ML20247R585

Notice of Violation from Insp on 890228-0424.Violation Noted:Valves CS-V625 & CS-V176 Found Mispositioned & Measures Established to Implement Procedure to Verify Closed,Locked & Chained Position of Valves Found Inadequate

ML20247R585
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	05/25/1989
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20245E996	List: IR 05000443/1989003 ML20245E992 ML20247R573 ML20247R585
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50-443-89-03, 50-443-89-3, NUDOCS 8906070261
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APPENDIX A Notice of Violation i

Public Service Company of New Hampshire Docket No.

50-443 Seabrook Unit 1 License No. NPF-56 k

During an NRC inspection conducted on February 28 - April 24, 1989, a violation of NRC requirements was identified.

In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C, 53 Federal Register 40019 (October 13, 1988), the violation is listed below:

Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 Facility Operating License NPF-56, paragraph 2.C(11)c states that certain valves (

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PSNH letter to the USNRC, SBN-1196, dated September 17,1986) will be mechanically locked closed.with chains and padlocks. New Hampshire Yankee Station Operating Procedure, 0S86-1-7 (Revision 3) indicates that certain valves listed on form OS86-1-7A (the list of which comprises an attachment to SBN-1196) may be unlocked and operated only under the requireme.its listed in Section 5.2, precautions, or under the conditions noted.

Contrary to the above on April 7, 1989, and again on April 17, 1989, valves CS-V625 and CS-V176, respectively, both of which are valves listed on form OS86-1-7A were found mispositioned.

The administrative measures that were established to implement procedure OS86-1-7 to verify the closed, locked and chained position of valves CS-V625 ard CS-V176, were not adequate in that they lacked the requisite clarity to assure positive control and preclude improper positioning.

While the violations of NPF-56, paragraph 2.C(11)c were identified and properly reported by the licensee, the measures established to control valve position failed to meet the requirements of the Fac ility Operating License.

This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR Part 2.201, Public Service Company of New Hampshire is hereby required to submit to this office within 30 days of the I

date of the letter transmitting this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including:

(1) the reason for the violation, if admitted; (2) the l

corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved; (3) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved.

Where good cause is shown, j

considertcion will be given to extending this response time.

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I Seabrook 1 Service Hearing List i

Thomas Dignan, Esq E. Tupper Kinger, Esq.

John A. Ritscher, Esq.

Assistant Attorney General Ropes and Gray Office of Attorney General 225 Franklin Street 208 State House Annex Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Concord, New Hampshire 03301 i

Mr. Bruce Beckley, Project Manager George D. Bisbee, Esquire New Hampshire Yankee Assistant Attorney General P.O. Box 330 Office of the Attorney General Manchester, New Hampshire 03105 25 Capitol Street Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Dr. Murray Tye, President Diane Curran, Esquire Sun Valley Association Harmon and Weiss 209 Summer Street 2001 S Street, N.W.

Haverhill, Massachusetts 08139 Washington, D.C.

20309 Robert A. Backus, Esquire D. Pierre G. Cameron, Jr., Esquire Backus, Meyer and Solomon General Counsel 116 Lowell Strent Public Service Company of P. O. Box 516 New Hampshire Manchester, New Hampshire 03106 Manchester, New Hampshire 03105 Phillip Ahren, Esquire Mr. Alfred Sargent, Chairman Assistant Attorney General Board of Selectmen Office of the Attorney General Town of Salisbury, MA 01950 State House Station #6 Augusta, Maine 04333 Steven Oleskey, Esquire Senator Gordon J. Humphrey Office of the Attorney General ATTN:

Mr. Thomas Burack One Asburton Place U. S. Senate P. O. Box 330 531 Hart Senate Office Building Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Washington, D.C.

