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| number = ML20217P993
| number = ML20135E554
| issue date = 08/15/1997
| issue date = 02/27/1997
| title = Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Repts 50-317/96-10 & 50-318/96-10
| title = Insp Repts 50-317/96-10 & 50-318/96-10 on 961130-970111. Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Operations, Maintenance,Engineering & Plant Support
| author name = Doerflein L
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| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
| addressee name = Cruse C
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| addressee affiliation = BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
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| docket = 05000317, 05000318
| docket = 05000317, 05000318
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| document report number = 50-317-96-10, 50-318-96-10, NUDOCS 9708290101
| document report number = 50-317-96-10, 50-318-96-10, NUDOCS 9703070136
| title reference date = 04-04-1997
| package number = ML20135E550
| document type = CORRESPONDENCE-LETTERS, OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE
| document type = INSPECTION REPORT, NRC-GENERATED, TEXT-INSPECTION & AUDIT & I&E CIRCULARS
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License No DPR 53/DPR 69 Report No /96-10;50-318/96-10 Licensee:  Baltimore Gas and Electric Company  -
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Post Office Box 1475 Baltimore, Maryland 21203 Facility:  Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 Location: Lusby, Maryland l
Dates:  November 31,1996 through January 11,1997  '
inspectors:  J. Scott Stewart, Senior Resident inspector H. Kirke Lathrop, Resident inspector Fred L. Bower lil, Resident inspector  i Tim Kobetz, Senior Engineer, Spent Fuel Project Office, NRR i l
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SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50 317/9610 AND 50 318/9610 AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION
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This letter refers to your April 4,1997, correspondence in response to our February 27,1997 setter.
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Thank you for informing us of the corrective and preventive actions documented in your letter. These actions will be examined during a future inspection of your licensed program.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  4 Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 Inspection Report Nos. 50-317/96-10 and 50 318/96-10
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This integrated inspection report includes aspects of BGE operations, maintenance, I l engineering, and plant support. The report covers a seven week period of resident ;
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inspection and includes the results of an announced inspection by a spent fuel project i specialist Plant Operations e The inspectors identified that during fuel handling in the spent fuel pool, had a fuel .
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handling event occurred, some of the radioactive material released may not have i i
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passed through charcoal adsorbers prior to release to the environment. Also, the i inspectors found that BGE activities during the fuel handling were deficient in that pre-evolution briefings had not been conducted with control room personnel and a t controlled copy of the fuel handling procedure was not in the control roo t
RI EDO Coordinator S. Stewart Calvert Cliffs A. Dromerick, NRR L.- Doorflein , DRP S. Adams,DRP R. Junod, DRP M. Campion, RI Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
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l I * The inspectors found that operations personnel exhibited poor work practice and did l l not have a questioning attitude during venting of a chemical and volume control system filter. Control of the evolution using the safety tagging procedure was ineffective and contributed to a plant auxiliary operator mispositioning a vent valve l to an on-line purification ion exchanger resulting in a lowering of volume control tank level.
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4 DOCUMENT NAME: G:\ BRANCH 1\RL961010.CC To receive a copy of this document, Indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment / enclosure "E" =
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in the auxiliary building that was poorly planned in that an unmonitored path between the fuel handling area and the environment was intermittently created and compensatory actions to ensure that radioactive material would be contained were not prescribe ;
e The inspectors concluded that emergency diesel generator realignment maintenance l activities were very well planned and effectively implemented. Advance planning i for the maintenance was extensive and included walkdowns of the job with a l vendor technical representative, prefabrication of speciallifting and alignment tools, '
l dry runs on a spare EDG, a detailed risk assessment, and good coordinGion between maintenance and engineerin Enaineerina e The inspectors determined that BGE engineers conducted a thorough and rigorous examination of a piping defect and evaluated potential safety consequences of continued operation. The technical content of the engineering evaluation was excellent. The Plant Operating Safety Review Committee demonstrated a strong safety perspective and questioning attitude in their review of the potential nuclear safety consequences of the leak and the engineering assumptions used to justify operability.


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CH Auns 11. Caosr. Ilattimore Gas and Electric Company Vice President    Calven Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Energy    1650 Calvert Cliffs Parkway Lusby, Maryl .nd 20657 410 495 4455 April 4,1997 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 ATI'ENTION: Document Control Desk SUILIECT:  Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit Nos.1 & 2; Docket Nos 50 317 & 50 318 Reply to Notice of Violations -- Inspection Report Nos. 50-317(318V96-10 REFERENCE:  (a) Letter from Mr. L. T. Doerflein (NRC) to Mr. C. It Cruse (BGE), dated February 27, 1997, NRC Region I integrated Inspection Report Nos 50 317/96-10 and 50-318/96-10 and Notice of Violation in response to Reference (a), Attachments (1), (2), and (3), detail our response to the violations in the subject Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspection Report concerning control of activities associated with spent fuel handling operations, an unloading procedure for our independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation dry shielded canisters, and corrective actions associated with a cable separation issue resolution plan.
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  . plan to perform a review of the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report to assure that the report accurately reflected the current plant design and operating practice * The inspectors found that BGE corrective actions to ensure that the as-built versus as-designed configurations for electrical separation barriers were inadequate. The specific weakness was the challenge to electrical separation resulting from damaged or missing marinite separation barriers. The inspector also found that some design documents did not reflect the as-built configuration Plant Suooort      i
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EX ECUTIV E SU M M A RY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii TAB LE O F CO NTE NT S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
! Summ ary of Plant Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 l
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j 01 Conduct of Oper ations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 01.1 General Comments (71707) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 01.2 Spent Fuel Handling Operations ........................ 1 01.3 Valve Mispositioning in the Chemical and Volume Control    ,
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07 Quality Assurance in Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 l
07.1 (Closed) LER 5 0-318/9 6004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 J i
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION 50-317/96-10-01 AND 50-318/96-10-01 INADEQUATE PROCEDURE AND FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES DURING SPENT FUEL HANDLING OPERATIONS Notice of Violation Nos. 50-317/96-10-01 and 50 318/9610-01 describes a single case of an inadequate procedure and two cases of failure to follow procedures associated with spent fuel handling operations.
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M1.2 2A Emergency Diesel Generator Realignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 M1.3 Routine Surveillance Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 l  M1.4 Reactor Trip Circuit Breakers  .. ....................... 7 l 111. Engineering ................................................... 8


The notice of violation states, in part:
El Conduct of Engineering . ................................. 8 E1.1 General Comments ................................. 8 E1.2 Degradation of the Safety injection Pump Recirculation Piping . . . 8 E3 Engineering Procedures and Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
a. The procedures usedfor spentfuel handling were not appropriate to the circumstances in thatfuel handling was performed without verification that the fuel pool ventilation system wouldpiter all of the radioactive material released duriq a fuel handling accident through charcoal adsorbers prior to discharge to the atmosph-re, instead, due l to ventilation system imbalance, tome of theflow of air in the vicinity of the spentfuel pool was diverted to the aurillary building ventilation system. which did not include charcoaladsorbers.
,  E3.1 Deficient Procedure for Unloading a NUHOMS Cask . . . . . . . . . . 9 l E7 Quality Assurance in Engineering Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 l  E Update Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) Review Project  .. 11 l


