ML20141J856

Forwards Insp Rept 50-285/97-15 on 970615-0802 & Nov. Inspectors Identified That Fire Impairment Was Not Completed Nor Compensatory Fire Watch Established Prior to Blocking Fire Sprinklers in DG Room

ML20141J856
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	08/15/1997
From:	Gwynn T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Gambhir S OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
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50-285-97-15, NUDOCS 9708210372
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See also: IR 05000285/1997015

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S. K. Gambhir, Division Manager

Production Engineering

-Omaha Public Power District

Fort Calhoun Station FC-2 4 Adm.

P.O. Box 399

Hwy. 75 - North of Fort Calhoun

Fort Calhoun, Nebraska 68023-0399

SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-285/9715 AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION

Dear Mr. Gambhir:

An NRC inspection was conducted _ June 15 through August 2,1997, at your Fort Calhoun

Station reactor facility. The enclosed report presents the scope and results of that

inspection.

During the 7 week period covered by this inspection, your conduct of activities at the Fort

Calhoun Station was generally characterized by safety-conscious operations, sound

engineering and maintenance practices, and careful radiological work controls. However,

two violations of NRC requirements were identified. The first violation involved two

instances of ineffective corrective actlan. The inspectors identified that prior corrective

action taken to ensure that daficiency stickers were removed from control room panels

following maintenance was not effective. The inspectors also determined that prior

corrective action taken to er.sure that plant valves were not damaged as a result of

overtorquing was not effective. In the second violation, the inspectors identified that a fire

impairment was not completed no was a compensatory fire watch establ?hed prior to

blocking the fire sprinklers in the diesel generator room.

These violations are cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice) and the

circumstances surrounding the violations are described in detailin the enclosed report.

Please note that you are required to respond to this letter and should foilow the

instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when prepwing your response. The NRC will

use your response, in part, to determine whether further enforcement action is necessary

to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter,

its enclosures, and your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).

To the extent possible, your response should not include any personal privacy, proprietary,

or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction.

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James W. Tills, Manager

Nuclear Licensing

Omaha Public Power District

Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm.

P.O. Box 399 -

Hwy,75 - North of Fort Calhoun

Fort Calhoun, Nebraska 68023-0399

James W. Chase, Manager

Fort Calhoun Station

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Perry D. Robinson, Esq.

Winston & Strawn

1400 L. Street, N.W,-

Washington, D.C. 20005 3502

Chairman

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