IR 07100029/2012001

Notice of Violation from Insp on 971201-980205.Violation Noted:From 971029-1201,licensee Failed to Initiate Condition Rept When Adverse Condition Was Identified

ML20216E755
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford, 07100029
Issue date:	03/12/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
Shared Package
ML20216E728	List: IR 07100029/2012001 ML20216E724 ML20216E762
References
50-382-97-25, NUDOCS 9803180139
Download: ML20216E755 (2)

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i-e ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION j i

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Entergy Oper6 bons, In Docket No.: 50-382

. Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 License No.: NPF-38 l During an NRC inspection, conducted on December 1,1997, through February 5,1998, one 'I 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: l

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10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, requires, in part, that activities affecting quality chall be prescribed by precadures appropriate to the circumstanceu and shall be accomplished in accordance with these procedure I

Procedure W2.501, " Corrective Actions," Revision 6, Section 4.1, requires that condition l reports be generated when licensee personnel identify an adverse condition. Section of the procedure defines an adverse condition as an event, defect, characteristic, state or activity, which prohibits or detracts from the safe, efficient operation of Waterford 3. The adverse condition was further defined to include nonconforming condition Contrary to the above, from October 29 through December 1,1997, the licensee failed to initiate a condition report when an adverse condition was identified. Specifically, a !

condition report was not initiated when industry data indicated that Main Feedwater isolation Valves FW-184A and B, an Anchor Darling hydraulically-operated gate valve, j operated with a valve factor (a measure of the friction resistance of the valve), which did not conform to the valve factor assumptions that were made in the valve actuator capability assessment. Industry data indicated that these valves operated at a valve )

factor of 0.4, but the calculations for sizing the actuators for Valves FW-184A and B were i based on a valve factor of This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1) (50-382/9725-04). j Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Entergy Operations, Inc. is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN.:

Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region IV,611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011, and a copy to the NRC ,

Resident inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of I 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 l violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation or severity level, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to l avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achhved. Your response l may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the requ; red response. If an adequate reply is not received vi. thin the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as rnay be proper should not

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be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response tim If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcernent, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-000 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 responce 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 must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in dettil the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required bf 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidentin! commercial or financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please i provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.2 Dated at Arhngton, Texas this 12th day of March 1998  !

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