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#REDIRECT [[IR 05000263/1996009]]
{{Adams
| number = ML20140D277
| issue date = 04/15/1997
| title = Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-263/96-09
| author name = Grant G
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
| addressee name = Wadley M
| addressee affiliation = NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
| docket = 05000263
| license number =
| contact person =
| document report number = EA-97-032, EA-97-32, NUDOCS 9704230102
| title reference date = 03-24-1997
| document type = CORRESPONDENCE-LETTERS, OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE
| page count = 2
}}
See also: [[see also::IR 05000263/1996009]]
 
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                                                                  April 15,1997
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                                                                                                                                                        l
                                                                                                                                                        !
                                                                                                                                                        i
                  EA 97-032
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                  Mr. M. D. Wadley                                                                                                                      l
                  Vice President, Nuclear Generation                                                                                                    i
                  Northern States Power Company
                                                                                                                                                        ]
                  414 Nicollet Mall                                                                                                                    j
                  Minneapolis, MN 55401                                                                                                                ;
                  SUBJECT:        NOTICE OF VIOLATION (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-263/96009(DRS))                                                        I
                                                                                                                                                        1
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                  Dear Mr. Wadley:
                            This will acknowledge receipt of your March 24,1997 letter in response to our
                  February 20,1997 letter transmitting a Notice of Violation associated with the above
                  mentioned inspection report. This report summarized the results of the system operational
                  performance inspection at your Monticello Plant. We have reviewed your corrective
                                                                                                                                                        i
                  actions and have no further questions at this time. These corrective actions will be
                                                                                      .
                                                                                                                                                        i
                  examined during future inspections.                                                                                                  J
                                                                                                                                                        :
                                                                      Sincerely,
                                                                    /s/ M. Leach (for)
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                                                                      Geoffrey E. Grant, Director                                                      l
                                                                      Division of Reactor Safety
                  Docket No. 50-263
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                  Enclosure:        Ltr 03/24/97, W. J. Hill,
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      M. D. Wadley                                2                          April 15, 1997
                                                                                              ,
      cc w/o encl: Plant Manager, Monticello
      cc w/ encl:    John W. Ferman, Ph.D.
                      Nuclear Engineer, MPCA                                                  !
                      State Liaison Officer, State
                      of Minnesota
      Distribution:                                                                          ,
      Dock                        SRis, Monticello,              TSS w/enci                i
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                                    LPM, NRR w/enci
                                                                    J. Lieberman, OE w/enci
                                                                    J. Goldberg, OGC w/ encl
      DRP w/enci                  A. B. Beach, Rlli w/enci        R. Zimmerman, NRR w/ encl
      DRS w/enci                  C. D. Pederson, Rlll w/ encl
      Rlli PRR w/enci              Rlli Enf. Coordinator w/ encl
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                                                                            Northem states Power Company
                                                                            Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant
                                                                          2807 West Hwy 75
                                                                            Monticello. Minnesota 55362-9637
            March 24,1997
            US Nuclear Regulatory Commission                                10 CFR Part 2
            Attn: Document Control Desk                                      Section 2.201
            Washington, DC 20555
                              MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT
                                  Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22
                                        Reply to Notice of Violation
                                    NRC System Operational Performance
                            inspection (SOPI) Reoort No 50-263/96009(DRS)
            Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR Part 2, Section 2.201, our reply to the
            notice of violation contained in your letter of February 20,1997, is provided in
            Attachment A.
            Attachment A contains the following new NRC commitments:
                  Violation I.b                10 CFR 50.59 implementation processes will
                                                be enhanced. Process enhancement,
                                                including training on the revised processes and
                                              management's expectations regarding the
                                              quality of engineering work, will be completed
                                              by March 31,1997
                  Violation ll.a,b,c,d        Special training will be provided to Monticello
                                              engineering and technical staff personnel on
                                              the importance of rigor and attention to detail in
                                              performing, revising, reviewing, approving, and                        I
                                              documenting calculations. This training will be                        ;
                                              complete by March 31,1997.
                                                                                                                      1
                                                                                                                      1
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                  Violation Ill.a            All Technical Specification Section 3/4
                                              procedures will be examined over the next                              !
                                              three year period to ensure that a basis for
                                              design document requirements and
                                              acceptance limits is properly documented.
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l              US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
1              March 24,1997                                                                              :
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                                                Plant AWis goveming procedure content and '                '
l                                              format will be reviewed and revised as                    !
!                                              necessary to require that bases for design
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                                                document requirements and acceptance limits
                                                is provided within each procedure or by
:-                                            reference to an acceptable bases document.                -
                -
                                                Procedure revisions will be completed by June .            !
                                                1,1997.
                                                All Technical Specification Section 3/4 .                  1
i                                              procedures will be examined over the next
;                                              three~ year period to ensure that a basis for
;
                                                design document requirements and
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                                                acceptance limits is properly documented.
                                                This will be accomplished by describing the
                                                source of the design document requirement or
                                                acceptance limit within the procedure, or by
                                                reference to an acceptable bases document.
                                                The procedures will be reviewed and revised
                                                as necessary by March 31,2000. Other
                                                procedures will be checked, as resources                    I
                                                allow, to ensure that a basis for design                  i
                                                document requirements and acceptance limits                l
                                                Is properly documented.                                  J
                      Violation Ill.b          All surveillance procedures will be examined to
                                                determine if the wording of the procedure could
                                                trap personnelinto signing off the procedure as
                                                completed before all required data analysis
                                                and engineering evaluation is complete.
                                                Changes will be made to these surveillance
                                                procedures to ensure that they are tracked by
                                                the surveillance coordinator through                        !
                                                completion of all required analysis and data
                                                evaluation. AWis goveming procedure content
                                                and format will be reviewed and revised as                !
                                                necessary to eliminate these potential traps.
                                                All actions will be completed by March 31,
                                                1998.
    .
 
