ML20247C548
| ML20247C548 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Calvert Cliffs  |
| Issue date: | 07/17/1989 |
| From: | Russell W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Creel G BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC CO. |
| References | |
| EA-89-107, NUDOCS 8907240379 | |
| Download: ML20247C548 (3) | |
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l-July 17, 1939 Docket Nos. 50-317 and 50-318 License Nos. OPR-53 and DPR-69 EA 89-107 Baltimore Gas and Electric Company ATTN: Mr. George C. ' Creel Vice President Nuclear Energy Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant MD Rts 2 & 4, Post Office Box 1535 Lusby, Maryland 20657 Gentlemen:
Subject:
CORRECTED PAGE FOR LETTER TRANSMITTING NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND PROPOSED IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTY ISSUED ON JULY 12, 1989 On July 12, 1989, we sent you a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of 575,000 for violations at Calvert Cliffs.
A typographical error existed in the second paragraph of the first page of the letter transmitting that Notice. Specifically, in the fourth line, the correct date is April 17, 1989 instead of the stated April 17, 1988. A corrected first page is attached.
The correct date was used in the Notice.
-We apologize for the error.
Sincerely, OriginaT Sicnod By EIL11AIJ 7, n.33;77 j
William T. Russell Regional Administrator
Enclosure:
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July 12, 1989 Docket Nos. 50-317-and 50-318 License Nos. DPR-53 and DPR-69 EA 89-107 Baltimore Gas and Electric Company ATTN: Mr. George C. Creel Vice President Nuclear Energy Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant MD Rts 2 & 4, Post Office Box 1535 Lusby, Maryland 20657 Gentlemen:
Subject:
NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND PROPOSED IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTY -
$75,000 (NRC Inspection Report No. 50-317/89-11; 50-318/89-11)
This refers to the special NRC safety inspection conducted during April 17 -
27, 1989 at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2.
The inspec-tion report was sent to you on May 18, 1989. The inspection was conducted to review the circumstances associated with two examples of a violation of a l
technical specification limiting condition for operation which occurred at your facility in April 1989.
Both examples were identified by members of your staff and reported to.the NRC. During the inspection, the NRC also reviewed the circumstances associated with six examples of a violation of 10 CFR 50.59 which were identified by your staff's review of certain temporary modifications made at the facility. The review was performed in response to a commitment made to the NRC during an onsite meeting on March 10, 1989. On May 30, 1989, an enforcement conference was conducted with you and members of your staff to discuss the violations, their causes and your corrective action. The violations I
are described in the enclosed Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty.
The first violation involved two examples of failure to inaintain containment refueling integrity while core alterations (namely, uncoupling of control element assemblies) were being performed. The violation occurred for approximately 1h hours on April 17, 1989 and for approximately 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> on April 19, 1989.
In each case, containment refueling integrity was not maintained in that a direct path existed from containment (via three small vent valves on a drained service water supply header) through the service water l
piping to the outside of containment (via either open vent valves or an open flange).
The NRC reccgnizes that the safsty significance of these individual degradations was low since the size of the vent valves inside containment was less than 1/8-th of an inch, the differential pressure to provide the motive force for a radiological release following a postulated fuel handling accident was almost CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED 1
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