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| number = ML20210U294
| number = ML20215C099
| issue date = 02/05/1987
| issue date = 12/05/1986
| title = Discusses Insp Repts 50-269/86-33,50-270/86-33 & 50-287/86-33 on 861015-1110 & Forwards Notice of Violation. Test Procedure for Emergency Condenser Cooling Water Sys Inadequate to Reveal Sys Deficiencies
| title = Confirms 861222 Enforcement Conference W/Util in Region II Ofc to Discuss Findings Re Insp Repts 50-269/86-33, 50-270/86-33,50-287/86-33,50-269/86-16,50-270/86-16 & 50-287/86-16.Proposed Agenda Encl
| author name = Grace J
| author name = Grace J
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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| document report number = NUDOCS 8702180438
| document report number = NUDOCS 8612150026
| package number = ML20210U296
| document type = CORRESPONDENCE-LETTERS, NRC TO UTILITY, OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE
| document type = CORRESPONDENCE-LETTERS, NRC TO UTILITY, OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE
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0 e Power Company TN: Mr. H. B. Tucker .Vice President Nuclear Production Department 422 South Church Street Charlotte, NC 28242 Gentlemen:
SUBJECT: CONFIRMATION OF MEETING - OCONEE - DOCKET NOS. 50-269, 50-270, AND 50-287 This confirms the conversation between Mr. N. A. Rutherford of your staft, and Mr. T. A. Peebles of my staff, on November 26, 1986, concerning an enforcement-conference to be conducted at the Region II' 0ffice on December 22, 1986, at 10:00 a.m. We requested .this meeting to discuss our findings relative to Inspection Reports 50-269/86-16, 50-270/86-16, 50-289/86-16, 50-269/86-33, 50-270/86-33 and 50-287/86-33. A proposed meeting agenda is enclose Should you have any questions regarding these arrar.gements, we will be pleased to discuss the
 
Sincerely, C.7nL SIGNED BYi
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Duke Power Company 96TN: Mr. H. B. Tucker, Vice President Nuclear Production Department j 422 South Church Street     '
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SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
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! This refers to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted o L
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findings were discussed with those members of your staff identified in'th previously forwarded inspection report. The report documenting-this inspection  '
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; was sent to you with a letter dated December 1, 1986. NRC concerns relative to i the inspection findings were discussed by Dr. J. N. Grace Regional Administrator, i NRC, Region II, with you and members of your staff in an Enforcement Conference  '
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; held on December 22, 198 ! The inspection findings indicate that certain. activities appeared to violate NRC 1 requirements. The violation, references to pertinent requirements, and elements
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j testing to detect degradation of the ECCW system. As discovered during a test  1 i conducted on October 1,1986, because of air inleakage, the ECCW system was not .
j able to perform its required function of providing sustained siphon flow through the main condenser during a station blackout with the level of Lake Keowee nine 'i feet below full pond. Although the system had been tested _according to the procedure and at the required frequency, the test procedure:was inadequate to reveal the system deficiencies.
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Lake Keowee. Because under other conditions, suchlas a loss of just off-site power, the ECCW system remains operable, and the fact that sufficient water  i supplies exist to provide decay heat removal even without the operation of the  '
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PROPOSED MEETING AGENDA


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In accordance with the " General Statement of. Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Action," 10 CFR- Part 2 Appendix C (1986),' the violation described
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Duke Power Company  2 FE8 05 387 Although the violation was identified by the licensee with the resident inspectors present, the discovery of the degradation of.the ECCW system was ;
considered not to have been a part of the test as originally planned and 1 previously performed and was discovered fortuitously because the test being conducted lasted longer than anticipated. Previous testing had not identified the ECCW system degradation. Therefore, this violation is being cite In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2 Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Roo The responses directed by this letter and its enclosure are not subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 PL 96-51 Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please' contact u
 
Sincerely, Original signed by J. P. Stohr/for -
J. Nelson Grace Regional Administrator Enclosure:
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III.DbkeDiscussion:of-SafetySystem    H. B. Tucker Functional Inspection-(SSFI) Findings Inadequate design and implementation  DPC Staf of design (Unresolved items 14, 15, 17, and.18)
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III.: Duke Discussion of Loss of .    -DPC Staff
:  . Circulating Water Siphon-IV. Closing Discussion-    N. A. Rutherford
  >V. C1osing domments    R..D. Walker
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Confirms 861222 Enforcement Conference W/Util in Region II Ofc to Discuss Findings Re Insp Repts 50-269/86-33, 50-270/86-33,50-287/86-33,50-269/86-16,50-270/86-16 & 50-287/86-16.Proposed Agenda Encl
ML20215C099
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Site: Oconee  Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 12/05/1986
From: Grace J
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Tucker H
DUKE POWER CO.
References
NUDOCS 8612150026
Download: ML20215C099 (2)


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0 e Power Company TN: Mr. H. B. Tucker .Vice President Nuclear Production Department 422 South Church Street Charlotte, NC 28242 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: CONFIRMATION OF MEETING - OCONEE - DOCKET NOS. 50-269, 50-270, AND 50-287 This confirms the conversation between Mr. N. A. Rutherford of your staft, and Mr. T. A. Peebles of my staff, on November 26, 1986, concerning an enforcement-conference to be conducted at the Region II' 0ffice on December 22, 1986, at 10:00 a.m. We requested .this meeting to discuss our findings relative to Inspection Reports 50-269/86-16, 50-270/86-16, 50-289/86-16, 50-269/86-33, 50-270/86-33 and 50-287/86-33. A proposed meeting agenda is enclose Should you have any questions regarding these arrar.gements, we will be pleased to discuss the

Sincerely, C.7nL SIGNED BYi

).;ii!20l1CRACE J. Nelson Grace

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Regional Administrator Enclosure:

Proposed Meeting Agenda c w/ encl:

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idl. Nicolaras, NRR State of South Carolina denior Resident Inspector Document Control Desk

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III.DbkeDiscussion:of-SafetySystem H. B. Tucker Functional Inspection-(SSFI) Findings Inadequate design and implementation DPC Staf of design (Unresolved items 14, 15, 17, and.18)

< Failure- to meet LCO action statement

. ' provisions for inoperable. equipment

.(Unresolved items 3,-12, and 13)

- .Other. items:from SSFI'. report which

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III.: Duke Discussion of Loss of . -DPC Staff

. Circulating Water Siphon-IV. Closing Discussion- N. A. Rutherford

>V. C1osing domments R..D. Walker

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