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Responds to NRC 961223 Ltr Re Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-335/96-17.Corrective Actions:Fpl Has Adopted Policy of Verbatim Compliance with Procedural Instructions at St Lucie Plant
ML17229A211
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Issue date: 01/28/1997
From: PLUNKETT T F
FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:
NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
L-97-016, L-97-16, NUDOCS 9702030207
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See also: IR 05000335/1996017

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CATEGORY1REGULATORY

INFORMATION

DISTRIBUTION

SYSTEM(RIDS)ACCESSION

NBR:9702030207

DOC.DATE:

97/01/28NOTARIZED:

NOACIL:50-335

St.LuciePlant,Unit1,FloridaPower&LightCo.AUTEUR.NAME

AUTHORAFFILIATION

LUNKETT,T.F.

FloridaPower6LightCo.RECIP.NAME

RECIPIENT

AFFILIATION

DocumentControlBranch(Document

ControlDesk)SUBJECT:RespondstoNRC961223ltrreviolations

notedininsprept50-335/96-17.Corrective

actions:FPL

hasadoptedpolicyofverbatimcompliance

withprocedural

instructions

atStLucieplant.DISTRIBUTION

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FloridaPowersLightCompany,i.u.Box128,FortPierce.FL34954-0120

@PLJanuary28,1997L-971610CFR2.201U.S.NuclearRegulatory

Commission

Attn:DocumentControlDeskWashington,

D.C.20555Re:St.LucieUnit1DocketNo.50-335ReplytoaNoticeofViolation

FloridaPowerandLightCompanyhasreviewedthesubjectNoticeofViolation

and,pursuantto10CFR2.201,theresponses

totheviolations

areattached.

Thesubjectinspection

reportwasdatedDecember23,1996,witharesponsetotheNoticeofViolation

requiredwithin30daysofthatdate,i.e.,byJanuary22,1997.FPLreceivedIntegrated

Inspection

ReportNo.96-17onDecember30,1996.Thesevendaydelayinthereceiptoftheinspection

reportandNoticeofViolation

byFPLwasdiscussed

withCaudleA.Julian(USNRC/Region

IQandEdwardWeinkam(FPL)onJanuary9,1997.Inaccordance

withtheresponsereliefdiscussed

intheNoticeofViolation,

Mr.Juliangrantedanextension

totherequiredresponsedate.Verytrulyyours,T.F.PlunkettPresident

NuclearDivisionTFP/JAS/EJW

Attachment

cc:RegionalAdministrator,

USNRC,RegionIISeniorResidentInspector,

USNRC,St.LuciePlant9702030207

970%28PDRADOCK050003358PDRanFPLGroupcompany

L-97416Attachment

Technical Specification 6.8.1.a,requiresthatwrittenprocedures

shallbeestablished,

implemented

andmaintained

coveringtheactivities

recommended

inappendixAofRegulatory

Guide1.33,Revision2,February1978.AppendixA,paragraph

7ofRG1.33requiresprocedures

forcalibration

ofarea,process,portableandairborneradiation

monitors.

I&CProcedure

No1-1220053,

"Calibration

oftheControlRoomOutsideAirIntakeMonitors,"

Rev2,datedSeptember

15,1994,providesinstructions

forcalibrating

thecontrolroomoutsideairintakeradiation

monitors.

Step7.1ofI&CProcedure

no1-1220053,

statesacompleted

copyofthisprocedure

shallbemaintained

intheplantfilesinaccordance

withQI17-PR/PSL-1,

"QualityAssurance

Records."

Step7.2statesacopyoftheassayreportfortheradiation

checksourcesanddatasheetsassociated

withthisprocedure

shouldberetainedandincludedasacalibration

packageuponcompletion.

Step9.3.10,ofI&CProcedure

No1-1220053,

required,

inpart,thatifthehighvoltageisadjustedmorethan50volts,oranewdetectorisinstalled

orifmonitorcannotbeadjustedtowithinJ10%tolerance

gotostep9.4NewCalibration.

Step9.4,ofI&CProcedure

No1-1220053,

described

theprocessforperforming

aprimarycalibration

andrequired,

inpart,theperformance

ofahighvoltageplateaufordetermining

operating

voltageforthedetector.

