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LER 96-001-00:on 950504,inservice Test Not Performed During Refueling Outage.Caused by Inadequate Tracking of Surveillance Frequency.Valve Test Performed & Disassembled. W/960318 Ltr
ML17264A410
Person / Time
Site: Ginna Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 03/18/1996
From: MECREDY R C, ST MARTIN J T
ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
To:
NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
LER-96-001, LER-96-1, NUDOCS 9603250024
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~CATEGORY1REGULATORY INFOR'>ATION DISTRIBUTION YSTEM(RIDS)ACCESSION NBR:9603250024 DOC.DATE:

96/03/18NOTARIZED:

NOFACIL:50-244 RobertEmmetGinnaNuclearPlant,Unit1,Rochester GAUTH.NAMEAUTHORAFFILIATION ST,MARTIN,J.T Rochester GasaElectricCorp.MECREDY,R.C.

Rochester GasaElectricCorp.RECIP.NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION DOCKET05000244

SUBJECT:

LER96-001-00:on 950504,inservice test.notperformed duringrefueling outage.Causedbyinadequate trackingofsurveillance frequency.

Valvetestperformed

&disassembled.

W/960318ltr.DISTRIBUTION CODE:ZE22TCOPIESRECEIVED:LTR ENCLSIZE:TITLE:50.73/50.9 LicenseeEventReport(LER),IncidentRpt,etc.NOTES:License Expdateinaccordance with10CFR2,2.109(9/19/72).

05000244QRECIPIENT IDCODE/NAME PDl-1PDINTERNAL:

AEOD/RABNRDENRR/DRCH/HHFB NRR/DRCH/HOLB NRR/DRPM/PECB NRR/DSSA/SRXB RGN1FILE01EXTERNAL:

LSTLOBBYWARDNOACMURPHYiG.A NRCPDRCOPIESLTTRENCL112211111111111111111111RECIPIENT IDCODE/NAME JOHNSON,A AEOD/SPD/RRAB NRR/DE/ECGB NRR/DE/EMEB NRR/DRCH/HICB NRR/DRCH/HQMB NRR/DSSA/SPLB RES/DSIR/EIB LITCOBRYCE,JHNOACPOOREgW.NUDOCSFULLTXTCOPIESLTTRENCL1111111111111111221111NOTETOAI,L"RIDSi'ECIPEENTSl PLEASEHELPUSTOREDUCEMASTEICONTACTTHEDOCUMENTCONTROLDESK,ROOMOHFN5D-5(EKT415-2083)

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~89FASTAVEIVUF, ROCHESTER, MY.ld649ROI~ARFACODEX'6SJ627GOROBERTC.MECREDYV'cePrepaid'err HecfcafOocrotioes March18,1996U.S.NuclearRegulatory Commission DocumentControlDeskAttn:AllenR.JohnsonPWRProjectDirectorate I-1Washington, D.C.20555

Subject:

LER96-001,Inservice TestNotPerformed DuringRefueling Outage,DuetoInadequate TrackingofSurveillance Frequency, ResultedinViolation ofTechnical Specification R.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDocketNo.50-244Inaccordance with10CFR50.73,LicenseeEventReportSystem,item(a)(2)(i)(B),whichrequiresareportof,"Anyoperation orcondition prohibited bytheplant'sTechnical Specifications",

theattachedLicenseeEventReportLER96-001isherebysubmitted.

Thiseventhasinnowayaffectedthepublic'shealthandsafety.Verytrulyyours,RobertC.Mecredyxc:U.S.NuclearRegulatory Commission Mr.AllenR.Johnson(MailStop14B2)PWRProjectDirectorate I-1Washington, D.C.20555U.S.NuclearRegulatory Commission RegionI475Allendale RoadKingofPrussia,PA19406U.S.NRCGinnaSeniorResidentInspector

~50015q603250024 p6018PDRADOCK0508PDR NRCFORM366(4-SSI.U.S.NUCLEARREOULATORY COMMISSIO LICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)(Seereverseforrequirednumberofdigits/characters foreachblock)APPROVEDBYOMBNo.316&4104EXPIRES04/30/96ESTIMATED BURDENPERRESPONSETOCOMPLYWITH1HISMANDATORY INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUEST:50.0HRS.REPORTEDLESSONSLEARNEDAREINCORPORATED INTOTHELICENSINO PROCESSANDFEDBACKTOINDUSTRY.

