IR 05000285/1998009

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-285/98-09

ML20236T154
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	07/22/1998
From:	Johnson W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Gambhir S OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
References
50-285-98-09, 50-285-98-9, NUDOCS 9807270465
Download: ML20236T154 (3)

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Hwy. 75 - North of Fort Calhoun l Fort Calhoun, Nebraska 68023-0399 SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-285/98-09 Thank you for your letter of July 15,1998, in response to our June 25,1998, letter and Notice of Violation concerning the failure to have an adequate procedure for performing an activity that affected quality. Specifically, Procedure OP-3A, " Plant Shutdown," Revision 19, l directed operators to use pressurizer steam space temperature indication to monitor plant cooldown when, in fact, pressurizer liquid space temperature should have been utilized. We have reviewed your reply and find it responsive to the concerns raised in our Notice of Violatio We will review the implementation of your corrective actions during a future inspection to determine that full compliance has been achieved and will be maintaine '

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Omaha Pdk Power Ostner aha, aska i 2N7 JUL July 15' 1998 LIC-98-0093 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Mail Station P1-137 Washington. DC 20555 References: Docket No. 50-285 Letter from NRC (W. D. Johnson) to OPPD (S. K. Gambhir)

dated June 15, 1998 Licensee Event Report 50-285/1998-006, dated June 22. 1998 SUBJECT: NRC Inspection Report No. 50-285/98-09. Reply to a Notice of Violation The subject report transmitted a Notice of Violation (NOV) resulting from a NRC inspection conducted April 12 through May 23, 1998 at the Fort Calhoun ,

Station (FCS). Attached is the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) response to '

this NO If you should have any questions, please contact m Sincerel $ fo'

S. K. Gambhir Division Manager Engineering and Operations Support SKG/brh

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. Attachment LIC-98-0093

Page 1 REPLY.T0 A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Omaha P'ublic Power District Docket No.: 50 285 Fort Calhoun Station License No.: DPR 40 During an NRC inspection conducted on April 12 through May 23, 1998, one

violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General

' Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG 1600, j the. violation is listed below: 1-10'CFR'Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, states, in part, that

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activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions,~ procedures, or drawings of_a type appropriate to the

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circumstances and shall be accomplished in accordance with these

' instructions, procedures, or drawing Contrary to the above on April 2, 1998, it was determined that the licensee did not have an adequate procedure for performing an activity thet affected quality. Specifically, Procedure OP 3A, " Plant Shutdown,"

L Revision 19 directed operators to use pressurizer ' steam space

temperature indication to monitor plant.cooldown_when, in fac pressurizer. liquid space temperature should have been utilized. This l- resulted in operations personnel allowing reactor coolant system pressure to decrease below the minimum required pressure for maintaining net positive suction head for the operating reactor coolant pum This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1)(50 285/9809 01).

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I Reason for the Violation The reason for this violation was inadequate review of a procedure change.

L The procedure change that incorporated using the steam space temperature indication had been marked " stet" indicating that the change from liquid space to steam space temperature should not be incorporated. The change was incorporated and not discovered during subsequent reviews. Prior to this  ;

. event ~ the practice was to only review those portions of the procedure that

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Attachment LIC-98-0093 Page 2 Corrective Steps Taken and Results Achieved l

l Following this event. Operating Procedures and many of the Operating l Instructions were reviewed prior to use during the 1998 refueling outage.

l This review was completed by a former Assistant Plant Manager-0perations, and a Senior Nuclear Design Engineer, both previous Senior Reactor Operator License holders at Fort Calhoun Station. Additionally, a side-by-side, draft-to-final review of th; entire procedure is currently being conducted on procedure change . Corrective Steps That Will Be Taken To Avoid Further Violations Procedure OP-3A will be revised to remove reference to the pressurizer staam space temperature by August 1. 1998. This procedure is also being revised to incorporate Emergency Core Cooling System equipment operability requirements during shutdown modes as conmitted to in LER-1998-006 (Reference 3).

Conducting a complete. thorough, administrative and technical review of procedure changes will be re-emphasized to typing reviewers. Qualified Reviewers, and Responsible Department Heads by July 31, 199 Standing Order G-30. " Procedure Changes and Generation." is being rewritten to improve the overall procedure change process and will be revised by August 3 . The date when full compliance will be achieved Fort Calhoun Station will be in full compliance by August 1.199 _ _ - _