IR 05000382/1987007

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-382/87-07

ML20215A626
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	06/10/1987
From:	Gagliardo J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Dewease J LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO.
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NUDOCS 8706170007
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In' Reply Refer To: l Docket: 50 382/87-07-

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ATTN: .J. G. Dewease, Senior Vice President Nuclear Operations N-80 317 Baronne Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70160 Gentlemen:

Thank you for your . letter of May 29,1987,. in response to our letter and l

Notice of Violation dated April 29, 1987. We have reviewed your reply and find 1 it responsive to the concerns raised in our Notice'of Violation. We will  !

review the implementation of your corrective actions during a future inspection

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'to determine that full compliance has been achieved and will be maintaine

Sincerely, Original Signed By J. E. Gagliardo J. E. Gagliardo, Chief Reactor Projects Branch cc:

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License No. NPF-38 NRC Inspection Report 87-07 Attached is the Louisiana Power and Light Company (LP&L) response to Violation No. 8707-01 identified in Inspection Report No. 87-0 If you have any questions on the response, please contact G.E. Wuller, Operational Licensing, at (504) 464-3499,

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LP&L Response To Violation No.~8707-01 VIOLATION NO. 8707-01 l

Technical Specification (TS).6.8.1.a requires, in part, that written procedures be implemented for the applicable procedures recommended in' ,

Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978. Two I examples of failure to follow these procedures are listed below: Surveillance testing of emergency power systems is one of the applicable. procedures recommended in paragraph 8.b of Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 197 ME-3-220, Revision 4, " Station Battery Bank and Charger," is an approved surveillance procedure for testing a portion of the emergency power syste Step 8.3.15 of ME-3-220, Revision.4', requires, " Operations isolate the charger from its 125 Vdc PDP by danger-tagging (OPEN) the charger's output circuit breaker on the PDP."

Contrary to the above, on March 10, 1987, Section 8.3 of ME-3-220, Revision 4, was performed on Battery Charger 3AB-1, and the charger was not isolated from its 125 Vdc PDP by a danger tag as required by l Step 8.3.1 ' Procedures for maintenance that can affect the performance of safety-related equipment are recommended in paragraph 9.9 of Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2,. February 197 MM-12-007,-

Revision 1, " Pipe Hanger Support Installation, Fabrication, Removal,"

is an approved procedure for maintenance that can affect the performance of safety-related equipment. Step 9.5.10 of MM-12-001 requires the installation of lock wire on snubber flange bolts during i installation, i

contrary to the above, on March 20, 1987 Snubbers SIRR-1055, SISR-1064, SISR-704, CCSR-1067A, CCSR-1067B, SISR-961A, SISR-961B, and SI'? 1064 were found to be installed without lockwire on the snubber j W nge bolt #

l This is a Severity Level V violatio .

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l-(1) Reason for the Violation For both items identified in the violation Waterford 3 maintenance personnel failed to strictly follow procedures for performing l maintenance on plant equipmen (2) Corrective Action That Has Been Taken The following actions have been taken to address the failure of personnel to follow procedures. The Assistant Plant Manager, l Operations and Maintenance issued an Operations and Maintenance Directive (O&M Directive #16) on April 15, 1987, on the subject of

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procedure compliance. On April 20 and 21 meetings were held with Operations and'Haintenance Department supervisors and craft personnel to discuss the importance of procedural complianc For procedure ME-3-220, there is no technical requirement to danger tag the battery charger's output circuit breaker in order to perform the procedure. The procedure, as written, was very restrictive with respect to tagging for an item in which there was no hazard to .

personnel or equipmen l To address the concern for not lockwiring nutt on snubber flange bolts the manufacturer was consulte It was determined that lockwiring is not required as long as proper torque is applied during snubber assembly. As a result, no action is considered necessary to correct field condition In both items above, it has been determined that no technical issues are involved. The above actions are considered sufficient to avoid further violation (3) Corrective Action To Be Taken Procedures ME-3-220 and MM-12-001 are being revised to delete the unnecessary requirement The revisions are expected to be, completed by June 5, 198 (4) Date When Full Compliance Will Be Achieved Full compliar.ce will be achieved by June 5,198 e

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