FORWARDCOMMENTSREGARDINQ BURDENESTIMATETOTHEINFORMATION ANDRECORDSMANAOEMENT BRANCHIT-6F33).U.S.NUCLEARREGULATORY COMMISSION.

WASHINGTON.

DC2055~1ANDTOTHEPAPERWORK REDUCTION PROJECTACIUTYNAMEIIIYlTLEIe)R.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDOCKETNtaNQl(2)05000244PACEf2l1OF6Inservice TestNotPerformed DuringRefueling Outage,DuetoInadequate TrackingofSurveillance Frequency, ResultedinViolation ofTechnical Specification EVENTDATE(6)LERNUMBER(6)REPORTDATEl7)OTHERFACIUTIES INVOLVED(6)05SEOUL~aONMONTHDAYYEARHUSKIERNVhBl049596-001-00031896FACIUTYNAMEFAClUTYNAMEOOCKETNUMSER OOCKETNUMSENOPERATINO MODE(9)POWERLEVEL(10)NAMEN9720.2201(b) 20.2203(a)

(1)20.2203(a)

(2)(i)20.2203(a)(2)

(ii)20.2203(a) l2)(iii)20.2203(e) l2)(iv)20.2203(a)(2)(v)X50.73(a)(2)(i) 20.2203(a)

(3)(i)50.73(a)(2)(ii) 50.73(a)(2)(iii) 50.73(a)(2)(iv)20.2203(a)(3)(ii) 20.2203(a)(4) 50.73(e)(2)(v)50.36(c)(1)50.36(c)(2) 50.73(a)(2)(vii)

UCENSEECONTACTFORTHISLER(12)TELEPHONE NVMSEItOrrdudeAreeCodel50.73(a)(2)(viii) 50.73(a)(2)(x)73.71OTHERSpecifyInAbetrectbebworInNRCForm366ATHISREPORTISSUBMITTED PURSUANTToTHEREQUIREMENTS OF10CFRi:(Checkoneormora)(11)JohnT.St.Martin-Technical Assistant (716)771-3641COMPLETEONEUNEFOREACHCOMPONENT FAILUREDESCRIBED INTHISREPORTl13)SYSTEMCOh4%NENT MANUFACTURER REPORTABLE TONPRDSSYSTEMCO&ANENTMANUFACTURER REPORTASIE TONPADSSUPPLEMENTAL REPORTEXPECTEDl14)YEB(Ifyas,completeEXPECTEDSUBMISSION DATE).XNoEXPECTEDSUBMISSION DATE(16)MONTHDAYYEARABSTRACT(Umitto1400spaces,i.e.,approximately 15single-spaced typewritten lines)(16)OnFebruary15,1996,atapproximately 0830EST,theplantwasatapproximately 97%steadystatereactorpower.Duringactivities notrelatedtoplantoperations, itwasidentified thataninservice testonavalve,requiring thevalvetobedisassembled, full-stroke exercised andinspected eachrefueling outage,hadnotbeenperformed inthetimeframeidentified inaReliefRequesttoASMESectionXICoderequirements.

Notperforming thisinservice testduringarefueling outageisacondition prohibited bytheplant'sTechnical Specifications.

Corrective actionwastakentoperformtherequiredtestofthevalve.Thevalvewasdisassembled, full-stroke exercised andinspected onFebruary22,1996.Theunderlying causeofnotperforming thisinservice testduringarefueling outagewasinadequate trackingofthesurveillance frequency.