      .  _ . .            _
                                      ._ _    -.    __ -    ___ _ . . _ _ _  _ _ _ .      .    . .
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        .
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'                                                                                                    '
                                                                                                      .
                                                                                                      .
                    US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
i                    March 24,1997                                                                    :
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                    Please contact Mr Samuel Shirey, Sr Licensing Engineer, at (612) 295-1449 if
                    you require furtherinformation.
:                    M/[ldm                8                                          ,
                                                                                                      ,
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                    William J Hill
;                    Plant Manager
                                                                                                      ,
,                    Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant
                    c:      Regional Administrator- 111, NRC
.
                              NRR Project Manager, NRC
                              Sr Resident inspector, NRC
                              State of Minnesota
                                    Attn: Kris Sanda
.
                    Attachment
i
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                M:nticello Nucle:r G:n:rsting Pl nt                            Reply to Nstice of VI:liti:n
                March 24,1997                                                                                      ;
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                                                      Attachment A                                                  I
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                                          REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION                                              )
                1.      Violation                                                                                  i
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                10 CFR 50.59 (a)(1) stated, in part, that the holder of a license authorizing
                operation of a production facility may make changes in the facility as described in
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                the safety analysis report without prior Commission approval unless the
                proposed change involves a change in the technical specification incorporated in
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                  Te license or an unreviewed safety question.
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                10 CFR 50.59(b)(1) stated, in part, t lat the licensee shall maintain records of
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                changes in the facility. These records r.1ust include a written safety evaluation
                which provides the bases for the determination that the change does not involve                    l
                an unreviewed safety question.
                Contrary to the above:
                        a.      On August 14,1996, during. closeout of Design Change Package                        !
                                #85M042, "RHR System Pressure Upgrade Modification," Revision
l                                1, the safety evaluation failed to provic's the bases for the
                                determination that the physical plant changes, that were not
                                retumed to their original values following the modification's
                                cancellation, did not involve an unreviewed safety question.
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                        b.    On October 23, Safety Review item 96-016, "1996 FOl Identified                      l
                                USAR Changes," Revision 0, Addendum 4, failed to provide the                        l
                                bases for the determination that each change identified in the
                                safety review item did not involve an unreviewed safety question.
                NSP Resoonse to item 1.a
                                                                                                                    '
                NSP acknowledges example 'a' cited in 6 above Notice of Violation.
                        Reason for Violation:
                        In the case of Modification 85M042, a safety evaluation was performed
                        and a USAR submittal was prepared in 1986 for this modification in its
                        original form. After completing part of the work in 1986, the modification
                        was put on hold when questions aroso concerning the change. Plant
                        management later cancelled the modification and the pending USAR
                        change. Engineering failed to recognize in 1986 that the scope of work
                        actually completed under Modification 85M042 prior to its cancellation
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                      Monticello Nuclear G:nerating Plant                            R: ply to Natics of VI:liti:n
;                    March 24,1997                                                                                                ,
;                                                                                                                                I
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                            constituted a change to the facility as described in the Updated Safety
:                            Analysis Report (USAR). At that time the plant should have revised the
f                            existing safety evaluation and prepared a change to the USAR.'
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[                            The resulting USAR discrepancy was discovered in 1990 as part of design
:                            basis document reviews. After making operability and reportability
j                            detcrminations, a safety evaluation was performed to support a correction
i                            of the discrepancy between the USAR and design documents. This
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                              safety evaluation, however, did not consider the cause of the discrepancy
[                          - (i.e., the lack of an adequate safety evaluation for the original 1986
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                              modification). Consequently the safety evaluation incorrectly focused on
l                            the USAR change itself and whether it was consistent with the facility <
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                            The safety evaluation should have focused on the changes made to the
                              facility by the 1986 modification and whether those changes involved an
j] '                          unreviewed safety question.
!                            It was recognized that this particular modification was a special situation
!                            because there were no procedures which covered closure of an
                              incomplete modification. Because it was also one of the oldest open                                )
l                            modifications in the backlog, it received increased management attention.
l                            There were several meetings among plant management to determine how
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                              best to address the work whicn was not completed by the original
l                            modification. After.much discussion it was decided in 1996 that the best
;                            course of action was to close out the modification by revising the                                  )
                              modification package to reflect the reduction in scope (i.e., to reflect the
                                                                                                                                  -
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l                            work actually accomplished in 1986). However, since no additional                                    I
i                            physical plant changes were associated with the 1996 revision of the                                l
                              modification package, and because by 1993 the USAR was in agreement                                i
;                            with the actual plant configuration, we again did not recognize that the                            l
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                              original 1986 safety evaluation was deficient.                                                      j
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!                            Therefore, the Monticello technical staff failed to recognize in .1986, when                        !
;                            the modification was partially completed, or in the early 1990s when the                            l
j                            USAR discrepancy was corrected, or in 1996 when the modification was                                ]
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                              revised and closed out, that an adequate safety evaluation addressing the
t                            actual scope of work was never pedormed. The situation was aggravated
:                            by delay in closing out the modification and the lack of procedures to                              j
j                            cover the unusual and complicated situation of a partially completed and                            j
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                            cancelled modification.                                                                              l
I                            Corrective Action Taken and Results Achieved:                                                        I
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                              Plant procedures have been revised to require a new or revised safety
)                            evaluation vihenever a change in the scope of a modification affects an
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!                            existing safety evaluation.                                                                      -
                                                                                                                                  I
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          M:nticalls Nuclear G:nerating Plant                        R: ply to N:tice cf VI:lition
          March 24,1997
                  ' A Monticello Condition Report has been initiated to address the failure of
                  the 198610 CFR 50.59 safety evaluation to cover the scope of work
                  actually accomplished under Modification 85M042 (Condition Report
                '97000239).
                  During review of this issue, an additional discrepancy in the safety              I
                  evaluation for the 1986 modification was discovered. A relief valve
                  setpoint was changed and this change was inconsistent with an earlier
                  NRC Safety Evaluation Report (SER). An operability evaluation was
            .
                  completed and it was determined that the setpoint change did not affect
                  the operability of the RHR system. - This issue is being assessed and
                  resolved through the Monticello Condition Report process (Condition
                  Report 97000692).                                                                  '
                                                                                                      :
                  Corrective Action to be Taken to Avoid Further Violations:                        I
                  Additional corrective actions are described in the response to item 1.b
                  below.
                  Date When Full Comoliance Will Be Achieved
                  Full Compliance has been achieved.
                                                                                                    .
          NSP Resoonse to item I.b
          NSP acknowledges example 'b' in the above Notice of Violation.
                  Reason for Violation:
                  Safety Review item (SRI) 96-016, Addendum 4, was cne portion of an
                  SRI that attempted to evaluate several unrelated activities at once. The
                  result was a confusing, incomplete, and difficult to review evaluation which
                  did not cleady address each activity using all of the 10 CFR 50.59(a)(2)
                  criteria.
                  Correctivo,Ap;un Taken and Results Achieved:-
                  Safety Review item 96-016, Addendum 4, is being revised to correct the
                  deficiencies described in the SOPl report. This is being tracked as a
                  Management Commitment (A97012A).
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      M:nticella Nucisar Gen:rzting Pirnt                          R: ply to Nctice of VI:lition
      March 24,1997
            Corrective Action to be Taken to Avoid Further Violations:
            Both examples cited in the Notice of Violation indicate poor
            implementation of 10 CFR 50.59. These examples and recent industry
            experience prompted Monticello management to examine all 10 CFR
            50.59 implementing procedures and practices. This review concluded
            that applicable plant Administrative Work Instructions _(AWis) need to be
            revised to provide significantly more detail and to clearly communicate
            management expectations regarding the content and level of detail of 10
            CFR 50.59 evaluations.
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            Training will also be presented to plant engineering and technical staff on
            the nature of this violation, the new and enhanced 10 CFR 50.59
            evaluation processes, and management's expectatiens 'regarding quality
            of engineering work. AWis will be revised and training will be completed
            by March 31,1997.
            Date When Full Comoliance Will Be Achieved
            Full compliance has been achieved.
      II.    Violation
      10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion Ill, " Design Control," states, in part, that
      measures shall provide for verifying or checking the adequacy of the design, and
      that changes shall be subject to design control measures commensurate with
      those applied to the original design.
      Contrary to the above:
            a.      On March 14,1996, changes were made to General Electric
                    Calculation EqDE-34-0687, " Core Spray System Operational
                    Capability Report," and these changes were not commensurate
                    with those applied to the original design. Changes were " penciled-
                    In" on a copy of the calculation, the "revi:. ed" calculation was not
                    entered into the document control system, and a record of the
                    " revised" calculation was not identifiable or retrievable within the
                    quality assurance records system.
            b.    . On June 24,1996, calculation CA-96-090, " Evaluation of ECCS
                    Net Positive Suction Head," Revision 0, was approved although the
                    design verification activities were not adequate. The calculation
                    reached an incorrect conclusion as to the amount of available net
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                                                                              ._      _        . . _
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".  .                                                                                                .
      Monticella Nucl:cr G:n:r: ting Pl nt                        Reply to Notice cf Vi:1:ti:n
      March 24,1997
                      positive suction head because the vapor pressure valuc used in the
                      calculation for water at 191*F was incorrect.
              c.      On December 6,1996, calculation CA-96-166, "Drywell Flooding                  !
                      Evaluation for Post DBA LOCA," Revision 0, was approved to                    l
                      resolve non-conservative and non-verified assumptions contained                '
                      in calculation CA-93-056 " Suppression Pool Drawdown
                      Calculation." The verification for the 1996 calculation was not                l
                      adequate in that the calculation still contained non-verified, non-
                      conservative assumptions.
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              d.      On May 19,1995, calculation CA-94-20, "RHR/RHR Service Water                  i
                      Heat Exchanger Performance," Revision 1, was approved although                ;
                      the design verification activities were not adequate. The                      !
                      verification consisted of confirming that a computer could perform
                      mathematical computations rather than verifying that the formulae
                      input to the computer were accurate.
        NSP Response to item ll.a
        NSP acknowledges example 'a' cited in the above Notice of Violation.                          !
                                                                                                      I
              Reason for Violation
              The Monticello calculation control process was not adhered to in this                  l
              Instance. Changes to the calculation should have been formalized and
              controlled in accordance with Monticello 4 awl-05.01.25,
              " Calculation / Analysis Control." Use of this process would have assured
      .      that the revised calculation was properly prepared, reviewed, approved,                ;
              and entered into the Monticello document control system. The cause of
              this event was, therefore, failure to follow prescribed plant administrative          ;
                                                                                                      '
              processes and lack of attention to detail.
              Corrective Action Taken and Results Achieved:
              Changes to General Electric Calculation EqDE-34-0687 have been
              formalized and processed in accordance with 4 awl-05.01.25.
              Corrective Actions to be Taken to Avoid Further Violations:
              Special training will be provided to Monticello engineering and technical
              staff personnel on the importance of rigor and attention to detail in
              performing, revising, reviewing, approving, and documenting calculations.
              The expectations of Monticello management, that the Calculation / Analysis
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                  Muntic lla Nucinr G:nsrtting Plint                                  R ply to Notice of Vichti:n
                  March 24,1997 -
                        Control process will be followed to the letter, will be emphasized at this
                        special training. This training will be complete by March 31,1997.
                        Date When Full Comoliance Will be Achieved:
                        Full compliance has been achieved.
                  NSP Resoonse to item il.b                                                                                    l
                  NSP acknowledges example 'b' cited in the above Notice of Violation.                                        l
                        Reason for Violation
                        While this error was small and somewhat subtle, it should not have
                        occurred. The engineer who performed this calculation may have lacked
                        sufficient experience in pump net positive suction head (NPSH) design
                        calculations. The engineer reviewing the calculation did not detect the
                        error. And finally, the error was not detected by the engineering -                                  ,
                        supervisor who approved the calculation. The cause of this event was                                  !
                        lack of attention to detall.                                                                          l
                        Corrective Action Taken pnd Results Achieved:
                        Calculation CA-96-090 has been revised to correct the error noted in the
                        Violation.
                        ECCS pump NPSH calculations have been independently redone and
                        verified by an outside engineering consultant. Additional, more detailed,
                        NPSH calculations have been requested from tha engineering consultant.
                        Corrective Actions to be Taken to Avoid Further Violations:
                        Special training will be provided to all Monticello engineering and technical
                        staff personnel on the importance of rigor and attention to detail in
                      . performing, revising, reviewing, approving, and documenting calculations
                        as described in the response to item II.a above.
                        Date When Full Comoliance Will be Achieved:
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                        Full compliance has been achieved.
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              NSP Resoonse to item II.c
                                                                                                                  '
;            NSP acknowledges example 'c' cited in the above Notice of Violation.
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                    Reason for Violation
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i                    Again, while these errors were small and somewhat subtle, they should                      j
!                    not have occurred. The errors were caused by lack of attention to detail.                    1
:
                                                                                                                )
j                    Corrective Action Taken and Results Achieved:                                              .
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                -
                    Calculation CA-96-166 has been revised to address the inspector's
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                    concems.
i:                                                                                                                ;
;                    Corrective Actions to be Taken to Avoid Further Violations:                                ,
                                                                                                                i
!                    Special training will be provided to all Monticello engineering and technical
i                    staff personnel on the importance of rigor and attention to detail in
[                    performing, revisir.g, reviewing, approving, and documenting calculations                  ;
                    as described in the response to item II.a above.                                            i
l'
                                                                                                                l
!                    pate When Full Comoliance Will be Achieved:                                                l
s
                                                                                                                !
                    Full compliance has been achieved.                                                          l
l                                                                                                                l
              NSP Response to item II.d
              NSP acknowledges example 'd' cited in the above Notice of Violation.                              !
                    Reason for Violation                                                                        :
                                                                                                                ;
                    The Monticello calculation control process was again not adhered to in                      i
                                                                                                                '
                    this instance. The verification of the computer code change failed to
                    independently confirm the validity c: an equation used to derive a
                    fundamental parameter used in the calculation. The cause of this event
                    was failure to follow prescribed plant administrative processes and lack of
                                                                                                                ]
                    attention to detail.                                                                        ;
                                                                                                                !
                    Corrective Action Taken and Results Achieved:
                    Independent verification of CA-94-20 has been reperformed by an
                    experienced senior Monticello engineer.                                                    ,
                                                                                                                !
                                                                                                                i
                                                                                                                !
                                                  Page A-7                                                      l
                                                                                                                ,
                                                                          -- ~        -            , - - -. .,
 
