ML17264A410

LER 96-001-00:on 950504,inservice Test Not Performed During Refueling Outage.Caused by Inadequate Tracking of Surveillance Frequency.Valve Test Performed & Disassembled. W/960318 Ltr

ML17264A410
Person / Time
Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	03/18/1996
From:	MECREDY R C, ST MARTIN J T ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
LER-96-001, LER-96-1, NUDOCS 9603250024
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~CATEGORY1REGULATORYINFOR'>ATIONDISTRIBUTIONYSTEM(RIDS)ACCESSIONNBR:9603250024DOC.DATE:96/03/18NOTARIZED:NOFACIL:50-244RobertEmmetGinnaNuclearPlant,Unit1,RochesterGAUTH.NAMEAUTHORAFFILIATIONST,MARTIN,J.TRochesterGasaElectricCorp.MECREDY,R.C.RochesterGasaElectricCorp.RECIP.NAMERECIPIENTAFFILIATIONDOCKET05000244

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LER96-001-00:on950504,inservicetest.notperformedduringrefuelingoutage.Causedbyinadequatetrackingofsurveillancefrequency.Valvetestperformed&disassembled.W/960318ltr.DISTRIBUTIONCODE:ZE22TCOPIESRECEIVED:LTRENCLSIZE:TITLE:50.73/50.9LicenseeEventReport(LER),IncidentRpt,etc.NOTES:LicenseExpdateinaccordancewith10CFR2,2.109(9/19/72).05000244QRECIPIENTIDCODE/NAMEPDl-1PDINTERNAL:AEOD/RABNRDENRR/DRCH/HHFBNRR/DRCH/HOLBNRR/DRPM/PECBNRR/DSSA/SRXBRGN1FILE01EXTERNAL:LSTLOBBYWARDNOACMURPHYiG.ANRCPDRCOPIESLTTRENCL112211111111111111111111RECIPIENTIDCODE/NAMEJOHNSON,AAEOD/SPD/RRABNRR/DE/ECGBNRR/DE/EMEBNRR/DRCH/HICBNRR/DRCH/HQMBNRR/DSSA/SPLBRES/DSIR/EIBLITCOBRYCE,JHNOACPOOREgW.NUDOCSFULLTXTCOPIESLTTRENCL1111111111111111221111NOTETOAI,L"RIDSi'ECIPEENTSlPLEASEHELPUSTOREDUCEMASTEICONTACTTHEDOCUMENTCONTROLDESK,ROOMOHFN5D-5(EKT415-2083)TOEL?M?NATEYOURNAMEFROMD1STRKDUT1ONLISTSFORDOCUMENTSYOUDON'TNEEDIFULLTEXTCONVERSIONREQUIREDTOTALNUMBEROFCOPIESREQUIRED:LTTR25ENCL25 ANDROCHESTFRGASANDflf'CfRICCORPORATON~89FASTAVEIVUF,ROCHESTER,MY.ld649ROI~ARFACODEX'6SJ627GOROBERTC.MECREDYV'cePrepaid'errHecfcafOocrotioesMarch18,1996U.S.NuclearRegulatoryCommissionDocumentControlDeskAttn:AllenR.JohnsonPWRProjectDirectorateI-1Washington,D.C.20555

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LER96-001,InserviceTestNotPerformedDuringRefuelingOutage,DuetoInadequateTrackingofSurveillanceFrequency,ResultedinViolationofTechnicalSpecificationR.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDocketNo.50-244Inaccordancewith10CFR50.73,LicenseeEventReportSystem,item(a)(2)(i)(B),whichrequiresareportof,"Anyoperationorconditionprohibitedbytheplant'sTechnicalSpecifications",theattachedLicenseeEventReportLER96-001isherebysubmitted.Thiseventhasinnowayaffectedthepublic'shealthandsafety.Verytrulyyours,RobertC.Mecredyxc:U.S.NuclearRegulatoryCommissionMr.AllenR.Johnson(MailStop14B2)PWRProjectDirectorateI-1Washington,D.C.20555U.S.NuclearRegulatoryCommissionRegionI475AllendaleRoadKingofPrussia,PA19406U.S.NRCGinnaSeniorResidentInspector~50015q603250024p6018PDRADOCK0508PDR NRCFORM366(4-SSI.U.S.NUCLEARREOULATORYCOMMISSIOLICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)(Seereverseforrequirednumberofdigits/charactersforeachblock)APPROVEDBYOMBNo.316&4104EXPIRES04/30/96ESTIMATEDBURDENPERRESPONSETOCOMPLYWITH1HISMANDATORYINFORMATIONCOLLECTIONREQUEST:50.0HRS.REPORTEDLESSONSLEARNEDAREINCORPORATEDINTOTHELICENSINOPROCESSANDFEDBACKTOINDUSTRY.FORWARDCOMMENTSREGARDINQBURDENESTIMATETOTHEINFORMATIONANDRECORDSMANAOEMENTBRANCHIT-6F33).U.S.NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSION.WASHINGTON.DC2055~1ANDTOTHEPAPERWORKREDUCTIONPROJECTACIUTYNAMEIIIYlTLEIe)R.