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Forwards Insp Rept 50-458/98-04 on 980111-0221 & Notice of Violation Re Failure to Follow Design Drawings
ML20248L892
Person / Time
Site: River Bend Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 03/19/1998
From: Gwynn T
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To: Mcgaha J
ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
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ML20248L894 List:
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50-458-98-04, 50-458-98-4, NUDOCS 9803240335
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See also: IR 05000458/1998004

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John R. McGaha, Vice President - Operations

River Bend Station

Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 220

St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775

SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-458/98-04 AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION

Dear Mr. McGaha:

From January 11 through February 21,1998, an inspection was conducted at your River Bend

Station reactor facility. The enclosed report presents the scope and results of that inspection.

During the 6-week period covered by this inspection, your conduct of activities at the River Bend

facility was generally characterized by safety-conscious operations, sound engineering and

maintenance practices, and good radiological controis. However, one violation was identified

during this inspection period for the failure to follow design drawings which specified that

petcock valves on containment isolation dampers were required to be at least one full turn open I

when the dampers were operated in the safety-related mode. As a result, Damper HER-AV-165

was found to be inoperable during surveillance testing. Although the violation appears to meet

our criteria for enforcement discretion, we have decided to cite the violation because of the self-

disclosing nature of the issue, the consequences associated with the inoperability of the  ;

containment isolation damper, and the weaknesses in your controls that reduced the ability to

identify this problem before it resulted in rendering the damper inoperable.

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

surrounding the violation are described in detailin the enclosed report. Please note that you are

required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed ,

Notice when preparing your response. The NRC will use your response, in part, to determine  !

whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with regulatory

requirements.

In addition, we would like to meet with you to discuss the accessibility of your auxiliary building

following a design basis event. We have dstermined that it is difficult to open the doors leading /

to the auxiliary building when even one train of the standby gas treatment system is running.

This poses a potentially significant challenge to operators while attempting to enter the building

to implement emergency operating procedures and abnormal operating procedures. While we

recognize that you have taken measures to ensure that operators can attain access through two

! pathways, we believe that these actions are only adequate for the short term. Based on

discussions between Mr. Elmo Collins of my staff and Mr. David Lorfing of your staff, the

meeting is scheduled in our regional office in Arlington, Texas, on March 24,1998. For this

meeting, please be prepared to discuss: (1) the configurations of the standby gas treatment

system that you believe could cause accessibility problems; (2) the emergency actions

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by accessibility challenges and those actions that are time sensitive; (3) whether the current

standby gas treatment system performance is consistent with the design bases; (4) what you

believe to be the cause of the accessibility problem; and (5) your planned actions to correct the

problem.

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its

enclosure (s), and yow response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).

Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be pleased to discuss them

with you.

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Thomas P. Gwynn, D ector

Division of Reactor Pr

Docket No.: 50-458

License No.: NPF-47

Enclosures:

1. Notice of Violation

2. NRC Inspection Report

50-458/98-04

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Executive Vice President and

Chief Operating Officer

Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 31995

Jackson, Mississippi 39286-1995

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Vice President

Operations Support

Entergy Operations, Inc.

- P.O. Box 31995

Jackson, Mississippi 39286-1995

General Manager

Plant Operations

River Bend Station

Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 220

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Director - Nuclear Safety

River Bend Station

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P.O. Box 220 1

St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775

Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway i

P.O. Box 651

Jackson, Mississippi 39205

Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esq.

Winston & Strawn

1401 L Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005-3502

Manager- Licensing

River Bend Station

Entergy Operations, Inc. I

P.O. Box 220

St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775

The Honorable Richard P. leyoub

Attorney General

Department of Justice

State of Louisiana

P.O. Box 94005

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804-9005

H. Anne Plettinger

3456 Villa Rose Drive

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806

President of West Feliciana '

Police Jury

P.O. Box 1921

St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775

William H. Spell, Administrator

Louisiana Radiation Protection Division

P.O. Box 82135

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70884-2135

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