ML20217J452

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980310-18.Violation Noted: as of 980313,licensee Failed to Establish Measures to Assure That Conditions Adverse to Quality,Promptly Identified & Corrected

ML20217J452
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	04/01/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20217J443	List: ML20217J439 ML20217J452 ML20217J457
References
50-266-98-10, 50-301-98-10, NUDOCS 9804060305
Download: ML20217J452 (2)

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l NOTICE OF VIOLATION j Wisconsin Electric Power Company Docket Nos. 50-266; 50-301 Point Beach Nuclear Plant License Nos. DPR-24; DPR-27 4

- During an NRC inspection completed on March 18,1998, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with NUREG-1600, " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," the violation is listed below:

Title.10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI," Corrective Action," requires, in part, that measures be established to assure that conditions adverse to quality, such as deficiencies and deviations are promptly identified and corrected. In the case of significant conditions adverse to quality, the measures shall assure that the cause of the conditions is determined and corrective action taken to preclude repetition.

Contrary to the above, as of March 13,1998, the licensee failed to establish measures to assure that conditions adverse to quality were promptly identified and corrected. Specifically the licensee failed to adequately review or analyze the effects on permanent plant equipment for out-of-tolerance, damaged, or lost measuring and test equipment. The following measuring i and test equipment was not evaluated

OPSDH-002, OPSDP-001, OPSSW-009, OPSTW-002, MCLC-001 and MCCP-007. In addition, damaged instrument MCMA-003 was evaluated but the evaluation did not consider, in the absence of as-found data, the out-of-tolerance error or the need for retesting of plant equipment tested by the instrument.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1). I Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Wisconsin Electric is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region lli and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the Point Beach facility, 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 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 will 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 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, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001,

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Notice of Violation 2 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 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 portiorr.1 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 financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

Dated at Lisle, Illinois, this 1st day of April 1998 i

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