ML20205E269

Notice of Violation from Insp on 870101-0220

ML20205E269
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	03/23/1987
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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Shared Package
ML20205E251	List: ML20205E247 ML20205E269 ML20205E325
References
50-293-87-03, 50-293-87-3, NUDOCS 8703300584
Download: ML20205E269 (2)

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4 APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Boston Edison Company Docket No. 50-293 Pilgrim Nuclear Power Company License No. DPR-35 As a resu t of the inspection conducted on January 1,1987 to February 20, 1987, 1

f, and in atcordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy (10 CFR 2, Appendix C), the a following violations were identified:

t A. Technical Specification 6.13, "High Radiation Area", requires in part that areas with radiation levels greater than 1,000 mrem /hr be locked and the 4 keys be/ naintained under the administrative control of the shift foreman N or unit health physicist.

Contrary to the above; between December 19, 1986 and January 3,1986, a master "R" key which controls all locked areas in the plant with radiation levels between 1,000 mrem /hr and 10,000 mrem /hr was not under the admin-istrative control of the shift foreman or unit health physicist. Specifi-( cally, the key was removed from the control room in an unauthorized manner s

9 between December 19, 1986 and December 22, 1986 and the licensee did not i N , ,' taks compensatory action to restore administrative control of high radia-x y tion areas until January 3,1987.

[i This is a Severity t Level IV violation (Supplement IV).

t B. 2 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI Corrective Action, requires that measures be established to assure that conditions adverse to quality, such as failures, malfunctions, and deviations are promptly identified and h, , corrected.

Ny k Station Procedure No. 1.3.24, Failure and Mal function (F&M) Reports, Revision 14, requires that F&M Reports be initiated whenever failures or s g' malfunctions are identified during the surveillance testing of safety-related components, that could prevent the systems from fulfilling their individual functions in their intended manner. It further requires that

'fi D b an F&M pppet be initiated for a malfunction of a system installed to 9k mitigate an~ accident, which may not be specifically addressed by Technical Specification.

k-s[v Contrary'to the above, no F&M Report had been initiated as of February 17, L

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/ 6 j This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).

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C. Technical Specification 3.12.B ' states that the fire suppression eter system shall b ., operable with two fire system pumps, separate water supplies and an operable flow path. With less than the above required equipment restore the inoperable equipment within seven days or submit a report to the Commission within thirty days outlining the plans and pro-cedures to ae used to provide for loss of redundancy in this system.

Contrary to 4the above, between October 1986 and January 1987 portions of the required fire suppression water system equipment were inoperable and no report was submitted to the Commission. In addition, no plans or pro-cedures ,to provide for+-loss of redundancy in the system had been implemented.

- This is a Severihy Level IV violation (Supplement I).

Pursuant to the. provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Boston Edison Company is hereby required to submit to this office within thirty days from the receipt of the letter which transmitted this Notice, a written statement or explanation in-reply, including: (1) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good f cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending this response time.

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