IR 05000482/1989010

Insp Rept 50-482/89-10 on 890301-31.No Violations or Deviations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Plant Status, Operational Safety Verification,Monthly Surveillance Observation & Balance of Plant

ML20247A240
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Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	05/05/1989
From:	Bruce Bartlett, Holler E, Skow M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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....U.S.--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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- NRC Inspection Rsport: ? 50-482/89-10

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Operating License: -NPF-42 Docket: 50-482

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Licensee: Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation.(WCNOC)

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P.O., Box,411 Burlingtoni Kansas 66839

,s Facility Name: . Wolf Creek. Generating Station (WCGS)

Inspection' Ati:- WCGS,l'Coffey County, Burlington, Kansas

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. Inspection-Conductedi March 1-31, 1989

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B.lL.EBartlett, Senior Resident Inspector, Date

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Projects Section D, Division of . Reactor Projects-

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Project Section D, Division of Reacter Projects LApproved:

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Inspection Summar ' Inspection Conducted March 1-31,'1989 (Report 50-482/89-10)

, Areas Inspected: Routine,r unannoutied inspection including plant status, operational safety verification, monthly surveillance observation, monthly

. maintenance observation, and balance of plan Results: Within the areas inspected, no violations or deviations were identified. Durin balance of plant (g this The B0P). inspection, licensee one of the major was responsive to the areas NRC ofinspectors'

emphasis was on

, findings and initiated prompt corrective actions where required. The NRC

, ' inspectors determined,that, overall, the licensee was maintaining and operating B0P systems .in a manner appropriate to their importance. Some comments from

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the use of temporary scaffolding in the turbine building appeared excessive (paragraph 6.a) and vendor drawings of the "as built" configuration need to be ' updated (paragraph 6.b).

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1 Persons C'ontacted- 1 l

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,V '*Bi Withers, President and CEO

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• F.(T.: Rhodes,.Vice President, Engineering and Technical Services

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• R.LM.' Grant', Vice' President', Quality Assurance (QA)

• J. A.. Bailey, Vice, President, Operations

• G. D. Boyer, Plant Manage . . ,

• R.rW. Holloway, Manager, Maintenance and Modifications-

' *0,: L. Maynard, Manager, Licensing

• B. McKinney, Manager,'~0perations

• G.' Williams, Manager, Plant' Support

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' *C.~ E. Parry, Manager, QA, WCGS

• A.;A.'lFreitag, Manager, Nuclear Plant Engineering (NPE), WCGS

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"C. W. Fowler, Manager, Instrumentation and Control K. Peterson, Supervisor,_ Licensing

.G..Pendergrass; Licensing

• Wl;M. Lindsay, Supervisor, QA

• C. J. Hoch,~Q4 Technologist

• J. M. Pippin, Manager, NPE

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'R.LJ. Potter, Manager,. Supplier / Materials Qualit '*R. D. Flannigan, Manager, Nuclear Safety Engineering

• S. F. Hatch, Supervisor, Quality Systems-f '*C. J.. Sprout, Section Manager, NPE

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• Wideman, Licensing Specialist III

• D..G.iNaylor, Shift Supervisor The NRC inspectors.also contacted other members of the licensee's staff r,

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5being operated safely and in conformance with license and regulatory

? :( qp requirements. It also was to ensure that the licensee's management

'i ' . f- ' ' control system was effectively discharging its responsibilities for

. continued' safe-operation. The methods used to perform this inspection

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n - verification. of. safety system status and ~1imiting conditions for operation, corrective actions, and review of facility record .

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^n4 , instrumentation and alarms, deficiency reports, and corrective action ;< >

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Routine surveillance and operating activities witnessed and/or reviewed by the NRC inspectors are discussed below: j-o On March 15, 1989, the~ licensee informed the NRC of a potential

defect reportable in accordance with 10 CFR Part 21. Special-Report 88-002, Supplement-1, " Failure of Diesel. Generator 'B Due to Failure of Cap Screws on' Fuel' Injector Pumps," stated that the cause of the cap' screw failures was a combination of installation error, cyclic loading, and substandard bolts' The licensee revised the

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installation procedure and installed new bolts-(cap screws) that had

been hardness tested onsite and chemically tested on a sample basi o On March 6; 1989...the license'e performed a scheduled surveillance test on the: control rods and determined that Group 2 control rods would not move. The. licensee entered Technical Specification (TS) 3.1.3.1, Action b, which required'the reactor to be in hot standby within 6 hour6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br /> The licensee had previously sent a TS change request to the NRC asking that, for control rods that were inoperable but tripable, the u

action statement be extended from 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br /> to 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />. This would

' allow the licensee more time.to troubleshoot rod control. cabinet problems and to initiate any required repairs. In accordance with NRC ~ procedures, the licensee requested a temporary waiver of compliance until the TS could be changed permanently. The TS change request was in the process of being issued. Its priority was increased and it was issued as. Amendment 27 later the morning of March 6, 198 The licensee repaired the rod control modules performed surveillance testing, and declared the Group 2 control rods operable on March 8, 198 No violations or deviations were identifie .