-
      ,
  . '
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        M:ntic:lla Nucle:r Gin:riting PI:nt                        Reply to N::tice cf VI:ltti:n
        March 24,1997
                Corrective Actions to be Taken to Avoid Further Violations:
                Refer to the description of special training that will be performed in the
                response to item ll.a above. This training will be complete by March 31,
                1997.
                Date When Full Comoliance Will be Achieved:
                Full compliance has been achieved.
        Ill.  Violation
        10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion XI, " Test Control," states, in part, that a
        test program shall be established to assure testing is performed in accordance
        with written test procedures which incorporate the requirements and acceptance
        limits contained in design documents. Test results shall be documented and
        evaluated to assure test requirements have been satisfied.
        Contrary to the above:
                a.      On March 16,1995, surveillance procedure 1136, "RHR Heat
                        Exchanger Efficiency Test" was revised such that the acceptance
                        limits contained in design documents were no longer incorporated
                      . into the surveillance procedure. Specifically, the procedure was
                        revised to incorporate a heat exchanger area not contained in any
                        design document.
                b.      On March 23,1995, surveillance procedure 1136, "RHR Heat
                        Exchanger Efficiency Test," Revision 15, was signed by the shift
                        engineer as complete without the test results being evaluated to
                        assure test requirements were satisfied. The "HXPERF" computer
                        program output sheets, showing that the test results were
                        acceptable and required by the procedure to be attached, were
                        dated October 22,1996, and were based on Revision 1 of the
                        computer program rather than on Revision 0 as specified by the
                        test procedure.
        NSP Resoonse to item Ill.a
        NSP acknowledges example 'a' cited in the above Notice of Violation subject to
        the following clarifying information.
                                              Page A-8
                                                                .
 
