ML19253C978

LER 79-056/03L-0:on 791108,20 Dysfunctional Fire Barrier Penetrations Found During QA Audit.Caused by Misinterpretation of Tech Specs by Plant Personnel. Inoperable Penetrations Repaired

ML19253C978
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	12/07/1979
From:	Hairston W ALABAMA POWER CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
Shared Package
ML19253C948	List: ML19253C947 ML19253C956 ML19253C978
References
LER-79-056-03L, LER-79-56-3L, NUDOCS 7912120459
Download: ML19253C978 (2)

Text

. . . . . - . . . . _ _ _ _

NRC FORM %6 U.S. NUCLEAR RECUT.ATORY COMMISSION (7-7 74

• LICENSEE EVENT REPORT CONTROL BLOCK: l l l l l l l (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE Alt. REQUIRED INFORMATION)

I 6 7

o i 3 9 Al Ll Jl Ml Fl 1l@l LICENSEE CODE 14 15 0l 0l -l 0l 0l 0l 0l Ol-LICENSE NUMF,EH 0l 0l@l4 l1 25 26 l1lll1l@l$7 CAF S8l@

LICENSE TYPE. JJ CON'T lolij 7 6

$ #RC ld@l 60 Ol 61 5l0 l010 l3 I4 l8 l@Il DOCKET NUMB E R 63 l 169 l 0 EVENT I a lDATE 7 l o l@l 74 175l 2 lREPORT0 l 7DATE l 7 l 980l@

EVENT OFSCRIPTION AND PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES h o 2 l As ri result of recent NRC and APCo Operations Ouality Assurance Audits. annroximatelv l 10131 l 20 fire barrier penetrations were determined not to be functional or potentially not I lo l4 l l functional on 11/8/79 and 11/9/79. Tech. Spec. 3.7.1.2 reauires all fire barrier 1 o s l pentrations protecting safety related areas to be functional. Tech. Spec. 3.7.1.2 l 0 16 I action statement reautrements were met unon d1<:covery of the oroblem. The health and I l 0 l 7 I L safety of the public were not af fected by this event. I O R l 7 t. 9 80 COI[E CO$e SEs*CO$E COMPON EN T CODE SUS DE $ M

[ o_19] I Al Blh [XI@ LrJ @ l e i E l N l E l T l R lh (_XJh W h SEQUEN fl AL OCCUR RENCE EPORT REVLSION LE R RO EVENT YEAR REPOHT NO. CODE TYPF N O.

@ ty;o;q 17191

_ 21 22 l---J 13 101516 24 26 M

27 lo 13 I 28 29 I Ll 30 l---J 38 U32

^

TA Ef A T ON O PL NT tt HOURS S3 IT O FOH t b 9. SUPPLI MAN F CTUREH W@l 33 X l@

31 l Z l@

35 lZl@

36 l0 0l0-l0l 37 40

[Yj@

41 W@ W@ lG l2 l5 l6 l@

42 43 44 47 CAUSE DESCRIPTION AND CORHECTIVE ACTIO*1S h O l See Attachment. l 1 1 [ l 4Til I I i a I i, i A i i 1540 008 i 1 8 0 80 ST s  % P' ci, OTHER STATUS SO PY DISCOVERY DESCRIPTION i s y@ l 0l ; ]@l NA 'l y @l Inspection as a result of audits l

' " OU A TIVI TY Co TENT HEL EASED OF RELE ASE A*AOUNT OF ACTIVTY LOCATION OF RELEASE li is 8I9 l zj @ [zj@l 7 10 13 NA 44 l {,

45 NA go l

PEnSONNEL F XPOSURES NUP.id E R i i l il' l 'o l o l o l@[ z_]@l

TYPE DESCRIPTION ~

n D l5) 35M&iBnmc I PenSONd'imuLs thfu JJbut0JUUgg so Nueass o sCniPriON@

li la 8l 910 l o ol@l 7 11 17 NA go l

t OSS OF OR DAPAAGE TO FACILITY Q

[TITl lyz_l@l 7 8 D Tm oEsCniP riON 10 NA v

7912120 // % go l

17101 LN435U0 @l E CitiPTION NA l 68 69 llllllllllll[{ 80 ;

1 R D 10 r

LER 79-056/03L-0 CAUSE DESCRIPTION AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS

. This event was caused by improper interpretation by plant personnel of which penetrations and walls fall under Technical Specifications and of procedures regarding fire barrier penetration operability which resulted in failure to initiate LCO action, requirements.

The following corrective actions have been or will be taken:

1. LCO action requirements were met upon discovery of the problem.

2. Action was taken to repair inoperable penetrations.

3. Memoranda have been issued to appropriate plant personnel clari-

- fying procedural and LCO requirements.

4. Action is being initiated to re-inspect all fire walls and associated penetrations. Results of this inspection will be reported in a revision to this LER.

= 1540 009

. . - . . - - - - - . - . - - - . - _ . - . . - - - . - - . . - . . - . . . . . . ..