ML19327A817
| ML19327A817 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| 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) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8910180188 | |
| Download: ML19327A817 (2) | |
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Senior Vice President for Research . ,.The Per.asylvcnia State University >
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-October 11', 1989.
m U.S. Nuclear Regulatory,Conrnission h ' ATTN:- Document Control Desk
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- Tech Spec Violation License R-2, Docket N0. 50-5 1 '
Dear Sir and Madame:
- 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 '
" operating procedures and'the fact that entries in the log denoting checkout
- completion are not delineated in any manner different than all other entries.
- 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
- 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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Sincerely, WW/ l '
Dr.' Charles L.' Hosler, Jr. .
Senior Vice President-for Research and Dean of the Graduate School CLH/TLF/skr
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