b. Spentfuel handling was not accomplished in accordance withprocedure F11-340 in that the controlled copy of the procedure was not maintained in the control room. Instead, the controlled copy was maintained by the Nuclear Fuel Management Group, c. Spentfuel handling was not accomplished in accordance with procedure Fil 340 in that a briepng between the work group and control room supervisor (CRS) on the moves to be performed was not done. Instead, a briefing of the work group personnel only was conducted by nuclearfuels engineering personnel.
E7.2 (Closed) Unresolved item 50-317&318/96-08-01 Cable i  Separation Issues ................................. 12 l E8 Miscellaneous Engineering issues (92902) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 l  E (Closed) Unresolved item 50-317&318/93-25-01 . . . . . . . . . . . 15 l  E8.2 (Closed) Unresolved item 50-317 and 318/96-04-01 Inoperable l
LPSI pump circuit breaker due to bent trip-paddle problem. . . . . 16 I V. Pl a n t S u p p o rt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 R4 Staff Knowledge and Performance in Radiation Protection and C h e mi st ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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Part At FUEL llANDLING PERFORMED WITilOUT VERIFICATION THAT SPENT FUEL POOL VENTILATION SYSTEM WOULD FILTER ALL RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS RELEASED DURING A FUEL HANDLING ACCIDENT.
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1. REASON FOR T1H' VIOLATION On January 10,1997, a Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident inspector noted that air from the spent fuel pool (SFP) area was leaking through an open door into the Auxiliary Building while fuel was being moved in the SFP. Operations personnel were notified, the door closed, and fuel movement was sxured due to air still escaping under the door. Operations declared the system inoperable and fuel movement in the area was ceased, Calvert Cliffs Unit I and 2 share a common SFP area. Ventilation of the SFP area is accomplished by the exhaust system which draws SFP air through high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) Glters and charcoal adsorbers and discharges it into the main plant vent of Unit 1. Technical Specification 3,9,12 requires the SFP ventilation system be operable whenever irradiated fuel is in the SFP. An operable system consists of one HEPA filter bank, two charcoal adsorber banks, and two exhaust fans. The SFP ventilation system normally maintains a negative pressure in the SFP area with respect to ambient pressures and the pressure in other areas surrounding the SFP area.
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Unit 1 remained at full power during the inspection perio l Unit 2 operated between 95 and 100 percent power during the inspection period. (See I 01.1 General Comments)
1. Operations 01 Conduct of Operations '    l 01.1 General Comments (71707)
Overall plant operations were conducted with a proper focus on continued nuclear safety. A deficiency in the cooling system for the Unit 2 main transformer required that reactor power be reduced 20 megawatts electric at 50 degrees fahrenheit (*F)
ambient temperature and 20 additional megawatts for each additional 10 degrees of outdoor temperature. When temperature dropped, power could be restored. These power swings were frequently conducted during the inspection period without complication. BGE planned to repair the transformer during the upcoming Unit 2 refueling outage. As a result, Unit 2 operated between 95 and 100 percent power throughout the inspection perio .2 Spent Fuel Handlina Ooerations Insoection Scope During a plant walkdown, the inspectors observed that air from the fuel handling area was flowing into the auxiliary building while spent fuel was being moved in the spent fuel pool. The circumstances of the observation were reviewed by the inspector Observations and Findinas
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spent reactor fuel was being moved in the spent fuel pool to prepare for the upcoming Unit 2 refueling outage. Simultaneously, the inspectors found that a door i from the spent fuel pool area into the auxiliary building stairwell was ajar, with !
indications that air was flowing out of the spent fuel handling area into the auxiliary l building through the doorwa The inspector noted that the basis for Technical Specification 3/4.9.12, " Spent Fuel j Pool Ventilation System," stated that "The limitations on the spent fuel pool
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(  Cliffs UFSAR Section 9.8, " Spent Fuel Pool Ventilation" and Section 14, " Accident  l Analysis". The inspector also noted that the UFSAR, Section 9.8, stated that the  i
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On Monday, January 6,1997, the Auxiliary Building supply fans No. I1 and No.12 were tagged out of-service for replacement of their discharge dampers. This placed the Auxiliary Duilding ventilation system in a lineup with only one supply fan in operation. Historically, this lineup was not considered a problem because the Auxiliary Building is maintained at a negative pressure with respect to the atmosphere. An unknown effect of this line-up, however, was that the Auxiliary Building pressure became rnore negative than the SFP area pressure. This resulted in air leakage from the SFP area into the Auxiliary Building.
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The inspectors questioned operations department supervisors as to the adequacy of  l the fuel handling area ventilation during the spent fuel movement. Plant operators  j secured the fuel movements until the open door was repaired and shut. On   j
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system and that two o.* the three supply fans for the system were out of servic l Then, a BGE engineering review was conducted which idontified that because o' i.he  !
maintenance, the auxiliary building ventilation system was out of balance and j l  confirmed that air flow was being directed from the fuel handling area into the  ,
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j i  January 10. Fuel handling operations were conducted on January 8,9, and 1 During the maintenance,' supply fan dampers were sequentially removed from the system and replaced. The work order specified that any plant condition was adequate to support the maintenance and the system engineer stated that fuel handling operations were not considered when planning the work The work conducted on the ventilation supply resulted in a breach of the ducting when the supply dampers were removed. The breach provided a path to the outside environment that was not monitored for radioactive release. The inspectors were informed that during the fuel movements, fuel handling and auxiliary building exhaust ventilation ran continually and air flow remained from the outside into the building through the breach and back to the environment through mo.nitored flow path The inspectors also found that the fuel movements were conducted by two contractor personnel using fuel handling procedure FH-340. Both contractors had completed fuel handling qualifications administered by BGE. The fuel handling area ventilation system exhaust was aligned for the fuel movement with a charcoal adsorber in service. A prepared set of fuel movements were specified and completion of the moves was documented on the appropriate form. The fuel movements involved two procedures; FH-340, " Component Movement in the i
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After the event, a review of the Technical Speci0 cation requirements and Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) descriptions for the SFP ventilation system determined that all of the SFP ventilation system requirements and interactions with other ventilation systems had not been previously recognized and thus not properly tested, in the past, we performed the SFP area test with the Auxiliary Building ventilation system running normally (2 supply and 2 exhaust fans). We never performed the SFP test with only one set of Auxiliary Building fans running. Specifically, initial startup testing, the SFP area surveillance test, and subsequent special testing performed in the late 1980s h d not considered that the Auxiliary Building could be at a more negative pressure than the SFP area. These tests focused on the ability of the SFP exhaust fans to discharge enough inleakage air to maintain a negative pressure in the SFP area relative to the outside ambient pressure. Based on this focus, the most conservative plant configurations, including opening a 45' elevation roll up door to maintain areas around the SFP area with as much positive pressure as possible to allow the most inleakage, were established to adequately test the SFP exhaust fan air removal capability. It was not realized that a test of the SFP ventilation system to maintain the most negative pressure when both: 1) roll-up door is closed and 2) Auxiliary Building exhaust fan capacity greatly exceeds supply fan capacity; was also appropriate to validate the capability of the SFP ventilation system to perform its safety function.
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step 2.1.B, stated that the controlled copy of the procedure shall be maintained by '
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The inspectors found that no copy of the procedure was in the control room and the controlled copy was maintained by the fuel management group in the engineering departmen FH-340, Attachment FH-340-1, " Spent Fuel Pool Component Moves," stated that the operators and the control room supervisor will be briefed as part of the pre-evolution brief. The briefing instruction specified that communications during fuel moves, ventilation lineups, and actions to be taken if a radiation monitor alarms or if a fuel handling incident occurred would be included in the briefing. The inspectors
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instead was conducted by the fuel management group with the contractors. The control room operators were aware that fuel handling was planned and had placed charcoal adsorbers in service per Operating Instruction 22D and were informed by ;
the contractors when fuel handling had started and stopped. However, control room personnel had not reviewed the fuel handling precautions and procedures and had not briefed or prepared for actions in event of a fuel handling problem. No evacuation routes for personnel in the auxiliary building had been planned or discussed with applicable work groups. The work group assigned the auxiliary i building ventilation work were working in an area only accessible through the spent J fuel handling area and had not been informed that fuel moves were in progress or informed of their responsibilities in event of a fuel handling inciden CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V stated, " Activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstances and shall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures, and drawings". The failure of BGE to estab!ish conditions that assure that had a fuel handling event occurred, all of the released gases would be filtered through charcoal adsorbers and the failure to follow the briefing and procedure control guidance in procedure FH-340, were in the aggregate, a violation of NRC requirements. (VIO 50-317&318/96010-01)  l l
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auxiliary building ventilatio l 01.3 Valvo Micoositionina in the Chemical and Volume Control System ' Insoection Scope The inspectors rev'ewed a valve mispositioning occurrence at Calvert Cliffs Unit l l Obs3rvations and Findinas On January 15, a radiation protection technician requested control room operators i open a vent valve for the 22 purification filter in the chemical and volume control system. Prior to the request, the filter had clogged, a work order had been prepared, and a tagout had been issued to isolate the filter. Control room operators told the inspector that the technician made the request so that a radiation protection l survey could be complete An auxiliary building operator was instructed by control room personnel to open the purification filter vent valve, 2-CVC-122. Instead, the operator opened 22-purification ion exchanger vent valve,2-CVC-140. The operat.or did not read the valve label resulting in the wrong valve being operate Since the ion exchanger was in service at the time, partially depressurized reactor
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION 50-317/9010-01 AND 50-318/9610-01 INADEQUATE PROCEDURE AND FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES DURING SPENT FUEL HANDLING OPERATIONS II. CORIECTIVE STEPS TAKEN AND RESULTS ACHIEVED Following discovery of this issue, we initiated a review of the SFP ventilation system. A troubleshooting plan was implemented during the week of January 1317,1997 to re-create the adverse conditions and bound the problem. A formal troubleshooting procedure was performed which demonstrated that with any one Auxiliary Building supply fan running, Auxiliary Building pressure was able to become more negative than the SFP area pressure. It was also found that during certain conditions, the SFP area could regain "most negative" status with a single supply fan running. All combinations of two Auxiliary Building supply fans running resulted in the SFP area being at the most negative pressure.
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Based on the results of the above tests, a ventilation configuration policy was developed to prevent recurrence of this event. Subsequently, appropriate operations procedures and the surveillance test procedure (STP M 542-0) were revised to incorporate the lessons learned from the root cause investigation. These procedures were re-performed to establish a valid current test.
in response, control room personnel requested radiation controls personnel to conduct surveys of the waste gas header to determine if radiation level changes had l occurred in the auxiliary building and to verify the extent of contamination of the i header by reactor coolant. No unusual radiation levels were detected. The l operating crew reported that no unusual radiation alarms had occurred during the event and a review was conducted which verified that there had been no measurable release of radioactive material through the plant vent. Subsequently, a drain valve on the waste gas header was opened to drain the coolant from the i normally dry waste gas header, but no liquid passed through the drain valv Further BGE investigation identified that the 60 gallons of coolant had entered the 11 miscellaneous waste receiver tank through an open vent line on the tank. The l operations department determined the occurrence to be a significant event near I l miss and an issue report was written. As followup action, BGE management j ( reviewed safe plant operations and the need to complete self-verification prior to l l operating plant equipment with all operating personnel, including the operator who l had mispositioned the ion exchanger vent valve.


Licensee Event Report 317 97-001, Spent Fuel Moved with Ventilation System inoperable and Missed Surveillance," was issued on February 10,1997 concerning this event.
l l The inspectors became aware of the mispositioning in discussions with control room personnel during a control room walkdown. The inspectors reviewed the event and found that a safety tagout and work package to support replacing the filter had l been issued on January 15. Although not tagged, a note on the tagout stated that l the vent valve would be operated by the work group after a concrete shield block l was removed by plant mechanics to access the valve. Otherwise the valve was I inaccessibl When the control room was contacted to open the vent valve, a safety tagging technician was contacted to authorize opening the valve, and permission was given.


111. CORRECTIVE STEPS WilICII WILL BE TAKEN TO AVOID FURTIIER Y10LATIO.NS A permanent modification is being developed to add locally mounted manometers in the SFP area for case of pressure verification. As part of our preparations for moving fuel during the current Unit 2 refueling outage, we have reviewed the potential impact of the Containment Purg- System with personnel airlock interlocks defeated on the operability of the SFP area ventilation. This review has resulted in additional procedure changes to prevent unwanted interactions between the SFP and Containment Purge systems, nis issue is being reviewed for possible applicability to the Emergency Core Cooling System exhaust and Penetration Room exhaust systems.
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The lessons learned from this event will be submitted to Operations Training for consideration of incorporation into a training lesson plan. Additional procedure changes will be made based on these lessons learned. This information is also being given to the Plant Risk Assessment Unit for consideration and appropriate incorporation into our plant risk model.
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IV. DATE WilEN FULL COMPLIANCE WILL BE ACIIIEVED Full compliance was achieved on January 10,1997, when fuel movement was secured.
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION 50-317/96-10-01 AND 50-318/96-10-01 INADEQUATE PROCEDURE AND FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES DURING SPENT FUEL HANDLING OPERATIONS Part H. CONTROLLED COPY OF FUEL HANDLING PROCEDURE.


