ML20236B992

Notice of Violation from Insp on 870707-0908.Violation Noted:One Train of Control Room Air Intake Radiation Instrumentation Incapable of Isolating Control Room.Licensee Corrective Actions Did Not Preclude Repetitive Failing

ML20236B992
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	10/21/1987
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20236B959	List: IR 05000443/1987016 ML20236B958 ML20236B992
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50-443-87-16, NUDOCS 8710260448
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION l Public Service Company of New Hampshire Docket No. 50-443 Seabrook Unit 1 License No. NPF-56 l During an NRC inspection conducted on July 7 - September 8,1987, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions",10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (Enforcement Policy 1986), the violation is listed below:

10CFR50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI and the Seabrook Station FSAR, Section 17.1.1.16 require that measures be established to assure that conditions adverse to quality be corrected in such a way that the cause of the con-dition is determined and the corrective action taken precludes' repetition.

10CFR2, Appendix C, part V.A indicates that for violations identified by the licensee, a notice of violation will be issued in those cases where it was expected that licensee corrective action for a previous violation- ,

should have prevented the identifiea violation. Technical Specification l (TS) 3.3.3.1 requires that the control room air intake radiation instru- '

mentation channels be operable to provide control room isolation at radiation levels consistent with the instrument setpoints. These radi-ation monitors must be " armed" by their control logic circuitry to be capable of performing the control room isolation safety function.

Contrary to the above, on August 19,1987, during the conduct of a TS i surveillance required to test channel operability, at least one train of l the control room air intake radiation instrumentation was identified by l the licensee to be incapable of providing control room isolation, and I therefore of performing its safety function. Such a condition adverse to quality could have existed since the previous conduct-of the TS surveillance on July 20,1987 since no positive indication of the " armed" status of the subject radiation monitors was'otherwise available to the operators. Similar problems with the control logic circuitry of the contrcl room isolation function were brought to the attention of the licensee during NRC inspections 86-54 and 87-02, at which time a devia-tion and violation respectively were issued. Licensee corrective action to these enforcement actions, as it relates to the measures provided to ensure the " armed" status of the air intake radiation monitors, failed to preclude repetition of a noncompliance with TS requirements.

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

Pursuant to the provisions of 10CFR2.201,.Public Service Company of New Hampshire is hereby required to submit to this office within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice, a written statement or explanation OFFirTAL RECORD COPY IR SEABROOK 87 0003.0.0 8710260448 871021 3 11/29/80 PDR ADDCK 0500 G

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I Seabrook 1 Service Hearing List Thomas Dignan, Esq E. Tupper Kinger, Esq.

John A. Ritscher, Esq. Assistant Attorney General Ropes and Gray Office of Attorney General 225 Franklin Street 208 State House Annex Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Mr. - Bruce Beckley, Project Manager Resident Inspector New Hampshire Yankee .:

P.O. Box 330 Seabrook Nuclear Power Station c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm.

Manchester, New Hampshire 03105 P. O. Box 1149 '

Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Dr. Murray Tye, President Mr. John C. DeVincentis, Director Sunn Valley Association Engineering and Licensing 209 Summer Street Yankee Atomic Electric Company Haverhill, Massachusetts 08139 1671 Worcester Road Framingham, Massachusetts 01701 Robert A. Backus,- Esq. George D. Bisbee, Esq.

O'Neill, Backus, and Spielman Assistant Attorney General 116 Lowell Street Office of the Attorney General Manchester, New Hampshire 03105 25 Capitol' Street Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Mr. Phillip Ahrens, Esq. William S. Jordan, III Assistant Attorney General Diane Curran Office of the Attorney General Harmon, Weiss, and Jordan State House Station # 6 20001 S. Street, N.W.

Augusta, Maine 04333 Suite 430-Washington, D.C. 20309 Jo Ann Shotwell, Esq. D. Pierre G. Cameron, Jr. , Esq Office of the Assistant Attorney General Counsel General Pub'ic Service Company of Environmental Protection Division New Hampshire l

One Asburton Place P. O. Box 330 Manchester, New Hampshire 03105 Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Ms. Diana P. Randall Regional Administrator, Region I 70 Collins Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 G31 Park Avenue King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Richard Hampe, Esq. Mr. Alfred V. Sargent New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency Chairman 107 Pleasant Street Board of Selectmen Concord, New Hampshire 03874 Town of Salisbury, MA 01950 l

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Mr. Calvin A. Canney, City Manager Senator Gordon J. Humphrey 1

City Hall ATTN: Tom Burack 126 Daniel Street U.S.. Senate-Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03810 Washington, D.C. 20510 l Ms. Letty Hett Mr. Owen B. Durgin, Chairman Town of Brentwood Durham Board of Selectmen RFD Dalton Road Town of Durham Exeter, New Hampshire 03833 Durham, New Hampshire 03824  !

