ML20206F812

Notice of Violation from Insp on 880817-18.Violation Noted: Reactor Control & Safety Equipment Not Calibr from Mar-Aug 1988 & Nuclear Safety Review Board Have Not Met at Required Frequency Since Apr 1983 & Between May 1987 & Aug 1988

ML20206F812
Person / Time
Site:	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Issue date:	11/09/1988
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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Shared Package
ML20206F810	List: IR 05000225/1988004 ML20206F806 ML20206F812
References
50-225-88-04, 50-225-88-4, NUDOCS 8811210351
Download: ML20206F812 (2)

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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Docket No. 50-225 Troy, New York 12181 License No. CX-22 As a result of the inspection conducted on August 17-18, 1988, and in accord-ance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (Enforcement Policy) (1988), the following violations were identified:

A. Technical Specification 4.1 requires calibration of reactor control and s safety equipment either annually or semi-annually, and Technical Specifi-cation 6.6.1.c requires that records of tests, checks and measurements documenting compliance with surveillance requirements be maintained at the facility for at least five years.

Contrary to the above, no calibration records exist for calibration of this equipment during an eighteen-rconth period between March 1986 and August 1988.

B. Technical Specification 6.2 requires that procedures used for startup, operation, shutdown and conduct of surveillance activities, and substan-tive changes to these procedures, be reviewed and approved by the Nuclear Safety Review Board.

Contrary to tne above, no evidence exists to verify that technical specif-ication surveillance procedures have been reviewed and approved by the Nuclear Safety Review Board. Additionally, substantive changes to the startup procedures, to account for the new core load, have not been reviewed and approved by the Nuclear Safety Review Board.

C. Technical Specification 6.1.5.2 requires that the Nuclear Safety Review Board meet on, at least, a semi-annual basis.

Contrary to the above the Nuclear Safety Review Board has not met at the required frequercy on four occasions since A.nril 1983, including most recently a fifteen-month period between May 1987 and August 1988.

D. Technical Specification 6.1.5 requires that the Nuclear Safety Review l Board audit reactor operations. Technical Specification 6.1.5.4 further

! requires that the audit function include selective examination of opera-l ting records and other documents, and audit for compliance with regula-tions and licensed orovisions, l

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. I Appendix A 2 Contrary to the above, adequate audits were not performed by the Nuclear Safety Review Board as demonstrated by Failure to identify the missing surveillance records and unreviewed procedures described in violations A and B above.

i The above violations are collectively classified as Severity Level IV (Supplement I).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is hereby required to submit to this office within thirty days of the date of the  !

letter which transmitted this Notice, a written statement or explanation in i reply, including: (1) the corrective steps which have been taken and the i 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 cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending this response i time.

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