IR 07100015/2012001

Notice of Violation from Insp on 971015-1201.Violation Noted:On 971011,preparer & Reviewer of tag-out 29491 Did Not Note Significant tag-out Effect on Sys & Plant Operability in Preparer/Reviewer Notes, of tag-out Sheet

ML20202F039
Person / Time
Site:	Perry, 07100015
Issue date:	12/31/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20202F033	List: IR 05000440/1997022 IR 07100015/2012001 ML20202F030
References
50-440-97-22, NUDOCS 9802190116
Download: ML20202F039 (2)

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NOTICE OF Viol.ATION l Centerior Service Company Docket No. 50-440 Perry Nuclear Power Plant License No. NPF 58 During an NRC inspection conducted from October 15 through December 1,1997, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions" (Enforcement Policy), NUREG 1600, the violation is set forth below:

Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 Technical Specification (TS) 5.4.1 a requires that written procedures shall be established, implemented, and maintained covering the applicable procedures recommended in Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.33, Revision 2, Appendix A February 1978, * Typical Procedures for Pressurized Water Reactors and Boiling Water Reactors."

Regulatory Guide 1.33 states, la part, that procedures should be implemented for tagging (Section 1.c). Perry Administrative Procedure (PAP) 1401, " Safety Tagging," had been

< established and met the requirements of RG 1.3 Perry Ad.ninistrative Procedure 1401, Steps 6.4.9,6.4.11, and 6.5.4, respectively, required: tag-out preparers to note any significant tag-out effects on system and plant operability in the

' Preparer / Reviewer's Notes" section of the tag out sheet; tag-out reviewers to note any significant tag-out effects on system and plant operability in the ' Preparer / Reviewer's Notes"

- section of the tag-out sheet; and tag out authorizers to evaluate the tag-out's effect on current plant status prior to authorization.

i Contrary to the above, on October 11,1997, the preparer and reviewer of tag out 294g1 did not f

note a significant tag-out effect on system and plant operability in the " Preparer / Reviewer's Notes'section of the tag-out sheet and the authorizer did not adequately evaluate the effects of the tag-out on plant status prior to authorization Specifically, the preparer, reviewer and authorizer of tag out 294g1 failed to adequately evaluate the tag-out and determine that a water flowpath from the reactor vessel to the suppression pool would be created during the slow depressurization of the scram air heade This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I),

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2,201, Centerior Service Company is 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 lil, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the facility that is subject of this notice, within 30 days of tb date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).

This reply should be clearly mari d as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation' and should include for

ea4 violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the

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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 previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response, 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 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, consideration will be given to extending the response tim i PDR ADOCK 05000440 1 G PDR

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Notice of Violation 2-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 bracketed 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 muti specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., expl min why the disclosum of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy nr provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.700(b)) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide sn acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.2 Dated at Lisle, IL this 31st day of December 1997 l

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