ML18086A761

Responds to NRC 810212 Ltr Re Violations Noted in IE Insp Rept 50-272/80-31.Corrective Actions:Operating Instructions Revised.Lead Engineer Will Publish New Index/List of Effective Revisions After Each Addition

ML18086A761
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Site:	Salem
Issue date:	03/09/1981
From:	Schneider F Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	Brunner E, Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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,,."' ' ) I.., -;ok W. Sohne;d., Vice President

Public Service Electric and Gas Company 80 Park Place Newark, N.J. 07101 201/430-7373

Production

.. * * March 9, 1981 Mr. Boyce H. Grier, Director Off ice of Inspection

and Enforcement

Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, Pa. 19406 Attention:

Mr. Eldon J. Brunner, Chief Reactor Operations

and Nuclear Support Branch Gentlemen:

NRC INSPECTION

50-272/80-31

SALEM GENERATING

STATION UNIT NO. 1 We have reviewed the report of your

conducted

by Dr. Jin W. Chung during the period November 17-21, 1980. Our response to the item of noncompliance

identified

in Appendix A is as follows: Item of Violation

Technical

Specification

6.8 addresses

the requirements

of plant procedures

in that paragraph

6.8.l states in part, "Written procedures

shall be established, implemented

and maintained

covering the activities

referenced

below: a. The applicable

procedures

recommended

in Appendix 'A' of Regulatory

Guide 1.33, 'Revision

2, February 1978 ... "; paragraph

6.8.2 states in part: "Each procedure

... of 6.8.l above ... shall be reviewed by the SORC .** prior to implementation

and reviewed periodically

as set forth in administrative

procedures." and, paragraph

6.8.3 states in part: " .*. The change is documented, reviewed by SORC ..* within fourteen days of implementation." Administrative

Control cedure AP-3, 'Station Documents', Revision 9, requires that the station procedures

be reviewed at least every two years. Contrary to the above, station procedures

and changes thereto, were either improperly

implemented

or not reviewed in the following

instances:

• * .* Mr. Boyce H. Grier, Director U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

-2-3/9/81 Item Of Violation

Part (a) Procedures

in the Control Room Master Files listed below, had not been reviewed during the last two year review cycle: OI II-1.3.1, Revision 3, May 3, 1977 QI II-3.3.3, Revision 8, May 12, 1978 OI II-11.3.3, Revision 3, June 2, 1977 OI II-15.3.2, Revision 2, March 8, 1978 lPD-2.9.001, Revision 0, October 27, 1976 ReplX to Item Of Violation

Part (a) 1. Operating

Instruction

II-1.3.1, Revision 3, May 3, 1977, has been revised twice since this revision.

The current revision is Revision 5, December 17, 1979, which is within the two year review cycle. 2. Operating

Instructions

II-3.3.3, Revision 8, II-11.3.3, Revision 3, and II-15.3.2, Revision 2 have not been reviewed in the required two year cycle. All Operating

Instructions

are being revised to incorporate

all of the on-the-spot

changes and outlined*

in a new format. .The Lead Engineer has been designated

responsible

for ensuring that procedure

reviews and revisions

are completed

in the required two year cycle. The addition of personnel

to the staff has been done in order to expedite the revision process. All revisions

should be completed

by June 1, 1981. 3. lPD-2.9.001, Revision O, was not reviewed within the two year cycle due to personnel

error. The Performance

Department

is currently

revising their program to include provisions

f9r a systematic

review process, scheduling

and computer program. The procedure

noted has been reviewed.

We are in compliance

now. Item of Violation

Part (b) The Index/List

of Effective

Revisions, Station Manual Books 2 and 4, in the Control Room Master Copies was not up to date and did not reflect the corresponding

revision numbers and dates of the procedures

in the Control Room Files as required by Administrative

Procedure

AP-1, Paragraph

5.6, Index and List of Effective

Pages .

