ML20236M000

Notice of Violation from Insp on 870601-30.Violation Noted:Failure to Properly Disposition Significant Condition Adverse to Quality Re 870303 Failure of Emergency Diesel Room Fire Dampers

ML20236M000
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	08/05/1987
From:	Zech G NRC OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS
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Shared Package
ML20236L984	List: IR 05000259/1987026 ML20236L980 ML20236M000
References
50-259-87-26, 50-260-87-26, 50-296-87-26, NUDOCS 8708100440
Download: ML20236M000 (2)

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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION l

Tennessee Valley Authority Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296 Browns Ferry 1, 2, and 3 License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52 and DPR-68

'During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted on June 1-30, 1987, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. The viola-tion involved a failure to promptly disposition and correct a significant condition adverse to quality as required by 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI.

In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC l Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1985), the violation is l l listed below: 1 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI requires that measures shall be I established to assure that conditions adverse to quality such as failures, l

. malfunctions and deficiencies are promptly identified and corrected. For

.significant conditions adverse to quality (SCAQ) the measures shall assure that the cause of the condition is determined and corrective action is taken to preclude repetition. The SCAQ, the cause, and corrective action shall be reported to appropriate levels of management. l l

Contrary to ' the above, the fol' lowing requirements were not met after. I identification of an SCAQ related to the failure'of emergency diesel room

-fire dampers on March 3, 1987.

1. Although the root cause of fire damper failure was attributed to excessive dust accumulation on the damper blades, 'the dust was not removed from the dampers. The SCAQ was therefore not corrected.

2. As of June 15, 1987, neither the Plant Operations Review Committee nor the' Plant Maintenance Superintendent reviewed the March 16, 1987, failure innstigaion report which documented the root cause and corrective action recommendations. The SCAQ was therefore not reported to appropriate levels of management.

3. No closure or tracking mechanism existed for corrective action recommendations documented on the failure evaluation. Thus, corrective action to preclude repetition was not taken in a timely manner.

This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I) and is appli- '

cable to all 3 Units.

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, you are hereby required to submit to this Office within 30 days of the letter transmitting this Notice a written  ;

statement or explanation in reply including: (1) admission or denial of the i violation, (2) the reason for the violation if admitted, (3) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved, (4) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and (5) the date when full 8708100440 B70B05 PDR ADOCK 0500 G l

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Tennessee Valley Authority 2 Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296 Browns Ferry 1, 2, and 3 License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52 and DPR-68 compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION k

tr i t b Gary G. Zech, Assistant Director, j' Inspection Programs TVA Projects Divisi'on Office of Special Projects Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this $54 day of August 1987 1

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