inspection are described in the NRC Region I
Inspection Report which is enclosed with this letter. Within these areas, the
inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures and representative
records, interviews with personnel, and observations by the inspector.
Based on the results of this inspection. ". appears that one of your
activities were not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements, as set
forth in the Notice of Violation, enclosed herewith as Appendix A.
This vio-
lation has been categorized by severity level in accordance with the "General
Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2,
Appendix C (Enforcement Policy).
You are required to respond to this letter.
and in preparing your response, you should follow the instructions in
Appendix A.
Although the attached violation addresses the use of commercial grade fuses in
a safety related system, your response should address your process to ensure
that any commercial grade items are properly qualified for use in safety
related systems. A second part of the violation noted that fuse sizes were not
specified in drawings for the system indicating a potential configuration
control problem.
This inspection determined that configuration control for
recent design changes is acceptable. However, in your response you should
address your mechanisms for configuration control upgrade for design changes
completed before improvements in your quality assurance and design cnange
processes were implemented.
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In addition to the above violation, there is an unresolved item concerning
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problems with some of your main steam line pressure switches which are detailed
in paragraph 7 of the attached report. Although, corrective actions have been
underway for almost.three years, the problems have not been corrected. It
appears that your corrective actions may'have.been slow in being accomplished.
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Accordingly, we request that you respond to the following areas of HRC'
concerns:
(1) Actions taken to preclude exceeding the~ Technical Specification
limiting conditions for operations for future operations.
(2) Actions taken to ensure that the pressure switch problems are
corrected.
(3) Your assessment of the apparent lack of promptness in correcting this
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problem.
(4) Actions taken as planned to determine the reportability.of the
pressure switch failures.
The purpose of this inspection was to evaluate overall strengths and weaknesses
in your plant operations.
These are detailed in the enclosed inspection
report; however, certain key strengths and weakness are summarized below.
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general, the inspection team found the plant to be safely operated, well
maintained, and adequately staffed.
The following strengths are noted (others
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There is a stable plant staff which is committed to safe
conservative operations.
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Control room operations were excellent and operators displayed
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Maintenance craftsmen exhibited a pride in performance and a
knowledge of maintenance.
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Plant equipment was well maintained.
There was excellent corporate engineering support for design
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There appeared to be an occasional lack of aggressiveness in
resolving problems observed during plant operations and a lack of a
questioning attitude,
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The Maintenance Support Department concentrates on modifications
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Vendor manual control is not well developed.
A response to the above weaknesses is requested. It is requested that you
review each and provide a description of proposed corrective actions as
appropriate.
The responses directed by this letter and the accompanying Notice are not
subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and 'Judget as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.
Your cooperation with us in this matter is appreciated.
Sincerely,
ORIGINAL SlGflE0 BY
WILLIAM V. J0tiliSION
William V. Johnston
Acting Director
Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosure:
1. Appendix A, Notice of Violation
2. NRC Region In Inspection Report Number 50-29/88-02
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A re:ponse to the above weaknesses is requested. It is requested that you
review each and provide a description of proposed corrective actions as
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The responses directed by this letter and the accompanying Notice are not
subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.
Your cooperation with us in this matter is appreciated.
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