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDOCKETNtaNQl(2)05000244PACEf2l1OF6InserviceTestNotPerformedDuringRefuelingOutage,DuetoInadequateTrackingofSurveillanceFrequency,ResultedinViolationofTechnicalSpecificationEVENTDATE(6)LERNUMBER(6)REPORTDATEl7)OTHERFACIUTIESINVOLVED(6)05SEOUL~aONMONTHDAYYEARHUSKIERNVhBl049596-001-00031896FACIUTYNAMEFAClUTYNAMEOOCKETNUMSEROOCKETNUMSENOPERATINOMODE(9)POWERLEVEL(10)NAMEN9720.2201(b)20.2203(a)(1)20.2203(a)(2)(i)20.2203(a)(2)(ii)20.2203(a)l2)(iii)20.2203(e)l2)(iv)20.2203(a)(2)(v)X50.73(a)(2)(i)20.2203(a)(3)(i)50.73(a)(2)(ii)50.73(a)(2)(iii)50.73(a)(2)(iv)20.2203(a)(3)(ii)20.2203(a)(4)50.73(e)(2)(v)50.36(c)(1)50.36(c)(2)50.73(a)(2)(vii)UCENSEECONTACTFORTHISLER(12)TELEPHONENVMSEItOrrdudeAreeCodel50.73(a)(2)(viii)50.73(a)(2)(x)73.71OTHERSpecifyInAbetrectbebworInNRCForm366ATHISREPORTISSUBMITTEDPURSUANTToTHEREQUIREMENTSOF10CFRi:(Checkoneormora)(11)JohnT.St.Martin-TechnicalAssistant(716)771-3641COMPLETEONEUNEFOREACHCOMPONENTFAILUREDESCRIBEDINTHISREPORTl13)SYSTEMCOh4%NENTMANUFACTURERREPORTABLETONPRDSSYSTEMCO&ANENTMANUFACTURERREPORTASIETONPADSSUPPLEMENTALREPORTEXPECTEDl14)YEB(Ifyas,completeEXPECTEDSUBMISSIONDATE).XNoEXPECTEDSUBMISSIONDATE(16)MONTHDAYYEARABSTRACT(Umitto1400spaces,i.e.,approximately15single-spacedtypewrittenlines)(16)OnFebruary15,1996,atapproximately0830EST,theplantwasatapproximately97%steadystatereactorpower.Duringactivitiesnotrelatedtoplantoperations,itwasidentifiedthataninservicetestonavalve,requiringthevalvetobedisassembled,full-strokeexercisedandinspectedeachrefuelingoutage,hadnotbeenperformedinthetimeframeidentifiedinaReliefRequesttoASMESectionXICoderequirements.Notperformingthisinservicetestduringarefuelingoutageisaconditionprohibitedbytheplant'sTechnicalSpecifications.Correctiveactionwastakentoperformtherequiredtestofthevalve.Thevalvewasdisassembled,full-strokeexercisedandinspectedonFebruary22,1996.Theunderlyingcauseofnotperformingthisinservicetestduringarefuelingoutagewasinadequatetrackingofthesurveillancefrequency.ThiseventisNUREG-1022CauseCode(E).CorrectiveactiontopreventrecurrenceisoutlinedinSectionV.B.NRCFORM366(4.85)

NRCFORM366AI4-6SILICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATIONU.S.NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSIONFACIUTYNAMEI1IR.