ML20205H010

Forwards Safety Insp Rept 50-219/86-38 on 861117-870116 & Notice of Violation

ML20205H010
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	03/25/1987
From:	Hebdon F NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Fiedler P GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.
Shared Package
ML20205H013	List: IR 05000219/1986038 ML20205H010 ML20205H033
References
RTR-NUREG-0737, RTR-NUREG-737 NUDOCS 8703310601
Download: ML20205H010 (3)

See also: IR 05000219/1986038

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MAR 2 51987

Docket No.

50-219

License No. DPR-16

GPU Nuclear Corporation

ATTN: Mr. P. B. Fiedler

-Vice President and Director

Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station

P. O. Box 388

Forked River, New Jersey 08731

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Inspection Report No. 50-219/86-38

This

refers

to the

routine

safety

inspection by Messrs.

W.

Bateman,

J. Wechselberger,

W.

Baunack,

R.

Borchardt,

L.

Doerflein,

R.

Fuhrmeister,

R. Freudenberger and D. Florek from November 17, 1986 - January 16, 1987 at the

Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station.

The inspections were augmented to

provide 16 hour1.851852e-4 days <br />0.00444 hours <br />2.645503e-5 weeks <br />6.088e-6 months <br /> a day coverage during plant startup activities and consisted of

document reviews, interviews, and observations of activities as documented in

the enclosed inspection report. The findings were discussed with you and other

members of your staff at the conclusion of the inspection.

We acknowledge receipt of your November 7, 1986 response to the Violation cited

in Inspection Report 86-21.

The corrective action in your response did not

specify commitments made by the Radiological Controls Director to the resident

inspector. The commitments concerned revisions to the ALARA review procedure

to ensure the radiological engineer and the assigned job supervisor thoroughly

understand the radiological job aspects just prior to commencement of work

activities, and to the radiological control survey procedure to ensure radio-

logical control technicians properly evaluate radiological survey data in addi-

tion to performing the survey to obtain the radiological information for a work

area.

In addition, the direction you provided to the Group Radiological Con-

trol Shift Supervisor on proper supervisory inspection of the radiological and

safety conditions in the drywell was to be delineated in a memorandum and later

proceduralized.

If your understanding of these additional commitments differs

from the above description, please notify this office promptly.

In addition,

we acknowledge receipt of your December 3, 1986 response to the violation cited

in Inspection Report 86-24 and your comments in addressing the improvements in

timeliness of processing Preliminary Safety Concerns. Your corrective actions

will be verified in a future NRC inspection.

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Your action to establish twenty-four hour management coverage during the con-

clusion of the outage and later during plant startup, is considered a positive

step toward improving performance during plant startup from an extended outage.

However, an apparent violation of NRC requirements was identified and is cited

in Appendix A and categorized under the General Statement of Policy and Proced-

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ure for NRC Enforcement Actions,10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (Enforcement Policy

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1986).

In particular, a startup was conducted with nuclear instrumentation

problems in which your operations management elected to manipulate equipment in

an attempt to stay in literal compliance with the Technical Specifications to

avoid a plant shutdown despite the instrument problems.

These actions were

inconsistent with your procedures and with good, conservative operating prac-

tices.

Your response to this violation should follow the instructions of

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Appendix A, with particular emphasis on measures to prevent such occurrences in

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the future.

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The response directed by this letter and the accompanying Notice are not sub-

ject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as

required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.

Your cooperation with us in these matters is appreciated.

Sincerely,

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Frederick J. He6 don, Acting Chief

Reactor Projects Branch No.1

Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosures:

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Appendix A, Notice of Violation

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NRC Region I Report No. 50-219/86-38

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State of New Jersey

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