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Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violation Noted in Insp Rept 50-334/88-21
ML20155F232
Person / Time
Site: Beaver Valley
Issue date: 10/10/1988
From: Martin T
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Sieber J
DUQUESNE LIGHT CO.
References
NUDOCS 8810130190
Download: ML20155F232 (2)


See also: IR 05000334/1988021

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OCT 101999

Docket Nos. 50-334

Ouquesne Light Company

ATTN: Mr. J. D. Sieber

Vice President

Nuclear Group

Post Office Box 4

Shippingport, Pennsylvania 15077

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Inspection Raport No. 50-334/88-21

This refers to your letter dated September 2,1988, in response to our letter

dated August 3, 1988.

Thank you for informing us of the correcti e and preventive actions documented

in your letter.

These actions will be examined during a future inspection of

your licensed program.

Your cooperation with us is appreciated.

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Division of Reactor Safety

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Reference:

Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. 1

Docket No. 50-334, Licence No. DPR-66

Inspection Report 88-21

Gentlemen:

In

response

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NRC

correspondence

dated August 3, 1988 and in

accordance

with 10 CFR 2.201, the attached reply addresses the Notice

of Violation included with the referenced inspection report.

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If

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are

any

questions

concerning

this

response, please

contact my office.

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Nuclear Group

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Mr. W. T. Russell, NRC Region I Administrator

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REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION

Inspection No. 50-334/88-21

Letter dated August 3, 1988

VIOLATION (Severity Level IV, Supplement I)

Description of Violation (88-21-01)

10 CFR 50.49(f)

requires

that

qualification

of each component be

based

on

testing

or

experience

with

identical

equipment or with

similar

equipment

with

a

supporting

analysis

to

show

that

the

equipment to be qualified is acceptable.

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Beaver

Valley

site

administrative

procedure Chapter 31, Revision 2

Section

2a

requires

that equipment have sufficient documentation to

establish that the equipment is environmentally qualified.

Contrary

to

the

above

on May 12, 1988, the equipment qualification

file

0044

Revision

3

for

motor operated valve MOV-SI-885B did not

have

sufficient documentation to estcblish the qualification of Ideal

Model wirenuts utilized in the motor stator wiring circuit.

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Admission or Denial of Alleged Violation

The violation is correct as stated.

Reason for Violation

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During

the

performance

of

a

routine

Equipment Qualification (EQ)

inspection

in

April,

1987

for

motor operated valve MOV-SI-885B, a

motor lead wire was found damaged and had to be repaired.

The

maintenance

instructions / procedures

used

for the EQ inspection

did

not

specifically addreas the repair of the particular Limitorque

wiring

found

to be damaged since this wa; not part of the preplanned

inspection.

Consequently,

Maintenance obtained a wirenut which was

stocked

for use in safety related systems, but which was not approved

for

use

in

Electrical

Equipment

Qualification Master List (EEQML)

equipment.

Approved

methods

for

reconnecting / splicing

wiring in

EEQML

equipment

were

in existence at that time and should have been

used.

DLC

believes

the major contributing factor to the occurrence of this

violation

was

a

weakness on the part of the Maintenance and Quality

Control

personnel

involved

in understanding a certain aspect of the

EQ

program.

Namely,

the

introduction

of

any

new

or different

materials

into

equipment

on

the

EEQML

requires

specific

prior

approval by the Equipment Qualification Group.

Corrective Steps Which Have Been Taken And Results Achieved

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The

wire

nut

for

valve

MOV-SI-885B

was replaced with a qualified

compression

crimp

connector

on

May

12,

1988 via Maintenance Work

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Request 883020.

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To. a'scertain

if

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possibility

existed of wirenuts being used in

other

EQ

MOVs,

a

search of Maintenance Work Requests that may have

involved

wiring

changes to MOVs was performed.

We also inspected an

additional

43

operators

including

21

equipped

with

dual voltage

motors

for

the

presence

of

splice

connectors

other

than

T&B

compression

crimp connectors.

As a result of these efforts one other

wirenut

installation was found in MOV-SI-864A.

This wirenut was also

replaced with

a

qualified

crimp

connector

on

May

13,

1988 via

Maintenance Work Request 883011.

Station

procurement has removed wire nuts from stock for applications

in

safety

related

systems to preclude future misapplication of them

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in equipment on the Electrical Equipment Qualification Manter List.

Maintenance

supervisors have been instructed to perform a timely post "

maintenance

revicw

of

EQ maintenance work requests prior to turning

the

equipment

over

to

operations

to assure the equipment aas been

properly

repaired

and

restored.

A

repeat

training review of EQ

maintenance

requirements

was

conducted

for

Electrical Maintenance

personnel

on

August

16

and

September 1, 1988, emphasizing that to

preserve

environmental

qualification,

particular

attention must be

made

not to introduce unqualified materials into the equipment or its

interfaces

which

have

been

qualified.

An

8 hour9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> EQ seminar.for

Quality

Control inspectors and supervisors and Electrical Maintenance

and

Construction

supervisors

was

given

on August 17 and 18, 1988.

This

additional

training

has resulted in a better understanding and

heightened

awareness

of the combined effort required by Maintenance,

Quality

Control

and

Engineering

to

preserve

the

environmental

qualificatica of the equipment.

Corrective Steps Which Will Be Taken to Avoid Further Violations

A

review of Maintenance procedures is being conducted to identify any

special

requirements

for

qualified

spare

parts

to

preserve

the

qualification

of

the

Limitorque

Operators.

This

review will be

complated by September 30, 1988.

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Additional

EQ

retraining

classes

will be held for those F,lectrical

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Maintenance

personnel who have been unable to attend ther. classes to

date.

We anticipate this will be completed by September 20, 1988.

The Date When Full Compliance will be Achieved

Full

compliance

has

been

achieved.

As noted above, the review of

maintenance

procedures

and

retraining

should

be

completed

by

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september 30, 1988.

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