ML17309A628
| ML17309A628 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Ginna  |
| Issue date: | 03/13/1998 |
| From: | MECREDY R C ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP. |
| To: | VISSING G S NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned), NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| 50-244-97-12, NUDOCS 9803250127 | |
| Download: ML17309A628 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000244/1997012
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ROCHESTER
GASANDELECTRICCORPORATION
~89EASTAVENUE,ROCHESTER,
N.K14649-0001
10ICrrJr(ROBERTC.MECREDYVicepresident
NuclearOperations
rr.r.r~o~rAer.icour.sir546.2700March13,1998U.S.NuclearRegulatory
Commission
DocumentControlDeskAttn:GuyS.VissingProjectDirectorate
I-1Washington,
D.C.20555Subject:ReplytoaNoticeofViolation
NRCIntegrated
Inspection
Report50-244/97-12
andNoticeofViolation,
datedFebruary9,1998R.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDocketNo.50-244DearMr.Vissing:Rochester
GasandElectric(RG&E)providesthisreplywithin30daysofreceiptoftheletterwhichtransmitted
theNoticeofViolation.
DuringanNRCInspection
conducted
onNovember17January4,1998,aviolation
ofNRCrequirements
wasidentified.
1naccordance
withthe"GeneralStatement
ofPolicyandProcedure
forNRCEnforcement
Actions,"
theviolation
islistedbelow:n10CFR50,AppendixB,Criterion
Vrequiresthatactivities
affecting
qualitybeprescribed
andaccomplished
inaccordance
withdocumented
procedures
andinstructions,
andthattheseprocedures
includeappropriate
quantitative
orqualitative
acceptance
criteriafor'etermining
thatimportant
activities
havebeensatisfactorily
accomplished.
NuclearDirective
ND-MAI,RMaintenance,"
requiredthatunexpected
problemsbedocumented,
andthatanydeficiencies
identified
bereportedinaccordance
withtheCorrective
ActionProgram.Maintenance
Procedure
M-15.1M,"AorBDieselGenerator
Mechanical
Inspection
andMaintenance,"
step5.20.1.hrequiredthattheemergency
dieselgenerator
highestandlowestfiringpressures
berecordedatfullengineload,andspecified
thatthedifference
betweenthehighestandlowestpressures
mustnotexceedamaximumof150poundspersquareinch.eDRAoocKosaaoaee9803i38PDR
Page2Contrarytotheabove,onMay3,1996,andNovember11,1997,theacceptance
criteriainmaintenance
procedure
M-15.1Mwerenotmetduringpost-maintenance
testingoftheB-emergency
dieselgenerator
(B-EDG).Inbothinstances,
thedifference
betweenthehighestandlowestfiringpressures
fortheB-EDGenginewasrecordedabovethemaximumallowable
limitspecified
byprocedure
M-15.1M.Theunacceptable
datawasnotresolvedinaccordance
withthelicensee's
Corrective
ActionProgram,orjustified
anddocumented
asacceptable
beforetheB-EDGwasreturnedto'ervice."
(1),,thereasonfortheviolation,
or,ifcontested,
thebasisfordisputing
theviolation
orseveritylevel:Rochester
Gas6ElectricCorporation
(RGEE)acceptstheviolation.
Weacknowledge
thatEDGperformance
datawasnotproperlyresolvedrelativetoestablished
acceptance
criteriaandtheCorrective
ActionProgram.Thecollection
ofEDGfiringpressuredataisbasedonguidancefromtheEDGvendormanual.Historically,
suchdatawascollected
anddocumented
inMaintenance
Procedure
M-15.1.2,"AorBDieselGenerator
-ObtainCylinderFiringPressure'atFullLoad",att'esametimeasperiodictestingoftheEDGwasbeingperformed
(usingSurveillance
TestProcedure
PT-12.1orPT-12;2,"Emergency
DieselGenerator
A"and"Emergency
DieselGenerator
B")~Thedatacollection
wasscheduled
priortoplannedEDGmaintenance
overhauls.
Thisdatawasoneofthesoleindicators
ofEDGcondition,
andwasprovidedtotheoriginalequipment
manufacturer
(OEM)fieldservicesrepresentative
foruseinplanninganyneededmaintenance
.duringthesubsequent
overhaul.
TheOEM'epresentative
.iscontracted
toprovideguidanceandbe-presentduringtheEDGmaintenance
overhaul.
