ML20212A853

Notice of Violation from Insp on 990712-30.Violation Noted: from 980324-990730,TS SR 3.5.1.4 & 3.5.2.5 Failed to Require Each ECCS Pump to Develop Pump Differential Pressure Greater than or Equal to ECCS Total Flow Resistance

ML20212A853
Person / Time
Site:	Perry
Issue date:	09/13/1999
From:	NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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ML20212A842	List: IR 05000440/1999013 ML20212A837 ML20212A853
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50-440-99-13, EA-99-222, NUDOCS 9909170144
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! NOTICE OF VIOLATION FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Docket No. 50-440 Perry Nuclear Power Plant ' License No. NPF-58 EA 99-222 During an NRC inspection conducted on July 12,1999, through July 30,1999, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:

10 CFR Part 50.36 requires that technical specifications (TSs) be derived from the analyses and evaluation included in the safety analysis report and that surveillance requirements be specified to assure that the necessary quality of systems and components are maintained.

The Perry Updated Safety Analysis Report, Section 6.3, Revision 9, requires that, for specified flow ratec, each Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) pump develop a

pump differential pressure greater than or equal to the ECCS's total flow resistance including the specified " reactor vessel to drywell" differential pressure.

Contrary to the above, from March 24,1998, through July 30,1999, TS Surveillance Requirements 3.5.1.4 and 3.5.2.5 failed to require each ECCS pump to develop a pump l differential pressure greater than or equal to the ECCS's total flow resistance. The TS

. surveillance requirements only required the pump differential pressure to be greater

_ than or equal to the " reactor vessel to drywell" differential pressure.

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

L Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR Part 2.201, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company is

' hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington DC 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region lil, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility that

'is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days 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 or severity level, (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 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.

If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response, with the basis for your denial, to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear

. Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

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6 Notice of Violation 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 redaction. 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 must 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 information required by 10 CFR Part 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 Part 73.21.

In accordance with 10 CFR Part 19.11, you may be required to post this Notice within two working days.

1 Dated this 13* day of September 1999 1 1

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