ML20198N687

Notice of Violation from Insp on 971019-1129.Violation Noted:On 971019,licensee Employee Failed to Adhere to Posted HP Instructions in That Individual Observed Using Chewing Tobacco Product in B Chiller Unit Room

ML20198N687
Person / Time
Site:	Summer
Issue date:	12/23/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
Shared Package
ML20198N674	List: IR 05000395/1997013 ML20198N671 ML20198N687
References
50-395-97-13, NUDOCS 9801210172
Download: ML20198N687 (2)

See also: IR 07100019/2011029

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION

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South Carolina Electric &-Gas Company Docket No 50-395-

V. C. Summer Nuclear Station- License No. NPF-123

During an NRC inspection conducted on October 19 through November 29. 1997,

violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the .

" General Statement of Policy and Procedures-for NRC Enforcement Actions,"  :

NUREG-1600, the violations are-listed belowi

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A.  ; Technical Specifications (TS) 6.8.1.a requires that written procedures *

shall be established, implemented and maintained covering applicable = '

procedures recommended in A)pendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33,= Revision

2. February 1978. Paragrapa 7.e.(1) of Appendix A states that the

licensee should have instructions for access control to1 radiation areas.

Health Physics Procedure (HPP)-160, " Control and. Posting of Radiation-

Control Zones," Revision 7. Paragra)h 4.2. requires tLat all posted,

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written or verbal Health Physics (H)) instructions be adhered.to when

conducting work s)ecified in a Standing Radiation Work Permit (SRWP) 'or - '

a Radiation Werk- 3ermit (RWP).

A posted sign located at the entrance to the Radiation Control Area t

-(RCA) states in part " eating smoking, and drinking-in authorized areas

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Contrary to the above. on October 19, 1997, a licensec employee failed

0 -to adhere to posted HP instructions in that the individual was observed

using a chewing tobacco product in the B chiller unit room located in

the intermediate building of the RCA. This room was not an authorized

area for eating, smoking, or drinking. A SRWP or RWP must be used to

access the RCA. .

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This=1s a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).

B. Technical-Specification 3.7.7 requires, in aart. that snubbers on -

systems used to protect the code boundary s1all be operable in Modes 1.

2, 3 and 4.

In addition. TS 4.7.7. requires, in part. that each snubber will be-

< demonstrated operable by the performance of an augmentec' inspection

program. ,

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TS'4.7.7.c " Refueling Outage Inspections states, in part. "Each-

refueling outage an inspection shall t,e performed of all the snubbers

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defined in Section 3.7.7 attached to sections of safety systems piping

'that have experienced unexpected, potentially damaging transients as

. determined from a review of operational data and a visual inspection of

~ 'the systems."

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Contrary to the above.~ an inspection of snubbers in accordance with TS

. 4.7.7.c was not conducted, after the~feedwater piping system experienced -

a water hammer event'(an unexpected. )otentially damaging transient):in

Llate 1994. Snubbers MK-FWH-0353.- MK rWH-0126 and MK-FWH-0128 which are

attached to a portion of the feedwater system used and are to protect

the code boundary were not inspected during the next refueling outage  :

(RF0 9. between April 15, 1996 and May 23, 1996). -This resulted in-the-

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licensee being unaware that these snubbers were inoperable from the

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This-is a Severity Level IV vWlation (Supplement I).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201. South Carolina Electric & Gas ,

Company is hereby required to submit a written statement _or explanation to the

r U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ~ ATTN: _ Document Control Desk. Washington.-

D.C. 20555 with a. copy to the Regional > Administrator. Region II, and a copy to

the NRC-Resident Inspector at the V. C. Summer Nuc har Station. within 30 days

of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).

This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and

shouldinclude for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or. if

contested, the basis for disputing-the-violation. (2) the corrective steps

. that have 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

previctsly docketed _ correspondence. if the correspondence adequately addresses

!~ the required response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time

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specified--in this Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may be issued 5

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.econsideration will be given to extending the response time.

Because your res)onse will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to

the extent possi ale. it should not include any personal privacy 3roprietary.

or safeguards informatica so that it can be placed in the PDR wit 1out

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redaction. If personal privacy'or proprietary information is necessary to

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~ provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your

response that identifies the-information that should bc protected and a

redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request- '

withholding of such material, you must s)ecifically identify the portions of

your response that you seek to have withleld and provide in detail the bases

for your claim of_ withholding (e.g.. explain why the disciosure of information

will create an' unwarranted-invasion of personal privacy or provide the

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information required by 10 CM 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_levei of

. protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

Dated it Atlanta Georgia,

thisi23_ day of December 1997

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