-- -
          , ..                                                                                                        :
4    s..,.  .                                                                                                          !
                - M:nticella Nucl ar Gzn:reting PI:nt                          Reply ta Nctics cf Viol:ti:n            f
,
                March 24,1997
.
;
i                          Reason for Violation:
,                          We believe that the Monticello RHR heat exchanger efficiency test                          ;
.                          acceptance criteria were correct and conservative. The criteria were
                            based on the results of Calculation CA-94-066, Revision 0, " Determination                  -
:.                      'of RHR Heat Exchanger K value," and were used in the evaluation of
l                          containment response as provided in NEDO-32418, "Monticello Design
i                          Basis Accident Containment Pressure and Temperature Response for
                                                                                                                        '
:                          USAR Update," December,1994. However, the heat exchanger vendor'e
!
                            technical manual was not updated with revised heat exchanger surface
;
                            area data at the time of the inspection. Additional guidance related to                    +
l
j
                  -
                            timely update of documents in the Condition Report Process AWI is
                            needed to ensure prompt update of this manual.
                                                                                                                      j
I                                                                                                                      !
;                          it is also acknowledged that Monticello test procedures do not always                      l
i'                        provide the basis for test requirements and test acceptance criteria or link                i
)                          such requirements and acceptance criteria to design documents.                              l
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                          Corrective Action Taken and the Results Achieved                                            )
]
                                                                                                                        '
l                        A Monticello Condition Report has been initiated to address updating of
j                        the RHR heat exchanger vendor manual (Condition Report 97000770).
:
                          Corrective Action That Will Be Taken to Avoid Further Violations
  -
                          The Condition Report Process AWI will be reviewed and additional                              !
I
                          guidance provided as necessary to help ensure corrective actions are                          !
                          identified and tracked related to updating of plant documents. This will be                  i
                          completed by April 30,1997.                                                                  i
                          Plant AWis goveming procedure content and format will be reviewed and
                          revised as necessary to require that bases for design document
                          requirements and acceptance limits is provided within each procedure or
                          by reference to an acceptable bases document. Procedure revisions will                        ;
                          be completed by June 1,1997.
                        All. Technical Specification Section 3/4 procedures will be examined over
                        - the next three year period to ensure that a basis for design document
                          requirements and acceptance limits is properly documented. This will be
                                                                                                                      ..
                        accomplished by describing the source of the design document
                        requirement or acceptance limit within the procedure, or by reference to                      ,
                        an acceptable bases document. The procedures will be reviewed and                              '
                        revised as necessary by March 31,2000. Other procedures will be
                        checked, as resources allow, to ensure that a basis for design document
                        requirements and acceptance limits is properly documented.
                                                          Page A-9
                                                                                                                        .
                                                                                                              , , - -
      e--~        v -..  #  e., . ,              - -- -            ,.-  e - - . - -  --
                                                                                            , . - , -    - _.
 
