ML20203L782
| ML20203L782 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 02/26/1998 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20203L774 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-289-97-10, NUDOCS 9803060223 | |
| Download: ML20203L782 (2) | |
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e-4 Enclosure 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION 4
GPU Nuclear Corporation _ Docket No. 50-289 Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Licenso No. DPR 50 During an NRC inspection, conducted November 2,1997 January 24,1998, a violation of NRC requirements was identified.
Technical Specifications 6.5.1.1, " Technical Review and Control," and 6.8.2, " Procedures
- and Programs," require, in part, that any substantive changes, including the change of intent to procedures that effect nuclear safety, shall be reviewed and approved prior to implementation.-
Contrary to the above, on Novembe ,1997, GPUN did not review and approvo a substantive change to an existing ine / ice test (IST) surveillance procedure 1300 3K, "lST of Reactor River Water Pumps and Valves, " before tne closure of the resctor butiding
- emergency cooler inlet and outlet valves to conduct a leak test. The IST procedure was written and approved to determine the cooler inlet and outlet valve open and closed times, but did not adow the valves to be closed for the seven hour leak test.
This is a Soverity Lewi IV violation (Supplement I),
Pursuant to the movisions of 10 CFR 2.201, GPU Nuclear Corporation is hereby required to submit a wr'itten statement or explanation to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Docun~, c Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with e copy to the Reginnal Administrator, Region f, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the Facility thrit is the subject of this Notice,within 30 days of the dato 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: (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 de:e 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 mey be issued as to why the licence 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 wil be giun to extending the response time.
If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide e copy of your response tc the Director. Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, j Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Because your respons6 will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the ,
extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards l Information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction, if personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide en acce,ptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected ;
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, Enclosure 1 2 and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request
. withholding of such material, you muit specifically identify the portions of your response 3 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 creato an unwarranted l Invasion of personal privacy or provide the Information required by 10 CFR 2.79Dib)to :
support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable roeponse, plotse provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.
Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania l this 26th day of February,1998.
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