Ms. Roberta C. Pevear Charles Cross, Esq.

Town of Hampton Falls Shaines, Mardrigan, and McEaschein Drinkwater Road 25 Maplewood Avenue  ;

Hampton Falls, New Hampshire 03844 P. O. Box 366 Portsmouth, New Hampshire

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Ms. Anne Verga Mr. Guy Chichester, Chairman Chairman, Board of Selectmen Rye Nuclear Intervention Committee Town Hall c/o Rye Town Hall South Hampton, New Hampshire 03827 10 Central Road 4 Rye, New Hampshire 03870 Mr. Angie Machiros, Chairman Jane Spector Board of Selectmen Federal Energy Regulatory Comm.

for the Town of Newbury 825 North Capitol Street, N.E.

25 High Road l Room 8105 Newbury, Massachusetts 01950 Washington, D.C. 20426 l

-i Ms. Rosemary Cashman, Chairman Mr. R. Sweeney Board of Selectmen New Hampshire Yankee Division Town of Amesbury Public Service Company of Town Hall New Hampshire Amesbury, Massachusetts 01913 7910 Woodmont Avenue Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Honorable Peter J. Matthews Mr. Donald E. Chick, Town Manager Mayor, City of Newburyport Town of Exeter Office of the Mayor 10 Front Street City Hall Exeter, New Hampshire 03823 Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950 Mr. Warren J. Hall Mr. William B. Derrickson Public Service Company of Senior Vice President New Hampshire Public Service Company of P. O. Box 300 New Hampshire Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 P.O. Box 700, Route 1 Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 l

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Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Alan S. Rosenthal, Chairman Bary J. Edles  ;

Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board Board U.S. Nuclear Regalatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 3

Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 '

Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Howard A. Wilber Helen F. Hoyt, Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board  !

Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Emmeth A. Lusbke Jerry Harbour '

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission  !

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 j 3

i Edwin J. Reis, Esq. H. Joseph Flynn, Esq.

i Office of the Executive Legal Assistant General Counsel Director Federal Emergency Management Agency U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 500 C. Street, S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20555 W&shington, D.C.  ;

20472 Edward A. Thomas Carol S. Sneider, Esq. j Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistant Attorney General l 442 J. W. McCormack (POCH)

Boston, Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General j 02109 One Ashburton Place, 19th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02108  !

Paul McEachern, Esq. Richard A. Haaps, Esq Shaines and McEachern Haaps ani McNicholas 25 Maplewook Avenue 35 Pleasant Street Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801 Concord, New Hampshire 03301 l

J. P. Nadeau Allen Lampert  !

Board of Selectmen Civil Defense Director 10 Central Street Town of Brentwood Rye, New Hampshire 03870 20 Franklin Street Exeter, New Hampshire 03833 William Armstrong Sandra Gavutis, Chairman Civil Defense Director )

Board of Selectmen  !

Town of Exeter RFD #1, Box 1154 10 Front Street Kensington, New Hampshire 03827 'l Exeter, New Hampshire 93833 i

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i Anne Goodman, Chairman William S. Lord Board of Selectmen Board of Selectmen 13-15 Newmarket Road Town Hall - Friend Street Durham, New Hampshire 03824 Amesbury, Massachusetts 01913 Michael Santosuosso, Chairman Jerard A. Croteau, Constable Board of Selectmen 82 Beach Road South Hampton, New Hampshire 03827 P. O. Box 5501 Salisbury, Massachusetts 01950 Stanley W. Knowles, Chairman Judith H. Mitzner Board of Selectmen Silverglate, Bernter, Baker, ' Fine, P. O. Box 710 Good, and Mitzner i

' North Hampton, New Hampshire 03862 88 Broad Street '

Bosten, Massachusetts 02110 Norman C. Katner Bary W. Holmes, Esq.

Superintendent of Schools Holmes and Ells l School Administrative Unit No. 21 47 Winnacunnet Road Aluani Drive Hampton, New Hampshire 03842 i

I Hampton, New Hampshire 03842 Jane Doughty Seacoast Anti-Pollution League 5 Market Street Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801 i

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