ML20203D561

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980614-1123.Violation Noted:From 980614-0615,period Greater than 8 Hours,Unit 1 Channel III 125-volt Battery Bank E1B11 Inoperable with Reactor in Mode 1 & Reactor Not Placed in Hot Standby

ML20203D561
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	02/10/1999
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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Shared Package
ML20203D490	List: ML20203D484 ML20203D561 ML20203D571
References
50-498-98-15, 50-499-98-15, EA-99-008, EA-99-8, NUDOCS 9902160244
Download: ML20203D561 (2)

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ENCLOSURE 1 .I NOTICE OF VIOLATION i I

STP Nuclear Operating Company

. . Docket Nos.: 50-498

- South Texas Project Electric Generating Station 50-499 License Nos.: NPF-76 NPF-80 EA 99-008 ,

- During an NRC inspection conducted on June 14 through November 23,1998, one violation of l- 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 Specification 3.8.2.1 is applicable while the reactor is in Mode 1 and states, "As a minimum, the following D. C. electrical sources shall be OPERABLE . . .

l  : Channel lli 125-volt Battery Bank E1811." The associated action statement requires,  ;

! "With one of the required battery banks inoperable, restora the inoperable battery bank to OPERABLE status within 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> or be in at least HOT STANDBY within the next 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br /> and in COLD SHUTDOWN within the following 30 hours3.472222e-4 days <br />0.00833 hours <br />4.960317e-5 weeks <br />1.1415e-5 months <br />."

Contrary to the above, from June 14 at 8:02 p.m. until June 15,1998, at approximately .

10:37 a.m., a period greater than 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br />, Unit 1 Channel ill 125-volt Battery Bank l E1811 was inoperable with the reactor in Mode 1 and the reactor was not placed in at least hot standby within 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br />.

l This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1).

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!. Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, STP Nuclear Operating Company is hereby i l required to. submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory .

l i Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the . -

l Regional Administrator, Region IV,611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011, j and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the facility that is the subject 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 or severity level, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further vio!ations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be s 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  ;

L be given to extending the response time.

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i If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your recponse to the i Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 9902160244 990210 l PDR ADOCK 05000498 G PDR y . . . , , -,.y.~,.y- ,

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Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent i possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so  ;

that it can be placed in the PDF 'vithout redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acce stable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your i response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you my.gt 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., explain why the disclosure of information will l create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by *

. 10 CFR 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 level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

Dated this 10th day of February 1999 l

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