IR 05000382/1991007

Insp Rept 50-382/91-07 on 910219-22.No Violations or Deviations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Plant Operation Procedures

ML20217B219
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	02/27/1991
From:	Bess J, Gagliardo J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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ML20217B214	List: IR 05000382/1991007 ML20217B209
References
50-382-91-07, 50-382-91-7, NUDOCS 9103120035
Download: ML20217B219 (5)

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APPUIDIX U.S. HUCLEAR hEGULATORY CChillSS10N REGION IV 4 NRC Inspection Report: 50-382/91-07 Operating License: NpF-38 Docket: 50-382 Licensee: Louisiana Power & Light Con,pany (LP&L)

317 Baronne Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70160 Facility Name: Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 (WAT-3)

Inspection At: WAT-3, Taft, Louisiana inspection Conducted: February- 19-22, 1991 Inspector: 0cx- .

da7/ Date f. E. Bets, Reactor Inspector, Operational programs Section, Division of Reactor Safety Approved: - Oku.d,u 3 -- . ... . -. ME7 /Cf /

J. E. Gagliardo, Chief, Operationai Programs Date Section, Division of Reactor Safety inspection Summary Inspection. Conducted February 19-22,.1991.(Report 50-382/91-07)

Areas Inspected: Routine, announced inspection of plant operation procedure Results: Within the area inspected, no violations or deviations were identified. The operations department completed the upgrading of approxin,ately 260 procedures to ensure that they were technically accurate and properly hurran factor engineered. The upgrading of the operation procedures appeared to have-enhanced the program regarding safety-related operation procedures. Training.-

has been completed--in the use of annunciator and off-normal procedures. The training was developed during the procedure upgrading effort. Required biennial reviews hed'been completed on procedures reviewed by the inspector, except as noted in paragraph .*03120035 910304 PDR ADOCK 05000382 O PDR

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-2-DETAILS PERSONNEL CONTACTED LP *J. McGaha, General Manager - Plant Operations

• G. H. Hood, Radiation Protection Engineer

• S. Ramzy, Assistant Radiation Protection Supervisor

• B. R. Lee, Radiation Group Manager

• T. J. Gaudet, Operational Licensing Sup;,avisor

• J. Bidgel, Lead Supervisor Health Physics

• T. LaPontie, Superintendent Radiation Protection

• D. E. Baker, Director Operations Support and Assessments

• A. S. Lockhart, Quality Assurance (QA) Manager

• D. F. Doan, QA Auditor

• R. S. Starkey, Operations Superintendent ER[

• F. Smith, Senior Resident inspector

• L. Wilborn, Radiation Specialist

• J. B. Nicholas, Senior Radiation Specialist

• Attended exit interview on February 22, 199 Other licensee personnel were contacted during the inspectio . FOLLOWUP.ON.PREVIOUSLY. IDENTIFIED FINDINGS (92702)

2.1 (Closed) Violation (382/8916-02): Inadeauate Abnormal Procedures This violation pertains to the licensee's failure to provide an adequate proce-dure addressing the expected loss of a vital 120V AC instrument bus, and the failure to provide an adequate procedure addressing the loss of a vital 4160V AC electrical bu The licensee's corrective actions included a review and upgrading of all operations procedures to ensure that they were technically accurat Procedure OP-901-05a," Loss of Vital 120V AC Instrument Channel," Revision 4, had been revised and upgraded to include expected conditions and operators'

actions during the loss of a vital 120V AC instrument channe In response to the second concern, the licensee's corrective actions included the developn.ent of Off-tlormal Procedures OP-901-057, " Loss of 4160 Volt Safety Cus B," Revision 0 and OP-901-058, " Loss of 4160 Volt Safety Bus A," Revision 0, to provide instructions for actions required during the loss of 4160V ,

