ML20212P214
| ML20212P214 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crystal River  |
| Issue date: | 08/20/1986 |
| From: | Grace J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Wilgus W FLORIDA POWER CORP. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20212P217 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8609030035 | |
| Download: ML20212P214 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000302/1986022
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Docket No. 50-302
License No. DPR-72
lorida Power Corporation
ATTN: Mr. W. S. Wilgus
Vice President Nuclear Operations
P. O. Box 14042, M.A.C. C-2-M
St. Petersburg, FL 33733
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
(NRC INSPECTION REPORT N0. 50-302/86-22)
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Tais refers to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted by
T. F. Stetka on June 18-June 20, 1986.
The inspection included a review of
activities authorized for your Crystal River facility. At the conclusion of the
inspection, the findings were discussed with those members of your staff
identified in the enclosed inspection report.
NRC concerns relative to the inspection findings were discussed by R. D. Walker,
Acting Deputy Regional Administrator, NRC, Region II, with you and your staff in
an Enforcement Conference held on July 9, 1986.
Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the report. Within these
areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures and
representative records, interviews with personnel, and observation of activities
in progress.
The inspection findings indicate that certain activities appeared to violate NRC
requirements. The violations, references to pertinent requirements, and elements
to be included in your response are described in the enclosed Notice of Violation.
During the Enforcement Conference of July 9,1986, your staff stated that the
first violation described in the enclosed Notice is considered to involve the
same Technical Specification but to be a different violation from the one
described in our letter dated January 31, 1985. While there is some difference
in the event sequence, the events share common elements, results and root cause
factors. The first violation described in the enclosed Notice is similar to a
violation contained in the Notice sent to you by our letter dated January 31,
1985, and the event is similar to the event that precipitated a Notice of
Deviation sent to you by our letter dated February 12, 1986. Because "similar
violations", as described in the NRC Enforcement Policy, are of significant
concern to the NRC, please give particular attention in your response to the
identification of the root cause of this problem and your corrective action to
prevent recurrence.
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We have carefully reviewed your letter of March 14, 1986, denying the Notice
of Deviation from a commitment. Your commitment stated that a procedure would be
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revised to incorporate methodology to dilute the waste gas decay tanks with
nitrogen without the addition of waste gas. It further stated that this will be
accomplished by connection of a temporary nitrogen source to an instrument tap of
the affected tank.
Full compliance was to be achieved on or before June 20,
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1985.
Twice since that time, you have been called on to dilute waste gas tanks
and the equipment and/or nitrogen has not been available. Your denial letter
stated that you did not commit to the use of any specific pieces of equipment,
any particular location of equipment nor to the actual use of the equipment. The
NRC cannot accept that a commitment to revise a procedure to accomplish a process
excludes the necessary equipment and material. We conclude that you did in fact
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deviate from your commitment and that, in fact, the event on January 5,1986, was
a violation of your Technical Specification.
It was cited as a deviation to
focus on the root cause - management inaction. During the plant tour by NRC
management personnel on July 8,1986 and the enforcement conference of July 9,
1986, recent extensive physical corrective actions were observed and upgraded
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procedural actions discussed. It appears that in spite of your February 12, 1986
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denial letter, your management staff has evaluated the problems and is now taking
extensive corrective action in this area. No further response to the Notice of
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Deviation sent to you on February 12, 1986 is required.
In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's "'iules of Practice," Part 2,
Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosures
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will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
The responses directed by this letter and its enclosures are not subject to the
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clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.
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Should you have any question's concerning this letter, please contact us.
Sincerely,
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J. Nelson Grace
Regional Administrator
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