            _ . . . _ . .            . _ _ _ . _  ._ . _.    __    _      -. _ .. _ _ . _ _ . _ _ _. ._ __ _ _
g ,.. ,} [,
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                          M:ntic:lle Nucia:r Gen rzting Plant                            R: ply to N:tice cf VI:lition
;                        M:rch 24,1997                                                                                ['
                                                                                                                      ;
                                                                                                                        !
                                                                                                                      !
;                                Date When Full Comoliance Will Be Achieved
'
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                                Full compliance has been achieved.                                                    '
I
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L                        NSP Resoonse to Item Ill.b                                                                  '
:
                          NSP acknowledges example 'b' cited'in the above Notice of Violation.
c                                                                                                                        i
t                          _
                                Beason for Violation:
4
-
                                Approximately 18 months elapsed between collection of heat exchanger .                ;
}                              test data and completion of analysis of the data.                                      i
l
:
                                The engineering analysis section of the test procedure was improperly                  i
j                              signed off as "NA" after the heat exchanger test data was collected. With              ;
l.                              the "NA" entry, the test was considered as complete even though the test
i                              data had not been analyzed by engineering.' Since the procedure was
i                              considered complete, it was not called out for follow-up by the surveillance          .
;
                                coordinator as would normally be the case for a late test. This procedure,            !
,
                                and other similar procedures, are formatted in such a way that they                    ;
;                              increase the likelihood of prematurely signing off a procedure as
:                              complete.
,                              Corrective Action Taken and the Results Achieved
i
j                              See a description of the corrective actions to be taken below.
.
3
                              Corrective Action to Be Taken to Avoid Further Violations
,
                              AWis goveming procedure content and format will be reviewed and
                              revised as necessary to eliminate the potential trap descripted above. All
                              'survaillance procedures will be examined over the next year to determine
                              if the wording of the procedure could trap personnel into signing off the
                              procedure as completed before all required data analysis and engineering
                              evaluation is complete. Changes will be made to these surveillance
                              procedures to ensure that they are tracked by the surveillance coordinator
                              through completion of all required analysis and data evaluation. All
                              actions will be completed by March 31,1998.
                              Date When Full Comoliance Will Be Achieved
                              Full compliance has been achieved.
                                                                                                                      >
                                                            Page A-10
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Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-263/96-09
ML20140D277
Person / Time
Site: Monticello Xcel Energy icon.png
Issue date: 04/15/1997
From: Grant G
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To: Wadley M
NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
References
EA-97-032, EA-97-32, NUDOCS 9704230102
Download: ML20140D277 (2)


See also: IR 05000263/1996009

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Dear Mr. Wadley:

This will acknowledge receipt of your March 24,1997 letter in response to our

February 20,1997 letter transmitting a Notice of Violation associated with the above

mentioned inspection report. This report summarized the results of the system operational

performance inspection at your Monticello Plant. We have reviewed your corrective

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US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 10 CFR Part 2

Attn: Document Control Desk Section 2.201

Washington, DC 20555

MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT

Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22

Reply to Notice of Violation

NRC System Operational Performance

inspection (SOPI) Reoort No 50-263/96009(DRS)

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR Part 2, Section 2.201, our reply to the

notice of violation contained in your letter of February 20,1997, is provided in

Attachment A.

