ML20198L343
| ML20198L343 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Calvert Cliffs  |
| Issue date: | 12/12/1998 |
| From: | Wiggins J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Cruse C BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20198L349 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-317-98-10, 50-318-98-10, EA-98-570, NUDOCS 9901040173 | |
| Download: ML20198L343 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000317/1998010
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Mr. Charles H. Cruse
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Vice President - Nuclear Energy
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1850 Calvert Cliffs Parkway
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NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-317/98-10 AND 50-318/98-10 AND
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Dear Mr. Cruse:
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This letter refers to an inspection conducted from July 6 to 10,1998, at Calvert Cliffs
Nuclear Power Plant and further review of issues continuing through December 3,1998.
The areas examined during this inspection included: 1) your corrective actions in response
to the identification of Appendix R program issues; and 2) your evaluations of previously
identified inspection items. Additional inspection included a meeting held at NRC
headquarters on November 18,1998, with NRC staff, to discuss issues identified in an
October 22,1998, letter to BG&E. The enclosed report presents the results of this
inspection. At the July 10,1998, exit meeting and the supplemental exit meeting on
December 3,1998, the inspection findings were discussed with your staff members.
Your Appendix R self-assessment was of good quality and was eifactive in identifying non-
compliances and areas for enhancement. Your corrective actions to identified non .
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compliances were appropriate and included plant modifications to motor operated valve
circuits and Appendix R hand switch circuits, and enhancements to your abnormal
operating procedures (AOPs). Your effort to enhance the fire protection program was a
good initiative. An example of an appropriate enhancement you made, was the decision to
perform a cable to cable hot short analysis for all cables that could affect the ability of the
plant to reach safe shutdown conditions.
The enclosed report documents Appendix R issues which constituted violatioris of NRC
requirements.' These violations included the following: (1) Safe shutdown Appendix R
emergency lighting was inadequate in the Unit 1 main steam isolation valve (MSIV) room
and in the area of the Unit 2 emergency shutdown panel; (2) Portable air bottles used to
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question in the event a fire were to occur in that room; (3) Appendix R isolation hand
switches were single fused; (4) A hot short could occur in MOV control cables that could
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bypass MOV limit switches, cause spurious operation, and potentially damage the valve;
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and (5) Identification of a condition in which RCS/LPSI suction valves (MOV-651 and 652)
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could'open based on a postulated fire. These violations could be considered for escalated
enforcement and subject to civil penalties. However, after consultation with the Director,
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Office of Enforcement, and the Regional Administrator, Region I, I have been authorized to
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not issue Notices of Violations on those items specifically noted in the enclosed rr port and
not propose a civil penalty in those cases in accordance with the provisions provided in
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Section Vll.B.4 of the NRC's Enforcement Policy. This decision was made after
consideration that: (1) the violations were identified by your staff as part of the corrective
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action for previous Appendix R related issues; (2) they had the same root cause as the
previous issues; (3) they did not substantially change the safety significance or the
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character of the regulatory concern arising out of those findings; and (4) corrective actions,
both taken and planned, were comprehensive and reasonable.
No reply to this report is necessary and your cooperation with us is appreciated.
Sincerely,
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:
James T. Wiggins, Director
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos. 50-317,50-318
Enclosures:
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NRC Inspection Report No. 50-317,318/98-10
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BG&E Response to NRC Questions Concerning Appendix R Self-Assessment
cc w/encls:
B. Montgomery, Director, Nuclear Regulatory Matters (CCNPP)
R. McLean, Administrator, Nuclear Evaluations
J. Walter, Engineering Division, Public Service Commission of Maryland
K. Burger, Esquire, Maryland People's Counsel
R. Ochs, Maryland Safe Energy Coalition
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Distribution w/encls:
H. Miller, RA/W. Axelson, DRA (1)-
D. Screnci, PAO
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
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NRC Resident inspector
Region i Docket Room (with concurrences)
L. Doerflein, DRP
W. Cook, DRP
R. Junod, DRP
J. Wiggins, DRS
L. Nicholson, DRS
B. Fewell, ORA
J. Lieberman, OE (2)'
C. Miskey, DRS
Distribution w/encts: (VIA E MAIL)
G. Shear, RI EDO Coordinator
S. Stewart - Calvert Cliffs
S. Bajwa, NRR
A. Dromerick, NRR
M. Campion, RI
Inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)
R. Correia, NRR
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R. Zimmerman, ADPR, NRR
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F. Davis, OGC
A. Nicosia, OGC
J. Lieberman, OE (OEMAIL)
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