ThiseventisNUREG-1022 CauseCode(E).Corrective actiontopreventrecurrence isoutlinedinSectionV.B.NRCFORM366(4.85)

NRCFORM366AI4-6SILICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATION U.S.NUCLEARREGULATORY COMMISSION FACIUTYNAMEI1IR.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDOCKET05000244LERNUMBERI6IYEARSEQUENTIAL REVISIONNUMBERNUMBER96-001-00PAGEI3I2OF6TEXT(Ifmorespeceisrequired, useedditionel copiesoffVRCForm366AI{17)PRE-EVENT PLANTCONDITIONS:

TherearetwoStandbyAuxiliary Feedwater (SAFW)Systemservicewater(SW)suctioncheckvalvesthatarerequiredtobetestedinaccordance withtheGinnaStationInservice PumpandValveTestingProgram(ISTProgram)~ThesecheckvalvesareV-9627AandV-9627B.Inlieuoffull-stroke exercising eachcheckvalvequarterly, ReliefRequestNo.VR-5(RRVR-5)definesthetestingrequirements forthesetwovalvestoverifyoperability andsatisfytherequirements oftheGinnaTechnical Specifications (TS)andtheISTProgram.RRVR-5requiresthat"Onevalvewillbedisassembled, full-stroke exercised andinspected

'eachrefueling outageonarotatingbasis."Theseactionshadbeensatisfactorily completed duringpreviousrefueling outages.Duringaself-assessment oftestingrequirements forallvalvesintheISTProgram,theISTEngineerandtheResultsandTest(R&T)Supervisor conducted acompletereviewoftestingrequirements.

Whilereconciling thisdataandmatchingAmericanSocietyofMechanical Engineers (ASME)BoilerandPressureVesselCode(theCode)SectionXIrequirements withperformance schedules andcompletion datesforvalves,itwasidentified thatV-9627Ahadbeendisassembled andfull-stroke exercised onJuly19,1994,priorto,butnotduring,the1995refueling outage.Plannedcorrective maintenance wasperformed onthe"A"trainoftheSAFWsystemonJuly19,1994.Aninspection ofV-9627Awasalsoperformed atthistime,ratherthandefertheworktothe1995outage.Thissatisfied themaintenance frequency established fortheyear1995.Therefore, thisworkwasnotrepeatedduringthe1995refueling outage.Therequirements ofRRVR-5werenotmet,inthatV-9627Ahadnotbeendisassembled duringthe1995outage.The1995outagestartedonMarch26,1995,andendedonMay4,1995.Therefore, theeventdateisMay4,1995.DESCRIPTION OFEVENT:DATESANDAPPROXIMATE TIMESOFMAJOROCCURRENCES:

April28,1993:V-9627Aisdisassembled andfull-stroke exercised duringthe1993refueling outage.March28,1994:V-9627Bisdisassembled andfull-stroke exercised duringthe1994refueling outage.July19,1994:V-9627Aisdisassembled andfull-stroke exercised.

May4,1995:Eventdate.February15,1996,0830EST:Discovery dateandtime.February20,1996,1622EST:The"A"trainoftheSAFWsystemisdeclaredinoperable.

February22,1996,1714EST:V-9627Aisdisassembled andfull-stroke exercised, andthe"A"trainoftheSAFWsystemisdeclaredoperable.

NRCFOAM366A(4-95I NRCFORM366AI4.99)LICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATION U.S.NUCLEARREGULATORY COMMISSION FACILITYNAMEI1)DOCKETLERNUMBERI6)PAGEI3)R.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlant05000244YEARSEQUENTIAL REVISIONNUMBERNUMBER3OF696-001-00TEXTllfmorespaceisrettrdred, useadditional copiesofIVRCForm366A/(17)B.EVENT:OnFebruary15,1996,theplantwasatapproximately 97%steadystatereactorpower.Duringactivities notrelatedtoplantoperations, theISTEngineerandRLTSupervisor hadcompleted aself-assessment oftherecenttestdatesforV-9627AandV-9627B.SinceV-9627Awasnotdisassembled andfull-stroke exercised duringthe1995refueling outage,Operations management wasnotified.

Atapproximately 0830ESTonFebruary15,management concluded thatV-9627Ahadnotbeentestedinaccordance withtheISTProgram.OnFebruary20,1996,anoperability assessment wascompleted.

