ML20210N933
| ML20210N933 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Summer  |
| Issue date: | 08/21/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20210N930 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-395-97-07, 50-395-97-7, NUDOCS 9708260193 | |
| Download: ML20210N933 (2) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Docket No. 50 395 V. C. Summer Nuclear Station License No. NPF 12 During an NRC inspection conducted on June 15 through July 26, 1997.
violations of NRC requirements were identified.
In accordance with the
" General Statement of Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
NUREG 1600, the violations are listed below:
A.
Technical Specification (TS) 3.6.4. " Containment Isolation Valves,"
requires that each containment isolation valve shall be operable and that locked or sealed closed valves may be opened on an intermittent basis under administrative control.
Contrary to the above, on June 20, 1997, train A hydrogen monitor containment isolation valves SVX 6051A, SVX 6052A, and SVX 6053A, were opened on an intermittent basis to perform a hydrogen monitor calibration without establishing administrative controls.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
B.
10 CFR 50 Appendix B, Criterion V, Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings, states, in part, that activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented procedures of a type appropriate to the circumstances and shall be accomplished in accordance with these procedures.
Contrary to the above, on July 10, 1997, the licensee failed to prescribe documented procedures of a type appropriate to the circumstances.
Established procedures did not contain appropriate instructions for the installation of Grinnel pipe restraints on safety-related systems.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region II, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the V. C. Summer Nuclear Station, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).
~This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation:
(1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Your response may reference or include previously docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response.
If an adequate reply is not received within the time
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specified in this Notice an order or a Demand for Information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why suchotheractionasmaybepropershouldnotbetaken. Where good cause is shown, consideration wiil be given to extending the response time.
Because your res>onse will be placed in the NRC Public Docux nt Room (PDR), to the extent possiale, it should not include any personal privacy, 3roprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR witlout redaction.
If perscnal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information.
If you request withholding of such material, you muit s)ecifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withield and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information).
If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.
Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 21 day of August 1997
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