1 Monthly Surveillance Observation (61726)

The purpose of this inspection area was to ascertain whether surveillance of safety-significant systems and components were being conducted in accordance with TS . Methods'used to perform this inspection included direct observation of licensee activities and review of record Items inspected in this area included:

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Verification that the-test data was accurate and complete and.that

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Surve111ances. witnessed and/or reviewed,by the NRC inspectors are as'

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follows:- :STS-IC-203; Revision 5, " Analog' Channel. Operational Test?7300 Process

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. Instrumentation: Protection Set III (Blue)'," performed March 21, 198 o :- ?TS IC-912, Revision 5. " Containment Hydrogen Analyzer GS-065A e ' Calibration Test," performed March 23 198 y STS IC-202, Revision 6, " Analog Channel O

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. informed of survefilance. status and of alarms that would be generate ,

No violations or deviations were' identifie .

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record revie ' Items verified.in this inspection area, where appropriate, included:

-o' Activities did not violate limiting conditions for operation and

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o Required alignments and surveillance to verify postmaintenance operability were performed.

l Replacemnt parts and materials used were properly certified.

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'o o Craftsmen were qualified to accomplish the designated cask and additional technical expertise was made available when neede o Quality contrel. hold points and/or checklists were used and quality control personnel observed designated work activities, o Procedures used were adequate, approved, and up to dat Portions of the selected maintenance activities were observed regarding the work requests (WRs) listed below. The WRs and related documents were reviewed by the NRC inspectors:

N Activitt WR 00460-89 Implement PMR-02815 to allow construction air to bypass KA-V21 SSWR 89-165 Repair lock mechanism to Door 1102 Selected NRC inspector observations are discussed below:

During the perfonnance of Security WR SSWR 89-165, the NRC inspector observed repairs to the door lock mechanism and verified that appropriate security compensatory measures and fire impairment compensations were in place. However, the NRC inspector observed that the worker did not have a copy of the WR at the work location. The NRC inspector reviewed SSWR 89-165 at the shift lieutenant's desk as well as Procedure SEC 01-109, Revision 5, " Reporting of Security System Defects and Work Requests." The NRC inspector observed that the SSWR form had two locations to indicate that the shift supervisor had been notified. The procedure did not appear to address the criteria used to decide what items warranted that notification. When this was discussed with the licensee, action was immediately initiated to clarify the procedure. During discussions with the licensee concerning the absence of the WR at the work locatica, the licensee explained that SSWRs in process were safeguards information. The licensee did not want to risk losing control of safeguards documents, therefore, kept the WRs in a secure location. The NRC inspectors stated that taking a WR to a work site permitted a worker to verify that all preliminary steps to beginning work had been

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accomplished. These might include equipment clearances, fire impairments, welding controls, and security compensation. Having the WR in hard would

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^ also allow the worker to verify that work would be on the correct specific component prior to begir:ning work. The NRC inspector noted that the licenue performed the WRs in accord;nce with regulatory requirements and ,

suggested the licensee review the NRC inspectors observations for possible incorporation into their work related activities on KR No violations or deviations were identifie . Balance _,f Plant (71500) i The purpose of this inspection was to determine the adequacy of ,

modificationsmadetobnlanceofplant(80P) systems,theadequacyofBOP '

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The NRC inspectors reviewed selected plant modification requests (PMRs), j WRs, and procedures, performed walkdowns of selected systems, and interviewed selected personne '

For a list of the documents reviewed during the performance of this inspection, see Attachment Selected NRC inspector ob-servations are discussed below: i Turbine Building During tours of the turbine building, the NRC inspectors found the areas to be generally clean and in order. The following  !

discrepancies were observed: .;

o The northeast support for Moisture Separator Reheater "A" had a cable attached that went through the floor and was not being use o A flexible metallic hose was connected from the dragon valve to Pressure Transmitter AC PT-271. The unauthorized hose was removed and the pressure transmitter was returned to servic o Numerous valves were observed to have slight steam or fluid leaks. These were identified to the shift supervisor, o Instrument tubing running from Isolation Valves AC-V007 and AC-V008 to the Flow Transmitter AC FT-178 appeared to be inadequately supported, o Numerous pieces of scaffolding were observed about the turbine building. Some scaffolding was for work in progress but some temporary scaffolding appeared to be permanent (e.g.,

scaffolding above the stator cooling water skid had been there

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. addition eexisting scaffo? ding was being reviewed to ensure that'

it was appropriately . installed, t o 1 Plastic sheets were covering the tops of Motor Control 1 d. -

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, ' Reviews of D,rawings and Procedures

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r x" 'o . Service Wcter System Valves EA if-24, -25, -35, and -36 were on both Checklist CE-120 and EA-120. One checklist instructed the f' operator to throttle the valves and tne other checklist instructed the operator to open the valve o '

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Checklist CE-12 o The instrument root valve.to Pressure Gauge CE-YGA-10 on the stator cooling system was not on the vendor P&ID or on a checklis o Valves CE VX-001'and -002 on the stator enoling system were not ,

i on the vendor P&I o Vendor documents, valve checklists, and normal operation of the stator cooling water system do not match. The vendor documents o recomend use of only one heat exchanger at a time. The valve a- checklists line up one heat exchanger with partial flow,'but L

normal operation is to have both heat exchangers in servic !

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PHR ones with 01377ofchan,ged.'out a larger size.the impellers This was done' on the;in order 1to. meet the total.

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