Thisassessment concluded thatnottestingduringthe1995outageresultedinaninoperable SAFWtrain.Itwasdetermined thatnotperforming thistestduringthe1995refueling outageisnotconsistent withTS4.2.1,whichstates,inpart,"Thisinservice pumpandvalvetestingprogramshallbeinaccordance withAppendixCoftheGinnaStationQualityAssurance Manual."Management directedthatV-9627Abetested.The"A"trainoftheSAFWsystemwasdeclaredinoperable atapproximately 1622ESTonFebruary20,1996,asperTS3.4.2.3a.

V-9627Awasdisassembled andfull-stroke exercised by1714ESTonFebruary22,1996.C.INOPERABLE STRUCTURES, COMPONENTS, ORSYSTEMSTHATCONTRIBUTED TOTHEEVENT:NoneD.OTHERSYSTEMSORSECONDARY FUNCTIONS AFFECTED:

NoneE.METHODOFDISCOVERY:

Thiseventbecameapparentduringtheself-assessment oftheISTProgram,whenithadbeendetermined thatV-9627Ahadnotbeentestedduringthe1995refueling outage.Theoperability assessment determined thatdisassembly andfull-stroke exerciseforV-9627Ahadnotbeenperformed inaccordance withtherequirements ofRRVR-S,asrequiredbytheCode,TS4.2.1,andAppendixCoftheGinnaStationQualityAssurance Manual.NACFCRM366AI4-95)

NRCFORM368A(4-95)LZCENBEEEVENTREPORT{LER)TEXTCONTINUATION U.S.NUCLEARREGULATORY COMMISSION FACILITYKAME(1)R.E,GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDOCKET05000244LERNUMBER(6)YEARSEQUENTIAL REVISIONNUMBERNUMBER96-001-00PAGE(34OF6TEXTiifmorespeceisrequired, useadditionsi copiesofNRCForm366A/(17)F.OPERATORACTION:Afteranoperability assessment wascompleted, supervision notifiedtheControlRoomoperators thatthisinservice testwasrequired, anddirectedtheMaintenance grouptoperformthesurveillance.

TheControlRoomoperators declaredthe"A"trainoftheSAFWsysteminoperable, atapproximately 1622ESTonFebruary20,1996.TheAtrainoftheSAFWsystemwasdeclaredoperableatapproximately 1714ESTonFebruary22,1996,aftercompletion ofvalvedisassembly andfull-stroke exercising.

G.SAFETYSYSTEMRESPONSES:

NoneIII~CAUSEOFEVENT:A.IMMEDIATE CAUSE:Theimmediate causeofnotperforming thisinservice testduringthe1995refueling outagewasinadequate trackingoftherequiredfrequency forperforming thissurveillance.

Asstatedabove,thisvalvewasdisassembled duringthe1993outage.TheValvePreventive Maintenance Analystestablished thescheduleforvalvesfortheyear1995inmid-1994.

Anopportunity todisassemble thisvalveoccurredinJuly,1994,whenthe"A"trainoftheSAFWsystemwasremovedfromserviceforplannedcorrective maintenance.

Additional preventive maintenance activities werealsoperformed atthistime.Oneoftheactivities performed forthe"A"trainofSAFWwastodisassemble V-9627A,onJuly19,1994.Whenscheduling valveactivities forthe1995refueling outage,workonV-9627Ahadbeenperformed inJuly,1994,soV-9627Awasnotincludedinthescopeofactivities forthe1995refueling outage.B.INTERMEDIATE CAUSE:Theintermediate causeofnotperforming thisinservice testduringthe1995outagewasthattheperformance timelimitations werenotrecognized, andthesurveillance wasinappropriately implemented priortothe1995refueling outage.)IRCFORM386A(4.96)

C"NRcFQRM366A4-9S).LICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATION U.S.NUCLEARREGULATORY COMMISSION FACIUTYNAMEI1)DOCKETLERNUMBER(6)YEARSEQUENTIAL REVISIONNUMBERNUMBERPAGEI3)R,E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlant0500024496001005OF6TEXT/ffmorespeceisrequired, useeddilionel copiesofNRCForm366AJI17)C,ROOTCAUSE:Theunderlying causeofnotperforming thisinservice testduringthe1995refueling outagewasthattherewasnoprocessforensuringthatscheduling frequencies oftheISTProgramaretrackedbyonegroupwhoisknowledgable oftheseISTProgramrequirements.

