ML20249C143
| ML20249C143 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Fort Calhoun  |
| Issue date: | 05/24/1998 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20249C137 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-285-98-07, 50-285-98-7, NUDOCS 9806260108 | |
| Download: ML20249C143 (2) | |
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I ENCLOSURE 1 I
NOTICE OF VIOLATION Omaha Public Power District Docket No.:
50-285 Fort Calhoun Station License No.: DPR-40
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During an NRC inspection conducted on April 15-24,1998, 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:
Technical Specification 3.3(1)a requires that the inservice inspection of ASME Code Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 components be performed in accordance with Section XI of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and applicable Addenda as required by 10 CFR 50, Section 50.55(g), except where relief has been granted by the Commission pursuant to 10 CFR
' 50.55(a)(g)(6)(l).
The ASME Code,Section XI (1980 Edition Winter 1980 Addenda and 1989 Edition) requires, in part, that components shall be examined and tested as specified in Tables IWB-2500-1, IWC-2500-1, and IWF-2500-1.
10 CFR 50.55a(g)(5)(iii) requires that "[i]f the licensee has determined that conformance with certain code requirements is impractical for its facility, the licensee shall notify the Commission and submit, as specified in $50.4, information to support the determinations."
10 CFR 50.55a(g)(5)(iv) requires that "[w]here an examination requirement by the code or addenda is determined to be impractical by the licensee and is not included in the revised inservice inspection program as permitted by paragraph (g)(4) of this section, the basis for this determination must be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Commission no later than 12 months after the expiration of the initial 120-month period of operation and each subsequent 120-month period of operation during which the examination is determined to be impractical."
10 CFR 50.55a(g)(6)(1) states, in part, that "[t]he Commission will evaluate determinations under paragraph (g)(5) of this section that code requirements are impractical. The Commission may grant such relief and may impose such attemative requirements as it determines is authorized."
Contrary 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(5)(iv), the inspectors identified that the licensee had not submitted in 1984 and 1994 relief requests for those Code Class welds that did not receive 100 percent full examination coverage during the first and second 10-year inservice inspection intervals.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1)(50-285/9607-01).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Omaha Public Power District is hereby required
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to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, i
ATTN: Document. Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional MO6260108 990521 P )R ADOCK 05000285 0
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. 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 Violation" 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 orde. 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 Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555 0001.
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 identFies the infom1ation that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information if you request withholding of such material, you must 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 financialinformation), if safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.
Dated at Arlington, Texas this 21st day of May1998 p