IR 05000820/2009023

Notice of Violation from Insp on 850820-0923

ML20133K745
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim, 05000820
Issue date:	10/17/1985
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20133K741	List: IR 05000293/1985026 IR 05000820/2009023 ML20133K738
References
50-293-85-26, NUDOCS 8510220281
Download: ML20133K745 (1)

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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Boston Edison Company Docket No. 50-293 Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station License No. DPR-35 As a result of the inspection condu'cted on August 20, 1985 - September 23, 1985, and in accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy (10 CFR 2, Appendix C), the fol-lowing violation was identified:

10 CFR 50 Appendix B, Criterion XVI, " Corrective Actions", requires that con-ditions adverse to quality be promptly identified and corrected. Procedure No. 1.3.34, " Conduct of Operations", requires in part that the Plant Manager authorize overtime involving safety related activities when work times exceed twenty-four hours in a forty-eight-hour period or seventy-two hours in a seven-day perio The lack of a program to implement overtime authorization requirements for licensed reactor operators who work more than twenty-four hours in a forty-eight-hour period was identified during NRC Inspection N /85-01 in January, 1985. In addition, the failure to duthorize a lic-ensed reactor operator to work more than seventy-two hours in a seven-day period was identified by the licensee in July,198 Contrary to the above, following NRC inspection no. 50-293/85-01 in January, 1985 and following identification of unauthorized overtime in July 1985, the licensee did not take corrective action to ensure that overtime for licensed reactor operators was subsequently authorized in accordance with the require-ments of Procedure No. 1.3.34. Failure to properly authorize licensed reactor operator overtime is a condition adverse to quality. As a result of the lack of licensee corrective action, operators worked unauthorized overtime as fol-lows: From June 15, 1985 to September 14, 1985, there were 29 instances when licensed reactor operators worked more than twenty-four hours in a forty-eight-hour period without authorization from the Plant Manager. The maximum number of hours worked was 34 hour3.935185e-4 days <br />0.00944 hours <br />5.621693e-5 weeks <br />1.2937e-5 months <br /> From August 18, 1985 to September 7, 1985, there were six instances when licensed reactor operators worked more than seventy-two hours in a seven-day period without authorization from the Plant Manager. The riaximum number of hours worked was 87 hour0.00101 days <br />0.0242 hours <br />1.438492e-4 weeks <br />3.31035e-5 months <br /> This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I).

Pursuant to the provision of 10 CFR 2.201, Boston Edison Company is hereby required to submit to this office within thirty days of the date of the letter which trans-mitted this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including (1) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (3) the date when full compilance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending this response time, h

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