1. REASON FOR THE VIOLATION At the time of this event, Fuel Handlin;; Procedure FH 340, " Component Movement in the Auxiliary Duilding," required that a controlled copy of the procedure be maintained in the Control Room when core components were being moved in the SFP. During fuel movement on January 810,1997, this requirement was not met due to personnel error on the part of the Nuclear Fuel Management personnel responsible for conducting the fuel movement. The controlled copy of the procedure had at one time been stored in the Control Room, but at some point, that copy of the procedure was removed. Nuclear Fuel Management engineers believed it was still there, but did not ensure that it was there by positive verification, resulting in non-compliance with the procedure. The requirement was contained within the administrative controls (Applicability / Scope) section of the procedure, which was not conducive to prompting the engineers to verify its presence each time fuel movement in the pool resumed. Because the procedure had routinely been kept in the Control Room, engineers over time did not display a questioning attitude by verifying its continued presence in the Control Room.
using the safety tagging procedure was ineffective and contributed to a plant operator mispositioning a vent valve to an on-line purification ion exchange Quality Assurance in Operations 07.1 (Closed) LER 50-318/96004: Missed Surveillance Due to Less than Adequate Technical Review of Surveillance Test Procedure. BGE identified that a Unit 2 surveillance test procedure for verification of containment closure did not verify a closed containment as specified by Calvert Cliffs Technical Specification 3.9. Specifically, a steam generator sample drain valve was not verified shut when the steam generator was open to the containment atmosphere during core alteration The discrepancy was identified by BGE during a review of the test procedure. The inspectors reviewed the LER and verified completion of the long term corrective actions including a technical review of containment closure for fuel movement and i that the applicable procedure had been appropriately revised. The issue was !
considered a Non-Cited Violation, consistent with Section Vll.B.1 of NUREG 1600, 1 NRC Enforcement Policy. The LER is closed, ll. Maintenance M1 Conduct of Maintenance M 1.1 Routine Maintenance Observations Using Inspection Procedure 62707, the inspectors observed the conduct of maintenance and surveillance testing on systems and components important to safety. The inspectors also reviewed selected maintenance activities to assure that the work was performed safely and in accordance with proper procedures. The inspectors noted that an appropriate level of supervisory attention was given to the work depending on its priority and difficulty. Maintenance activities reviewed included:
MO2199601746 21 Charging Pump Suction & Discharge Valve Replacement MO2199604378 23 Saltwater Pump Volute Cleaning Due to Low Flow MO2199304705 Replace 21 AFW Pump Turbine Stop Valve Position Switch M01199603843 EQ Replacement of Solenoid Valve on 12 Component Cooling Heat Exchanger M1.2 2A Emeraency Diesel Generator Realianment The inspectors reviewed and observed selected portions of scheduled corrective maintenance conducted to relieve crankshaft strain on the 2A emergency diesel generator (EDG) during plant operation. NRC inspection report 50-317 & 318/96-06 documented the inspectors' previous review of maintenance act;vities that identified crankshaft strain of -0.00275 inches. At that time, BGE was attempting to meet an acceptance criteria of +0.001 to -0.001 inches. In November 1996, the EDG vendor provided BGE information that the crankshaft strain acceptance criterion had been revised to 0.000 to + 0.001 inches.


Subsequent review determined that this requirement should not have been included in Fil 340. This procedure is of recent vintage and was adapted from a previous procedure (Fil-17, " Fuel Movement within Spent Fuel Pools"). Fuel Handling Procedure Fil 17 was divided into Fil-340 and Operating Instruction OI 25A," Spent Fuel Handling Machine." Part of the intent of dividing FH 17 into FH 340 and OI 25A was to put the procedure steps needed by the Control Room operators into OI 25A.
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Relief of the strain was accomplished by shimming the generator to obtain an improved alignment to the engine. The final crankshaft strain of -0.00025 inches was determined to be acceptable by BGE and the manufacturer. However, BGE  ;
would monitor for changes in the strain during periodic surveillances. Also, an issue report has been entered into the corrective action system to further evaluate the discrepancy between the as-left crankshaft strain and the November vendor lette The inspectors concluded that the 2A EDG realignment maintenance activities were . I very well planned and effectively implemented. Advance planning for the maintenance was extensive and included walkdowns of the job with a vendor  '
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maintenance and engineering personnel. Although the issue of the conflict between the as-left strain and the November 1996 vendor letter required an engineering  ,
review prior to returning the EDG to service, the issue was resolved and the engine  j was returned to service without challenging the allowed outage time. The  *
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The surveillance testing was performed safely and in accordance with proper  l procedures. The inspectors noted that an appropriate level of supervisory attention was given to the testing depending on its sensitivity and difficulty. Surveillance testing activities that were reviewed are listed below:
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11. COMCIIVE STEPS TAKEN AND_ RESULTS ACIHEVED Upon discovery of the procedure violation, plant management reiterated its expectation of strict procedure compliance with the personnel involved. Prior to resumption of fuel movement in the SFP, a multi disciplined team was assembled to review fuel handling practices in the SFP area. This team consisted of a licensed Senior Reactor Operator, the System Engineer for the SFP ventilation system, and an Engineer from Nuclear Fuel Management. This team determined that FH-340 should be revised to climinate the requirement to place a copy of FH-340 in the Control Room. This change was made on February 26,1997.
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION 50-317/96-10-01 AND 50-318/96-10-01 INADEQUATE PROCEDURE AND FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES DURING SPENT FUEL IIANDLING OPERATIONS III. CORRECTIVE STFPS WlIICII WILL BE TAKEN TO AVOID FURTIIER
.YlOLATIONS The above mentioned multi. discipline team reviewing fuel handling practices in the SFP area is evaluating other similar events in the 19931997 time frame and will recommend additional actions as appropriate.
 
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operability of the undervoltage and shunt trips. However, the testing performed by BGE was complete. The reactor protective system matrix functional test performed !
I. REASON FOR THE VIOLATION Procedure Fil.340 also required that the Control Room Supervisor (CRS) be included in the pre-
quarterly verified the logic matrices and the matrix relays. This procedure included .
verification of the change of state of installed indicating lights provided in both the ?
shunt and undervoltage trip paths. The reactor TCB functional test was performed monthly to independently verify the response time of both the undervoltage and shunt trip devices and verify operat!~ of the TCBs. The inspectors concluded that :
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On December 27,1996, during the process of reviewing design specifications in preparation for purchasing new Dry Shielded Canisters (DSCs) for the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), BGE identified conflicting information concerning the weight of fuel assemblies at Calvert Cliffs. A 1992 fuels vendor letter identified the bounding maximum weight as 1300 pounds versus a 1995 letter 1 that identified the bounding weight as 1327 pounds. ISFSI Technical Specification l 3/4.1.7 specified that the maximum assembly mass including control components  i shall not exceed 1300 pounds. BGE entered this discrepancy into their corrective action process. Additionally, BGE cancelled two scheduled DSC loadings and postponed all future loadings until the issue was resolved. BGE personnel informed
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The inspectors reviewed the issues involving the discovery of a through-wall leak in the ASME Class 2 combined recirculation pipe for the Unit 1 emergency core  ,
cooling system (ECCS) pump ) Observations and Findinos On December 11, a maintenance worker noted moisture on grouting near a 4-inch pipe in the Unit 1 component cooling water pump room. The stainless steel schedule 10 pipe (4"-HC-23-1005) provided a recirculation flow path from the safety injection and containment spray pumps back to the refueling water tank (RWT) during testing and other times when the pumps were in operation but not  )
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Additionally, a Code repair, as required by the plant's Technical Specifications (TS), j could not be conducted when the ECCS pumps were required to be operable. The <
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BGE engineers evaluated the leak and conducted a risk assessment. The results of l the evaluation and potential corrective actions were presented to the plant i operational safety review committee (POSRC) on December 14. The POSRC  ,
concluded that risk to safe plant operation was minimal and no POSRC member had '
a safety concern. The conclusion was based, in part, on the engineering evaluation j which stated that the indication was unlikely to propagate because of the very low )
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until the defect could be repaired. In a 5-4 vote, the POSRC recommended to the plant general manager that an ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code exemption be requested from the NRC until p!.snt conditions were conducive for a Code repai The minority of POSRC voteis believed that continued plant operation with the i existing defect was contrary to TS requirements. The plant general manager accepted the majority POSRC recommendation and BGE submitted their exemption request on December 19. The request was under review by the NRC when the inspection period ended, Conclusions    )
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examination of the piping integrity defect and evaluated potential safety consequences of continued operation. The technical content of the engineering I evaluation was excellent. The POSRC demonstrated a strong safety perspective and questioning attitude in their review of the potential nuclear safety consequences of the leak and engineering assumptions used to justify operabilit E3 Engineering Procedures and Documentation E Deficient Procedure for Unloadino a NUHOMS Cask Insoection Scone (60855)
A follow-up inspection was conducted to assess BGE corrective actions for two NRC identified weaknesses in independent spent fuel storage activities.


