ML20202A820

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980106-16.Violation Noted: on 970910,971028 & 980101,certificatee Did Not Perform Independent Verifications for Restoration of Leads on Safety System Categorized as Q Item Nor Recorded on Log Sheet

ML20202A820
Person / Time
Site:	Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Issue date:	02/06/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20202A802	List: ML20202A798 ML20202A820 ML20202A827
References
70-7002-98-02, 70-7002-98-2, NUDOCS 9802100178
Download: ML20202A820 (2)

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION United States Enrichment Corporation Docket No. 70-7002 Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Certificate No. GDP-2 During an NRC inspection conducted from January 6 through January 16,1998, one violation of.

NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:

Technical Safety Requirement 3.9.1 requires, in part, that procedures shall be implemented for activities described in Safety Analysis Report. Section 6.11, Appendix A

- of the Safety Analysis Report requires maintenance to be performed in accordance with approved procedures.

Approved 'rocedure XP2-OP-GP1030,

• Work Control Process," Revision 3, requires, in pari, that t oubleshooting work packages implement Procedure XP2-GP-GP1033, " Lifted Leads and Jumpers." when leads are lifted during maintenance activities.

Section 7 of Procedure XP2-GP-GP1033, " Lifted Leads and Jumpers," requires, in part, an in6 pendent verification for the restoration of leads on safety systems categorized as "Q" Items and that these maintenance activities be recorded on an Appendix A Lifted Lead and Jumper Log Sheet.

Contrary to the above, on September 10,1997, October 28,1997, and January 1,1998, the certificatee did not perform independent verifications for the restoration of leads on a l

safety system categorized as a "Q" item nor were these maintenance activities recorded on an Appendix A, Lifted Lead and Jumper Log Sheet.

i g This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement VI). (VIO_70-7002/98002-01)

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 76.70, United States Enrichment Corporation l's 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 111, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant of this Notice, 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 should include 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, if you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001.

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Notice of Violation 2-Your response may reference or include previously docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response, if an adequate reply is not-received withir, the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may be issued 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, consideretion will be given to extending the response time.

Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public 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 brecketed 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 must  !

specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withhold 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 personal privacy or provide the information required by l 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial -

information). If safeguard information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please l- , provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.' '

' Dated at Lisle, Illinois this 6th day of February 1998 i

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