Attachment A contains the following new NRC commitments:

Violation I.b 10 CFR 50.59 implementation processes will

be enhanced. Process enhancement,

including training on the revised processes and

management's expectations regarding the

quality of engineering work, will be completed

by March 31,1997

Violation ll.a,b,c,d Special training will be provided to Monticello

engineering and technical staff personnel on

the importance of rigor and attention to detail in

performing, revising, reviewing, approving, and I

documenting calculations. This training will be  ;

complete by March 31,1997.

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Violation Ill.a All Technical Specification Section 3/4

procedures will be examined over the next  !

three year period to ensure that a basis for

design document requirements and

acceptance limits is properly documented.

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Plant AWis goveming procedure content and ' '

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three~ year period to ensure that a basis for

design document requirements and

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acceptance limits is properly documented.

This will be accomplished by describing the

source of the design document requirement or

acceptance limit within the procedure, or by

reference to an acceptable bases document.

The procedures will be reviewed and revised

as necessary by March 31,2000. Other

procedures will be checked, as resources I

allow, to ensure that a basis for design i

document requirements and acceptance limits l

Is properly documented. J

Violation Ill.b All surveillance procedures will be examined to

determine if the wording of the procedure could

trap personnelinto signing off the procedure as

completed before all required data analysis

and engineering evaluation is complete.

Changes will be made to these surveillance

procedures to ensure that they are tracked by

the surveillance coordinator through  !

completion of all required analysis and data

evaluation. AWis goveming procedure content

and format will be reviewed and revised as  !

necessary to eliminate these potential traps.

All actions will be completed by March 31,

1998.

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Please contact Mr Samuel Shirey, Sr Licensing Engineer, at (612) 295-1449 if

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NRR Project Manager, NRC

Sr Resident inspector, NRC

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REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION )

1. Violation i

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10 CFR 50.59 (a)(1) stated, in part, that the holder of a license authorizing

operation of a production facility may make changes in the facility as described in

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the safety analysis report without prior Commission approval unless the

proposed change involves a change in the technical specification incorporated in

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Te license or an unreviewed safety question.

10 CFR 50.59(b)(1) stated, in part, t lat the licensee shall maintain records of

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changes in the facility. These records r.1ust include a written safety evaluation

which provides the bases for the determination that the change does not involve l

an unreviewed safety question.

Contrary to the above:

a. On August 14,1996, during. closeout of Design Change Package  !

  1. 85M042, "RHR System Pressure Upgrade Modification," Revision

l 1, the safety evaluation failed to provic's the bases for the

determination that the physical plant changes, that were not

retumed to their original values following the modification's

cancellation, did not involve an unreviewed safety question.

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b. On October 23, Safety Review item 96-016, "1996 FOl Identified l

USAR Changes," Revision 0, Addendum 4, failed to provide the l

bases for the determination that each change identified in the

safety review item did not involve an unreviewed safety question.

NSP Resoonse to item 1.a

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NSP acknowledges example 'a' cited in 6 above Notice of Violation.

Reason for Violation:

In the case of Modification 85M042, a safety evaluation was performed

and a USAR submittal was prepared in 1986 for this modification in its

original form. After completing part of the work in 1986, the modification

was put on hold when questions aroso concerning the change. Plant

management later cancelled the modification and the pending USAR

change. Engineering failed to recognize in 1986 that the scope of work

actually completed under Modification 85M042 prior to its cancellation

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constituted a change to the facility as described in the Updated Safety

Analysis Report (USAR). At that time the plant should have revised the

f existing safety evaluation and prepared a change to the USAR.'

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[ The resulting USAR discrepancy was discovered in 1990 as part of design

basis document reviews. After making operability and reportability

j detcrminations, a safety evaluation was performed to support a correction

i of the discrepancy between the USAR and design documents. This

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safety evaluation, however, did not consider the cause of the discrepancy

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modification). Consequently the safety evaluation incorrectly focused on

l the USAR change itself and whether it was consistent with the facility <

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The safety evaluation should have focused on the changes made to the

facility by the 1986 modification and whether those changes involved an

j] ' unreviewed safety question.

! It was recognized that this particular modification was a special situation

! because there were no procedures which covered closure of an

incomplete modification. Because it was also one of the oldest open )

l modifications in the backlog, it received increased management attention.

l There were several meetings among plant management to determine how

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best to address the work whicn was not completed by the original

l modification. After.much discussion it was decided in 1996 that the best

course of action was to close out the modification by revising the )

modification package to reflect the reduction in scope (i.e., to reflect the

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l work actually accomplished in 1986). However, since no additional I

i physical plant changes were associated with the 1996 revision of the l

modification package, and because by 1993 the USAR was in agreement i

with the actual plant configuration, we again did not recognize that the l

original 1986 safety evaluation was deficient. j

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! Therefore, the Monticello technical staff failed to recognize in .1986, when  !

the modification was partially completed, or in the early 1990s when the l

j USAR discrepancy was corrected, or in 1996 when the modification was ]

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revised and closed out, that an adequate safety evaluation addressing the

t actual scope of work was never pedormed. The situation was aggravated

by delay in closing out the modification and the lack of procedures to j

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cancelled modification. l

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Plant procedures have been revised to require a new or revised safety

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' A Monticello Condition Report has been initiated to address the failure of

the 198610 CFR 50.59 safety evaluation to cover the scope of work

actually accomplished under Modification 85M042 (Condition Report

'97000239).

