ML20137J680

Notice of Violation from Insp on 961207-970205.Violation Noted:Control Room Operators Failed to Select Operable Instrument Channel

ML20137J680
Person / Time
Site:	Zion  File:ZionSolutions icon.png
Issue date:	03/24/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20137J668	List: ML20137J662 ML20137J680 ML20137J687
References
50-295-96-20, 50-304-96-20, NUDOCS 9704040094
Download: ML20137J680 (3)

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Commonwealth Edison Company Docket Nos. 50-295; 50-304 Zion Nuclear Generating StGion License Nos. DPR-39; DPR-48 During an NRC inspection conducted on December 7,1996, through February 5,1997, four violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violations are listed below:

i' 1. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, " Instructions, Procedures and Drawings,"

requires that activities affecting quality be prescribed by documented instructions,  ;

procedures, or drawings of a type appropriate to the circumstances and be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures, or drawings.

Abnormal Operating Procedure 7.5, " Eagle 21 Rack Failure Actions," Revision 8, Section C, Step 2, requires that if the pressurizer pressure control function has an inoperable instrument channel, an operable instrument channel be selected.

4 Contrary to the above, on January 18,1997, when the pressurizer pressure control function instrument channel was inoperable, control room operators failed to select the operable instrument channel.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1).

(50 295/96020-02)

2. Technical Specification 6.2.1.a requires that written procedures be prepared, implemented, and maintained for procedures recommended in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978.

Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978, specifies i equipment control, e.g., locking and tagging, as an example of an administrative procedure.

i Zion Administrative Procedure (ZAP) 300-06, "Out-of-Service [OOS] Process,"

Revision 9, Appendix A, " Placing OOS Techniques," requires that when it is possible to add energy to equipment from more than one source, then out-of-1 service cards be placed on all isolating devices, including valves.

Contrary to the above, on January 14,1997, the licensee did not place isolation valves from the refueling water storage tank, a potential energy source, OOS in support of 1B containment spray pump maintenance. ,

i l This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement 1).

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3. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI, " Corrective Actions," requires that measures be established to assure that conditions adverse to quality are promptly identified and corrected, and in the case of significant conditions adverse to quality, i that measures be established to assure that the cause of the condition is determined and corrective actions taken to preclude recurrence.

Contrary to the above, from November 26,1996, through February 5,1997, the l l

licensee did not determine the cause of the water intrusion in the 1 A auxiliary l feedwater pump turbine, inboard bearing oil reservoir, which was a significant condition adverse to quality.

I ~ This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1).

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4. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion lil, " Design Control," requires that design .

control measures be applied to items such as maintenance and repair.

- Zion Administrative Procedure 510-02, " Plant Modification Program," Revision 6, establishes requirements for assuring design corerol during the modification process. It defines a " design change" as any change in design that may affect 9

functional requirements, operating conditions, or safety, regulatory, reliability, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers code-related requirements, and that would require that affected documentation be changed.

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Contrary to the above, on November 22,1996, the licensee changed the spring tension on Unit 2 pressurizer power operated relief valves 2PCV-455C and 2PCV-l 456 during corrective maintenance activities, which constituted a change to functional requirements, without using design control measures specified in ZAP 510-02.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1). '

(50-304/96020-08)

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Commonwealth Edison Company 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 111, 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 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 violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further

violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in the Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may be issued as to why the i

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license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may l be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to  !

extending the response time.

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 . I provide a bracketed copy of your response 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 mual specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financialinformation). If safeguards 1 information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of .

protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

Date t Lisle, Illinois this ay of March 1997 1

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