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Forwards Insp Repts 50-424/97-10 & 50-425/97-10 on 970921-1101 & NOV Re Alignment of Unit 1 DG Unit Heater 480 Volt AC Breakers
ML20202E115
Person / Time
Site: Vogtle  Southern Nuclear icon.png
Issue date: 11/26/1997
From: Skinner P
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Mccoy C
SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING CO.
Shared Package
ML20202E120 List:
References
50-424-97-10, 50-425-97-10, NUDOCS 9712050265
Download: ML20202E115 (6)
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See also: IR 05000424/1997010

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November 26, 1997

Southern Nuclear Operating Company. Inc.

ATTN: Mr. C. K. McCoy

Vice President

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant

P. O. Box 1295

Birmingham AL 35201

SUBJECT: NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-424/97-10 AND

50-425/97 10 AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION

Dear Mr. McCoy:

On November 1. 1997, the NRC completed an inspection at your Vogtle Units 1

and 2 reactor facilities. The enclosed report presents the results of that

inspection.

During the six-week period, your conduct of activities at the Vogtle facility

was generally characterized by safety-conscious operations, sound engineering

and maintenance practices, and appropriate radiological work controls.

However, two violations were identified. The first violation dealt with

alignment of Unit 1 diesel generator unit heater 480 volt AC breakers. The

second violation dealt with the APEX users manual that was to be used by

reactor engineers for restart of a unit after a trip. This violation was

previously documented during the Unit 2 startup from the fifth refueling

outage. However, the corrective actions developed then were not fully

implemented by the subsecuent startup of Unit 1 from the seventh refueling

outage. We are concernec with this violation due to the failure of your

organization to complete the corrective actions. In addition, we are

concerned with the identification cf an issue that an operations crew failed

to recognize that a Limiting Condition for Operation was entered and exited

for an emergency core cooling system. This issue was identified in this

report as a weakness, however, we request that in your res)onse to the

violations that you also include your actions to address t11s issue.

The violations are cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice), and the

circumstances surrounding the violations are described in detail in the

enclosed report. Please note that you are required to respond to this letter

and should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when

preparing your response. The NRC will use your response. in part. to

determine whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance

with regulatory requirements.

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice." a copy of

this letter, its enclosures, and any reply will be placed in the NRC Public

Document Room.

Sincerely.

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H. Skinner

Pierce H. Skinner. Chief

Reactor Projects Branch 2

Division of Reactor Projects

Docket Nos. 50-424 and 50-425

License Nos. NPF-68 and NPF-81

Enclosures:

1. Notice of Violation

2. NRC Integrated Inspection Report

50-424/97-10 and 50-425/97-10

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J. D. Woodard

Executive Vice President

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

P. O. Box 1295

Birmingham, AL 35201-1295

J. B. Beasley

General Manager, Plant Vogtle

Southern Nuclear Operating Company. Inc.

P. O. Box 1600

Waynesboro, GA 30830

J. A. Bailey

Manager-Licensing

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

P. O. Box 1295

Birmingham, AL 35201-1295

Jim riurt, Director

Consumers' Utility Counsel Division

Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs

2 M. L. King, Jr. Drive

Plaza Level - East: Suite 356

Atlanta, GA 30334-4600

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205 Butler Street. SE. Suite 1252

Atlanta, GA 30334

Thomas Hill. Manager

Radioactive Materials Program

Department of Natural Resources

4244 International Parkway

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Atlanta, GA 30354

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2100 E. Exchange Place

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