During review of this issue, an additional discrepancy in the safety I

evaluation for the 1986 modification was discovered. A relief valve

setpoint was changed and this change was inconsistent with an earlier

NRC Safety Evaluation Report (SER). An operability evaluation was

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completed and it was determined that the setpoint change did not affect

the operability of the RHR system. - This issue is being assessed and

resolved through the Monticello Condition Report process (Condition

Report 97000692). '

Corrective Action to be Taken to Avoid Further Violations: I

Additional corrective actions are described in the response to item 1.b

below.

Date When Full Comoliance Will Be Achieved

Full Compliance has been achieved.

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NSP Resoonse to item I.b

NSP acknowledges example 'b' in the above Notice of Violation.

Reason for Violation:

Safety Review item (SRI)96-016, Addendum 4, was cne portion of an

SRI that attempted to evaluate several unrelated activities at once. The

result was a confusing, incomplete, and difficult to review evaluation which

did not cleady address each activity using all of the 10 CFR 50.59(a)(2)

criteria.

Correctivo,Ap;un Taken and Results Achieved:-

Safety Review item 96-016, Addendum 4, is being revised to correct the

deficiencies described in the SOPl report. This is being tracked as a

Management Commitment (A97012A).

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Corrective Action to be Taken to Avoid Further Violations:

Both examples cited in the Notice of Violation indicate poor

implementation of 10 CFR 50.59. These examples and recent industry

experience prompted Monticello management to examine all 10 CFR

50.59 implementing procedures and practices. This review concluded

that applicable plant Administrative Work Instructions _(AWis) need to be

revised to provide significantly more detail and to clearly communicate

management expectations regarding the content and level of detail of 10

CFR 50.59 evaluations.

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Training will also be presented to plant engineering and technical staff on

the nature of this violation, the new and enhanced 10 CFR 50.59

evaluation processes, and management's expectatiens 'regarding quality

of engineering work. AWis will be revised and training will be completed

by March 31,1997.

Date When Full Comoliance Will Be Achieved

Full compliance has been achieved.

II. Violation

10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion Ill, " Design Control," states, in part, that

measures shall provide for verifying or checking the adequacy of the design, and

that changes shall be subject to design control measures commensurate with

those applied to the original design.

Contrary to the above:

a. On March 14,1996, changes were made to General Electric

Calculation EqDE-34-0687, " Core Spray System Operational

Capability Report," and these changes were not commensurate

with those applied to the original design. Changes were " penciled-

In" on a copy of the calculation, the "revi:. ed" calculation was not

entered into the document control system, and a record of the

" revised" calculation was not identifiable or retrievable within the

quality assurance records system.

b. . On June 24,1996, calculation CA-96-090, " Evaluation of ECCS

Net Positive Suction Head," Revision 0, was approved although the

design verification activities were not adequate. The calculation

reached an incorrect conclusion as to the amount of available net

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positive suction head because the vapor pressure valuc used in the

calculation for water at 191*F was incorrect.

c. On December 6,1996, calculation CA-96-166, "Drywell Flooding  !

Evaluation for Post DBA LOCA," Revision 0, was approved to l

resolve non-conservative and non-verified assumptions contained '

in calculation CA-93-056 " Suppression Pool Drawdown

Calculation." The verification for the 1996 calculation was not l

adequate in that the calculation still contained non-verified, non-

conservative assumptions.

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d. On May 19,1995, calculation CA-94-20, "RHR/RHR Service Water i

Heat Exchanger Performance," Revision 1, was approved although  ;

the design verification activities were not adequate. The  !

verification consisted of confirming that a computer could perform

mathematical computations rather than verifying that the formulae

input to the computer were accurate.

NSP Response to item ll.a

NSP acknowledges example 'a' cited in the above Notice of Violation.  !

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Reason for Violation

The Monticello calculation control process was not adhered to in this l

Instance. Changes to the calculation should have been formalized and

controlled in accordance with Monticello 4 awl-05.01.25,

" Calculation / Analysis Control." Use of this process would have assured

. that the revised calculation was properly prepared, reviewed, approved,  ;

and entered into the Monticello document control system. The cause of

this event was, therefore, failure to follow prescribed plant administrative  ;

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processes and lack of attention to detail.

Corrective Action Taken and Results Achieved:

Changes to General Electric Calculation EqDE-34-0687 have been

formalized and processed in accordance with 4 awl-05.01.25.

Corrective Actions to be Taken to Avoid Further Violations:

Special training will be provided to Monticello engineering and technical

staff personnel on the importance of rigor and attention to detail in

performing, revising, reviewing, approving, and documenting calculations.

The expectations of Monticello management, that the Calculation / Analysis

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Control process will be followed to the letter, will be emphasized at this

special training. This training will be complete by March 31,1997.

Date When Full Comoliance Will be Achieved:

Full compliance has been achieved.