Theprocedure

alsorequiredtheintroduction

ofknownradioactive

gasinvariousactivitylevelstodevelopanefficiency

curveinpCi/ccvscpmforthenewdetector.

Atleast4pointswererequiredonthegraph.Contrarytotheabove,onApril11,1995,thelicenseereplacedthedetectorfortheUnit1RE-26-47ControlRoomOutsideAirIntakeMonitorandfailedtoadequately

performtheprimarycalibration

inaccordance

withI&CProcedure

No1-1220053,

inthat;thelicenseefailedtodevelopanefficiency

curvewithatleastfourcalibration

pointsofknownquantities

ofradioactive

materialasrequiredbystep9.4oftheprocedure;

andthelicenseefailedtomaintaincalibration

documentation

asrequiredbysteps7.1and7.2ofprocedure.

'-97-016turb~snt>nlv"ak~tirpn'En(ntinnThisisaSeverityLevelIVviolation

(Supplement

IV)applicable

toUnit1only.1.FPLconcurswiththeviolation.

2.Thecauseoftheviolation

waspersonnel

erroronthepartofautilityInstrument

andControl(1&C)Technician

whofailedtostrictlyadheretoanapprovedplantprocedure

(1-1220053)

requiring

theperformance

anddocumentation

ofaprimarycalibration

oftheControlRoomOutsideAirIntakeRadiation

Monitor(RE-26-47).

Thetechnician

didnotdemonstrate

athoroughawareness

oftheimportance

andthespecificrequirements

relatedtotheimplementation

ofthecalibration

procedure.

A.Sincethetimeofthisviolation

(April1995)FPLhasadoptedapolicyofverbatimcompliance

withprocedural

instructions

atSt.LuciePlant.Thepolicyappliestoallplantpersonnel

andiscurrently

incorporated

intheSt.LuciePlantQualityInstructions.

B.TheControlRoomOutsideAirIntakeMonitor(RE-26-47)

wasremovedfromserviceonJanuary6,1997,pendingtheperformance

ofaprimarycalibration

oftheinstrument,

andaredundant

channel(RE-26-46)

wasselectedforuse.C.Aprimarycalibration

wasperformed

usingrevisedI&CProcedure

1-1220053,

andafunctional

testwascompleted

forControlRoomOutsideAirIntakeMonitorRE-26-47.

ThemonitorwasreturnedtoserviceonJanuary21,1997.4.A.Thecurrentsitephilosophy

regarding

verbatimcompliance

andprocedural

adherence

wasreinforced

totheI&Cpersonnel

involvedinthisevent,whichactuallyoccurredinApril1995.B.Sincethetimeofthisviolation

(April1995)FPLhasimplemented

severalkeyactionstoimprovepersonnel

performance,

including

procedure

adherence,

atSt.LuciePlant.Theseactionshaveincludedincreased

management

oversight,

L-97-016Attachment

reinforcement

ofmanagement

expectations

atthesupervisory

level,anddevelopment

ofguidelines

forassessing

andimproving

employeeperformance.

FPLiscontinuing

toreinforce

highstandards

ofpersonalaccountability,

including

procedural

adherence,

toplantpersonnel

atSt.Lucie.C.Thisviolation

willbeincorporated

intotheeventstrainingprogrammaterials

forSt.Luciemaintenance

personnel

toreinforce

theexpectation

forverbatimprocedure

compliance

andtheimportance

ofmaintaining

documentation

asrequiredbyprocedures.

Thisactionwillbecompleted

byMarch31,1997.5.FullCompliance

wasachievedonJanuary21,1997,withthecompletion

ofItem3C,above.Technical Specification 6.8.1.a,requiresthatwrittenprocedures

shallbeestablished,

implemented

andmaintained

coveringtheactivities

recommended

inappendixAofRegulatory

Guide1.33,Revision2,February1978.AppendixA,paragraph

7ofRG1.33requiresprocedures

forcalibration

ofarea,process,portableandairborneradiation

monitors.

ISAACProcedure

No1-1220053,

"Calibration

oftheControlRoomOutsideAirIntakeMonitors,"

Rev2,datedSeptember

15,1994,providesinstructions

forcalibrating

thecontrolroomoutsideairintakeradiation

monitors.

