ELV-00846, Forwards Response to Violations Noted in Insp Repts 50-424/89-19 & 50-425/89-23.Corrective Actions:Interofc Correspondence Issued Explaining Problems Associated W/Two Pen Recorders That Have Channels Reflecting Same Value

Forwards Response to Violations Noted in Insp Repts 50-424/89-19 & 50-425/89-23.Corrective Actions:Interofc Correspondence Issued Explaining Problems Associated W/Two Pen Recorders That Have Channels Reflecting Same Value

ML20246J198
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	08/30/1989
From:	Hairston W GEORGIA POWER CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
ELV-00846, ELV-846, NUDOCS 8909050058
Download: ML20246J198 (3)

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' Docket Nos. 50-424 50-425 U. S.1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN:' Document' Control Desk Washington, D.: C. 20555 Gentlemen:

V0GTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT REPLY TO~A' NOTICE'0F VIOLATION Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201, Georgia Power Company (GPC) submits the enclosed information in.-response to Inspection Report 50-424/89-19 and 50-425/89-23, which concerns the inspection conducted by J. F. Rogge and R. F. Aiello of the NRC Region II office from June 9 te July 7,1989. 'In the enclosure, transcription of the violation precedes GPC's response.

Please contact this office if you have .any questions.

Sincerely, g.J. Ilxc W. G. Hairston, III WGH, III/JH/gm

Enclosure:

Violation 50-424/89-19-01 and GPC Response xc: (w) Georgia Power Company

.Mr. C. K. McCoy Mr. G. Bockhold, Jr.

Mr. P. D. Rushton NORMS U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. 5. D. Ebneter, Regional Administrator Mr. J. B. Hopkins, Licensing Project Manager, NRR g Mr. J. F. Rogge, Senior Resident Inspector, Vogtle p I i s909050058 890830 PDR ADOCK 0500042*.

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ENCLOSURE V0GTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT NRC NOTICE 0F VIOLATION 50-424/89-19-01 ' AND GPC RESPONSE

" Technical Specification 6.7.1.a requires that written procedures be implemented covering activities delineated in Appendix "A" of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, . February 1978.

Operations Procedure 10001-C, Section 3.3, specifies Table 1 for inspection criteria when performing rounds Paragraph 5.0 of 10001-C further states that the operator on duty is reponsible for all charts in his area which includes assuring that the chart is operating properly.

Contrary to the above, ~ on June 14, 1989, the NRC identified that improper control room rounds were being conducted. The findings include failure to verify proper operation of the refueling water storage tank level channel II and containment pressure chanr:e1 IV.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1)."

RESPONSE TO VIOLATION 50-424/89-19-01 Admission or Denial of Alleged Violation:

The violation occurred as stated.

Reason For The Violation The cause of the violation was personnel error and procedural violation.

Operations Administrative Procedure 10001-C, "Logkeeping", Rev. 8 states that, "The operator on duty is responsible for all charts in his area. This includes assuring that each recorder chart is marked daily with time and date. Also, each chart should be checked for proper operation." On June 13, 1989 RWST Level Channel II (green pen) of chart recorder 1LR-990 stopped inking and was later stamped by a control room operator signifying that the recorder was operating properly. The next shift found and corrected the inking problem.

On June 10, 1989, Containment CNMT Pressure Channel IV (green pen) of chart recorder 1-PR-934 stopped inking and was stamped by eleven subsequent shift crews signifying that the recorder was operating properly. Upon discovery of the inking problem by the NRC inspector, the problem was corrected.

Both chart recorders are two pen recorders with red and green inkers. In both l cases, the green inkers located behind the red inkers ceased to ink.

I Complicating the visual inspection process, both recorder channels reflect the same value, i.e. the red and green traces lie on top of one another. From discussion with operators involved, it is apparent that the red trace was inadvertently mistaken as a composite of red and green inkers.

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-ENCLOSURE (CONTINUED)

- NRC NOTICE OF VIOLATION'50-424/89-19-01 ~ AND GPC~ RESPONSE  :

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[ Corrective' Steps Which Have Been Taken and The Results Achieved:

An interoffice correspondence letter from Operations Management was. issued to '

all operators and supervisors .to make them aware of this violation. The 4 letter explained the problem associated with two pen recorders that have channels which reflect the same value. Additional care was urged when checking these recorders. <

Corrective Steps Which Will' Be Taken To Avoid Further Violations:

1) Increased Operations Management attention will be provided by routine inspections of control room chart recorders.

2). A copy of this NRC violation and response will be placed in the Operations ,

Reading Book to ensure all licensed individuals are aware of the  !

circumstance which resulted in the' violation. l Date When Full Comp 11ance' Will"Be Achieved: I The interoffice correspondence letter was issued to all Operators and ,

. Supervisors on August 15, 1989.  !

A copy of the NRC violation and associated Operations response was included in the Operations Reading Book on August 21, 1989.

Full compliance is anticipated by August 31, 1989.  ;

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