NSP Resoonse to item il.b l

NSP acknowledges example 'b' cited in the above Notice of Violation. l

Reason for Violation

While this error was small and somewhat subtle, it should not have

occurred. The engineer who performed this calculation may have lacked

sufficient experience in pump net positive suction head (NPSH) design

calculations. The engineer reviewing the calculation did not detect the

error. And finally, the error was not detected by the engineering - ,

supervisor who approved the calculation. The cause of this event was  !

lack of attention to detall. l

Corrective Action Taken pnd Results Achieved:

Calculation CA-96-090 has been revised to correct the error noted in the

Violation.

ECCS pump NPSH calculations have been independently redone and

verified by an outside engineering consultant. Additional, more detailed,

NPSH calculations have been requested from tha engineering consultant.

Corrective Actions to be Taken to Avoid Further Violations:

Special training will be provided to all Monticello engineering and technical

staff personnel on the importance of rigor and attention to detail in

. performing, revising, reviewing, approving, and documenting calculations

as described in the response to item II.a above.

Date When Full Comoliance Will be Achieved:

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NSP Resoonse to item II.c

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NSP acknowledges example 'c' cited in the above Notice of Violation.

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! Special training will be provided to all Monticello engineering and technical

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NSP Response to item II.d

NSP acknowledges example 'd' cited in the above Notice of Violation.  !

Reason for Violation  :

The Monticello calculation control process was again not adhered to in i

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this instance. The verification of the computer code change failed to

independently confirm the validity c: an equation used to derive a

fundamental parameter used in the calculation. The cause of this event

was failure to follow prescribed plant administrative processes and lack of

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attention to detail.  ;

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Corrective Action Taken and Results Achieved:

Independent verification of CA-94-20 has been reperformed by an

experienced senior Monticello engineer. ,

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Corrective Actions to be Taken to Avoid Further Violations:

Refer to the description of special training that will be performed in the

response to item ll.a above. This training will be complete by March 31,

1997.

Date When Full Comoliance Will be Achieved:

Full compliance has been achieved.

Ill. Violation

10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion XI, " Test Control," states, in part, that a

test program shall be established to assure testing is performed in accordance

with written test procedures which incorporate the requirements and acceptance

limits contained in design documents. Test results shall be documented and

evaluated to assure test requirements have been satisfied.

Contrary to the above:

a. On March 16,1995, surveillance procedure 1136, "RHR Heat

Exchanger Efficiency Test" was revised such that the acceptance

limits contained in design documents were no longer incorporated

. into the surveillance procedure. Specifically, the procedure was

revised to incorporate a heat exchanger area not contained in any

design document.

b. On March 23,1995, surveillance procedure 1136, "RHR Heat

Exchanger Efficiency Test," Revision 15, was signed by the shift

engineer as complete without the test results being evaluated to

assure test requirements were satisfied. The "HXPERF" computer

program output sheets, showing that the test results were

acceptable and required by the procedure to be attached, were

dated October 22,1996, and were based on Revision 1 of the

computer program rather than on Revision 0 as specified by the

test procedure.

NSP Resoonse to item Ill.a

NSP acknowledges example 'a' cited in the above Notice of Violation subject to

the following clarifying information.

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i Reason for Violation:

, We believe that the Monticello RHR heat exchanger efficiency test  ;

. acceptance criteria were correct and conservative. The criteria were

based on the results of Calculation CA-94-066, Revision 0, " Determination -

. 'of RHR Heat Exchanger K value," and were used in the evaluation of

l containment response as provided in NEDO-32418, "Monticello Design

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USAR Update," December,1994. However, the heat exchanger vendor'e

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technical manual was not updated with revised heat exchanger surface

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needed to ensure prompt update of this manual.

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i' provide the basis for test requirements and test acceptance criteria or link i

) such requirements and acceptance criteria to design documents. l

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j the RHR heat exchanger vendor manual (Condition Report 97000770).

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guidance provided as necessary to help ensure corrective actions are  !

identified and tracked related to updating of plant documents. This will be i

completed by April 30,1997. i

Plant AWis goveming procedure content and format will be reviewed and

revised as necessary to require that bases for design document

requirements and acceptance limits is provided within each procedure or

by reference to an acceptable bases document. Procedure revisions will  ;

be completed by June 1,1997.

All. Technical Specification Section 3/4 procedures will be examined over

- the next three year period to ensure that a basis for design document

requirements and acceptance limits is properly documented. This will be

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accomplished by describing the source of the design document

requirement or acceptance limit within the procedure, or by reference to ,

an acceptable bases document. The procedures will be reviewed and '

revised as necessary by March 31,2000. Other procedures will be

checked, as resources allow, to ensure that a basis for design document

requirements and acceptance limits is properly documented.

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j signed off as "NA" after the heat exchanger test data was collected. With  ;

l. the "NA" entry, the test was considered as complete even though the test

i data had not been analyzed by engineering.' Since the procedure was

i considered complete, it was not called out for follow-up by the surveillance .

coordinator as would normally be the case for a late test. This procedure,  !

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and other similar procedures, are formatted in such a way that they  ;

increase the likelihood of prematurely signing off a procedure as
complete.

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AWis goveming procedure content and format will be reviewed and

revised as necessary to eliminate the potential trap descripted above. All

'survaillance procedures will be examined over the next year to determine

if the wording of the procedure could trap personnel into signing off the

procedure as completed before all required data analysis and engineering

evaluation is complete. Changes will be made to these surveillance

procedures to ensure that they are tracked by the surveillance coordinator

through completion of all required analysis and data evaluation. All

actions will be completed by March 31,1998.

Date When Full Comoliance Will Be Achieved

Full compliance has been achieved.

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