ML20216E462

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980114-0224.Violation Noted:On 980121,instructions in Work Order 9800310, Isolate Breaker 1H3, Were Not Appropriate to Circumstances Because Loss of Offsite Power Source to Unit 2 Occurred

ML20216E462
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	03/12/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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Shared Package
ML20216E445	List: ML20216E439 ML20216E462 ML20216E484
References
50-282-98-03, 50-282-98-3, 50-306-98-03, 50-306-98-3, NUDOCS 9803180057
Download: ML20216E462 (2)

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NOTICE OF VIOt.ATION Northem States Power Company Docket No.: 50-282; 50-306 Frairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant . License No.: DPR-42; DPR-60 During an NRC inspection conducted from January 14,1998, to February 24,1998, 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, " Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings," of Appendix B of 10 CFR Part 50 requires, in part, that activities affecting quality be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstances.

Contrary to the above, on January 21,1998, the instructions in Work Order 9800310, " Isolate l Breaker 1H3," were not appropr' ate to the circumstances because following the instructions '

resulted in an unexpected loss of one offsite power source to Unit 2, temporary loss of safeguards Bus 26, and actuation of the automatic bus sequencer, part of an engineered safety feature system.

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

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Northem States Power Company is hereby required j to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Muclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: 1 Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555, with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region Ill, 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 (Notice). This reply should be clearty 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 l severity level, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results cchieved, (3) the i 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 previous 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 to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

Because your response will be placed in the NRC Pubic Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that f 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 9803180057 980312 PDR 0 ADOCK 05000282 PDR

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! Notice of Violation 10 CFR 2,790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to p: ovide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

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Dated at Lisle, Illinois  !

this 12th day of March 1998.

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