ML18052B036

Responds to NRC 870430 Ltr Re Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-255/87-06.Corrective Actions:Memo Will Be Issued to Personnel & Personnel Counseled on Proper & Timely Attention Given to Limiting Condition of Status Board

ML18052B036
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	05/27/1987
From:	Berry K CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
References
NUDOCS 8706030087
Download: ML18052B036 (2)

See also: IR 05000255/1987006

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consumers

Power General Offices: 1945 West Parriall Road, Jackson, Ml 49201 * (517) 788-1636 May 27, 1987 Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 DOCKET 50-255 -LICENSE DPR-20 -PALISADES

PLANT -RESPONSE TO INSPECTION

REPORT 87-006 Kenneth W Berry Director Nuclear licensing

NRC Inspection

Report 87-006 dated April 30, 1987 transmitted

one violation

which requires a response by May 27, 1987. The following

is our response to that item. Violation

(255/87-006-01)

10 CFR 50 Appendix B Criterion

XVI "Corrective.Action" requires in part that, "in case of significant

conditions

adverse to quality, the measures shall assure that the cause of the condition

is determined

and corrective

action taken to preclude repetition".

Palisades'

Administrative

Procedure

No 3.03, "Corrective

Action", implements

this requirement

to take corrective

action to preclude repetition

in Articles 4.7, 6.3, 6.4j 6.5 and 6.6. Contrary to the above, on November 8, 1985, a low pressure safety injection

pump and a safety injection

tank were concurrently

inoperable

and the corrective

actions described

in the Licensee's

January 22, 1986 and April 11, 1986 letters were not adequate to preclude repetition.

• A second similar event involving

a concurrently

inoperable

diesel generator

and component

cooling water pump took place on March 10, 1987. Corrective

Actions Taken and Results Achieved The subject event of November 8, 1985 was attributable

to human err9r. On March 10, 1987 the Limiting Condition

of Operation

was entered due to an equipment

problem with component

cooling water pump, P-52C, subsequent

to the removal of diesel generator

1-2, for normal pre-planned

maintenance.

Although the.Limiting

Condition

of Operation (Technical

Specification

3.7.2) for both pieces of equipment

being out of service was not exceeded, the time in the Limiting Condition

of Operation

was prolonged

by the failure to identify and document the. Limiting Condition

of Operation

immediately.

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Plant Response to IEIR 87-006 May 27, 1987 2 corrective

action taken for the November 8, 1985 event did not preclude recurrence, this second event was subjected

to an independent

review performed

by the Human Performance

Evaluation

System (HPES) Coordinator.

This independent

review revealed that the event was indeed prolonged

as the result of human error. The root cause of the event was identified

to be a late log entry regarding

the inoperability

of diesel generator

1-2 due to post-maintenance

testing conducted

on diesel generator

1-2. Consequently, when component

cooling water pump P-52C was removed from service for repair, the on-duty Shift Supervisor

did not recognize

that the safety related equipment

were concurrently

inoperable.

Corrective

Action To Be Taken To Avoid Further Noncompliance

A memo will be issued to Operations

Department

personnel

and additional

discussion

will be provided in Operations

Department

Continuing

Training reiterating

the necessity

for proper and timely attention

given to the Limiting Condition

of Operation

Status Board when concurrent

safety related equipment

is out of service.

management

attention

is being directed toward deficiencies

resulting

from inattention

to detail. Use of the HPES Coordinator

to provide an independent

review of events, including

human error, will enhance the Plant's ability to identify and correct deficiencies.

Date When Full Compliance

Will Be Achieved Full compliance

will be achieved by August 24, 1987. Kenneth W Berry Director, Nuclear Licensing

CC Administrator, Region III, NRC NRC Resident Inspector

-Palisades

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