ML20207E239

Corrected Notice of Violation from Insp on 880501-30. Violation Noted:Failure to Initiate long-term Corrective Actions to Prevent Recurrence of Events & to Revise or Provide for Future Rev of Ref Instructions

ML20207E239
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	08/05/1988
From:	NRC OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS
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ML20207E193	List: IR 05000327/1988027 ML20207E239
References
50-327-88-27, 50-328-88-27, NUDOCS 8808170207
Download: ML20207E239 (1)

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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Tennessee Valley Authority Docket Nos. 50-327, 50-328 Sequoyah License Nos. OPR-77, OPR-79 During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted May 1-30, 1988, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1988), the violation is listed below:

10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI states that measures shall be .

established to assure that conditions adverse to quality, such as failures, malfunctions, deficiencies, deviations, defective material and equipment, and nonconformances are promptly identified and corrected.

Criterion XVI further states that in the case of significant conditions adverse to quality, the measures shall assure that the cause of the condition is determined and corrective action taken to preclude repeti-tion. This requirement is implemented at Sequoyah by the Nuclear Quality Assurance Manual (NQAM), the accepted QA program (TCA-TR75-1A) and Administrative Instructich (AI) 12, Adverse Conditions and Corrective Actions.

term Contrary corrective to the above, actions the licensee to prevent failedoftoevents the recurrence initiatewhere any long pos itive #

reactivity changes were made while both trains of the Control Room Ventilation System were inoperable. These positive reactivity changes were violations of Action Statement (b) to Technical Specification 3.7.7 r

whicn occurred during September through December 1987 and were reported to the NRC through Licensee Event Report 327/37078.

!t As of April 1, 1988, the licensee had not revised (or provided for future revision of) site procedures Technical Instruction (TI)-19 (Chemical feed i Controls), 50I-62.2 (Boron Concentration Control), and S0I 62.3 (Reactor Coolant Chemical Addition and Control) by which positive reactivity changes occur during chemical additions. No other administrative controls related to these events had been issued.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I)

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i Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Tennessee Valley Authority is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, ATTN

Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555, with i a copy to the Director, Office of Special Projects, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector, Sequoyah within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice. ThIsreplyshouldbeclearlymarkedasa"Replytoa Notice of Violation" and should include [for each violation): (1) admission or denial of the violation, (2) the reason for the violation if admitted, (3) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved, (4) the kb[ 0$0k $$0>$o!27 Q PDC