ML20217C475

Notice of Violation from Insp on 970626-0805.Violation Noted:Inspectors Determined That on 970726,SP 2319 Was Revised by Temporary Memo Tma 1997-0122,was Completed & Rod Deviation Monitor Was Not Declared Inoperable

ML20217C475
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	09/19/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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ML20217C451	List: ML20217C448 ML20217C475
References
50-282-97-15, 50-306-97-15, NUDOCS 9710010411
Download: ML20217C475 (2)

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I NOTICE OF VIOLATION l

Northern States Power Company Docket No.

50-282: 50 306 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant License No. DRP 42; DPR 60

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i During an NRC inspection conducted from June 26 through August 5,1997, one violaticn l

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of NRC requirements was identified in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy 3

and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG 1600, the violation is listed below:

l 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, " Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings,"

requires, in part, that activities affecting quality be prescribed by documented instructions and procedures of a type appropriate to the circumstances and be accomplished in accordance with these instructions or procedures.

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Procedure SP 2319, " Rod Position Verification," Revision 5, as revised by Temporary Memorandum TMA 1997 0122, required that the rod deviation monitor be declared inoperable if this monitor indicated that control rods were misaligned and the licensee determined that the rods were actually not misaligned and that the individual rod position indicators were operable.

Contrary to the above, the inspectors determined that on July 26,1997, SP 2319, as l

revised by Temporary Memorandum TMA 1997 0122, was completed and the rod l

deviation n.onitor was not declared inoperable after the licensee determined that control rods were not actually misaligned and that the individual rod position indicators were operable following receipt of control rod indication deviation alarms.

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This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).

5 Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Northern States Power Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory l

Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C., 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region lII, 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 clearly 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, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will bo 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 requimd 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.

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Notice of Violation 2-Because your response will be placed in the NRC Pubic Document Room (PDRL to the

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extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary or safeguards

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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 will 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 financialinformation). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

4 Dated at Lisle, Illinois, this 19th day of September 1997 d

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