ML20137K441

Notice of Violation from Insp on 961221-970203.Violation Noted:Temp Reading Taken from Temp Sensors That Did Not Reflect Actual Cooldown Rate

ML20137K441
Person / Time
Site:	Perry
Issue date:	03/19/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20137K428	List: IR 05000440/1996018 ML20137K424 ML20137K441
References
50-440-96-18, NUDOCS 9704070031
Download: ML20137K441 (2)

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I NOTICE OF VIOLATION i

Centerior Service Company Docket No. 50-440 Perry Nuclear Power Plant License No. NPF-58 During an NRC inspection conducted on December 21,1996, through February 3,1997, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement

- of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions" (Enforcement Policy), NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:

j 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, Criterion V, Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings, states

" Activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstances and shall be

accomplished in accordance with the instructions, procedures, or drawings.

Instructions, procedures, or drawings shall include appropriate quantitative acceptance criteria for determining that important r,ctivities have been satisfactorily accomplished."

Surveillance instruction (SVI) B21-T1176, RCS Hestup and Cooldown Surveillance,

' Revision 4, September 13,1996, required that reactor coolant system (RCS)

! temperatures be verified every 30 minutes to be within TS limits during cooldown i l (inspector note - the SVI did not indicate when the first reading should be taken). l j The SVI also lists the TS limit for cooldown to be 100 degrees F per hour. The  !

a reactor scram and the start of the cooldown occurred at 5:34 a.m.

Contrary to the above the first recorded temperature reading was at 6:30 a.m.

Also, the procedure allowed readings to be taken from temperature sensors that did not reflect the actual cooldown rate. This contributed to an inadequate awareness l

i of the cooldown rate which exceeded the TS limits.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1)

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR Part 2.201, Centerior Service Compeny is hereby required to submit a written statement os explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region ill, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the facility 1 that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achpved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for information may be issued as to why the

, license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

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.6 Notice of Violation i Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent posdble, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR witho'st redaction. However, if you find it necessary to include such information, you should clearly indicate the specific information i that you desire not to be placed in the PDR, and provide the legal basis to support your request for withholding the information from the public.

Dated at Lisle, Illinois this 19th day of March 1997 i

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