ML20236B812

Notice of Violation from Insp on 880731-1018.Violations Noted:Operators Misread Step 7.72 of Procedure Re MSIV Leak Rate Test & Mispositioned Isolation Condenser Vent Line Isolation Valve Leaving Valve in Closed Position

ML20236B812
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	03/14/1989
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20236B802	List: ML20236B800 ML20236B812
References
50-219-88-23, 50-219-88-80, EA-88-243, NUDOCS 8903210308
Download: ML20236B812 (1)

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GPU Nuclear Corporation Docket No. 50-219 Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station License No. DPR-16 EA 88-243 As a result of an inspection conducted on July 31 - September 10, 1988, and an AIT inspection conducted October 13-18, 1988, as well as review'of information sub-mitted to the.NRC on December 28,'1988' a violation of NRC requirements was iden-tified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1988), the particular violation is set forth below.

10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V and Chapter 3.0 of the Oyster Creek Quality Assurance Manual requires, in part that activities important to safety be pre-scribed by documented procedures, instructions, and/or drawings of a type ,

appropriate to the circumstances and that the activities be accomplished in l accordance with these documents."

Contrary to the above, the instructions provided in Step 7.72 of Station Pro-cedure 665.5.003, " Main Steam Isolation Valve Leak Rate Test," which is a j surveillance test that verifies the quality of equipment important to safety, were inappropriate to the circumstances in that the procedure provided general rather than specific instructions to " return all valves to their as found positions." As a result, operators misread Step 7.72 and mispositioned valve V-14-6, an Isolation Condenser vent line isolation valve, leaving it in the closed position, rather than the required open position. This condition ex-isted during plant operation from August 10 to September 2, 1988. '

This is a Severity Level IV Violation.  :

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, GPU Nuclear Corporation (Licensee) is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to this office within 30 days of the date of this Notice. This reply should be clearly marked as a

" Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each alleged violation:

(1) admission or denial of the alleged violation, (2) the reasons for the violation if admitted, (3) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (4) corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (5) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Consideration may be given to extending the response time for good cause shown.

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