Thistrackingonlyoccurredforthoseactivities associated withPeriodicTest(PT)procedures.

ThiseventisNUREG-1022 CauseCode(E),"Management/Quality Assurance Deficiency".

Notperforming thissurveillance duringthe1995outagedoesnotmeettheNUMARC93-01,"Industry Guideline forMonitoring theEffectiveness ofMaintenance atNuclearPowerPlants",definition ofa"Maintenance Preventable Functional Failure".

IV.ANALYSISOFEVENT:Thiseventisreportable inaccordance with10CFR50.73,LicenseeEventReportSystem,item(a)(2)(i)(B),whichrequiresareportof,"Anyoperation orcondition prohibited bytheplant'sTechnical Specifications".

Notperforming thissurveillance constitutes acondition prohibited bytheGinnaTS.Anassessment wasperformed considering boththesafetyconsequences andimplications ofthiseventwiththefollowing resultsandconclusions:

Therewerenooperational orsafetyconsequences orimplications attributed tonotperforming thissurveillance because:oNotperforming theinservice testduringarefueling outage,asrequiredbyRRVR-5,didnotaffectthepublic'shealthandsafetyinthatthetestingofthevalvespertheISTProgram(asspecified inTS4.2.1)isintendedtomeasuredegradation ofvalveperformance.

oThebasisforthesampledisassembly andinspection schedulerequested byRRVR-5originates fromNRCGenericLetter(GL)89-04,Position2.c.Thedisassembly andfull-strokeexercising ofeachvalveonanalternate refueling basiswasaconservative application oftheguidanceprovidedbyGL89-04,basedonatwovalvegroupsizeandtwelve(12)monthreactorcycle.oThecheckvalvesurveillance frequency wasconservative inthattheoriginally scheduled serviceperiodbetweeninspections wasnotexceeded.

oMaintenance historyrecordsdocumenting thepreviousdisassembly andinspection resultsforV-9627AandV-9627Bindicatethatnodegradation ormechanical interferences werefoundandthatthecheckvalvesrequiredonlyminorcleaning.

Basedontheabove,itcanbeconcluded thatthepublic'shealthandsafetywasassuredatailtimes.NACFORM366AI49s)

C~NRCFORM366AI4-95),LICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATION U.S.NUCLEARREGULATORY COMMISSION FACIUTYNAMEI1)R.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDOCKET05000244LERNUMBER)6)YEARSEQUENTIAL REVISIONNUMBERNUMBER96-001-00PAGEI3)6OF6TEXTiifmerespeceisrequired, useedditionel copiesofNRCForm366Ail17]V.CORRECTIVE ACTION:A.ACTIONTAKENTORETURNAFFECTEDSYSTEMSTOPRE-EVENT NORMALSTATUS:Disassembly andfull-stroke exercising ofV-9627Awasperformed onFebruary22,1996.B.ACTIONTAKENORPLANNEDTOPREVENTRECURRENCE:

The1996outagescopeincludesadisassembly, full-stroke

exercise, andinspection forV-96278.The1997outagescopewillincludeadisassembly, full-stroke
exercise, andinspection forV-9627A.Onegroupwillbeassignedresponsibility fortrackingallsurveillance activities associated withcompliance withscheduled frequencies forISTorASMECoderequirements.

VI.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

A.FAILEDCOMPONENTS:

NoneB.PREVIOUSLERsONSIMILAREVENTS:AsimilarLEReventhistorical searchwasconducted withthefollowing results:Nodocumentation ofsimilarLEReventswiththesamerootcauseatGinnaNuclearPowerPlantcouldbeidentified.

C,SPECIALCOMMENTS:

NoneNRCFORM366AI4-95)