. . * *fl. Mr. Boyce H. Grier, Director U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

-3-3/9/81 Reply To Item Of Violation

Part (b) The personnel

responsible

for placing the Operating

Instruction

revision in the Control Room Master Copies were not aware of the requirements

of the Station Plant Manual, Volume I, Section 1, General Information.

The Lead Engineer will publish a new Index/List

of Effective

Revisions

each time a revision is made to the Operating

Instructions.

The Index should be completed

by June 1, 1981. NOTE AP-1 is only for the Administrative

Procedure

Program. Item Of Violation

Part (c) The following

procedure

revision numbers and dates in the Control Room Master Files were pencil-changed

without any objective

evidence of review or corresponding

references

to SORC review as required by Administrative

Procedure

AP-3, Section 6.0, Control of Station Materials:

OI II-1,3.1:

Revision 3, May 3, 1977 in the procedure

was deleted and Revision 4 was entered by pencil. OI II-3.3.2:

Revision 7, February 18, 1977 was deleted and Revision 8 was entered by pencil. Reply To Item Of Violation

Part (c) The Index/List

of Effective

Revisions

was pencil changed to reflect the current revision number. The Index/List

of Effective

Revisions

is not required to have the SORC review meeting number. This is on the last page of each Operating

Instruction.

1. OI II-1.3.1, Revision 5, is the current revision, which was reviewed by SORC on December 17, 1979. 2. OI II-3.3.2, Revision 8, is the current revision, which was reviewed by SORC on June 19, 1978. A new Index/List

of Effective

Revisions

will be issued with each new revision to the Operating

Instructions.

Item Of Violation

Part (d) The following "on-the-spot" permanent

changes to procedures

were not reviewed by SORC within fourteen days of their implementation.

• * Mr. Boyce H. Grier, Director U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

.-4-3/9/81 OI II-3.3.1, Permanent

Change (P-3), May 3, 1979; P-4, May 10, 1979; P-5, May 11, 1979 OI IV-16.3.1, P-6, September

6, 1980 OI V-1.3.1, P-7, April 29, 1979, was reviewed on November 13, 1979 by SORC Reply To Item Of Violation

Part (d) In accordance

with the Station Plant Manual, Volume I, Section 1, "General Information", the green copies of permanent "on-the-spot" changes are maintained

in the Control Room. Each permanent "on-the-spot" change listed above has had the proper review by SORC within fourteen days as required.

The SORC Secretary

retains the original white copies for the record file and for inclusion

in the next revision of each Operating

Instruction

and are available

at the site for review. Item Of Violation

Part (e) Emergency

Communication

System Operating

Instruction

IV-12.3.1, Revision 2, July 9, 1980, had not been reviewed by SORC prior to implementation.

This is a procedure

type listed in Regulatory

Guide 1.33, Appendix A, Item lm. Reply To Item Of Violation

Part (e) The Emergency

Communication

System Operating

Instruction

was not reviewed by SORC. This was an apparent administrative

oversight.

The procedure

has been reviewed by SORC. We are in compliance

now. Sincerely, CC Director, Office of Inspection

and Enforcement

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Washington, DC 20555

' . ... ,i., * STATE OF NEW JERSEY SS: COUNTY OF ESSEX COUNTY OF ESSEX FREDERICK

W. SCHNEIDER, being duly sworn according

to law deposes and says: I am a Vice President

of Public Service Electric and Gas Company, and as such, I find the matters set forth in our response dated March 9, 1981, to Inspection

Report 50-272/80-31

are true to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief. ' FREDERICK

W. SCHNEIDER

Subscribed

and sworn to before me r./-, '-. 1 * this i day of ) J /O-l C/) , 1981

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W. SCHNEIDER, being duly sworn according

to law deposes and says: I am a Vice President

of Public Service Electric and Gas Company, and* as such,. I find the matters set forth in our response dated March 9, 1981, to Inspection

Report

are true to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief. IP.J. SCHNEIDER

and sworn to before me this 9 day of }J

cA , 1981 / Notary Public of New

M;{ Commission

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