20510 Ms. Diana P. Randall Mr. Calvin A. Canney, City Manager 70 Collins Street City Hall Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 126 Daniel Street Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801 Richard Hampe, Esquire Charles Cross, Esquire New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency Shaines, Mardrigan and McEaschern 107 Pleasant Street 25 Maplewood Avenue Concord, New Hampshire 03874 Post Office Box 366 Portsmough, New Hampshire 03801

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Board of Selectmen Mr. Owen B. Durgin, Chairman RFD Dalton Road Durham Board of Selectmen Brentwood, New Hampshire 03833 Town of Durham Durham, New Hampshire 03824 Ms. Suzanne Breiseth Administrative Judge Town of Hampton Falls Jerry Harbour Drinkwater Road Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Hampton Falls, New Hampshire 03844 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.

20555 Mr. Guy Chichester, Chairman Chairman, Board of Selectmen Rye Nuclear Intervention Committee Town Hall c/o Rye Town Hall South Hampton, New Hampshire 03827 10 Central Road Rye, New Hampshire 03870 Mr. Angie Machiros, Chairman Jane Spector Board of Selectmen Federal Energy Regulatory Comm.

for the Town of Newbury 825 North Capitol Street, N.E.

25 High Road Room 8105 Newbury, Massachusetts 01950 Washington, D.C.

20426 Ms. Rosemary Cashman, Chairman -

Mr. R. Sweeney Board of Selectmen New Hampshire Yankee Division Town of Amesbury Public Service e mpany of Town Hall New Hampshire Amesbury, Massachusetts 01913 Suite 610, Three Metro Center Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Honorable Peter J. Matthews Mayor, City of Newburyport i

City Hall Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Alan S. Rosenthal, Chairman Thomas S. Moore, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Atomic Safety and Licensing Aopeal Board Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.

20555 Washington, D.C.

20555 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Howard A. Wilber Emmeth A. Luebke Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

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Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.

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l Edwin J. Reis,. Esquire H. Joseph Flynn, Esq.

Office of the General Counsel-Assistant General Counsel

.U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

' Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C.

20555 500 C. Street', S.W.

-Washington, D.C.

20472 Edward A. Thomas-Carol.S. Sneider, Esq.

Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistant Attorney. General

~442 J. W. McCormack (PDCH)

Office of the-Attorney General Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

One Ashburton Place.19th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Paul'McEachern, Esq.

Richard A. Haaps, Esq L

Shaines and McEachern-Haaps and McNicholas l

25 Maplewood Avenue 35 Pleasant Street Portsmouth, New Hampshi-e 03801 Concord, New Hampshire 03301:

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'J. P. Nadeau Allen Lampert-Board of Selectmen Civil Defense-Director 10 Central: Street Town of Brentwood Rye,'New Hampshire 03870 20 Franklin Street.

Exeter, New Hampshire ~ 03833 l

. illiam Armstrong Sandra Gavutis, Chairman W

Civil' Defense Director Board of Selectmen Town of Exeter RFD #1, Box 1154

~10 Front Street-Kensington, New Hampshire 03827 Exeter, New Hampshire 03833 Anne Goodman, Chairman William S. Lord Board of-Selectmen Board of Selectmen l

13-15 Newmarket Road

' Town Hall - Friend Street Durham, New Hampshire 03824 Amesbury, Massachusetts 01913 Jerard A. Croteau, Constable 82 Beach Road P. O. Box 5501 Salisbury, Massachusetts 01950 Stanley W. Knowles, Chairman Judith H. Mitzner l

Board of Selectmen Silverglate, Gertner, Baker, Fine, P. O. Box 710 Good, and Mitzner North Hampton, New Hampshire 03862 88 Broad Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Norman C. Kantner Gary W. Holmes, Esq.

Superintendent of Schools Holmes and Ellis l-School Administrative Unit No. 21 47 Winnacunnet Road Aluani Drive Hampton, New Hampshire 03842 Hampton, New Hampshire 03842 1

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e-4 Charles P. Graham, Esquire '

Mr. Robert Carrigg, Chairman McKay, Murphy and Graham Board of Selectmen 100 Main Street Town Office Amesbury, Massachusetts 01913 Atlantic Avenue North Hampton, New Hampshire 03870 Jane Doughty Seacoast Anti-Pollution League 5 Market Street Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801 Adjudicatory File Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Docket U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 I

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