ML20132F839

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Repts 50-369/85-05 & 50-370/85-05.Util Position Re Removal of Combustible Agents Questioned.Corrective Actions Requested by 850621

ML20132F839
Person / Time
Site:	McGuire, Mcguire
Issue date:	05/21/1985
From:	Walker R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Tucker H DUKE POWER CO.
References
NUDOCS 8507190054
Download: ML20132F839 (2)

See also: IR 05000369/1985005

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MAY 211985

Duke Power Company

ATTN: Mr. H. B. Tucker, Vice President

-Nuclear Production Department

422 South Church Street

Charlotte, NC -28242

Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: REPORT N05. 50-369/85-05 AND 50-370/85-05

Thank you for your response of April 11, 1985, to our Notice of Violation issued

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on March 12, 1985, concerning activities conducted at your McGuire facility under

NRC Operating License Nos. NPF-9 and NPF-17. We have evaluated your response and

'found that it meets the requirements of 10 CFR 2.201.

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In. addition, we have evaluated your response and disagree with your position

. concerning the removal of combustible agents from a control access area' for

reasons stated below.

Your, response describes the cleanliness requirements for Level IV Housekeeping

and the actions required to assure implementation of. the requirements. In

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addition, your response states that the presence of two cans of penetrant

materials in a Level IV Housekeeping area _in which work was being performed does .

not violate these requirements in that they did not constitute an accumulation of

waste material, but rather were supplies used to do work in'the area.

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We wish to reiterate that the violation was identified because the items found

contained combustible agents which could pose a hazard to safety-related

! equipment and/or systems. The cans were apparently left behind when the liquid

penetrant examination on the Inservice Inspection welds was completed.

Also, we disagree with your position that it was acceptable to leave these cans

!- behind until the total scope of the work was completed in the area since this

could be interpreted to mean the length of an outage. In this instance we would

consider this as failure to maintain control cf materials, which suggests a

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disregard for measures established to assure that only correct materials are used

[ .on safety-related parts or components.

Finally, the locations where the cans were found, on a cable tray.and on top of

structural steel, make it Lighly unlikely that they would have been detected

during a housekeeping inspection.

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Therefore, in accordance with 10 CFR 20.201(a), 'please submit to this office

within 30 days of the date of this letter a written statement describing steps

which have been taken to correct the violation and the results achieved,

corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and the date

when full compliance will be achieved. We will examine the implementation of

your corrective actions during future inspections.

We appreciate your cooperation in this matter.

Sincerely,

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Roger D. Walker, Director

Division of Reactor Projects

cc: T. L. McConnell, Station Manager .

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Document Control Desk

State of North Carolina

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