With the onset of the Operations Work Control Center, detailed briefs concerning fuel movement activities were conducted with Operations Work Control persomal as opposed to Control Room personnel (CRS) as had been the case in the past. The fuel handling procedure requirement was incorrectly interpreted by the engineers as being met by the briefs that were performed with the fuel handling crew and the Operations Work Control Center. The intent of briefing the CRS on details concerning actions required in the event of a fuel handling incident was lost. 'Ihe change from interfacing directly with the Control Room to interfacing with the Operations Work Control Center was not reflected in the procedure, and inattention to detail led to the non-compliance with this procedural administrative requirement.
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II. CORRECTIVE STEPS TAKEN AND RESULTS ACIHEVED We revised procedure Fil.340 to further clarify which Control Room Supervisor is to be briefed on fuel movement prior to the resumption of SFP movement. Awareness training on the briefmg requirements was given to all Nuclear Fuel Management personnel.
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spent fuel storage activities. These issues were described in NRC Inspection Report 50-317&318/96-07. One weakness was that the procedure used to unload fuel from a spent fuel cask did not control re-flooding the cask such that over- ,
pressurization of the cask would not occur. The second issue was that the procedure did not contain a method to sample the cask for damaged fuel prior to removing the dry shielded canister (DSC) shield plug. The inspector interviewed l
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No. SNM-2505, as amended July 21,1995,  i The inspector found that BGE made changes to ISFSI-02 to include a step to sample the DSC atmosphere following removal of the outer cover plate. The change was l appropriate and the inspectors had no further concerns in this are !
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l appropriate equipment to re-flood the DS Also, BGE had not performed a preoperational test of the proposed re-flood system to ensure it would adequately control the re-flood rate of fuel pool water into the DSC which is a safety related component. In addition, BGE had not performed a bounding analysis to determine what flow rates would be required to ensure that the cask would not be over-pressurized. Although the procedure was updated in an attempt to address NRC concerns documented in inspection Report 50-317&318/96-07, BGE did not develop supporting documentation to determine the required re-flood rate and select and test equipment required for DSC re-flood operations. This failure to develop supporting documentation was a violation of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, which required that activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented procedures of a type appropriate to the circumstances (VIO 50-317&318/97010-02). The inspector followup item related
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III. CORRECTIVE STEPS WIHCH WILL 11E TAKEN TO AVOID FURTHFR yl0LATIONS Procedural compliance is one of our core values at Calvert Cliffs. The requirement for procedure compliance is reinforced on a continuous basis throughout our organization, llowever, based on several recent cases ofless than adequate procedural compliance, we have established a team to assess this issue at Calvert Clifts. This team has been tasked with identification of the underlying causal factors that lead to procedural non-compliances and recommending methods to improve performance in this area.
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nonconservative indication of the actual pressure of the cask. In addition, the pressure gauge was specified by BGE to read 0 - 100 psi, minimum. Based on industry practice, the inspector considered this scale to be too large to accurately monitor a pressure of less than 10 psig as required by the BGE procedure. Industry practices such as those specified in ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section Ill, required that gages used in testing shall be graduated over a range not less than 1 1/2 times nor more than 4 times the test pressur The inspectors were also concerned that BGE had not adequately demonstrated re-flooding of the cask during the original dry run of DSC activities which were performed to address Condition 15 of License No. SNM-2505. Although the condition did not specifically state that a demonstration of re-flooding the DSC should be performed, the condition stated that the activities should not be limited to only those listed. The inspectors determined that since re-flood of the cask was required prior to retrieval of the fuelit would have been appropriate to perform a dry run of the re-flood during the demonstration of Condition 15.g, " Removing the cask lid and cutting open the DSC (length may be truncated) assuming fuel cladding failure."
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conform to industry practic E7 Quality Assurance in Engineering Activities E Update Final Safety Analvsis Report (UFSAR) Review Proiect Due to recent industry events and as a voluntary initiative, BGE developed a project plan with an overall goal to perform a review and ensure that the UFSAR accurately reflects the current plant design and operating practices. This plan was intended to be accomplished in at least two phase The first phase included review of approximately 50 selected UFSAR sections, using the guidance in NRC Regulatory Guide, RG-1.70. " Contents of Final Safety Analysis Reports (FSAR)". The review was to ensure that the UFSAR accurately and adequately described the design and operation of the plant. BGE system engineering, design engineering, and operations personnel performed these review BGE initially identified approximately 40 issues that were entered into the BGE corrective action program for resolution. BGE also planned to complete a root cause analysis to assess whether there were generic problems with the UFSAR change processes or their implementation. Examples of the types of discrepancies included:
NOTICE OF VIOLATION 50-317/96-10-02 AND 50-318/9610-02 FAILURE TO DEVELOP DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT DRY FUEL STORAGE CASK UNLOADING Notice of Violation Nos. 50 317/96-10-02 and 50 318/9610-02 states, in part, that; Calvert Clifs Nuclear Power Plant Techn!cd Procedure ISFSI-02. Rev 3, " Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) Unioading." was not appropriate in that it did not contain instructions to prevent over pressurisation of the dry shleided canister during reflood operations, prior to unloading.


I. REASOLEOR_Yl0LATION On October 9,1996, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Spent Fuel Project Office performed an inspection of Calvert Cliffs independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) activities. One of the issues that came to light based on the inspector's previous inspection experiences at other facilitates was that the reflood steps in the ISFSI Unloading Procedure (ISFSI 02) has the potential to overpressurize the DSC from a steam flash transient.
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Before our Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) site went operational in 1993, an unloading procedure was written as required by regulation. It was developed with information provided by the ISFSI vendor, and was similar to unloading procedures developed at other ISFSI sites designed by Baltimore Gas and Electric Company's vendor. A underlying cause of the violation was the fact that the knowledge base existing at the time for unloading procedures did not support the development of a more refined procedure. While industry experience with ISFSI loading has resulted in more mature loading procedures, the same is not true for ISFSI unloading procedures.
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another portion identified that this automatic feature is normally locked ou * Conflicting statements within the UFSAR concerning the 36 minute minimum time to switch over to the recirculation mode. One UFSAR section identified i that this minimum time was based on operating two HPSI pumps, in the i injection phase, whereas another section indicated that 36 minutes was ,
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l Also, in review of the spent fuel handling issue (See 01 F .he inspectors found that UFSAR Section 9.8.2.3 " Spent Fuel Pool Ventilation," .ated that an air supply j system consisting of two 50 percent capacity air handling units provides ventilation :
for the spent fuel pool area. However, the inspectors were informed by BGE that l the supply fans had been removed from service and not operated for more than five '
years. Instead, air was supplied only from leakage into the area from adjoining areas. The inspectors considered that the discrepancy could have been identified j during the ongoing BGE UFSAR initiativ i l
BGE planned to develop a second phase that will expand the scope and depth of the UFSAR reviews based on the findings of the initial reviews. BGE informed the inspectors that they plan to make a submittal to NRC concerning scope and schedule for completion of the project. No operability issues had been identified during the reviews. Enforcement action regarding design issues identified during the BGE review was Unresolved (URI 50-317&318/96010-03), pending completion of the BGE initiative and NRC inspection of the completed review. The unresolved item is consistent with the General Statement of Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions, NUREG 1600, as published in the Federal Register, Volume 61, Number 203, Page 5446 l E7.2 (Closed) Unresolved item 50-317&318/96-08-01 Cable Seoaration issues  i I inspection Scope
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A second underlying cause is the fact that communication of and internalization ofindustry experience is weaker for ISFSI issues than for other aspects of nuclear power plant operations. There has not been a good broad-based industry communications network for ISFSI issues. Issues relative to ISFSI unloading procedures were not effectively communicated to utilities with ISFSI sites.
b. Findinas and Observations NRC violation 50-317/89-27-05 involved discrepancies in the BGE control of electrical cable separation barriers. NRC Inspection Report (IR) 96-08 identified an apparent lack of ownership for the cable separation barriers and the associated modifications performed to restore these barriers to licensing basis condition Discussions with BGE personnel indicated that BGE had assigned engineers responsibility for cable separation. System engineers were responsible for cable separation for the individual systems including the need to conduct periodic walk downs on portions of the barriers tmed on accessibility, maintenance history, and potential for damage. A project ensmeer was assigned responsibility for closeout of the 1990 barrier modification package (FCR 90-10).


A third underlying cause was a lack of effective communications from the vendor concerning ISFSI issues. He vendor has not consistently communicated improvements and lessons learned concerning its
The inspectors found that some of the original project records related to the walkdown, engineering evaluation, and repair of separation barriers for the project plan appeared to be quality records that were not stored in the records vault and were not available for general use by engineering personnel. The inspectors questioned whether the appropriate administrative controls had been applied to the storage and retention of the applicable project records. Discussions with BGE personnel identified that BGE would be reviewing these records as part of the closecut of the FCR 90-10. BGE personnel indicated that copies of the inspection records and engineering evaluations were filed as quality records with the ;
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nonconformance reports (NCRs) and maintenance orders (MOs) generated during i FCR 90-10. Therefore, filing the originals would duplicate existing record However, the inspectors questioned whether the BGE inspection reports for areas found acceptable had been filed and maintained as quality records. This issue was ;
still under review by BGE and BGE personnel indicated that the index of the NCRs I and MOs were not currently retained as quality records, but would probably be added to the records syste The inspectors also found that the 1990 modification (FCR 90-10) to address the NRC violation for inadequate cable separation had not been closed since the effort 1 was completed in 1994. During further reviews with BGE personnel, the inspectors I found that FCR 90-10 was stillin working status. This modification was among a large number of modifications where the work had apparently been completed, but j the modification had not been closed out. BGE personnel indicated that their quality I l assurance department had identified that this was an issue requiring BGE l
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!!. CORRECTIVE STEPS TAKEN AND_ RESULTS ACIIIEVED We initiated a detailed calculation to bound the reflood rate of the DSC assuming design bases fuel temperatures. The results of the calculation wili be incorporated into the ISFSI 02 procedure and will be complete prior to the start of the next ISFSI loading. There is very little likelihood that a DSC will need to be unloaded prior to the next loading. l l
111. CORRECTIVE STEPS WillCII WILL HE TAKEN TO AVOID FURTIIEll  l Y10LAIl0NS We will t'acilitate more effective industry use of existing communication tools. We are aggressively looking for opportunities to share ISFSI related information with other ISFSI utilities, and will encourage other utilitics to do the same. We are currently soliciting utility interest in formation of an ISFSI users group that could meet to exchange experience concerning ISFSI equipment, procedures, and audit results. We have infonned the vendor of our expectations concerning effective communication ofISFSI related information to utilities who 1. ave installed their products.


