ML20197H008

Forwards Insp Repts 50-277/97-07 & 50-278/97-07 on 970921- 1122 & Notice of Violation.Multiple Examples of Violation Identified.Specifically,Three Examples of Failure to Follow Procedures,Two in Operations Area & One in Maintenance Area

ML20197H008
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	12/16/1997
From:	Anderson C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Danni Smith PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC
Shared Package
ML20197H012	List: IR 05000277/1997007 ML20197H008 ML20197H043
References
50-277-97-07, 50-277-97-7, 50-278-97-07, 50-278-97-7, GL-89-10, NUDOCS 9712310163
Download: ML20197H008 (4)

See also: IR 05000277/1997007

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SUBJECTi ROUTINE INTEG RATED INSPECTION 50-277/97-07 AND 50-278/97-07 s 1

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i- 1This refers to t% inspection conducted from September 21 through November _22,1997, -!

• ~ -ist the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Delta, Pennsylvania. At the conclusion of the j

iinspection; the inspectors discussed the findings with Mr. G. Edwards and others of your

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2 During the eight week period covered by this inspection, your staff continued to support q

Oly plant power operations and emergent work while preparing for and conducting the Unit 3 1

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refueling outage during the period from October 3 - November 2,1997. Outage activities'

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outage.! - The quality of the work performed was der ^onstrated, in part, by the limited : ~!

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, number of equipment problems noted in the four weeks following restart from the outage. *

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However, findings by your staff late in the Unit 3 refueling outage regarding the existence-

of cracking on three of the ten recirculation riser pipe elbow welds posed a noteworthy j

b challenge to your engineering organization and resulted in the development of a plant 1

operating strategy that limited recirculation flow 'until a mid-cycle outage can be performed q

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f.10,' " Safety Related Motor Operated Valve Testing and Surveillance," program and  :

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related MOVs.f Accordingly, NRC review of the .GL' 8g 10 program has been completed q

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Multiple examples of a violation of NRC requirements were identified during this period.

Specifically, three examples of a failure to follow procedures were identified, two in the

Operations area and one in the Maintenance area. We are concerned with those examples

of procedure non-adherence given their impact on plant equipment and their potential

industrial safety implications (i.e., one which directly caused a Unit 2 reactor scram and

another which significantly contributed to maintenance personnel inadvertently rendering a

safety-related HPSW pump inoperable without it being electrically isolated during the

conduct of work).

This violation is cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation and the circumstances are

described in detailin the enclosed inspection report. Please note that you are required to

respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice

when preparing your response,

in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," c copy of this letter

and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.

We appraciate your cooperation.

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Clifford J. Anderson, Chief

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Division of Reactor Projects

Docket / License No. 50-277/DPR 44

50-278/DPR-66

Enclosure: NRC Inspection Report 50 277/97-07 and 50-278/97-07

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G. A. Hunger, Jr., Chairman, Nuclear Review Board and Director, Licensing

T. Mitchell, Vice President, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station

G. Rainey, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Operations

J. B. Cotton, Vice PresHent, Nuclear Station Support

T. Niessen, Director, Nuclear Quality Assurance

A. F. Kirby, Ill, External Operations Delmarva Power & Light Co.

G. Edwards, Plant Manager, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station

G. J. Lengyel, Manager, Experience Assessment

J. W. Durham, Sr., Senior Vice President and General Counsel

T. M. Messick, Manager, Joint Generation, Atlantic Electric

W. T. Henrick, Manager, External Aff airs, Public Service Electric & Gas

R. McLean, Power Plant Siting, Nuclear Evaluations

J. Vannoy, Acting Secretary of Harford County Council

R. Ochs, Mt.ryland Safe Energy Coalition

J. H. Walter, Chief Engineer, Public Service Commission of Maryland

Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Hiebert, Peach Bottom Alliance

Mr. & Mrs. Kip Adams

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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H. Miller, RA/W. Axelson, DRA

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