ML20214U323
| ML20214U323 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png |
| Issue date: | 11/26/1986 |
| From: | Wenzinger E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Opeka J CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER CO. |
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| ML20214U327 | List: |
| References | |
| IEB-79-18, NUDOCS 8612090228 | |
| Download: ML20214U323 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000213/1986027
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Docket / License:
50-213/DPR-61
Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company
ATTN: Mr. J. F. Opeka
Senior Vice President - Nuclear
Engineering and Operations
P. O. Box 270
Hartford, Connecticut
06101
Gentlemen:
Subject:
Resident Inspection 50-213/86-27 (10/1/86 - 11/17/86)
This transmits the findings of the routine NRC inspection of the Hadda:n Neck Plant
on October 1 through November 17, 1986. These findings have been discussed with
Mr. R. Graves of your staff.
The inspection identified violations related to procedural compliance, calibration,
post maintenance testing, and containment integrity.
Your corrective actions for
the first three violations listed in the enclosed Appendix A were scheduled or
completed during this inspection and found to be satisfactory.
Therefore, no reply
to these three violations is required.
Thank you for informing us of the corrective actions documented in your letter to
NRC Region I dated October 14, 1986.
Those actions pertained to the findings of
Inspection 50-213/86-20, forwarded to you by our August 29, 1986 letter.
These
actions did not prevent a similar violation of containment integrity on October
8, 1986. This is Violation No. 4 of the enclosed Appendix A and is further dis-
cussed in Detail 4.3 of the enclosed inspection report.
Your October 24, 1986
letter to NRC Region I described this event and your current position regarding
manipulation of manual containment boundary valves. We agree that opening certain
manual containment isolation valves (CIVs) for surveillance may enhance safety.
That does not authorize deviation from the Technical Specifications (TSs) except
when approved in advance or in an emergency.
In non-emergency cases, your obli-
gation is to comply with the TSs and submit appropriate amendment and waiver re-
quests when needed.
Such requests have been granted in the past, and we will sup-
port justified ones in the future.
For Haddam Neck, TS 3.11 requires containment
integrity.
TS 1.8 requires manually operated CIVs to be closed for containment
integrity (except specifically exempted ones).
Opening manually operated CIVs
except as specifically authorized violates containment integrity and the associated
TSs, and will continue to be treated accordingly.
NRC Licensing has been consulted
and agrees with this position.
Please respond to the recurrent violation in ac-
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cordance with Appendix A.
NRC review (Report Detail 5.d) of your actions responding to IE Bulletin 79-18,
Audibility Problems Encountered on Evacuation, found that you have not completed
paging system improvements to assure personnel in all plant areas can be notified
of plant emergency conditions.
In your reply to this letter, please describe the
paging system modifications to be made and provide your commitment date for their
completion.
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Enclosures:
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Appendix A, Notice of Violations
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NRC Region I Report 50-213/86-27
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R. Graves, Station Superintendent
D. O. Nordquist, Manager of Quality Assurance
R. T. Laudenat, Manager, Generation Facilities Licensing
E. J. Mroczka, Vice President, Nuclear Operations
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Local Public Document Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident Inspector
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