We will conduct a formal root cause analysis concerning this event and implement any additional corrective actions from the root cause analysis.
90-10. BGE generated an issue report to adaress this issue. The inspectors identified two instances where the as-built conditions and the drawings for the Unit 1,45 foot switchgear room, did not agree. Discussions with BGE personnel indicated that their reviews concluded that the Unit 1 drawings were updated during the FCR 90-10 process. Additionally, marked-up drawings were developed for Unit 2 during the FCR 90-10 process; however, the controlled drawings were not updated and the marked-up drawings could not be located. As discussed below, the inspectors concluded that BGE did not complete the corrective actions identified i by their response to NRC violation 50-317/89-27-05. BGE told the inspectors of plans to walkdown the Unit 2 drawings that were known to have not been update These Unit 2 drawings included some Unit 1 and common areas. BGE planned to determine the extent of the condition and specify corrective actions based on the results of the walk downs and identified deficiencies. The inspector concluded that the configuration control related to cable separation had been inadequate to ensure that design documents reflected the as-built configuration !
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IV. DATE WIIEN _ FULL COMPLIANCE _WILL HE ACIIIEVEQ Full compliance will be achieved when the detailed calculation to bot'nd the DSC reflood rate is implemented e ' 'he ISFSI-02 procedure is changed. This is scheduled to be completed by June 13, 1997. In any cwat the ISFSI-02 procedure will be changed prior to the next ISFSI loading. There is very little likeiihood that a DSC will need to be unloaded prior to the next ISFSI loading.
During this inspection period, BGE and the inspectors identified eleven additional cable separation related issues during system walkdowns. The deficiencies included missing or cracked barrier materia The inspectors reviewed BGE's response to NRC violation 50-317/89-27-05 documented in a March 9,1990 letter to the NRC, and reviewed the effectiveness of the corrective actions. The inspectors concluded that two of these corrective actions were not effectively implemented or were inadequate to preclude recurrence. These issues were (1) failure to ensure that the design documents reflected the as-built configurations; and (2) failure to ensure that the as-built versus as-designed configurations continued to meet the criteria on a long-term basi The inspector also questioned whether BGE had established a clear understanding of l the licensing basis and criteria for electrical separation. Specifically, the inspector questioned the licensing basis and criteria for electrical separation of cables passing through free air. For example, cables passing between cable trays, cables passing from conduit to cable trays, or cables passing from trays and conduits to penetrations. Currently, BGE design document E-406 showed that a separation j barrier must be sealed at the penetration caused by a cable exiting a cable tray to ,
enter a conduit; however, E-406 did not require the protection and separation from l redundant channels for this cable passing through free air. Discussions with BGE personnel indicated that this issue had been identified and documented as an issue in their correctiva action system. The inspectors found that the lic9nsing basis l criteria for electrical separation relative to redundant cables passMg 1.hrough free air was not clea As discussed above, the corrective action to ensure that the design documents reflected the as-built configurations was found incomplete. BGE's corrective actions to ensure that the as-built versus as-designed configurations continued to


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E8.1 (Closed) Unresolved item 50-317&318/93-25-01: failure to promptly perform a reportability evaluation. On August 5,1992, BGE determined that a fire in the Unit 1 cable chase could potentially cause a loss of off-site power to both 4160 V emergency busses, resulting in the loss of both trains of control room ventilation. A BGE engineer wrote an issue report documenting the finding and provided the report for supervisory review. Neither the supervisor or the initiator considered the issue NRC reportable. The issue report was then reviewed by the issues assessment unit which included members from both operations and nuclear regulatory matters (NRM-licensing), with no reportability concern. However, the inspector determined that as was BGE practice at the time, an NRM engineer had independently reviewed the issue for reportability and had concluded that no report was required. This conclusion was not formally documented until a more rigorous analysis was performed several weeks later, with the same conclusion. The inspector reviewed the formal analysis and concluded that BGE's evaluation and conclusions were reasonable, and that the compensatory actions taken were appropriate. The inspector concluded that BGE had reviewed and determined reportability of the issue in accordance with BGE practices. However, documentation of the initial review was weak. Since that time, BGE has upgraded their reportability proces This item is close .
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION $0-317/9610-04 AND 50-318/96-10-04 INCOMPLETE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FOR ELECTRICAL SEPARATION BARRIERS Notice of Violation Nos. 50-317/96-10-04 and 50-318/96-10-04 states a violation of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI, Corrective Action, ne notice of violation states, in part, that; As ofDecember 1,1996 corrective action as spectfled in BGE response letter to NRC violation 30 317/89 27 03, was not taken in that: (1) design documents, including cable and raceng drawings. were not revised to reflect the as-built configurations for Unit 2, and (2) fourteen eramples were identifled where the as built configurations did not meet design criteria and were inadequate to preclude the challenge to electricalseparation resultingfrom damaged or missing marinite separation barriers.


1. REASON FOR VIOLATION in 1989, Nucicar Regulatory Commission inspection Report 50-317/89-27 05 documented violations regarding the Calvert Cliffs electrical cable separation con 0guration requirements. A project was implemented to correct the deviations and actions were implemented to prevent the deviations from occurring again. His violation was closed in inspection Report 95 08 (October 16, 1995). The closure was based on a review of the status of corrective actions, walkdown inspection results, and tours of various areas of the plant to inspect a sample of cable tray installations.
During .,uclear Regulatory Commission Inspection 96-08, the Resident inspector identiDed three examples where electrical separation barriers in the 45 foot electrical penetration rooms did not appear to meet the plants electrical separation criteria. These deficiencies involved missing or broken marinite board separation covers. Follow-up inspections by Cr.lvert Cliffs personnel and the Resident Inspector identiGed deviations and discrepancies between the Geld and drawings. Each of these deviations and discrepancies fell into three general categories: (1) issues involving missing. broken, or cracked marinite board; (2) issues concerning electrical separation barrier / drawing fidelity; and (3) issues questioning the adequacy of certain specific plant cable separation configurations, in each case we concluded that no equipment operability concerns existed.
Our evaluation of this issue indicates that some corrective actions implemented to 8ddress the 1989 violation had not been incorporated into plant drawings as intended. Additionally, corrective actions that addressed the 1989 violation did not go far enough to: (1) ensure that the design documents reDected the as built con 0gurations; and (2) minimize the potential for personnel to challenge the plant's compliance to the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) electrical separation criteria during normal plant activities.
The electrical separation problems found in the plant were caused by 6 combination of inadequate ownership of the plants electrical separation requirements and an apparent insensitivity of plant personnel to the UFSAR requirements for cable separation. No one was assigned specine responsibility for overseeing the effectiveness of activities which impacted cable separation design con 0gurations. As a consequence, the inadequate field practices which caused electrical separation barrier degradation to occur were not always promptly identified and corrected. Some marinite barriers were found cracked
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E8.2 (Closed) Unresolved item 50-317 and 318/96-04-01 Inocerable LPSI oumo circuit breaker due to bent trio-caddle oroble The item involved the BGE corrective actions in response to a circuit breaker failure on June 14,1996. The failure was due to a bent trip-paddle in the General Electric 4160 Volt Magne-Blast circuit breaker. There were two issues in this unresolved item. The first issue pertained to the bending of circuit breaker linkages by the technicians during the preventive maintenance inspection. This issue was closed by Section E6.4 of Inspection Report 50-317&318/96-0 The second issue involved the BGE root cause analysis (RCA) for the breaker failure and bent trip-paddle. The issue was updated in Section E1.1, part b, of NRC Inspection Report (IR) 50-317 & 318/96-0 The inspectors reviewed the completed root cause analysis. The analysis  [
considered a General Electric evaluation that included information concerning testing of the failed breaker. BGE concluded that the root cause for the bent trip paddle was a weak trip shaft reset spring that would allow the trip-paddle to contact the breaker frame with excessive force. General Electric concluded that the weak spring was probably an isolated incident due manufacturing defect or installation damage. BGE believed that it was also possible that the springs relaxed due to i age-related degradation. In accordance with 10 CFR Part 21, BGE submitted a i notification of these problems to the NRC by letter dated January 15,1997. The long term corrective actions were to replace the springs during scheduled breaker overhauls or to replace the 4160 volt breakers. The actions were to be completed in the next two or three years. BGE expected that the ongoing modification of the trip paddle would preclude further breaker failures. The inspectors concluded that i BGE's review, analysis, and corrective actions for these issues were extensive and l appropriate. The item is close IV. Plant Support R4 Staff Knowledge and Performance in Radiation Protection and Chemistry On January 3, the inspector observed are auxiliary building operator complete routine log taking and operations duties. During the rounds, the inspector observed l that the operator routinely used good radiological work practices that included verification of radiation and contamination levels using radiological contols postings prior to entry into radiation areas. Also, the operator verified the eC tence of low radiation leveis in areas subject to high radiation by both checking local radiation monitor readings and by completing spot radiation level checks using an alarmed dosimeter. The operator also contacted radiological controls personnel prior to each entry into a potentially contaminated area. The inspector considered the actions of the operator to be a very good demonstration of sound ALARA and radiation controls practice {


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The project to ensure that our facility electrical separation configuration was in accordance with our configuration requirements was implemented between 1990 and 1994. This work was split up into the following plant areas: Unit 1 Containment, Unit 1 Auxiliary Building, Unit ! Cable Spreading Room, Unit 2 Containment, Unit 2 Auxiliary Building, and Unit 2 Cable Spreading Room. As each area was completed, the associated plant drawings showing electrical separation requirements were marked up to reDect the electrical separation work that was performed to disposition any non conforming conditions. +
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Attachment 1  2 ITEMS OPENED, CLOSED, AND DISCUSSED Opened 50-317&318\96010 01 VIO Failure of BGE to establish procedures that assure that in a fuel handling event, released gases would be filtered through charcoal adsorbers and the failure to follow the briefing and procedure control procedures 50-317&318/97010-02 VIO Failure to develop documentation to support dry fuel storage cask unloading 50-317&318/96010-03 URI Old design issues identified during the BGE UFSAR review 50-317&318/96010-04 VIO Incomplete corrective actions for electrical separation barriers Closed 50-318/96004 LER Missed Surveillance Due to Less than Adequate Review of Surveillance Test Procedure 50-317&318/93025-01 URI Failure to Promptly Perform Reportability Evaluation 50-317&318/96007-01 IFl Engineering for IFSF1-02, Cask Unloading 50-317&318/96008-01 URI Cable Separation issues 50-317&318/96004-01 URI Inoperable circuit breaker due to bent trip-paddle i LIST OF ACRONYMS USED AFW Auxiliary Feedwater ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable    !
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License No DPR 53/DPR 69 Report No /96-10;50-318/96-10 Licensee: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company -

Post Office Box 1475 Baltimore, Maryland 21203 Facility: Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 Location: Lusby, Maryland l

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 Inspection Report Nos. 50-317/96-10 and 50 318/96-10

This integrated inspection report includes aspects of BGE operations, maintenance, I l engineering, and plant support. The report covers a seven week period of resident ;

inspection and includes the results of an announced inspection by a spent fuel project i specialist Plant Operations e The inspectors identified that during fuel handling in the spent fuel pool, had a fuel .

handling event occurred, some of the radioactive material released may not have i i

passed through charcoal adsorbers prior to release to the environment. Also, the i inspectors found that BGE activities during the fuel handling were deficient in that pre-evolution briefings had not been conducted with control room personnel and a t controlled copy of the fuel handling procedure was not in the control roo t

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l I * The inspectors found that operations personnel exhibited poor work practice and did l l not have a questioning attitude during venting of a chemical and volume control system filter. Control of the evolution using the safety tagging procedure was ineffective and contributed to a plant auxiliary operator mispositioning a vent valve l to an on-line purification ion exchanger resulting in a lowering of volume control tank level.

