ML20217A337

Notice of Violation from Insp on 961207-970527.Violation Noted:During 1996 Unit 2 Refueling Outage,Irradiated Fuel Was Moved & Fuel Was Stored in Pool W/Less than 60 Days Decay Time & Fuel Bldg Exhaust Sys Was Operating

ML20217A337
Person / Time
Site:	Zion  File:ZionSolutions icon.png
Issue date:	09/12/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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ML20217A311	List: IR 05000295/1997003 ML20217A337
References
50-295-97-03, 50-295-97-3, 50-304-97-03, 50-304-97-3, EA-97-224, NUDOCS 9709190134
Download: ML20217A337 (2)

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Commonwealth Edison Company Docket Nos. 50-295;50-304 Zion Nuclear Generating Station License Nos. DPR-39; DPR-48 EA No.97-224 During on NRC inspection conducted December 7,1996 through May 27,1997, two violations

.' NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and f rocedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG 1600, the violations are listed below:

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Technical Specification 3.13.2.A.1, " Protection from Damaged Spent Fuel' requires, in part - whenever irradlated fuel is moved or during crane operation with loads over irradiated fuel in the fuel building - that the fuel building exhaust system be operating with a ventilation flow path through the HEPA and charcoal filters if any irradiated fuel is stored in the pool with less than 60 days time decay.

Contrary to the above, during the 1996 Unit 2 refueling outage, irradiated fuel was moved and fuel was stored in the pool with less than 60 days decay time, and the fuel building exhaust system was operating; however, approximately one-third of the air from the fuel handling building exhausted through the Unit 2 vertical pipe chase and pipe tunnel without passing through the HEPA and charcoal filters.

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10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V requires, in part, that activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented procedures of a type appropriate to the circumstances.

Contrary to the above, during the 1996 Unit 2 refueling outage, the testing of the fuel handling building ventilation system -- an activity affecting quality - as prescribed by documented procedure PT-19, " Auxiliary Building / Fuel Building Ventilation Test,"

Revision 5 was not appropriate to the circumstances because it did not consider the effect of removing the block shield wall between the containment hatch area and the fuel handling building during the test. As a result, opportunities to detect an unfiltered ventilation flow path were missed since the test was always performed with the block wall removed.

This is a Severity Level lli problem (Supplement I) 9709190134 PDR .70?l2 G ADOCK 05000295 PDR

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O Notice of Violation 2-The NRC concluded that information regarding the reason for the violations, the corrective actions taken and planned to correct the violations and prevent recurrence and the date when full compliance will be achieved is already adequately addressed on the docket in inspection Report No. 50-295/304-97006, LER 295/304/96-026, and your letter dated August 8,1997, However, you are required to submit a written statement or explanatic i pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201 if the description therein does not accurately reflect your corrective actions or 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, DC 20555, with a copy to the Regional Adml*trator, Region Ill, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector, within 30 days of the date ? % letter transmitting this Notice. Under the authority of Section 182 of the Act,42 U.S.C. 22k, this response shall be submitted und.sr oath or affirmation.

Because the respoiN will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), tn the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that 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 would create an unwarranted invasion 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 1

provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

Dated at Lisle, Illinois this 12th day of September 1997 T

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