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Forwards Insp Rept 50-395/98-04 on 980405-0516 & Nov. Violation Re Failure to Take Timely Corrective Action on Industry Identified Deficiency Involving Ssps Testing
ML20236G982
Person / Time
Site: Summer South Carolina Electric & Gas Company icon.png
Issue date: 06/15/1998
From: Haag R
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Gabe Taylor
SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS CO.
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ML20236G985 List:
References
50-395-98-04, 50-395-98-4, EA-98-269, EA-98-299, NUDOCS 9807070036
Download: ML20236G982 (5)


See also: IR 05000395/1998004

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EA 98-299.-

South Carolina ~ Electric-& Gas Company

ATTN: Mr. Gary J. Taylor

'Vice President Nuclear Operations

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station

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SUBJECT:

NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT N0'. 50-395/98-04'

NOTICE OF VIOLATION

' Dear Mr Taylor:

-On May 16, 1998, the NRC completed an ins)ection at your V. C. Summer reactor

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-facility.

The enclosed report presents tie results of that inspection.

During the.six-weeks covered by this inspection period, your conduct of

activities at the V. C. Summer facility was generally characterized by safety

conscious operations and conservative decision making. A violation was

identified for the failure to take timely corrective action on an industry.

identified deficiency involving solid state prottction system testing. Your'

staff failed to recognize that the deficiency constituted a failure to -

adequately perform Technical Specification (TS) surveillance testing.-

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The violation is cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice). and the

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circumstances surrounding the violation are described in detail inL the -

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enclosed report.

Please note that you are required ~to respond to this letter

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-and should follow the instructions. specified in'the enclosed Notice when

preparing your. response.

The NRC will use your response in part, to

determinewhether'furtherenforcementactionisnecessaryto'ensurecompliance;

with regulatory requirements-,

In addition your response should include a

'_ description of your plans to correct the TS omission of an applicable ACTION

statement for the turbine trip and feedwater isolation automatic actuation

logic.

Details of. this TS problem are discussed in the enclosed inspection

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In'accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice." a copy of

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Enclosures: 1. Notice of Violation

2. NRC Integrated Inspection Report

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R. J. White

Nuclear Coordinator Mail Code 802

S.C. Public Service Authority

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station

P. O. Box 88

Jenkinsville SC 29065

.1, B. Knotts. Jr.. Esq.

Winston and Strawn

1400 L Street. NW

Washington. D. C.

20005-3502

Chairman

Fairfield County Council

P. O. Box 60

Winnsboro. SC 29180

Virgii R. Autry. Director

Radioactive Waste Management

Bureau of Solid and Hazardous

Waste Management

S. C. Department of Health

and Environmental Control

2600 Bull Street

Columbia SC 29201

R. M. Fowlkes. Manager

Operations

(Mail Code 303)

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station

P. O. Box 88

Jenkinsville. SC 29065

April Rice. Manager

Nuclear Licensing & Operating

Experience

(Mail Code 830)

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station

P. O. Box 88

Jenkinsville. SC 29065

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