ML20236V208
| ML20236V208 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 07/29/1998 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML20236V204 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-458-98-12, NUDOCS 9807310361 | |
| Download: ML20236V208 (3) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Entergy Operations, Inc.
Docket No.:
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River Bend Station License No.: NPF-47 During an NRC inspection conducted on May 17 through June 27,1998, two violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violations are listed below:
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Technical Specification 5.4.1 states, in part, " Written procedures shall be established, implemented, and maintained covering the following activities... The applicable procedures recommended in Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, Appendix A, February 1978.
Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2. Appendix A, February 1978 specifies, in part, procedures for equipment control (locking and tagging).
Procedure ADM-27, " Protective Tagging," Revision 16, requires the operator to, perform component positioning in the sequence shown.
The Clearance Order 98-0583 (Clearance Authorization / Installation / Removal Sheet) r specified, in part, that the C residual heat removal pump breaker be racked-in.
Procedure SOP-0046, "4.16 KV System," Revision 13, Attachment 5, defines steps necessary for racking-out and racking-in 4.16 KV plant breakers. As part of the racking-out process the procedure states, "deenergize the breaker control power fuse block." This is accomplished by pulling the breaker's control power fuses.
Contrary to the above, on June 1,1998, while accomplishing Clearance Order 98-0583, the operator did not follow the sequence shown on the clearance order while positioning components in that he manipulated the Division 11 diesel generator output breaker (by pulling control power fuses) instead of the C residual heat removal pump breaker, which was the next component in sequence. The diesel generator output breaker was not specified on the clearance order.
This is a Severity Level IV violation, Supplement I (50-458/9812-01).
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10 CFR 50.54q states, in part, "A licensee authorized to possess and operate a nuclear j
power reactor shall follow and maintain in effect emergency plans which meet the..
requirements in appendix E of this part."
l' 10 CFR 50, Appendix E, Section D.3 states, in part, "The design objective of the prompt public notification system shall be to have the capability to essentially complete the initial j
notification of the public within the plume exposure pathway EPZ [ emergency planning l
zone) within about 15 minutes.
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. Section 13.3.5.4.1.2.2 of the River Bend Emergency Plan states, in part: 1) "The prompt notification system for the 10-mile EPZ of the RBS [ River Bend Station]... consists of high-powered electronic sirens and alert monitoring radios which provide comprehensive coverage of the local residential and transient population;" and 2) "RBS shall ensure that means exist to notify and provide prompt emergerev instructions to the population in the plume exposure pathway EPZ."
Appendix 3 of NUREG-0654 states, in part, "Within the plume exposure EPZ, the system shall provide an alerting signal.
The minimum acceptable design objectives for coverage by the system are: a) capability for providing.. an alert signal.. to the population on an area wide basis throughout the 10 mile EPZ, within 15 minutes. "
Contrary to the above, between May 14 and June 3,1998, the prompt notification system was not capable of providing an alert signal to the population on an area wide basis throughout the 10 mile EPZ within 15 minutes due to inadequate post-installation testing of system software.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement Vill) (458/9812-02)
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Entergy Operations, Inc. is 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 IV,611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, 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 Violat!on" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation or severity level, (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 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 j
Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
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 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 material, you_must L_________-___-____-____________
f 3-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.
I Dated at Arlington, Texas this 29th day of July 1998 l
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