Aftercompletion
ofEDGmaintenance
overhauls,
data(toverifythatproperadjustments
andengineperformance
areacceptable)
isobtainedduringtherestoration
oftheEDGtoservice.Procedures
PT-12.1orPT-12.2areusedforpost-maintenance
testing(PMT)and,operability
performance
testing(OPT).Documentation
ofthefiringpressureisrecordedinMaintenance
Procedure
M-15.1M,,"AorBDieselGenerator
Mechanical
Inspection
andMaintenance",
atthistime.Inthepast'woyears,GinnaStationhastakenadditional
measurestodetermine
EDGenginecondition
bycontracting
withanEDGengineanalysiscontractor.
Thistypeofengineanalysishasgainedincreasing
acceptance
withinthenuclearpowerindustry,
andhasbeenendorsedbytheALCOOwner'sGroup.
Page3Theengineanalysiscontractor
assistsRGSEpersonnel
inperforming
state-of-the-artcondition
monitoring,
bothpriortoandfollowing
EDGmaintenance
overhauls.
Thismonitoring
includesenhanceddiagnostic
testing,andprovidesmanyoftheparameters
toassistindetermining
engineperformance.
Maintenance
procedures
havenottotallyreflected
thenewmethodology
fordatacollection
anditsapplicability
toengineperformance.
Thedatacollected,
thatwasabovethemaximumallowable
limit,wasobtainedwiththeconcurrence
oftheOEMfieldservicesrepresentative,
theengineanalysiscontractor,
andtheSystemEngineer.
~Thisdatawasreviewedinconjunction
withdetermining
theoverallengineperformance.
Therepresentative
wasknowledgeable
oftheseparameters,
andwasawareofthebasisforthefiringpressurelimits.Nevertheless,
thisout-of-specification
datawasrecordedandnotproperlyresolvedinaccordance
withtheGinnaStationadministrative
procedures,
inthattheRGEEmaintenance
personnel
inappropriately
acceptedthedata,basedontheapparentacceptance
ofthedatabythecontractor
andengineering
personnel.
(2)thecorrective
stepsthathavebeentakenand,theresultsachieved:
0TheEDGmechanicwascounselled
bytheManager,Mechanical
Maintenance
onthepolicyforresolution
ofdataoutsideacceptance
criteria.
0ACTIONReport,97-2095wasinitiated
toresolvethespecificdatawithintheworkpackageandtoinitiatecauseinvest3.gation
fornotusingtheCorrective
ActionProgramforresolution
ofthedata.0TheEDGswereretestedinFebruary1998inthepresenceoftheengineanalysiscontractor.
RG&Eandcontractor
personnel
determined
theoperational
performance
oftheEDG'stobesatisfactory.
(3)thecorrective
stepsthatwillbetakentoavoidfurtherviolations:
oACTXONReport97-2095resultedinaTrainingWorkRequest(TWR),whichwasinitiated
todevelopspecifictrainingintheproperresolution
ofout-of-specification
resultsfromfielddatacollection.
Page40Thistrainingwillbeprovidedforallappropriate
.Maintenance
'ersonnel.
Thetrainingwillreviewapplicable
NuclearDirectives
andInterface
Procedures,
andtheresponsibilities
ofRGEEpersonnel
whenvendorrepresentatives
areinvolvedinoversight
ofwork.Thistrainingwillbecompleted
byOctober1,'998.0Datacollected
duringrecentEDGmaintenance
andtestingwillbereviewed.
Anyanomalies
willbeenteredintotheCorrective
ActionProgramforresolution.
Thisreviewwillbecompleted
byMarch31,1998.(4)thedatewhenfullcompliance
willbeachieved:
Fullcompliance
wasachievedonDecember2,1997,whenACTIONReport97-2095waswritten,initiating
resolution
oftheunacceptable
datawithintheCorrective
ActionProgram.Verylyyours,RobertC.Mecryxc:Mr.GuyS.Vissing(MailStop14B2)ProjectDirectorate
I-1DivisionofReactorProjects-I/IIOfficeofNuclearReactorRegulation
U.S.NuclearRegulatory
Commission
D.C.20555RegionalAdministrator,
RegionIU.S.NuclearRegulatory
Commission
475Allendale
RoadKingofPrussia,PA19406U.S.NRCGinnaSeniorResidentInspector