ML19327A817

Ro:On 891005,failure to Perform Reactor Checkout Prior to Operations Results in Reactor Failing to Fulfill Surveillance Requirements in Facility Tech Specs Sections 4.2.3.a,4.2.3.c,4.2.4.a,4.3.3 & 4.6.1

ML19327A817
Person / Time
Site:	Breazeale Nuclear Reactor
Issue date:	10/11/1989
From:	Hosler C PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV., UNIVERSITY PARK, PA
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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NUDOCS 8910180188
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Tech Spec Violation License R-2, Docket N0. 50-5

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Dear Sir and Madame:

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During .the: morning _ reactor. checkout.of 0ctober 5, 1989, it was discovered that.a reactor checkout was'not~per_ formed prior to' reactor. operations on October 4,

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1989..~This failure to_do a checkout prior to operations caused the-Penn State '

• IBreazeale. Reactor to-: fail to fulfill the surveillance requirements of_ sections 4.2.3.a 4.~2.3.c, 4.2.4.a. 4.J 3. , and 4.6.1. of the facility technir.a1

. ' spec ifications- (t. s. )~. This failure to do surveillance requirements is a- .i

+ ireportable occurrence:under section 1.1.33.e of-the facility t.s. . This letter

-issto. fulfill' the requirements of section 6.6.2.a of the facility-t.s. to _ follow >

-within 14 days with a report of the event.

LThe reactor' checkout- on October 5,1989 found all checks- to be within t t..

limitseand there'it nu reason to believe that the reactor was operated outside -

of t.s. limits on-0ctober-4.-

'E0ne cause of the event was a' confusion between personnel; each assumed the other >

bad done'the checkout. Other causes of the-event were the failure of operating personnel'to read the' reactor log prior to startt.p as required by the facility '

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" operating procedures and'the fact that entries in the log denoting checkout

completion are not delineated in any manner different than all other entries.

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Inynediate action was to have all licensad operators present on October 5 sign (off on a training procedure that explained the-event. Other licensed operators

. signed. off on. the procedure as .they returned to work'the. following days. To

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- prevent the recurrence of this event in the future, the checkout procedcre will

-be changed to require the use of a colored stamp to . indicate when the checkout

. i s : done.- The absence of this-stamp in the log should remind the operator that the checkout has not been done, i

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NRC Region'I'was notified on October 5 by phone contact with Noel-Dudley. A

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follow-up: letter: confirming the phone call also went to Region I on October 5: ,

with- a copy to:your of fice.

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Dr.' Charles L.' Hosler, Jr. .

Senior Vice President-for Research and Dean of the Graduate School

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