ML20211P224

Notice of Violations from Insp on 970519-23 & 0603-05. Violations Noted:Substantial Rev Made to Fire Hazards Analysis as Portion of FSAR That Were Not Submitted to NRC

ML20211P224
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	10/14/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20211P208	List: ML20211P204 ML20211P224
References
50-282-97-12, 50-306-97-12, NUDOCS 9710200106
Download: ML20211P224 (2)

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. NOTICE OF VIOLATION Northern States Power Company Docket Nos. 50-282; 50-306 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant License Nos. DPR-42; DPR-60 During an NRC inspection conducted from May 19-23 and June 3-5,1997, four violations of NRC requirements were lentified in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violations are listed below:

1.

10 CFR 50.71(e) required that revised portions of the F:nal Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) be submitted to the NRC, Contrary to the above, on July 1,1994, substantial revisions were made to the Fire t

Hazards Analysis (FHA)(referenced as a portion of the FSAR) that were not submitted to the NRC.

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

2.

Prairie Island Technical Specification 6.5.A.7 required that detailed written implemer. ting procedures be prepared and followed for the fire protection program.

Administrative Work Instruction SAWI 3.13.0, " Fire Preventive Practices,"

a.

Paragraph 6.9.6, stated: " Individual Fire Brigade members SHALL actively participate in at least one drill per year."

Contrary to the above, during 1996, 5AW13.13.0 was not followed in that 7

- members of the fire brigade did not actively participate in fire brigade drills.

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

b.

Prairie Island Administrative Work Instruction 5AWI 3.4.0, "QA Records Control,"

Revision 4, stated in paragraph 6.2.3: " Records that meet one.or more of the following criteria SHALL be classified as lifetime records: a. Would be of significant value in demonstrating capability for safe operation of a safety related or fire protection related item,"

Contrary to the above, the December 12,1996, detector surveillance data documented during fire protection surveillance SP 1189," Safety Related Fire Detector Check," was not available for inspector review because it had been discarded.

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

Surveillance Procedure (SP) 1192, " Safeguards Electrical and Mechanical c.

Penetrations Surveillance Inspection," Revision 7, requires the verification of penetration seal operability through visual inspection.

Contrary to the above, on April 4,1997, SP 1192 was not followed in that 8 ~

penetrations were not verified to be operable.

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

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Notice of Violation 2

s Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Northern States Power 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 NRC Resident inspector at the facility that is the cubject of this Notice, 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 previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response if an adequato reply is not received within the time 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 such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redc.ction. If personal 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 specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld 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 infonnation 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 please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

Dated at Lisle, Illinois, this14 thday of October 1997

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