ML20217G878
| ML20217G878 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 10/01/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20217G870 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-346-97-09, 50-346-97-9, NUDOCS 9710140270 | |
| Download: ML20217G878 (2) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Toledo Edison Company Docket No. 50 340 Davis Besse NPS License No. NPF 3 During an NRC inspection conducted on July 7 through August 10,1997, two violations of NRC requirements were identified, in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy arid Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG 1000, the violations are listed below:
1.
10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterlon V, " Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings,"
requires, in part, that " Activities affecting quality shall be, prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstances and shall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures, or drawings."
Technical Specification 0.5.3.1.b specifies, in part, that " Temporary approval of changes to plant procedures... which clearly do not change the intent of the approved procedures, can be made by two members of the plant management staff, at least one of whom holds a Senior Reactor Operator's license "
Contrary to the above, on August 15,1997, the NRC Identified that Section 0.8.3.c of administrative Procedure DB OP 00000, " Conduct of Operations,"inapproprietely allowed the shift supervisor to authorize,if needed, the performance of procedural steps out of the order specified by system operating procedures without the review and approval of a second member of plant management staff.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1).
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10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI, " Corrective Action," requires, in part, that " Measures be established to assure that conditions adverse to quality, such as failures, malfunctions, deficiencies, deviations, defective material and equipment, and nonconformances are properly identified and corrected."
Contrary to the above, between May 1996 and June 1997, interim measures were not taken to aid operator response actions if a worst case Circulating Water linebreak were to occur. This situation existed until June 1997, when it was identified by the NRC, even though a probabilistic safety assessment, iss cd in May 1996, identified that operations personnel ould not have had sufficient time to respond to a postulated worst case Cir.ulating Water system linebreak before the associated flooding in the turbine building caused a complete loss of feedwater.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Toledo Edison is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:
Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region 111, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the f acility that is 9710140270 971001 l
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the sub}ect 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 be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. 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 giser to extending the response time.
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. However, if you find it -
necessary to include such information, you should clearly indicate the specific information that you desire not to be placed in the POR, and provide the legal basis to support your request for withholding the information from the public.
Dated at Lisle, liiMols this 1st day of October 1997
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