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Ack Receipt of 870922 & 28 Ltrs Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-309/87-12
ML20236G399
Person / Time
Site: Maine Yankee
Issue date: 10/28/1987
From: Johnston W
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Randazza J
Maine Yankee
References
NUDOCS 8711020522
Download: ML20236G399 (2)


See also: IR 05000309/1987012

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Docket No. 50-309

Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company

ATTN: Mr. J. B. Randazza

Vice President

Nuclear Operations

83 Edison Drive

Augusta, Maine 04336

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Inspection No. 50-309/87-12

This refers to your letters dated September 22, 1987, and September 28, 1987 in

response to our letter dated August 21, 1987.

Thank you for informing us of the corrective and preventive actions documented

in your letter. These actions will be examined during a future inspection of

your licensed program.

Your cooperation with us is appreciated.

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Division of Reactor Safety

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C. E. Monty, President

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C. D. Frizzle, Assistant Vice President / Manager of Operations

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J. H. Garrity, Plant Manager

P. L. Anderson, Project Manager

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G. D. Whittier, Licensing Section Head

J. A. Ritsher, Attorney (Ropes and Gray)

Phillip Ahrens, Esquire

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EDISON DmVE .' AUGUSTA MAINE 04330 .(207) 622 4868

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References:

(a)' License No. DPR-36 (Docket No. 50-309)

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(b) USNRC Letter to HYAPCo dated August 21, 1987 - Inspection

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Report No. 50-309/87-12

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-(c) HYAPCo Letter to USNRC dated September 22, 1987 (MN-87-105)

Subject: Maine Yankee Response to Inspection Report No. 50-309/87-12

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In Reference (c), Maine Yankee responded to the Notice of Violation

transmitted in Reference-(b).

After our response was sent to you, we

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inconsistency.

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In the cover letter we stated that full compliance was achieved prior to

resumption of power operation on August 24, 1987. However, the attachment'

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correctly indicates that full compliance will not be achieved until item b.1

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of the second violation is complete.

Thus, full compliance will not be

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achieved until September 25, 1987.

With the exception of this item, the

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remaining items were brought into cone liance prior to resumption of power

operation on August 24, 1987.

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If you should have any questions regarding this letter, please feel free

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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Attention:

Document Control Desk

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References:

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License No. DPR-36 (Docket No. 50-309)

(b) USNRC Letter to HYAPCo dated August 21, 1987, Inspection

Report 50-309/87-12'

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Subject:

Inspection Report 87-12:

Response to Notice of Violation

Gentlemen:

This letter is in response to the Notice of Violation transmitted in

Reference (b) which identified violations concerning acceptance criteria for

testing of safety-related overcurrent devices and the reflection of field

installation of overcurrent devices on electrical drawings.

Attachment A

restates the Notice of Violation for clarity with our response to each item

following. As our response indicates, full compliance was achieved prior to

resumption of power operations on August 24, 1987 following the outage.

During the inspection, Maine Yankee committed to complete several actions

by August 31, 1987.

Due to the extended outage, these items were not

completed as originally anticipated.

He have discussed these issues and the

following scheduled actions with Mr. S. Pullani of your staff.

Based on commitments made as a result of the subject inspection, Maine

Yankee will:

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Revise the cable ampacity study to include feeder full load currents

by October 31, 1987.

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Complete the breaker coordination study by October 31, 1987 and

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provide this information to the NRC-following completion.

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Develop a formal procedure to track electrical load growth by October

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Determine the alternate solutions to address the limited short

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circuit' capability of the 6.9 kV and 4.16 kV switchgear by

October 31, 1987.

A plan and implementation schedule for a final

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solution will be made by January 31, 1988.

The NRC will be notified

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by letter.

We trust.this information is satisfactory.

However, if you should have

any questions, please. feel free to contact me.

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Notice of Violation

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10 CFR 50, Appendix 8, Criterion XI, requires that safety related

components be tested in accordance with written test procedures which

incorporate acceptance limits contained in applicable design

documents. Maine Yankee Operations 0A Manual, Revision 3, Section

XI, Paragraph 4b, requires all departments to be responsible for

establishing test programs, procedures and acceptance criteria.

Contrary to the above, as of June 2,1987, safety related overcurrent

devices on 480 volt buses 7 and 8 were tested in accordance with

calibration procedure 5-77-3, Inspection and Repair of General

Electric AK-2 circuit breakers, Revision 16, which did not

incorporate acceptance limits contained in the design documents

(Drawings 1150-E-54A dated March 29, 1970 and 0108-8-9487 dated

October 15, 1970).

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This is a'Se~ verity 'Leve'l IV Violation.

Maine Yankee Resoonse

The setpoints for the overcurrent devices on Buses 7 and 8 were

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reestablished and the overcurrent devices were recalibrates as required.

Acceptance limits were established. A temporary step-by-step calibration

procedure for the overcurrent devices was written to include these

setpoints.

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Before the next scheduled surveillance on these overcurrent devices,

a step-by-step calibration procedure for overcurrent devices which

includes setpoints and acceptance limits will be developed.

Full compliance was achieved by June 17, 1987.

Notice of Violation

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10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion VI, requires that drawings

(documents) including changes are reviewed for adequacy and used at

the location where the prescribed activity is performed.

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Yankee Operations QA Manual, Revision 3,Section VI, Paragraph A,

requires measures to review and control documents including revisions

thereto.

Contrary to the above, as of June 2, 1987, the following drawings

were not revised to reflect the field installation in that:

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l Drawing Il550-FE-1H, ~480V One 'Line Diagram Unit Substation,

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Field installation of overcurrent devices in positions 158,

15C,150 on Bus 8 and positions 138,13C,130 on Bus 7 were

rated 225 Amperes unlike the drawing-representation of 250

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The overcurrent device installed at position 160 an Bus 8

was rated 600 Amperes unlike the drawing representation of

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350 Amperes.

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Drawing 1150-FE-lC, One Line Diagram-480V HCC-7A, 8A and 138,

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Field installation of molded case breaker in position 2FBR

was rated 15 Amperes unlike the drawing representation of

30 Amperes.

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Field installation of molded case breakers in position 5

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Part b of this violation identifies ll50-FE-lC, Revision 20 as the drawing

that contained the discrepancy. He believe instead that it was electrical

one-line drawing 11550-FE-lL, Revision 21. Also field installation of the

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molded case breaker in position 2FBR was correctly indicated on the

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drawing to be rated at 70 amperes.

However, the field installation of the

molded case breaker in position 1FB was rated 15 amperes unlike the

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drawing representation of 30 amperes. We believe your concern was with

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position.1FB and not 2FBR.

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Haine. Yankee has reviewed all electrical one-line drawings for

safety-related ac and de buses for discrepancies between the installed

ratings for the protective devices and the drawing representation of the

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ratings. As a result of this review, several drawing revisions were

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implemented by June 30, 1987.

Prior to responding to this violation, it

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was discovered that Item b.1 of.this violation as corrected above had been

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overlooked when the drawing was revised.

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