ML20217G752

Notice of Violation from Insp on 970313-0522.Violation Noted:Fpc Rev 18,dtd 970213,which Prescribed Shutting Down of FPC & Cleanup Sys an Activity Affecting Quality Was Not of Type Appropriate to Circumstances

ML20217G752
Person / Time
Site:	Clinton
Issue date:	09/29/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20217G749	List: IR 05000461/1997007 ML20217G747 ML20217G752
References
50-461-97-07, 50-461-97-7, NUDOCS 9710140189
Download: ML20217G752 (2)

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION I

lilinois Power Company Clinton Power Station -

Docket No. 50-461 License No. NPF 02 '

During an NRC inspection conducted from March 13 through May ?2,1907, one violation of NRC requirements was identified. In addition, a second violation originallyIswed as an apparent )

violation in inspection Report 50-461/96015, is being issued here. In accordance w!!h the  !

" General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG 1600 (60 FR 34381; June 30,1995), the violations are listed below:

1, 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V " Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings,"

requires, in part, that activlties affecting quality be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstances.

l Contrary to the above, Procedure CPS 3317.01, " Fuel Poo! Cooling and Cleanup (FC),"

Revision 18, dated February 13,1997, which prescribed shutting down nf the fuel pool cooling and cleanup (FC) system, an activity affecting quality, was not of 6 type appropriate to the circumstances in that the procedure did not adequately address inflow to the spent fuel pool and created the potential for causing the spent fuel pool to overflow on March 9,1997.

This is a Severity LevelIV violation (Supplement 1).

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10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterior V,

• Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings,"

requires, in part, that activities affecting quality be prescribed by document d instructions,

- procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstances.

Contrary to the above, Procedure CPS 9051.02, *HPCS Valve Operability Test,"

Revision 33, was not appropriate to the circumstances in that it did not require that the HPCS valve operability surveillance, an activity affecting quality, be performed with the plant conditions necessary for obtaining accurate test results, and resulted in inaccurate test results being obtained on December 5,1996.

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

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Illinois Power Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:

Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555, with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region lit, 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: (1) the reason for the violations, 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 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 L

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Notice of Violation 2-addresses the required response, if an adequate reply for the violations is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Dernand 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

!!me.not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be give to extending the response I Decause the response for the violations 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 POR without redaction. However, if it la necessary to include such information, it should clearly indicate the specific information that should not be placed in the PDR, and provide the legal basis to support the request for withholding the information from the public.

Dated at Lisle, lilinc!s this 20th day of September 1997 l

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