ML20198A417
| ML20198A417 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 12/23/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20198A404 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-282-97-19, 50-306-97-19, NUDOCS 9801050368 | |
| Download: ML20198A417 (2) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Northem States Power Company Docket Nos. 50-282: 50-306 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant License Nos. DPR-42; DPR-60 During an NRC inspection conducted from September 29 through October 3,1997, two violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the ' General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violations are listed below:
1.
Code of Federal Regulation Title 10 Part 50, Apoendix B, Criterion V, " Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings," states, in part, that activities affecting quality be prescribed by documented instructions and procedures of a type appropriate to the circumstances and be accomplished in accordance with these instructions or procedures.
Contrary to the above, on July 24,1996, the licensee implemented procedure SWI O 10, ' Operations Manual Usage," Revision 28, Section 6.11.9, which contained inadequate instructions that directed operators during an ATWS (an*!cipated transient without a scram) condition not to enter emergency operating procedures (EOPs) unless a valid protection system set point was reached and the reactor trip breakers were not open and cannot be opened manually. This instiuction was in direct conflict and circumvented the requirements of EOPs 1(2)E-0, " Reactor Trip or Safety injection,"
Revision 17. Section A and Step 1, and 1(2)FR-S.1,
- Response to Nuclear Power Generation /ATWS," Revision 8, Step 2.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1).
2.
Technical Specification 6.5 required that detailed written procedures, including the applicable checkoff lists and instructions, covering areas listed be prepared and followed. The specification further required that the procedures and changes thereto be reviewed by the Operations Committee (OC). Areas listed under Plant Operations included the following: (1) integrated and system procedures for normal startup, operation and shutdown of the reactor and all systems and components involving nuclear safety of the facility; (2) fuel handling operations; (3) actions to be taken to correct specific and foreseen potential or actual malfunction of systems or components including responses to alarms, primary system leaks and abnormal reactivity changes, and including follow-up actions required aftor plant protective system actions have initiated;(4) implementing procedures of the fire protection program.
Contrary to the above, the inspectors identified that as of October 9,1997, the licensee had established a series of Operating Department Section Work Instructions (SWis),
covering areas listed in Technical Specification 6.5, which were not reviewed by the OC.
The Section Work Instructions included the following:
SWI O-1," Work Rules and Philosophy for Operation of Nuclear Plants," Revision 9, dated July 17,1997, Sections 6.2,6.6, and 6.7.
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SWI O-10,
- Operations Manual Usage," Revision 29, dated Mr.rch 24,1997, Sections 6.4 and 6.7.5.
SWI O-41,
- Duties and Responsibilities of Fuel Handling Personnel," Revision 4, dated July 17,1997, Sections 6.1.7 and 6.2.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Northem States Power Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C.,20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region lil, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly inarked as a
- Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each vlotation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that ha;e been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence,if the ccrrecpondence adequately addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Domand for Information may be,ssued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
Because your response will be placed in the NRC Pubic Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you musj specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of perconal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.
Dated at Lisle, Illinois, thisa day of December 1997 I