ML20198D197

Notice of Violation from Insp on 860303-07

ML20198D197
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Saint Vrain
Issue date:	05/19/1986
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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Shared Package
ML20198D195	List: ML20198D188 ML20198D197 ML20198D202 ML20198D220
References
50-267-86-08, 50-267-86-8, NUDOCS 8605230183
Download: ML20198D197 (2)

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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Public Service Company of Colorado Docket: 50-267/86-08 Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Generating Station License: DPR-34 During an NRC inspection conducted on March 3-7, 1986, four violations of NRC requirements were identified. The violations involved failure to follow procedures, failure to control design changes, and failure to follow Technical Specification requirements. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1985), the violations are listed below:

A. Failure to Follow Procedures Technical Specification AC 7.1.2, " Plant Operations Review Committee (PORC), Administrative Controls," requires PORC review of certain documents and changes thereto. The PORC Charter, Issue 1, dated Novemb 23, 1983, defines " review" as a " deliberate critical examination Contrary to the above, the NRC inspector attended the PORC meeting on March 3, 1986, and observed that the PORC members did not perform a deliberate critical examination of documents presented to them for review during the meeting but rather did a cursory and superficial review of documents presented.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I) (50-267/8608-01).

B. Failure to Control Design Changes 10 CFR, Appendix B, Criteria III, requires that design changes will be subject to design control measures commensurate with those applied to the original design.

Contrary to the above, design changes were not subject to measures commensurate with the original design as evidenced by the failure to incorporate design changes into Change Notice CN-1798A as directed by the disposition of Deviation Request DR 85-35-1-H.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I) (50-267/8608-04).

C. Failure to Follow Technical Specifications Technical Specification AC 7.1.2, " Plant Operations Review Committee (PORC), Administrative Controls," states that "An alternate chairman . . .

shall be appointed in writing by the PORC Chairman to serve in the absence of a cha i rma n . . . . "

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Contrary to the above, in a memo dated October 18, 1985, the PORC Chairman appointed four alternate chairmen, one to automatically serve on each of the four working days that the cnalrman would not be required to attend.

This is a Severity Level V violation (Supplement I) (50-267/8608-02).

D. Failure to Follow Procedures 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix 8, Criterion V, requires that procedures be written and implemented for safety-related activities. 10 CFR Part 50.59b requires that the licensee shall maintain records of changes in the facility and of changes in procedures and that the licensee shall furnish to the NRC Regional Office annually a report containing a brief description of such changes, tests, and experiments.

Procedure TSP-21, Issue 2, dated April 21, 1982, is the approved procedure which implements the above requirements. Procedure TSP-21, paragraph 3.1, states that the annual report shall be submitted prior to March 1 of each year.

Contrary to the above, the annual 10 CFR 50.59 reports for the calendar years 1983(submittedMarch 23, 1984), 1984 (submitted June 22,1985),and 1985 (not submitted as of the dates of this inspection) were not submitted prior to March 1 for each year.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I) (50-267/8608-05).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Public Service Company of Colorado is hereby required to submit to this office, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including for each violation: (1) the reason for the violations if admitted, (2) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

Dated at Arlington, Texas, this j f day of $ ctg ,1986