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDOCKET05000244LERNUMBERI6IYEARSEQUENTIALREVISIONNUMBERNUMBER96-001-00PAGEI3I2OF6TEXT(Ifmorespeceisrequired,useedditionelcopiesoffVRCForm366AI{17)PRE-EVENTPLANTCONDITIONS:TherearetwoStandbyAuxiliaryFeedwater(SAFW)Systemservicewater(SW)suctioncheckvalvesthatarerequiredtobetestedinaccordancewiththeGinnaStationInservicePumpandValveTestingProgram(ISTProgram)~ThesecheckvalvesareV-9627AandV-9627B.Inlieuoffull-strokeexercisingeachcheckvalvequarterly,ReliefRequestNo.VR-5(RRVR-5)definesthetestingrequirementsforthesetwovalvestoverifyoperabilityandsatisfytherequirementsoftheGinnaTechnicalSpecifications(TS)andtheISTProgram.RRVR-5requiresthat"Onevalvewillbedisassembled,full-strokeexercisedandinspected'eachrefuelingoutageonarotatingbasis."Theseactionshadbeensatisfactorilycompletedduringpreviousrefuelingoutages.Duringaself-assessmentoftestingrequirementsforallvalvesintheISTProgram,theISTEngineerandtheResultsandTest(R&T)Supervisorconductedacompletereviewoftestingrequirements.WhilereconcilingthisdataandmatchingAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers(ASME)BoilerandPressureVesselCode(theCode)SectionXIrequirementswithperformanceschedulesandcompletiondatesforvalves,itwasidentifiedthatV-9627Ahadbeendisassembledandfull-strokeexercisedonJuly19,1994,priorto,butnotduring,the1995refuelingoutage.Plannedcorrectivemaintenancewasperformedonthe"A"trainoftheSAFWsystemonJuly19,1994.AninspectionofV-9627Awasalsoperformedatthistime,ratherthandefertheworktothe1995outage.Thissatisfiedthemaintenancefrequencyestablishedfortheyear1995.Therefore,thisworkwasnotrepeatedduringthe1995refuelingoutage.TherequirementsofRRVR-5werenotmet,inthatV-9627Ahadnotbeendisassembledduringthe1995outage.The1995outagestartedonMarch26,1995,andendedonMay4,1995.Therefore,theeventdateisMay4,1995.DESCRIPTIONOFEVENT:DATESANDAPPROXIMATETIMESOFMAJOROCCURRENCES:April28,1993:V-9627Aisdisassembledandfull-strokeexercisedduringthe1993refuelingoutage.March28,1994:V-9627Bisdisassembledandfull-strokeexercisedduringthe1994refuelingoutage.July19,1994:V-9627Aisdisassembledandfull-strokeexercised.May4,1995:Eventdate.February15,1996,0830EST:Discoverydateandtime.February20,1996,1622EST:The"A"trainoftheSAFWsystemisdeclaredinoperable.February22,1996,1714EST:V-9627Aisdisassembledandfull-strokeexercised,andthe"A"trainoftheSAFWsystemisdeclaredoperable.NRCFOAM366A(4-95I NRCFORM366AI4.99)LICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATIONU.S.NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSIONFACILITYNAMEI1)DOCKETLERNUMBERI6)PAGEI3)R.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlant05000244YEARSEQUENTIALREVISIONNUMBERNUMBER3OF696-001-00TEXTllfmorespaceisrettrdred,useadditionalcopiesofIVRCForm366A/(17)B.EVENT:OnFebruary15,1996,theplantwasatapproximately97%steadystatereactorpower.Duringactivitiesnotrelatedtoplantoperations,theISTEngineerandRLTSupervisorhadcompletedaself-assessmentoftherecenttestdatesforV-9627AandV-9627B.SinceV-9627Awasnotdisassembledandfull-strokeexercisedduringthe1995refuelingoutage,Operationsmanagementwasnotified.Atapproximately0830ESTonFebruary15,managementconcludedthatV-9627AhadnotbeentestedinaccordancewiththeISTProgram.OnFebruary20,1996,anoperabilityassessmentwascompleted.Thisassessmentconcludedthatnottestingduringthe1995outageresultedinaninoperableSAFWtrain.Itwasdeterminedthatnotperformingthistestduringthe1995refuelingoutageisnotconsistentwithTS4.2.1,whichstates,inpart,"ThisinservicepumpandvalvetestingprogramshallbeinaccordancewithAppendixCoftheGinnaStationQualityAssuranceManual."ManagementdirectedthatV-9627Abetested.The"A"trainoftheSAFWsystemwasdeclaredinoperableatapproximately1622ESTonFebruary20,1996,asperTS3.4.2.3a.V-9627Awasdisassembledandfull-strokeexercisedby1714ESTonFebruary22,1996.C.INOPERABLESTRUCTURES,COMPONENTS,ORSYSTEMSTHATCONTRIBUTEDTOTHEEVENT:NoneD.OTHERSYSTEMSORSECONDARYFUNCTIONSAFFECTED:NoneE.METHODOFDISCOVERY:Thiseventbecameapparentduringtheself-assessmentoftheISTProgram,whenithadbeendeterminedthatV-9627Ahadnotbeentestedduringthe1995refuelingoutage.Theoperabilityassessmentdeterminedthatdisassemblyandfull-strokeexerciseforV-9627AhadnotbeenperformedinaccordancewiththerequirementsofRRVR-S,asrequiredbytheCode,TS4.2.1,andAppendixCoftheGinnaStationQualityAssuranceManual.NACFCRM366AI4-95)

NRCFORM368A(4-95)LZCENBEEEVENTREPORT{LER)TEXTCONTINUATIONU.S.NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSIONFACILITYKAME(1)R.E,GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDOCKET05000244LERNUMBER(6)YEARSEQUENTIALREVISIONNUMBERNUMBER96-001-00PAGE(34OF6TEXTiifmorespeceisrequired,useadditionsicopiesofNRCForm366A/(17)F.OPERATORACTION:Afteranoperabilityassessmentwascompleted,supervisionnotifiedtheControlRoomoperatorsthatthisinservicetestwasrequired,anddirectedtheMaintenancegrouptoperformthesurveillance.TheControlRoomoperatorsdeclaredthe"A"trainoftheSAFWsysteminoperable,atapproximately1622ESTonFebruary20,1996.TheAtrainoftheSAFWsystemwasdeclaredoperableatapproximately1714ESTonFebruary22,1996,aftercompletionofvalvedisassemblyandfull-strokeexercising.G.SAFETYSYSTEMRESPONSES:NoneIII~CAUSEOFEVENT:A.IMMEDIATECAUSE:Theimmediatecauseofnotperformingthisinservicetestduringthe1995refuelingoutagewasinadequatetrackingoftherequiredfrequencyforperformingthissurveillance.Asstatedabove,thisvalvewasdisassembledduringthe1993outage.TheValvePreventiveMaintenanceAnalystestablishedthescheduleforvalvesfortheyear1995inmid-1994.AnopportunitytodisassemblethisvalveoccurredinJuly,1994,whenthe"A"trainoftheSAFWsystemwasremovedfromserviceforplannedcorrectivemaintenance.Additionalpreventivemaintenanceactivitieswerealsoperformedatthistime.Oneoftheactivitiesperformedforthe"A"trainofSAFWwastodisassembleV-9627A,onJuly19,1994.Whenschedulingvalveactivitiesforthe1995refuelingoutage,workonV-9627AhadbeenperformedinJuly,1994,soV-9627Awasnotincludedinthescopeofactivitiesforthe1995refuelingoutage.B.INTERMEDIATECAUSE:Theintermediatecauseofnotperformingthisinservicetestduringthe1995outagewasthattheperformancetimelimitationswerenotrecognized,andthesurveillancewasinappropriatelyimplementedpriortothe1995refuelingoutage.)IRCFORM386A(4.96)

C"NRcFQRM366A4-9S).LICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATIONU.S.NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSIONFACIUTYNAMEI1)DOCKETLERNUMBER(6)YEARSEQUENTIALREVISIONNUMBERNUMBERPAGEI3)R,E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlant0500024496001005OF6TEXT/ffmorespeceisrequired,useeddilionelcopiesofNRCForm366AJI17)C,ROOTCAUSE:Theunderlyingcauseofnotperformingthisinservicetestduringthe1995refuelingoutagewasthattherewasnoprocessforensuringthatschedulingfrequenciesoftheISTProgramaretrackedbyonegroupwhoisknowledgableoftheseISTProgramrequirements.ThistrackingonlyoccurredforthoseactivitiesassociatedwithPeriodicTest(PT)procedures.ThiseventisNUREG-1022CauseCode(E),"Management/QualityAssuranceDeficiency".Notperformingthissurveillanceduringthe1995outagedoesnotmeettheNUMARC93-01,"IndustryGuidelineforMonitoringtheEffectivenessofMaintenanceatNuclearPowerPlants",definitionofa"MaintenancePreventableFunctionalFailure".IV.ANALYSISOFEVENT:Thiseventisreportableinaccordancewith10CFR50.73,LicenseeEventReportSystem,item(a)(2)(i)(B),whichrequiresareportof,"Anyoperationorconditionprohibitedbytheplant'sTechnicalSpecifications".NotperformingthissurveillanceconstitutesaconditionprohibitedbytheGinnaTS.Anassessmentwasperformedconsideringboththesafetyconsequencesandimplicationsofthiseventwiththefollowingresultsandconclusions:Therewerenooperationalorsafetyconsequencesorimplicationsattributedtonotperformingthissurveillancebecause:oNotperformingtheinservicetestduringarefuelingoutage,asrequiredbyRRVR-5,didnotaffectthepublic'shealthandsafetyinthatthetestingofthevalvespertheISTProgram(asspecifiedinTS4.2.1)isintendedtomeasuredegradationofvalveperformance.oThebasisforthesampledisassemblyandinspectionschedulerequestedbyRRVR-5originatesfromNRCGenericLetter(GL)89-04,Position2.c.Thedisassemblyandfull-strokeexercisingofeachvalveonanalternaterefuelingbasiswasaconservativeapplicationoftheguidanceprovidedbyGL89-04,basedonatwovalvegroupsizeandtwelve(12)monthreactorcycle.oThecheckvalvesurveillancefrequencywasconservativeinthattheoriginallyscheduledserviceperiodbetweeninspectionswasnotexceeded.oMaintenancehistoryrecordsdocumentingthepreviousdisassemblyandinspectionresultsforV-9627AandV-9627Bindicatethatnodegradationormechanicalinterferenceswerefoundandthatthecheckvalvesrequiredonlyminorcleaning.Basedontheabove,itcanbeconcludedthatthepublic'shealthandsafetywasassuredatailtimes.NACFORM366AI49s)

C~NRCFORM366AI4-95),LICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATIONU.S.NUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSIONFACIUTYNAMEI1)R.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDOCKET05000244LERNUMBER)6)YEARSEQUENTIALREVISIONNUMBERNUMBER96-001-00PAGEI3)6OF6TEXTiifmerespeceisrequired,useedditionelcopiesofNRCForm366Ail17]V.CORRECTIVEACTION:A.ACTIONTAKENTORETURNAFFECTEDSYSTEMSTOPRE-EVENTNORMALSTATUS:Disassemblyandfull-strokeexercisingofV-9627AwasperformedonFebruary22,1996.B.ACTIONTAKENORPLANNEDTOPREVENTRECURRENCE:The1996outagescopeincludesadisassembly,full-strokeexercise,andinspectionforV-96278.The1997outagescopewillincludeadisassembly,full-strokeexercise,andinspectionforV-9627A.OnegroupwillbeassignedresponsibilityfortrackingallsurveillanceactivitiesassociatedwithcompliancewithscheduledfrequenciesforISTorASMECoderequirements.VI.ADDITIONALINFORMATION:A.FAILEDCOMPONENTS:NoneB.PREVIOUSLERsONSIMILAREVENTS:AsimilarLEReventhistoricalsearchwasconductedwiththefollowingresults:NodocumentationofsimilarLEReventswiththesamerootcauseatGinnaNuclearPowerPlantcouldbeidentified.C,SPECIALCOMMENTS:NoneNRCFORM366AI4-95)