ML20217F010

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980107-0224.Violation Noted:Nrc Identified That Condition Outside Design Basis of Plant Involving EDG Fuel Oil Storage Sys Was Not Reported to NRC within 1 Hour

ML20217F010
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	03/24/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
Shared Package
ML20217E986	List: IR 05000293/1998001 ML20217E981 ML20217F010
References
50-293-98-01, 50-293-98-1, NUDOCS 9803310238
Download: ML20217F010 (2)

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l NOTICE OF VIOLATION Boston Edison Company Docket No. 50-293 Pilorim Station License No. DPR-35 i

l During an NRC inspection (investigation) conducted on January 7 - February 24,1998, l two violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the " General l Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600,the

! violations are listed below:

I A. 10 CFR 50.72(b)(ii)(B) requires that a condition outside the design basis of the l plant be reported to the NRC within one hour.

! Contrary to the above, the NRC identified that a condition outside the design basis l of the plant involving the emergency diesel generator fuel oil storage system was not reported to the NRC within 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />. The condition was initially identified by the licensee on January 21,1998 but not reported to the NRC until January 27,1998.

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

B. 10 CFR 50.71(e) requires that periodic updates be submitted to the UFSAR to i

assure that the information included in the UFSAR contains the latest information

! available. Revisions must be filed annually or six months after each refueling outage provided the interval between updates does not exceed 24 months.

Contrary to the above, prior to October 1997, FSAR updates submitted to the NRC, per BECo procedure NOP 83A17, "10CFR50.71(e) Update," did not include all relevant changes made to information in the UFSAR within the prescribed time limits. Instead of updt. ting the UFSAR during the operational turnover phase of changes, the UFSAR was only updated after completion of modification close-out.

This often times exceeded the time limits set forth in 10 CFR 50.71(e).

This is a Severity Level IV violation. (Supplement l}

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Boston Edison Company is hereby required to l submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, l ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional l Administrator, Region 1, 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 l Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation or severity level, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance w;ll 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 9803310238 DR 980324 ADOCK 05000293 PDR

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l l Enclosure 1 2 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. 5-L 0001.

Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to 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 i

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 withhold-ing (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of l

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 I protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

l Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 24th day of March,1998 1

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