Contrarytotheabove,theprocedure

forcalibrating

thecontrolroomoutsideairintakeradiation

monitorswasinadequate,

inthat,onApril11,1995,theprocedure

didnotprovidesufficient

guidanceforthedocumentation

ofinstrument

calibration.

Thecalibration

recordsnecessary

toprovidesufficient

documentation

todemonstrate

thataprimarycalibration

hadbeenperformed

werenotclearlyspecified

bytheprocedure.

ThisisaSeverityLevelIVviolation

(Supplement

IV)applicable

toUnit1only.1~FPLconcurswiththeviolation.

I97-016Attachment

2.Thecauseoftheviolation

waspersonnel

error,inthatsufficient

guidanceregarding

requireddocumentation

recordswasnotincorporated

duringtheoriginaldevelopment

ofProuxiure

1-1220053,

"Calibration

oftheControlRoomOutsideAirIntakeMonitors,"

whichwaswrittenin1989.Specifically,

highvoltageandprimarycurveplotswerenotproperlyidentified

asrecordswhichwererequiredtobemaintained

following

theperformance

ofaprimarycalibration

onthisinstrumentation.

3.A.I&CProcedure

1-1220053,

"Calibration

oftheControlRoomOutsideAirIntakeMonitor's"

wasrevisedtomoreclearlyspecifytherequirements

formaintaining

sufficient

documentation

asarecordwhenaprimarycalibration

hasbeenperformed.

Theprocedure

changewasapprovedonJanuary10,1997.B.TheControlRoomOutsideAirIntakeMonitor(RE-26-47)

wasremovedfromserviceonJanuary6,1997,andaredundant

channel(RE-26-46)

wasselectedforuse.Aprimarycalibration

wassubsequently

performed

usingrevisedI&Cprocedure

1-1220053

andthemonitorwasreturnedtoserviceJanuary21,1997.4.A.FPLhasidentified

severaladditional

procedures

forreviewwhicharecurrently

beingusedbyI&Ctocalibrate

andfunctionally

testradiation

monitoring

instrumentation.

Theseprocedures

willbereviewedtoensurethatproperguidanceisincludedtodescribethedocumentation

requiredtobemaintained

asaqualityrecord.Thisactionwillbecompleted

byFebruary28,1997.B.Recentselfassessment

activities

performed

byFPLhaveidentified

thatprocedural

improvements

arenecessary

toimprovethelevelofdetailprovidedinplantprocedures.

FPLhasinitiated

actionstoaddresstheweaknesses

whichwereidentified

bytheaboveselfassessment

andtoensurethatcurrentprocedure

upgradeinitiatives

areadequately

supported,

staffedanddirected.

5.Fullcompliance

wasachievedJanuary10,1997,withthecompletion

ofItem3A,above.

L-97-016Attachment

5lialatioiij

Technical Specification 6.3.1stateseachmemberoftheunitstaffshallmeetorexceedtheminimumqualifications

ofANSI/ANS-3.1-1978.

Technical Specification 6.4.1statesaretraining

andreplacement

trainingprogramfortheunitstaffshallbemaintained

underthedirection

oftheTrainingManagerandshallmeetorexceedtherequirements

andrecommendations

ofSection5.5ofANSUANS-3.11978and10CFRPart55andthesupplemental

requirement

specified

inSectionsAandCofEnclosure

1oftheMarch28,1980NRClettertoalllicensees,

andshallincludefamiliarization

withrelevantindustryoperational

experience.

Licenseeprocedure

QI2-PR/PSL-2,

"Indoctrination

andTrainingofStLuciePlantPersonnel,"

revision23,datedOctober23,1996,statestheinstruction

shallapplybutnotbelimitedtotraininginseveralgeneralareas,including

6.0JobSpecificTechnical

Training.

Section4.1,statestheTrainingManagershallberesponsible

tothePlantGeneralManagerfortheestablishment

andcoordination

oftrainingactivities

asrequiredbySt.LuciePlantTechnical

Specifications,

Section6.4andasrequiredtomeetregulatory

'equirements.

Section4.3.2statesthatdepartment

headsshallberesponsible

forapproving

department

personnel

qualification

standards,

appropriate

forthedutiestobeperformed.

