ML20202C989

Notice of Violation from Insp on 970624-0808.Violation Noted:Licensee Failed to Submit LER Describing Circumstances Surrounding Unexpected Automatic Actuation of HPCS Suction Logic on 970715

ML20202C989
Person / Time
Site:	Perry
Issue date:	11/26/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20202C981	List: IR 05000440/1997009 ML20202C976 ML20202C989
References
50-440-97-09, 50-440-97-9, NUDOCS 9712040114
Download: ML20202C989 (2)

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s t NOTICE OF VIOLATION

! Centerior Service Company Docket No. 50 440 1 Pony Nuclear Power Plard License No. NPF-58  ;

4 During sa NRC inspection conducted from June 24 through August 8,1997, violations of NRC '

requirements were identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions" (Enforcement Polloy), NUREG 1600, the violations are set forth below.-

1. 10 CFR Part 50.73(a)(2)(iv) requires that the licensee shall submit a licensee event report

-(LER) within 30 days of the discovery of any event or condition that resulted in a manual or automatic actuation of any engineered safety feature (ESF). ,

Automatic actuation of the electronic logic that is intended to switch the high pressure core spray (HPC8) suction from the condensate storage tank to the suppression polis an actuation of an ESF.

Contrary to the above, the licensee has to date not submitted an LER describing the circumstances surrounding an unexpected automatic actuation of the HPCS suction logic on July 15,1997.

2. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, " Instructions, Procedures and Drawings,'

requires that activities affeding quality be prescribed by prt,cedures appropriato to the  ;

circumstances.

Contrary to the above, on July 29,1997, the inspectors identifwd that licensee procedure PAP-1105, " Surveillance Test Control,' Revision 8 (dated July 18,1995), whid i presonbod activities affecting quality, was not appropriate. Specsfically, the procedure did not include guidance to operations on how to evaluate system operability determinations for situations where test acceptance criteria changed after performance of the tort.

3. Perry Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 Technical Specification (TS) 5.4.1.a. requires that written procedures shali be implemented covering the applicable procedures recommended in Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.33, Revision 2, Appendix A, February 1978.

1-I Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, Appendix A. " Typical Procedures for Pressurized Water Reactors and Boiling Water Reactors," states in part, that maintenance that can affect the performance of safety-related equipment (Section 9.a) should be pmporty performed in accordance with written procedures apprpate to the circumstances.

Work Order (WO) Number 97-0873 controlled maintenanos that could have affected the performance of Control Complex Chill Water safety-related Valve OP47-F085A, -

Section 130 of the WO directed that the valve be repacked in accordance with General-Maintenance Instruction (GMl) 0081, " Valve Packing Instmetion," Revision 2 (January 26, 1996).

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Contrary to the above, on July 8,1997, the inspectors identified that safety-related Valve OP47-F085A was not repacked in accordance with WO No. 97-0873.

t This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplomord I). i Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFO 2.201, Centerior Servios Company (licensee) is hereby required to submW a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20556 wNh a copy h., the l Regional Administrator, Region lil, and a copy to the NRC Residerd inspector at the facMity that is

• the subject of this Notice, within 20 days of the date of the letter transmittirg this Netion of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearty marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for e&ch 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 an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for information may be issued as to why the licenso should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should mt 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 Public Documord Room (PDR), to the exterd possible, N should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that N can be placed in the PDR without redaction. However, if you red it necessary to include such information you should clearty indicate the spectre information that you desire not to be placed in the PDR, and provide the legal basis to support your request for withholding the information from the public. ,

f Dated at Lisle, Illinois this 26th day of November 1997 ,

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