ML20209E024

Notice of Violation from Insp on 870105-09 & 12-16

ML20209E024
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	04/17/1987
From:	Julian C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
Shared Package
ML20209E018	List: IR 05000424/1987001 ML20209E011 ML20209E024 ML20209E044
References
50-424-87-01, 50-424-87-1, NUDOCS 8704290415
Download: ML20209E024 (2)

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1 ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Georgia Power Company Docket No. 50-424 Vogtle Electric Generating Plant License No. NPF-61 During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted on January 5 - 9 and 12 - 16, 1987, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. The violation involved four examples of failure to follow approved plant procedures. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1986), the violation is listed below:

10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, states that activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented procedures and shall be accomplished in accordance with these procedures. VEGP FSAR, Section 17.2, Operations Quality Assurance Program, also requires that activities affecting quality be accomplished in accordance with documented procedures.

1. Procedure 00404-C, Surveillance Test Program, Step 4.5.4.1, requires an independent reviewer to confirm that surveillance test results satisfy the acceptance criteria.

Contrary to the above, the independent reviewer failed to follow procedure 00404-C by signing the Surveillance Task Sheets for the Class 1E 18-Month Battery Inspection and Maintenance procedures,

! which indicated that the acceptance criteria had been met. In

! the Technical Specification acceptance criteria of  ;

actualitg, 50 X 10' ohms, for intercell resistance had been exceeded.  !

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2. Step 5.1 of procedure 34223-C, Channel Calibration of the Gaseous Effluent Monitors, Rev. 1, requires that the technician ensure a i Quality Control (QC) representative has signed the checklist indicating a QC review of the procedure for hold points. Addi-tionally, step 5.2 requires that the technician notify the Operations Shift Supervisor, or his designee, of the work to be performed and obtain his authorizing signature.

4 Contrary to the above, a technician failed to follow procedure 34223-C and did not obtain either the signature of the QC representa-tive or the Operations Shift Supervisor prior to performance of the procedure.

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3. Administrative procedures 00103-C, Document Distribution and Control, and 00101-C, Drawing Control, require the licensee to verify every seven days that " working copy" drawings and vendor manuals are the latest revision and contain all applicable design change notices and temporary changes to procedure.

Contrary to the above, the inspector observed technicians performing work authorized by maintenance work orders 18624165, 18700429, 18624440, and 18700453 with " working copy" documents that had not been verified to be current.

4. Administrative procedure 10004-C, Shift Relief, Rev. 3, indicates that the on-coming operator is to review and initial the narrative logs since the last shift worked or the preceding five days, whichever is less. Administrative procedure 10001-C, Logkeeping, Rev. 3, also indicates that narrative logs shall be reviewed and initialed by the on-coming operator.

Contrary to the above, on January 15, 1987, the day-shift shif t supervisor failed to follow procedures 10004-C and 10001-C in that he failed to review and initial the Shift Supervisor's log for the previous night's log entries.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Georgia Power Company is hereby required to submit to this Office within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice a written statement or explanation in reply including: (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 corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and (5) the date when full compliance will be achieved.

Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Dw bL bhN Caudie A. Julian, Chief Operations Branch l Division of Reactor Safety

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Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 17ttday of April 1987