ML18101A171

Responds to Violation Noted in Insp Repts 50-272/94-07 & 50-311/94-07 on 940706.Corrective actions:10CFR50.59 Safety Evaluation Prepared for Design Mod in Question & Determined That USQ Not Involved

ML18101A171
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	08/05/1994
From:	Labruna S Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
NLR-N94139, NUDOCS 9408110346
Download: ML18101A171 (5)

See also: IR 05000272/1994007

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• Public Service Electric and Gas Company * Stanley LaBruna Public Service Electric and Gas Company P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 609-339-1700

Vice President

• Nuclear Engineering

AUG 0 5 1994 NLR-N94139

United States Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen:

RESPONSE TO NRC'S NOTICE OF VIOLATION

INSPECTION

REPORT 50-272/94-07;

50-311/94-07

DOCKET NOS. 50-272; 50-311 Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) received Inspection

Report 50-272/94-07, 50-311/94-07

on July 6, 1994. This inspection

report transmitted

a Notice of Violation

citing a failure to properly implement

the requirements

of 10CFR50.59(b)

(1). Pursuant to the provisions

of 10CFR2.201, PSE&G hereby submits its response to the Notice of Violation.

Should you have any questions

regarding

this transmittal, please do not hesitate to contact me. .. -.: ...** I"'-' *< 9408110346

940805 PDR ADOCK 05000272 Q PDR Sincerely,

• • * * Document Control Desk NLR-N94139

Affidavit

Appendix Attachment

2 C Mr. J. c. Stone, Licensing

Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

One White Flint North 11555 Rockville

Pike Rockville, MD 20852 Mr. c. s. Marschall (S09) USNRC Senior Resident Inspector

Mr. T. T. Martin, Administrator

-Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

475 Allendale

Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. K. Tosch, Manager, IV New Jersey Department

of Environmental

Protection

Division of Environmental

Quality Bureau of Nuclear Engineering

CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625 AUG 0 5 1994

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REF: NLR-N94139

STATE OF NEW JERSEY ) SS. COUNTY OF SALEM ) S. LaBruna, being duly sworn according

to law deposes and says: I am Vice President

-Nuclear Engineering

of Public Service Electric and Gas Company, and as such, I find the matters set forth in the above referenced

letter, concerning

the Salem Generating

Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, are true to the best of my knowledge, information

and belief . Subscribed

,5-tJ.. My Commission

expires on KIMBERLY JO BROWN NOTARY PUBLIC OF NEW JERSEY My Commission

Expires April 21, 1998

NLR-N94139

APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION

Public Service Electric and Gas Company Salem Nuclear

Station Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos: 50-272 50-311 License Nos: DPR-70 DPR-75 During an NRC inspection

conducted

on March 28 through May 20, 1994, a violation

of NRC requirements

was identified.

In accordance

with the "General Statement

of Policy and Procedure

for NRC Enforcement

Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix c, the violation

is listed below: Part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 50.59(b) (1), requires that the licensee shall maintain records of changes in the facility and of changes in procedures

made pursuant to this section, to the extent that these changes constitute

changes in the facility, as described

in the safety analysis report or to the extent that they constitute

changes in procedures

as described

in the safety analysis report. These records must include a written safety evaluation, which provides the bases for the determination

that the change, test, or experiment

does not involve an unreviewed

safety question.

Figure 8.3-4, 11 460V. Vital Buses One Line -Unit 1, 11 of the Salem Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) identified

that the 11 1A-460V Vital Bus Transformer" as rated at 11 1000 KVA." Contrary to the above, no written safety evaluation

was performed

for a change to the plant, as described

in the UFSAR when, on or before May 18, 1994, the 1A-460V Vital Bus Transformer, rated at 1000 kVA, was replaced with a transformer

rated at 1333 kVA. This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement

I) *

• NLR-N94139

ATTACHMENT

I PSE&G RESPONSE PSE&G does not dispute the violation.

The root cause of this violation

has been attributed

to an improper interpretation

of the administrative

program for preparing

10CFR50.59

Safety Evaluations, resulting

in a failure to follow procedures.

CORRECTIVE

STEPS TAKEN 1. A 10CFR50.59

Safety Evaluation

has been prepared for the design modification

in question and has determined

that an Unreviewed

Safety Question was not involved.

CORRECTIVE

STEPS TAKEN TO PREVENT RECURRENCE

1. A-letter (STN-94-0167)

was issued to all Nuclear Engineering

managers and functional

supervisors

and to the station Technical

Managers.

This letter, which was dated June 13, 1994, reiterated

the requirement

to perform a complete 10CFR50.59

Safety Evaluation

for changes to UFSAR drawings, figures, or tables. This requirement

will be rolled down to all personnel

charged with 10CFR50.59

review and Safety Evaluation

preparation.

2. The implications

of this violation

have been incorporated

into the 10CFR50.59

lesson plan. 3. The engineers

involved in the preparation

of the 10CFR50.59

Safety Evaluation

have been counseled

regarding

the proper interpretation

of the administrative

program for preparing

10CFR50.59

Safety Evaluations.

DATE WHEN FULL COMPLIANCE

WILL BE ACHIEVED PSE&G believes that adequate controls are in place to preclude a similar violation.

PSE&G is in full compliance.