ML20236N994

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980605-12.Violation Noted: on 980605,emergency Operating Procedure 1ES-0.1,rev 13 Lacked Adequate Guidance for Dumping Steam Using SG Power Operated Relief Valves W/Ms Isolation Valves Closed

ML20236N994
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	07/10/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20236N992	List: ML20236N990 ML20236N994 ML20236P011
References
50-282-98-10, 50-306-98-10, NUDOCS 9807160107
Download: ML20236N994 (2)

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Northern States Power Company Docket No. 50-282; 50-306 l Prairie Island Station License Nos. DPR-42; DPR-60 '

l During an NRC inspection conducted from June 5 through 12,1998, one violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and

! Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below: 4 l Criterion V of 10 CFR 50, Apr:endix B, " Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings,"

l requires, in part, that activitics affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented procedures and shall be accomplished in accordance with those procedures.

Contrary to the above, the inspectors identified that on June 5,1998, emergency operating procedure 1ES-0.1, " Reactor Trip Recovery," Revision 13, lacked adequate guidance for dumping steam using the steam generator power operated relief valves with the main steam isolation valves closed. Specifically, the procedure did not provide instructions for controlling reactor coolant system temperature as evidenced by the inadvertent lift of one steam generator main steam safety valve.

l This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1).

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l Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, you are hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document

! Control Desk, Washington D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region Ill,

, 801 Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at l the Prairie Island Nuclear Plant within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each 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 reference or include previous docketed correspondence,if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for i' information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

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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 information so

l. 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

l. material, you mual specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have

~ withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (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 financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

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i Dated at Lisle, Illinois, L this 10th day of July 1998 i I

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