ML20216A797

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980118-0228.Violation Noted:On 980216,instructions to Work Authorization C612323 Did Not Provide Adequate Guidance for Concrete Core Drilling Work,As Result,Licensee Personnel Drilled Into Power Cable

ML20216A797
Person / Time
Site:	Callaway
Issue date:	03/09/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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Shared Package
ML20212H165	List: IR 05000483/1998001 ML20212H161 ML20216A797
References
50-483-98-01, 50-483-98-1, NUDOCS 9803120326
Download: ML20216A797 (2)

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4 ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Union Electric Company Docket No.: 50-483 Callaway Plant License No.: NPF-30 During an NRC inspection conducted on January 18 through February 28,1998, 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:

Criterion V of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, requires that activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings appropriate to the circumstances.

Contrary to the above, on February 16,1998, instructions in Work Authorization C612323 did not provide adequate guidance for concrete core drilling work. As a result, licensee personnel drilled into a 13.8 kV power cable in an auxiliary building concrete wall.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1) (483/9801-02).

The NRC has concluded that information regarding the reason for the violation, the corrective j actions taken and planned to correct the violation and prevent recurrence and the date when full i compliance was achieved is already adequately addressed on the docket in this inspection report However, you are required to submit a written statement or explanation pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201 if the description therein does not accurately reflect your corrective actions or j your position. In that case, or if you choose to respond, clearly mark your response as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation," and send it to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region IV,611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation.

If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

Because your response, if you choose to provide one, will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room, to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, I or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the Public Document Room 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 withholdino (e g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion i

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of personal privacy or provide the information 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 provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

Dated at Arlington, Texas this 9th day of March 1998 i

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