ML20217N365

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980212-0303.Violation Noted:Nrc Identified That as of 980303,LER Had Not Been Submitted for Event of 970401,involving Condition Prohibited by TS Section 3.3.2.2

ML20217N365
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	03/30/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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ML20217N342	List: ML20217N336 ML20217N365 ML20217N377
References
50-277-98-12, NUDOCS 9804090086
Download: ML20217N365 (2)

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. ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION PECO Energy Company Docket No. 50-277 Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Unit 2 License No. DPR-44 Delta, PA

. During an NRC inspection conducted between February 12, and March 3,1998, one viola-

. tion of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of -

Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions, "NUREG-1600,"this violation is listed

. below:

10 CFR50.73 (a) requires, in part, that the licensee submit a Licensee Event Report (LER),

Lwithin thirty days', for any deviation or codition prohibited by the plant's Technical.

Specifications.

/ Contrary to the above, the NRC identified that as of March 3,1998, an LER had not been submitted for the event on April 1,1997, involving a condition prohibited by Technical Specification Section 3.3.2.2, "Feedwater and Main Turbine High Water Level Trip instrumentation." Specifically, the 2'A' Reactor Feedwater Pump Turbine high water level-trip capability was inoperable for greater than two hours while Unit 2 reactor power was >

25%. The main turbine trip function and the trip functions on the two other reactor feed pumps remained operable during this time.

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

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, PECO Energy Company is required to submit ,

a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: j Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional 1 Administrator, Region 1,' and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the facility that is .  ;

the subject of this Notice, within thirty days of receipt of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Viola-tion" and should include for'esch 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. Your response may- 3

' reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately p addresses the required response. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given

to extending the response time.

O L ' 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 1information 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 basis for your claim of withholding

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(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.

. Dated at King of' Prussia, Pennsylvania this 30th day of March 1998.

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