ML20149K129

Notice of Violation from Exam on 970505-09.Violation Noted: Two SRO Applications Dtd 970418,documented Five Manipulations Based on Credit Taken for Multiple Manipulations Due to Power Change & One Should Be Credited

ML20149K129
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	07/18/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20149K125	List: ML20149K123 ML20149K129 ML20149K131
References
50-293-97-06, 50-293-97-6, NUDOCS 9707290263
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION  :

l Boston Edison Company Docket No. 50-293 Pilgrim Nuclear Power Facility License No. DPR-35 l~

During an NRC examination conducted from May 5 -9,1997, a violation of NRC

requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:

10 CFR 55.31(a)(5) requires, in part, that applicants for operator licenses must have 3

performed five significant control manipulations on the plant that affects reactivity

] or power level.

Contrary to the abcve, as identified on May 5,1997, two senior reactor operator applications, dated April 18,1997, and submitted to the NRC, had documented five

- manipulations based on credit taken for multiple manipulations due to the extent of  ;

j the power change when one manipulation should have been credited. When multiple manipulations due to extended power changes were removed, one

applicant had two significant control manipulations, and the other applicant had 2

three significant control manipulations.

j This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement Vil).

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Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Boston Edison Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear nego atory Commission, I ATTN

Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region 1, and a copy to the NRC Resident intpector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice,.within 30 days of the date of.the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of

. Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been ,

taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence,'if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

I Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the .

extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards  !

information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction if personal privacy or

. proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide ,

a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you EW11 specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have_ withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withhold-ing (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information).

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Notice of Violation 2 Dated at this/f_" day of 7[>/V 1997 l

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