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in the auxiliary building that was poorly planned in that an unmonitored path between the fuel handling area and the environment was intermittently created and compensatory actions to ensure that radioactive material would be contained were not prescribe ;

e The inspectors concluded that emergency diesel generator realignment maintenance l activities were very well planned and effectively implemented. Advance planning i for the maintenance was extensive and included walkdowns of the job with a l vendor technical representative, prefabrication of speciallifting and alignment tools, '

l dry runs on a spare EDG, a detailed risk assessment, and good coordinGion between maintenance and engineerin Enaineerina e The inspectors determined that BGE engineers conducted a thorough and rigorous examination of a piping defect and evaluated potential safety consequences of continued operation. The technical content of the engineering evaluation was excellent. The Plant Operating Safety Review Committee demonstrated a strong safety perspective and questioning attitude in their review of the potential nuclear safety consequences of the leak and the engineering assumptions used to justify operability.

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operations. BGE engineering did not develop supporting documentation to !

determine the required re-flood rate, and select and test equipment required for canister re-flood operation .

  • Due to recent industry events and as a voluntary initiative, BGE developed a project

. plan to perform a review of the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report to assure that the report accurately reflected the current plant design and operating practice * The inspectors found that BGE corrective actions to ensure that the as-built versus as-designed configurations for electrical separation barriers were inadequate. The specific weakness was the challenge to electrical separation resulting from damaged or missing marinite separation barriers. The inspector also found that some design documents did not reflect the as-built configuration Plant Suooort i

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EX ECUTIV E SU M M A RY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii TAB LE O F CO NTE NT S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

! Summ ary of Plant Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 l

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j 01 Conduct of Oper ations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 01.1 General Comments (71707) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 01.2 Spent Fuel Handling Operations ........................ 1 01.3 Valve Mispositioning in the Chemical and Volume Control ,

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07 Quality Assurance in Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 l

07.1 (Closed) LER 5 0-318/9 6004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 J i

i 11. M a in t e n a nc e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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M1 Conduct of Maintenance .................................. 6 ,

l M1.1 Routine Maintenance Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 i

M1.2 2A Emergency Diesel Generator Realignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 M1.3 Routine Surveillance Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 l M1.4 Reactor Trip Circuit Breakers .. ....................... 7 l 111. Engineering ................................................... 8

El Conduct of Engineering . ................................. 8 E1.1 General Comments ................................. 8 E1.2 Degradation of the Safety injection Pump Recirculation Piping . . . 8 E3 Engineering Procedures and Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

, E3.1 Deficient Procedure for Unloading a NUHOMS Cask . . . . . . . . . . 9 l E7 Quality Assurance in Engineering Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 l E Update Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) Review Project .. 11 l

E7.2 (Closed) Unresolved item 50-317&318/96-08-01 Cable i Separation Issues ................................. 12 l E8 Miscellaneous Engineering issues (92902) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 l E (Closed) Unresolved item 50-317&318/93-25-01 . . . . . . . . . . . 15 l E8.2 (Closed) Unresolved item 50-317 and 318/96-04-01 Inoperable l

LPSI pump circuit breaker due to bent trip-paddle problem. . . . . 16 I V. Pl a n t S u p p o rt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 R4 Staff Knowledge and Performance in Radiation Protection and C h e mi st ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Unit 1 remained at full power during the inspection perio l Unit 2 operated between 95 and 100 percent power during the inspection period. (See I 01.1 General Comments)

1. Operations 01 Conduct of Operations ' l 01.1 General Comments (71707)

Overall plant operations were conducted with a proper focus on continued nuclear safety. A deficiency in the cooling system for the Unit 2 main transformer required that reactor power be reduced 20 megawatts electric at 50 degrees fahrenheit (*F)

ambient temperature and 20 additional megawatts for each additional 10 degrees of outdoor temperature. When temperature dropped, power could be restored. These power swings were frequently conducted during the inspection period without complication. BGE planned to repair the transformer during the upcoming Unit 2 refueling outage. As a result, Unit 2 operated between 95 and 100 percent power throughout the inspection perio .2 Spent Fuel Handlina Ooerations Insoection Scope During a plant walkdown, the inspectors observed that air from the fuel handling area was flowing into the auxiliary building while spent fuel was being moved in the spent fuel pool. The circumstances of the observation were reviewed by the inspector Observations and Findinas

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On January 10, during a routine plant walkdown, the inspectors observed that  !

spent reactor fuel was being moved in the spent fuel pool to prepare for the upcoming Unit 2 refueling outage. Simultaneously, the inspectors found that a door i from the spent fuel pool area into the auxiliary building stairwell was ajar, with !

indications that air was flowing out of the spent fuel handling area into the auxiliary l building through the doorwa The inspector noted that the basis for Technical Specification 3/4.9.12, " Spent Fuel j Pool Ventilation System," stated that "The limitations on the spent fuel pool

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discharge to the atmosphere." The auxiliary building ventilation system did not j

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( Cliffs UFSAR Section 9.8, " Spent Fuel Pool Ventilation" and Section 14, " Accident l Analysis". The inspector also noted that the UFSAR, Section 9.8, stated that the i

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identified that work was being conducted oa the auxiliary building ventilation l '

system and that two o.* the three supply fans for the system were out of servic l Then, a BGE engineering review was conducted which idontified that because o' i.he  !

maintenance, the auxiliary building ventilation system was out of balance and j l confirmed that air flow was being directed from the fuel handling area into the ,

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, nad been stopped when work started on January 6. The work was completed on .

j i January 10. Fuel handling operations were conducted on January 8,9, and 1 During the maintenance,' supply fan dampers were sequentially removed from the system and replaced. The work order specified that any plant condition was adequate to support the maintenance and the system engineer stated that fuel handling operations were not considered when planning the work The work conducted on the ventilation supply resulted in a breach of the ducting when the supply dampers were removed. The breach provided a path to the outside environment that was not monitored for radioactive release. The inspectors were informed that during the fuel movements, fuel handling and auxiliary building exhaust ventilation ran continually and air flow remained from the outside into the building through the breach and back to the environment through mo.nitored flow path The inspectors also found that the fuel movements were conducted by two contractor personnel using fuel handling procedure FH-340. Both contractors had completed fuel handling qualifications administered by BGE. The fuel handling area ventilation system exhaust was aligned for the fuel movement with a charcoal adsorber in service. A prepared set of fuel movements were specified and completion of the moves was documented on the appropriate form. The fuel movements involved two procedures; FH-340, " Component Movement in the i

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step 2.1.B, stated that the controlled copy of the procedure shall be maintained by '

the control room when core components were being moved in the spent fuel poo *

The inspectors found that no copy of the procedure was in the control room and the controlled copy was maintained by the fuel management group in the engineering departmen FH-340, Attachment FH-340-1, " Spent Fuel Pool Component Moves," stated that the operators and the control room supervisor will be briefed as part of the pre-evolution brief. The briefing instruction specified that communications during fuel moves, ventilation lineups, and actions to be taken if a radiation monitor alarms or if a fuel handling incident occurred would be included in the briefing. The inspectors

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instead was conducted by the fuel management group with the contractors. The control room operators were aware that fuel handling was planned and had placed charcoal adsorbers in service per Operating Instruction 22D and were informed by ;

the contractors when fuel handling had started and stopped. However, control room personnel had not reviewed the fuel handling precautions and procedures and had not briefed or prepared for actions in event of a fuel handling problem. No evacuation routes for personnel in the auxiliary building had been planned or discussed with applicable work groups. The work group assigned the auxiliary i building ventilation work were working in an area only accessible through the spent J fuel handling area and had not been informed that fuel moves were in progress or informed of their responsibilities in event of a fuel handling inciden CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V stated, " Activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstances and shall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures, and drawings". The failure of BGE to estab!ish conditions that assure that had a fuel handling event occurred, all of the released gases would be filtered through charcoal adsorbers and the failure to follow the briefing and procedure control guidance in procedure FH-340, were in the aggregate, a violation of NRC requirements. (VIO 50-317&318/96010-01) l l

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The inspectors found that BGE activities during fuel handling in the spent fuel pool were deficient in that pre-evolution briefings had not been conducted with control room personnel and a controlled copy of the fuel handling procudure was not in the ,

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I occurred, some of the radioactive material released may not have passed through charcoal adsorbers prior to release to the environmen .