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The inspector revit.wed the referenced procedures and verified that the licensee's corrective actions had been complete This item is considered close .2(Closed)InspectorFollowupItem(382/P'[6-01): Lack of. Documentation.and Verification of Significant. Steps This concern pertained to administrative controls for annunciator and off-normal procedures not regairing documentation and verification of significant step The inspector cApressed ' concern that certain critical steps may need documenta-tion and r erification .o ensure equipment would not be damaged resulting in a worsenit.g of an expected transien The licensee issued Inter-Office Correspondence W3090 '.006, dated January 8, 1990, to address the concerns of the inspector. The memorandum stated in part, that LP&L believes that the documentation of steps is not necessary or required. The memorandum further stated that the upgrading of operation procedures in accordance with the operation writer's guide will ensure that the p ocedures were technically accurate and properly human factored-engineere This itt.n is considered close . PROCEDURE pEVIEW (42700)

The inspector reviewed and evaluated selected procedures to verify that the procedures end procedure changes for safety-related activities were in conformance with the Technical Specification and administrative controls were technically adequate. The following procedures were reviewed:

• Administrative Procedures

• General Plant Operating Procedures

Off-Horma1/ Alarm Procedures

Maintenance Procedure 3.1 Administrative Procedures The inspector selected and reviewed administrative procedures to assess the adequacy of the procedures regarding the control of safety-related activitie The procedures _ reviewed are listed below:

UNT-004-035, " Control of Vendor.Information," Revision 2 UNT-007-014. "Setpoint Document Control," Revision 4 UNT-004-009, " Control, Distribution, Handling and Use of Plant Procedures,"

Revision 1 The inspector noted that the procedures reviewed were properly approved and

were adequate to control safety-related operations.

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. procedure .2 ,G,eneral Operating Procedures The inspector reviewed the following procedures to verify that overall procedure content was consistent with Technical Specification requirements:

RF-004-001,. " Reactor Vessel Head and Internal Ruroval," Revision 2 l

.RF-005-001, " Fuel Moveme.t," Revision 2 The procedures reviewee, contained the latest checklist and related forms with ,

respect to revisions and change !

llo violations or deviations were identified during the review of these procedure .3 Off-Normal-and. Annunciator Procedure The inspector reviewed selected off-normal and annunciator procedures to' assess the adequacy of the procedures. The procedures reviewed are as follows:

OP-901-017, "High ' Airborne Activity In Control Room," Revision 5 OP-901-013, " Emergency Coration," Revision 6 -

OP-901-057, " Loss of 4160V Safety Dus A," Revision 0 OP-901-054, " Loss of a Vital Instrument Bus," Revision 2 OP-901-058, " Loss Of 4160V Safety Bus A," Revision 0-The procedures appeared to be consistent with Technical Specification require-ments.. The technical contents appeared to be adequate to control safety-related operation No violations or deviations were identified in the review of these procedure . Electrical Maintenance procedures The inspector reviewed selected electrical maintenance procedures to assess the adequacy of the procedures. The following procedures were reviewed and comments were provided to the licensee:

11E-004-145 "480V G.E. Switchgear Breaker," Revision 8 HE-004-345 "High Pressure Safety injection Pump Motor," Revision 8 ME-004-346 " Low Pressure Safety injection Pump Motors," Revision 8 The inspector noted that the biennial review for procedures itE-004-345 and lie-00_4 -346 was overdue. This concern was provided to the licensei.. The inspector was informed that the referenced procedures were in the p ocess of having'the biennial review complete flo violations or deviations were identified in the review of these procedure _ _ _ _ . . . . . _ _ . . _ - -

_ . _ _ . . _ _ _ _ _ _ . ._ _ _ _ . . , . 1-b- EXIT fliTERVIEW The inspector ret with the licensee representatives (denoted in paragtoph 1)

on February 22, 1991. The inspector surrinarized the purpose, scope, and findings of the inspection. The licensee did not identify as proprietary any of the material provided to or reviewed by the inspector during this inspectio <

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