ML20011D463

Provides Info Re Recent Instances of Regulatory Noncompliance at Plant.Significant Number of Procedures for Operating Facility Neither Accurate Nor Complete,Per 10CFR21

ML20011D463
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	12/06/1989
From:	Tracy S EMPLOYEE'S LEGAL PROJECT
To:	Russell W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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NUDOCS 8912270286
Download: ML20011D463 (3)

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P.O. Box 388 Hampton, NH 03842 0004 (603) 929 6718 December 6,1989 Mr. William T. Rumell, Director US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region 1 475 Allendale Rd.

King of Prussia, P A '19406

Dear Mr. Russell,

The Employees Legal Project is formally reporting to the NRC information given to us within the last week regarding recent instances of regulatory' ,

noncompliance at Seabrook Station. Sect.t Schum of Quality Technology Company, which has been retained by ELP to assess issues raised to this organization by concerned individuals, advised us to report this to you im mediately. He has informed ELP that this issue could have serious safety consequences.

The concerned individual was anonymously interviewed by Mr. Schum, and has asked to remain anonymous. However, the individual asked ELP to report 1 this problem to you. '

Please inform ELP in writing within a week as to-what course of action I the NRC will take in regard to the matters raised in this report.'

l REPORT' PURSUANT TO 10 C.F.R. PART 21  !

REG ARDING REGULATORY NONCOMPLIANCE J A significant number of procedures for operating Seabrook Station are neither accurate nor complete in the following respects:

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g"% 1. Seabrook Station has not been consistently phasing out the use of )

symbols t'o prevent incorrect interpretation of them during procedure use. i I

'$ 2. There has been a breakdown in the accuracy of the procedures during the' f transition from the use of symbols to the use of text.

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4. In particular, there are errors in text because symbols such as ">"

1 (greater than,) "<" (less than,) """-(inches,) and "'" (feet) were . j o -interpreted incorrectly when converted from -symbols to text. These symbols O!

were reversed in the procedures used for operations, mechanical and

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y electrical maintenance, chemistry and radiological controls.

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5; In addition, procedures lacking complete information have been approved i M

.and are in , lace. For instance, a number of procedures cross reference other infamation but leave the: citation blank, i.e. "see sheet # " or z include' .more than ~one revision numbet. Two procedures'containing these - TV% .

omissions are OP-102906' and OP-104702.  !

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According' to Mr.'Schum, these deficiencies, if true and left _

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operations at Seabrook Station. Mr. Schum believes the above-described

~ deficiencies represent a significant breakdown in the quality asurance -

-r program conducted in acoordance with Appendix B because these problems were

< . not detected by Seabrook Station's safety review' program. ]

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-Sbaron Tracy.

Director i-CC:

Mr. Antone Cerne, Sanior- Resident Inspector, Seabrook Station-Dr.l Henry Meyers, Science - Advisor, House .Com m..on Insular Affairs a h

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