During fuel handling in the spent fuel pool, maintenance was conducted in the l auxiliary building that was poorly planned in that an unmonitored path between the fuel handling area and the environment was intermittently created and compensatory actions to ensure that radioactive material would be contained were not prescribe BGE management responded promptly to the inspector findings by declaring the fuel i pool ventilation system out of service until the various modes of operation could be l evaluated. BGE management also initiated a review of fuel nandling operations and !

auxiliary building ventilatio l 01.3 Valvo Micoositionina in the Chemical and Volume Control System ' Insoection Scope The inspectors rev'ewed a valve mispositioning occurrence at Calvert Cliffs Unit l l Obs3rvations and Findinas On January 15, a radiation protection technician requested control room operators i open a vent valve for the 22 purification filter in the chemical and volume control system. Prior to the request, the filter had clogged, a work order had been prepared, and a tagout had been issued to isolate the filter. Control room operators told the inspector that the technician made the request so that a radiation protection l survey could be complete An auxiliary building operator was instructed by control room personnel to open the purification filter vent valve, 2-CVC-122. Instead, the operator opened 22-purification ion exchanger vent valve,2-CVC-140. The operat.or did not read the valve label resulting in the wrong valve being operate Since the ion exchanger was in service at the time, partially depressurized reactor

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l l The inspectors became aware of the mispositioning in discussions with control room personnel during a control room walkdown. The inspectors reviewed the event and found that a safety tagout and work package to support replacing the filter had l been issued on January 15. Although not tagged, a note on the tagout stated that l the vent valve would be operated by the work group after a concrete shield block l was removed by plant mechanics to access the valve. Otherwise the valve was I inaccessibl When the control room was contacted to open the vent valve, a safety tagging technician was contacted to authorize opening the valve, and permission was given.

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considered a Non-Cited Violation, consistent with Section Vll.B.1 of NUREG 1600, 1 NRC Enforcement Policy. The LER is closed, ll. Maintenance M1 Conduct of Maintenance M 1.1 Routine Maintenance Observations Using Inspection Procedure 62707, the inspectors observed the conduct of maintenance and surveillance testing on systems and components important to safety. The inspectors also reviewed selected maintenance activities to assure that the work was performed safely and in accordance with proper procedures. The inspectors noted that an appropriate level of supervisory attention was given to the work depending on its priority and difficulty. Maintenance activities reviewed included:

MO2199601746 21 Charging Pump Suction & Discharge Valve Replacement MO2199604378 23 Saltwater Pump Volute Cleaning Due to Low Flow MO2199304705 Replace 21 AFW Pump Turbine Stop Valve Position Switch M01199603843 EQ Replacement of Solenoid Valve on 12 Component Cooling Heat Exchanger M1.2 2A Emeraency Diesel Generator Realianment The inspectors reviewed and observed selected portions of scheduled corrective maintenance conducted to relieve crankshaft strain on the 2A emergency diesel generator (EDG) during plant operation. NRC inspection report 50-317 & 318/96-06 documented the inspectors' previous review of maintenance act;vities that identified crankshaft strain of -0.00275 inches. At that time, BGE was attempting to meet an acceptance criteria of +0.001 to -0.001 inches. In November 1996, the EDG vendor provided BGE information that the crankshaft strain acceptance criterion had been revised to 0.000 to + 0.001 inches.

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would monitor for changes in the strain during periodic surveillances. Also, an issue report has been entered into the corrective action system to further evaluate the discrepancy between the as-left crankshaft strain and the November vendor lette The inspectors concluded that the 2A EDG realignment maintenance activities were . I very well planned and effectively implemented. Advance planning for the maintenance was extensive and included walkdowns of the job with a vendor '

technical representative, prefabrication of special lifting and alignment tools, dry = ,

runs on a spare EDG; a detailed risk assessment, and good coordination between '

maintenance and engineering personnel. Although the issue of the conflict between the as-left strain and the November 1996 vendor letter required an engineering ,

review prior to returning the EDG to service, the issue was resolved and the engine j was returned to service without challenging the allowed outage time. The *

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quarterly verified the logic matrices and the matrix relays. This procedure included .

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shunt and undervoltage trip paths. The reactor TCB functional test was performed monthly to independently verify the response time of both the undervoltage and shunt trip devices and verify operat!~ of the TCBs. The inspectors concluded that :

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On December 27,1996, during the process of reviewing design specifications in preparation for purchasing new Dry Shielded Canisters (DSCs) for the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), BGE identified conflicting information concerning the weight of fuel assemblies at Calvert Cliffs. A 1992 fuels vendor letter identified the bounding maximum weight as 1300 pounds versus a 1995 letter 1 that identified the bounding weight as 1327 pounds. ISFSI Technical Specification l 3/4.1.7 specified that the maximum assembly mass including control components i shall not exceed 1300 pounds. BGE entered this discrepancy into their corrective action process. Additionally, BGE cancelled two scheduled DSC loadings and postponed all future loadings until the issue was resolved. BGE personnel informed

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The inspectors reviewed the issues involving the discovery of a through-wall leak in the ASME Class 2 combined recirculation pipe for the Unit 1 emergency core ,

cooling system (ECCS) pump ) Observations and Findinos On December 11, a maintenance worker noted moisture on grouting near a 4-inch pipe in the Unit 1 component cooling water pump room. The stainless steel schedule 10 pipe (4"-HC-23-1005) provided a recirculation flow path from the safety injection and containment spray pumps back to the refueling water tank (RWT) during testing and other times when the pumps were in operation but not )

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Additionally, a Code repair, as required by the plant's Technical Specifications (TS), j could not be conducted when the ECCS pumps were required to be operable. The <

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BGE engineers evaluated the leak and conducted a risk assessment. The results of l the evaluation and potential corrective actions were presented to the plant i operational safety review committee (POSRC) on December 14. The POSRC ,

concluded that risk to safe plant operation was minimal and no POSRC member had '

a safety concern. The conclusion was based, in part, on the engineering evaluation j which stated that the indication was unlikely to propagate because of the very low )

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until the defect could be repaired. In a 5-4 vote, the POSRC recommended to the plant general manager that an ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code exemption be requested from the NRC until p!.snt conditions were conducive for a Code repai The minority of POSRC voteis believed that continued plant operation with the i existing defect was contrary to TS requirements. The plant general manager accepted the majority POSRC recommendation and BGE submitted their exemption request on December 19. The request was under review by the NRC when the inspection period ended, Conclusions )

i The inspectors determined that BGE engineers conducted a thorough and rigorous ,

examination of the piping integrity defect and evaluated potential safety consequences of continued operation. The technical content of the engineering I evaluation was excellent. The POSRC demonstrated a strong safety perspective and questioning attitude in their review of the potential nuclear safety consequences of the leak and engineering assumptions used to justify operabilit E3 Engineering Procedures and Documentation E Deficient Procedure for Unloadino a NUHOMS Cask Insoection Scone (60855)

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spent fuel storage activities. These issues were described in NRC Inspection Report 50-317&318/96-07. One weakness was that the procedure used to unload fuel from a spent fuel cask did not control re-flooding the cask such that over- ,

pressurization of the cask would not occur. The second issue was that the procedure did not contain a method to sample the cask for damaged fuel prior to removing the dry shielded canister (DSC) shield plug. The inspector interviewed l

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No. SNM-2505, as amended July 21,1995, i The inspector found that BGE made changes to ISFSI-02 to include a step to sample the DSC atmosphere following removal of the outer cover plate. The change was l appropriate and the inspectors had no further concerns in this are !

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l appropriate equipment to re-flood the DS Also, BGE had not performed a preoperational test of the proposed re-flood system to ensure it would adequately control the re-flood rate of fuel pool water into the DSC which is a safety related component. In addition, BGE had not performed a bounding analysis to determine what flow rates would be required to ensure that the cask would not be over-pressurized. Although the procedure was updated in an attempt to address NRC concerns documented in inspection Report 50-317&318/96-07, BGE did not develop supporting documentation to determine the required re-flood rate and select and test equipment required for DSC re-flood operations. This failure to develop supporting documentation was a violation of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, which required that activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented procedures of a type appropriate to the circumstances (VIO 50-317&318/97010-02). The inspector followup item related

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nonconservative indication of the actual pressure of the cask. In addition, the pressure gauge was specified by BGE to read 0 - 100 psi, minimum. Based on industry practice, the inspector considered this scale to be too large to accurately monitor a pressure of less than 10 psig as required by the BGE procedure. Industry practices such as those specified in ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section Ill, required that gages used in testing shall be graduated over a range not less than 1 1/2 times nor more than 4 times the test pressur The inspectors were also concerned that BGE had not adequately demonstrated re-flooding of the cask during the original dry run of DSC activities which were performed to address Condition 15 of License No. SNM-2505. Although the condition did not specifically state that a demonstration of re-flooding the DSC should be performed, the condition stated that the activities should not be limited to only those listed. The inspectors determined that since re-flood of the cask was required prior to retrieval of the fuelit would have been appropriate to perform a dry run of the re-flood during the demonstration of Condition 15.g, " Removing the cask lid and cutting open the DSC (length may be truncated) assuming fuel cladding failure."

c. Conclusions The inspectors found a significant weakness in the methodology used by BGE to determine that independent spent fuel storage installation unloading could be conducted safely. Specifically, BGE had not demonstrated the ability to re-flood the DSC such that overpressurization would be prevented. Also, BGE had selected a pressure gage that was nonconservative because the indicating scale did not

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another portion identified that this automatic feature is normally locked ou * Conflicting statements within the UFSAR concerning the 36 minute minimum time to switch over to the recirculation mode. One UFSAR section identified i that this minimum time was based on operating two HPSI pumps, in the i injection phase, whereas another section indicated that 36 minutes was ,

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for the spent fuel pool area. However, the inspectors were informed by BGE that l the supply fans had been removed from service and not operated for more than five '

years. Instead, air was supplied only from leakage into the area from adjoining areas. The inspectors considered that the discrepancy could have been identified j during the ongoing BGE UFSAR initiativ i l

BGE planned to develop a second phase that will expand the scope and depth of the UFSAR reviews based on the findings of the initial reviews. BGE informed the inspectors that they plan to make a submittal to NRC concerning scope and schedule for completion of the project. No operability issues had been identified during the reviews. Enforcement action regarding design issues identified during the BGE review was Unresolved (URI 50-317&318/96010-03), pending completion of the BGE initiative and NRC inspection of the completed review. The unresolved item is consistent with the General Statement of Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions, NUREG 1600, as published in the Federal Register, Volume 61, Number 203, Page 5446 l E7.2 (Closed) Unresolved item 50-317&318/96-08-01 Cable Seoaration issues i I inspection Scope

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b. Findinas and Observations NRC violation 50-317/89-27-05 involved discrepancies in the BGE control of electrical cable separation barriers. NRC Inspection Report (IR) 96-08 identified an apparent lack of ownership for the cable separation barriers and the associated modifications performed to restore these barriers to licensing basis condition Discussions with BGE personnel indicated that BGE had assigned engineers responsibility for cable separation. System engineers were responsible for cable separation for the individual systems including the need to conduct periodic walk downs on portions of the barriers tmed on accessibility, maintenance history, and potential for damage. A project ensmeer was assigned responsibility for closeout of the 1990 barrier modification package (FCR 90-10).

