ML20206U301
| ML20206U301 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 02/05/1999 |
| From: | Lanning W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Cross J DUQUESNE LIGHT CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20206U307 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-334-98-09, 50-334-98-9, 50-412-98-09, 50-412-98-9, NUDOCS 9902120308 | |
| Download: ML20206U301 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000334/1998009
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February 5. 1999
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Mr. J. E. Cross -
President
Generation Group
. Duquesne Light Company
Beaver Valley Power Station
Post Office Box 4
Shippingport, Pennsylvania 15077
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SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-334/98-09,' 50-412/98-09 AND NOTICE OF
VIOLATION
. Dear Mr. Cross:
This refers to the Safety System Engineering inspection conducted from November 16 to
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December 17,1998, at the Beaver Valley Power Station. The inspection focused on the Unit 2
High Head Safety injection System in its normal and emergency configurations. The team also
. inspected the effectiveness of the engineering organization in ident;fying, resolving, and
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preventing problems. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection. The results
were also discussed via teleptione with you, Mr. S. Jain, and other members of your staff, on
December 17,1998.~ Subsequent to that meeting, on January 4 - 6,1999, we conducted
additional in-office inspection. The results of the additional inspection were discussed, via
telephone, with Mr. B. Sepelak of your staff, on February 4,1999.
Based on the results of this lnspection, the team determined that the engineering organization
provides acceptable support to plant operations. In the past, Engineering failed to thoroughly
evaluate and promptly resolve equipment issues. However, the steps you have taken, such as -
increased oversight and root cause analysis technique training, are addressing the weakness.
The team also determined that one violation of NRC requirements occurred. This violation,
pertaining to inadequate design control in the Unit 2 de voltage drop calculation, is cited in the
enclosed Notice of Violation and the circumstances surrounding it are described in detail in the
subject inspection report. The calculational errors were significant in that they could have
resulted in some circuit breakers not having sufficient voltage to close and rendered the
associated accident mitigating components inoperable. Opportunities were available to identify
the errors during the normal review of the calculation as well as during your safety system
functionalinspection of the 480V and 4160 V systems.
You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the
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enclosed Notice when preparing your response. The NRC will use your response, in part, to
' determine whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with
regulatory requirements.
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ln accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its
enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR). Your cooperation with us
was appreciated.
Sincerely,
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Wayne D. Lanning, Director
Division of Reactor Safety
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Docket Nos: 50-334, 50-412
Enclosure: Inspection Report 50-334/98-09; 50-412/98-09
cc w/ encl:
S. Jain, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Services Group
K. Ostrowski, Vice President, Nuclear Operations Group and Plant Manager
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R. Brandt, Vice President, Operations Support Group '
B. Tuite, General Manager, Nuclear Operations Unit
W. Kline, Manager, Nuclear Engineering Department
M. Pearson, Manager, Quality Services Unit
M. Ackerman, Manager, Safety & Licensing Department
J. Macdonald, Manager, System and Performance Engineering
J. A. Hultz, Manager, Projects and Support Services, FirstEnergy
M. Clancy, Mayor, Shippingport, PA
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
State of Ohio
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