RBG-22482, Responds to NRC Re Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-458/85-51.Corrective Actions:Fuel Transfer Operations Halted & Procedural Deficiencies Corrected

Responds to NRC Re Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-458/85-51.Corrective Actions:Fuel Transfer Operations Halted & Procedural Deficiencies Corrected

ML20138E711
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	10/30/1985
From:	Booker J GULF STATES UTILITIES CO.
To:	Martin R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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ML20138E701	List: IR 05000458/1985051 RBG-22482, Responds to NRC Re Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-458/85-51.Corrective Actions:Fuel Transfer Operations Halted & Procedural Deficiencies Corrected
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RIVER BENO STATION ' POST OFFICE BOX 220 St. FR ANCISVILLE, LOUISsANA 70775 AREA CCOE 504 635-6094 346 8651 i

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, RBG- 22482 File Nos. G9.5, G15.4.1 Mr.JRobert'D. Martin, Regional-Administrator U.S. Nuclear _ Regulatory Commission gggg7[y Region IV  ; ,'

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-This 'lette,r is.'in- response to the Notice of Violation and

' Deviation. contained. in.'NRC I&E Inspection- Report .No.

50-458/85-51. The inspection Lwas performed. by Messrs. D. D. i

. Chamberlain, W. R. Bennett, W.1M. McNeill, J. E. . Bess, H. F.

.Bundy, and C. C. Harbuck during the period June.16 through August

15,.1985, of : activities authorized . by NRC Construction Permit' CPPR-145 for River Bend Station' Unit'No. 1.

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v -Gulf . States. Utilities Company's (GSU)' response to, the . Notice of' Violation 51-01, " Failure _.to Follow an Admini,strative Procedure" 'and 1 Notice. of-Deviation 85-51-02 is provided in the enclosed attachment. This completes GSU's response to the Notice ~

of Violation and. Deviation.

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J. E. Booker ,

' 8512130531 BNhPDR 9 PDR ADOCK O 58 Manager-Engineering,

!G .- Nuclear Fuels & Licensing River Bend Nuclear Group ct& .

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. ATTACHMENT l-October 30, 1985 RBG-22482 Response to Notice /of Violation ~

Reference' Notica 'of, Violation - E. H. Johnson letter to W. J. Cahill dated September- 30,'1985.

Refer.to Docket No. 50-458/85-49 Reason For Violation-Contrary _to -Administrative Procedure ADM-003, " Development,

. Control ?and Use of' Procedures," Rev. 6, fuel. transfer. operations were being conducted without the Temporary Change Notice (TCN) in use- stamped "TCN : SHIFT SUPERVI3OR-APPROVED COPY" in~ red ink as required. Furthermore, the TCN was not followed- exactly as written.

Corrective Steps Taken and ResultscAchieved Fuel transfer. ' operations were immediately halted and the procedural deficiencies were corrected.

CorrectiveMSteps Which Will Be Taken to Avoid'Further Violations

A-Memorandum was issued to' each- individual'

in the Operations Group of River Bend Station re-emphasizing the. requirement for.

procedural. compliance.

Date When Full Compliance Was Achieved-Full' compliance was accomplished:on July 16, 1985, the date of nthefoccurrence.

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.t October 30, 1985 RBG-22482 ATTACHMENT 2 q_ .

Response to Notice of Deviation Reference Notice of Deviation ~E. H. Johnson letter to W. J. Cahill dated Septemberc30,.1985..

Refer to Docket No. 5'0-458/85-49.

Corrective Steps Taken and Results Achieved FSAR paragraph 14..2 12.1.44.1.b describes the test objective of

the. ECCS/LOOPEPreoperational Test as demonstrating, in part,.the

! ability of the RHR, LPCS and HPCS systems to realign and inject rated -flow to..the' vessel-within the prescribed period of time.

1This paragraph-was understood by GSU to not require the RHR system to.' recover 'from secondary . modes of operation, such.as-

.te sting . : LThisLinterpretation'is' based on GE design specification

'22A3845, Paragraph 4.2.5.3.1.which states:

...The. design basis. is~ that the RHR system shall not be

required to recover from. secondary modes of. operation, such

as testing, withinithe specified LPCI-injection time,.-because the' interval of.' time _ the RHR system remains in these

, secondary =gmodes is so short that- the 'effect on overall reliability is-insignificant."

ItlisDGSU's~positionithat preoperational testLprocedure- 1-PT-210

-" Integrated. .ECCS and -LOOP" did not deviate from the intent of

FSAR paragraph. 14.2.12.1.44.1.b.

Becauseithe-potential exists for more than one-interpretation of FSAR ' paragraph 14.2.12.1.44.1.b, . licensing change notice (LCN) number-14.2-1 has-been submitted .to revise this- paragraph .to.

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"To demonstrate the ability of the RHR,'LPCS and HPCS" systems to realign, excluding realignment from secondary modes _ such P -as testing, and inject, rated flow to'the vessel........."

L f LThis change meets the intent offGE design specification 22A3845, E -

Paragraph 4.2.5.3.1 as stated-above.

GSUl considers this to be a'one time occurrence. All requirements

.of FSAR Chapter - 14 . have been ' met.

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Date When Full Compliance Was Achieved I LCN 14.2-1 Rev. 11was: approved by GSU on October 18, 1985.

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