Section4.3.3statesthatDepartment

Headsshallensurethatpersonnel

performing

activities

affecting

qualityreceivedepartmental

trainingcommensurate

withtheworkperformed

priortoperforming

thoseactivities

orareperforming

thoseactivities

underthesupervision

ofatrainedindividual

untiltherequiredtrainingiscomplete.

Contrarytotheabove,onJuly1,1996,licenseepersonnel

assignedI&Cpersonnel

theresponsibilities

tocalibrate

Unit1plantradiation

monitoring

instrumentation

utilizedtoperformcertainplantprocesscontrols,

radiological

monitoring

andcontinuous

effluentmonitoring

functions

thatwerenotfullytrainedandqualified

toperformthosefunctions

inaccordance

withthelicenseestrainingprogram.ThisisaSeverityLevelIVviolation

(Supplement

IV)applicable

toUnit1only,

L-97-016Attachment

1.FPLconcurswiththeviolation.

2.Thecauseofthisviolation

wastheineffective

transferofaccountability

fortheUnit1radiation

monitoring

instrumentation

fromChemistry

andHealthPhysicsDepartments

totheI&CDepartment

priortoensuringthattheaffectedI&Cpersonnel

hadcompleted

allappropriate

trainingqualifications.

TrainingforthesubjectI&Cpersonnel

hadbeenscheduled

tobeimplemented

andwaspostponed

bytheI&Csystemsupervisor

duetoworkpriorities.

Asubsequent

verification

wasnotmadebyI&Csupervision

toverifythatpersonnel

hadbeenfullytrainedpriortoreceiving

responsibility

fortheaboveinstrumentation.

A.Arevisedschedulewasimplemented

forthecompletion

ofthespecifictrainingandqualification

requiredforI&Cpersonnel

responsible

forperforming

radiation

monitorcalibration

andtesting.Theabovetrainingforthesepersonnel

willbecompleted

byMarch31,1997,following

areviewoftheassociated

I&Cprocedures.

B.Asupervisor's

meetingwasheldbytheI&CDepartment

headtoaddressandemphasize

therequirements

forobtaining

priordepartment

headapprovalofchangestoscheduled

trainingandensuringthatallpersonnel

areproperlyandcurrently

trainedtoperformthetaskswhichtheyareassigned.

I&Cpersonnel

performing

radiation

monitoring

calibrations,

andfunctional

checkswererequiredtoworkunderadditional

supervisory

oversight

pendingthecompletion

oftheappropriate

qualification

training.

C.Appropriate

Trainingpersonnel

werecounseled

ontheimportance

ofinforming

management

whentrainingorqualification

requirements

arenotbeingadequately

met.4.A.Therequiredtrainingandqualification

ofI&Cpersonnel

responsible

forperforming

calibration

andtestingofradiation

monitoring

instrumentation

will

L-97-016Attachment

becompleted

byMarch31,1997.Additional

supervisory

oversight

isbeingprovideduntiltheabovetraininghasbeencompleted.

B.St.LucieTrainingDepartment

implemented

aprograminwhichthemanagersofeachdepartment

areinformed,

onaweeklybasis,oftrainingwhichisscheduled

fortheirpersonnel.

Aspartofthisprocess,weeklyattendance

ispresented

tothedepartment

managers,

whoarenotifiedofanyindividuals

whohavenotattendedthescheduled

training.

C.TheSt.LucieMaintenance

Managerrequiredthatdepartment

headsreviewandconcurwithanychangestoscheduled

trainingandensurethatpersonnel

intheirdepartments

arefullyqualified

toperformthetaskswhichtheyhavebeenassigned.

D.TrainingDepartment

guidelines

andadministrative

requirements

willbeenhancedtorequirethatqualification

trainingbecompleted

forindividuals

whoareperforming

newtasks,andtobetterdefinetheresponsibility

forensuringthattrainingisachievedpriortothetransferoftaskaccountability.