The inspectors found that some of the original project records related to the walkdown, engineering evaluation, and repair of separation barriers for the project plan appeared to be quality records that were not stored in the records vault and were not available for general use by engineering personnel. The inspectors questioned whether the appropriate administrative controls had been applied to the storage and retention of the applicable project records. Discussions with BGE personnel identified that BGE would be reviewing these records as part of the closecut of the FCR 90-10. BGE personnel indicated that copies of the inspection records and engineering evaluations were filed as quality records with the ;

nonconformance reports (NCRs) and maintenance orders (MOs) generated during i FCR 90-10. Therefore, filing the originals would duplicate existing record However, the inspectors questioned whether the BGE inspection reports for areas found acceptable had been filed and maintained as quality records. This issue was ;

still under review by BGE and BGE personnel indicated that the index of the NCRs I and MOs were not currently retained as quality records, but would probably be added to the records syste The inspectors also found that the 1990 modification (FCR 90-10) to address the NRC violation for inadequate cable separation had not been closed since the effort 1 was completed in 1994. During further reviews with BGE personnel, the inspectors I found that FCR 90-10 was stillin working status. This modification was among a large number of modifications where the work had apparently been completed, but j the modification had not been closed out. BGE personnel indicated that their quality I l assurance department had identified that this was an issue requiring BGE l

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90-10. BGE generated an issue report to adaress this issue. The inspectors identified two instances where the as-built conditions and the drawings for the Unit 1,45 foot switchgear room, did not agree. Discussions with BGE personnel indicated that their reviews concluded that the Unit 1 drawings were updated during the FCR 90-10 process. Additionally, marked-up drawings were developed for Unit 2 during the FCR 90-10 process; however, the controlled drawings were not updated and the marked-up drawings could not be located. As discussed below, the inspectors concluded that BGE did not complete the corrective actions identified i by their response to NRC violation 50-317/89-27-05. BGE told the inspectors of plans to walkdown the Unit 2 drawings that were known to have not been update These Unit 2 drawings included some Unit 1 and common areas. BGE planned to determine the extent of the condition and specify corrective actions based on the results of the walk downs and identified deficiencies. The inspector concluded that the configuration control related to cable separation had been inadequate to ensure that design documents reflected the as-built configuration !

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During this inspection period, BGE and the inspectors identified eleven additional cable separation related issues during system walkdowns. The deficiencies included missing or cracked barrier materia The inspectors reviewed BGE's response to NRC violation 50-317/89-27-05 documented in a March 9,1990 letter to the NRC, and reviewed the effectiveness of the corrective actions. The inspectors concluded that two of these corrective actions were not effectively implemented or were inadequate to preclude recurrence. These issues were (1) failure to ensure that the design documents reflected the as-built configurations; and (2) failure to ensure that the as-built versus as-designed configurations continued to meet the criteria on a long-term basi The inspector also questioned whether BGE had established a clear understanding of l the licensing basis and criteria for electrical separation. Specifically, the inspector questioned the licensing basis and criteria for electrical separation of cables passing through free air. For example, cables passing between cable trays, cables passing from conduit to cable trays, or cables passing from trays and conduits to penetrations. Currently, BGE design document E-406 showed that a separation j barrier must be sealed at the penetration caused by a cable exiting a cable tray to ,

enter a conduit; however, E-406 did not require the protection and separation from l redundant channels for this cable passing through free air. Discussions with BGE personnel indicated that this issue had been identified and documented as an issue in their correctiva action system. The inspectors found that the lic9nsing basis l criteria for electrical separation relative to redundant cables passMg 1.hrough free air was not clea As discussed above, the corrective action to ensure that the design documents reflected the as-built configurations was found incomplete. BGE's corrective actions to ensure that the as-built versus as-designed configurations continued to

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versus as-designed configurations for electrical separation barriers were inadequat i The specific weakness was the challenge to electrical separation resulting from l damaged or missing marinite separation barriers. The inspector also found that the j design documents did not reflect the as-built configuration The inspectors concluded that following issues present potential challenges to maintaining the licensing and design basis of electrical separation: (1) BGE's self-identified backlog of modifications awaiting closeout; (2) the licensing basis criteria for electrical separation relative to redundant cables passing through free air was not clear; and (3) BGE's ongoing review to determine which cable separation barrier modification project records should be filed and maintained as quality record E8 Miscellaneous Engineering Issues (92902)

E8.1 (Closed) Unresolved item 50-317&318/93-25-01: failure to promptly perform a reportability evaluation. On August 5,1992, BGE determined that a fire in the Unit 1 cable chase could potentially cause a loss of off-site power to both 4160 V emergency busses, resulting in the loss of both trains of control room ventilation. A BGE engineer wrote an issue report documenting the finding and provided the report for supervisory review. Neither the supervisor or the initiator considered the issue NRC reportable. The issue report was then reviewed by the issues assessment unit which included members from both operations and nuclear regulatory matters (NRM-licensing), with no reportability concern. However, the inspector determined that as was BGE practice at the time, an NRM engineer had independently reviewed the issue for reportability and had concluded that no report was required. This conclusion was not formally documented until a more rigorous analysis was performed several weeks later, with the same conclusion. The inspector reviewed the formal analysis and concluded that BGE's evaluation and conclusions were reasonable, and that the compensatory actions taken were appropriate. The inspector concluded that BGE had reviewed and determined reportability of the issue in accordance with BGE practices. However, documentation of the initial review was weak. Since that time, BGE has upgraded their reportability proces This item is close .

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E8.2 (Closed) Unresolved item 50-317 and 318/96-04-01 Inocerable LPSI oumo circuit breaker due to bent trio-caddle oroble The item involved the BGE corrective actions in response to a circuit breaker failure on June 14,1996. The failure was due to a bent trip-paddle in the General Electric 4160 Volt Magne-Blast circuit breaker. There were two issues in this unresolved item. The first issue pertained to the bending of circuit breaker linkages by the technicians during the preventive maintenance inspection. This issue was closed by Section E6.4 of Inspection Report 50-317&318/96-0 The second issue involved the BGE root cause analysis (RCA) for the breaker failure and bent trip-paddle. The issue was updated in Section E1.1, part b, of NRC Inspection Report (IR) 50-317 & 318/96-0 The inspectors reviewed the completed root cause analysis. The analysis [

considered a General Electric evaluation that included information concerning testing of the failed breaker. BGE concluded that the root cause for the bent trip paddle was a weak trip shaft reset spring that would allow the trip-paddle to contact the breaker frame with excessive force. General Electric concluded that the weak spring was probably an isolated incident due manufacturing defect or installation damage. BGE believed that it was also possible that the springs relaxed due to i age-related degradation. In accordance with 10 CFR Part 21, BGE submitted a i notification of these problems to the NRC by letter dated January 15,1997. The long term corrective actions were to replace the springs during scheduled breaker overhauls or to replace the 4160 volt breakers. The actions were to be completed in the next two or three years. BGE expected that the ongoing modification of the trip paddle would preclude further breaker failures. The inspectors concluded that i BGE's review, analysis, and corrective actions for these issues were extensive and l appropriate. The item is close IV. Plant Support R4 Staff Knowledge and Performance in Radiation Protection and Chemistry On January 3, the inspector observed are auxiliary building operator complete routine log taking and operations duties. During the rounds, the inspector observed l that the operator routinely used good radiological work practices that included verification of radiation and contamination levels using radiological contols postings prior to entry into radiation areas. Also, the operator verified the eC tence of low radiation leveis in areas subject to high radiation by both checking local radiation monitor readings and by completing spot radiation level checks using an alarmed dosimeter. The operator also contacted radiological controls personnel prior to each entry into a potentially contaminated area. The inspector considered the actions of the operator to be a very good demonstration of sound ALARA and radiation controls practice {

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INSPECTION PROCEDURES USED f IP 62707: Maintenance Observation IP 71707: Plant Operations IP 93702: Prompt Onsite Response to Events at Operating Power Reactors IP 61726: Surveillance Observations IP 37550: Engineering IP 37551: Onsite Engineering IP 71750: Plant Support Activities IP 83750: Occupational Exposure IP 92700: Onsite Follow-up of Written Reports of Non-routine Events at Power Reactor Facilities IP 92002: Follow up - Engineering i IP 82701: Operational Status of the Emergency Preparedness Program I l

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Attachment 1 2 ITEMS OPENED, CLOSED, AND DISCUSSED Opened 50-317&318\96010 01 VIO Failure of BGE to establish procedures that assure that in a fuel handling event, released gases would be filtered through charcoal adsorbers and the failure to follow the briefing and procedure control procedures 50-317&318/97010-02 VIO Failure to develop documentation to support dry fuel storage cask unloading 50-317&318/96010-03 URI Old design issues identified during the BGE UFSAR review 50-317&318/96010-04 VIO Incomplete corrective actions for electrical separation barriers Closed 50-318/96004 LER Missed Surveillance Due to Less than Adequate Review of Surveillance Test Procedure 50-317&318/93025-01 URI Failure to Promptly Perform Reportability Evaluation 50-317&318/96007-01 IFl Engineering for IFSF1-02, Cask Unloading 50-317&318/96008-01 URI Cable Separation issues 50-317&318/96004-01 URI Inoperable circuit breaker due to bent trip-paddle i LIST OF ACRONYMS USED AFW Auxiliary Feedwater ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable  !

BGE Baltimore Gas & Electric CFR Code of Federal Regulations l ECCS Emergency Core Cooling System EDG Emergency Diesel Generator DSC Dry Shielded Canister FCR Facility Change Request HPSI High Pressure Safety injection

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