Thisactionwillbecompleted

byMarch31,1997.E.ArecentFPLself-assessment

initiative

recognized

thatthetransferofresponsibilities

atSt.Luciewasnotalwaysproperlyevaluated

priortoimplementing

siteorganizational

changes.FPLhassinceinitiated

actiontoaddresstheweaknesses

identified

inthe"ChangeManagement"

processatSt.Lucieandensurethattheimpactoffutureorganizational

changeisproperlyassessed,

sothatthedefinition

ofresponsibilities,

adequatetraining,

andresources

areinplacepriortoimplementing

suchchanges,5.Fullcompliance

willbeachievedbyMarch31,1997,withthecompletion

ofthetrainingdescribed

inItem4A,above.Technical

Specification

6,8.1.arequiresthatwrittenprocedures

beestablished,

implemented,

andmaintained

coveringtheactivities

recommended

inAppendixAofRegulatory

Guide1.33,Revision2,February,

1978.AppendixA,paragraph

l.dincludesadministrative

procedures

forprocedural

adherence.

Procedure

QI5-PR/PSL-

1,Revision73,"Preparation,

Revision,

Review/Approval

OfProcedures,"

section5.14.1requiresverbatimcompliance

toprocedures

byallpersonnel.

0L-97-016Attachment

Operating

Surveillance

Procedure

64.01,Revision16,"ReactorEngineering

PeriodicTests,ChecksandCalibrations,"

Appendix7,"Reactivity

Deviation

FromDesign,"requiredthatreactivity

deviation

resultsbedocumented

intheUnit1PlantPhysicsCurveBook,FigureB.3,"Reactivity

Deviation

Log,"uponcompletion

ofthedetermination

ofreactivity

defect.Contrarytotheabove,thereactivity

deviation

calculation

performed

onOctober8,1996,wasnotdocumented

intheUnit1PlantPhysicsCurveBook.Thisresultedinoperators

usinganincorrect

reactivity

deviation

intwoShutdownMarginVerifications

performed

onOctober31andNovember1,1996.ThisisaSeverityLevelIVviolation

(Supplement

I)applicable

toUnit1only.Bespot&1.FPLconcurswiththeviolation.

2.Thecauseoftheviolation

waspersonnel

erroronthepartofReactorEngineering

personnel

whofailedtoupdatetheUnit1PlantPhysicsCurveBookinaccordance

withprocedural

requirements

following

performance

ofamonthlysurveillance.

Theprocedure

violation

occurredwhenthePlantPhysicsCurveBookwasnotimmediately

updatedwiththecurrentdataafterthereactivity

deviation

valuewascalculated

asrequiredbyOperating

Surveillance

Procedure

(OSP)64.01.TheReactorEngineerperforming

thesurveillance

failedtoexecuteproperfollow-up

andverifythatthedatawasproperlyrecordedinthePlantPhysicsCurveBookpriortoclosingthecorresponding

surveillance

procedure.

3.A.ACondition

Report(CR)waswrittenonNovember5,1996,toevaluatethecauseoftheeventandtodetermine

theappropriate

corrective

actions.B.TheUnit1ControlRoomplantphysicsdatawasupdatedtoreflectthecurrentvalueforreactivity

deviation,

inaccordance

withprocedure,

following

discovery

oftheabovecondition

onNovember5,1996.C.AreviewofthePlantPhysicsCurveBooksforbothSt.LucieUnits1and2

I97-016Attachment

BepLytomHoticeafYialatian

wasperformed

toensurethatnoadditional

missingdataexisted.Noothermissingdatawasidentified

duringthereview.4,A.ReactorEngineering

performed

aselfassessment

oftheprocessinplaceforupdatinginformation

inthePlantPhysicsCurveBooks.Asaresultofthisassessment,

adetailedverification

checklist

wasdeveloped

foruseinperforming

thePlantPhysicsCurveBookupdates.B.TheReactorEngineering

ScheduleofPeriodicTestsandReports,AP-0010127,

wasrevisedtorequirethataweeklyreviewofthePlantPhysicsCurveBookbeperformed

toverifythatreactorphysicsdatacontained

inthebookarecurrent.C.Ameetingwasheldwiththeresponsible

ReactorEngineering

personnel,

thePresident

oftheNuclearDivisionandtheVicePresident

ofNuclearEngineering

todiscussthiseventandtheexpectations

ofFPLmanagement

withregardtopersonnel

performance.

D.Thepersonnel

involvedinthefailuretoproperlyupdatethereactivity

deviation

information

receivedappropriate

disciplinary

actioninaccordance

withFPLpolicy.5.Fullcompliance

wasachievedonNovember5,1996,withthecompletion

ofItem3B,above.