ML20199E129
| ML20199E129 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 11/14/1997 |
| From: | Tapia J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Cottle W HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20199E133 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-498-97-05, 50-498-97-5, 50-499-97-05, 50-499-97-5, NUDOCS 9711210105 | |
| Download: ML20199E129 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000498/1997005
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SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50 498/97-05;50-499/97-05
Dear Mr. Cottle:
NRC inspection Report 50-498/97 05:50 499/97 05 was initially issued
- September 9,1997, with several errors in the numbering of the inspection followup system
open items and in some items identified in the Executive Summary. Due to potential
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confusion in future correspondence,_ on September 12 we issued a letter and corrected
pages to replace t$ose incorrect pages in the report. We recently identified a section in the
issued report that had been duplicated and incorrectly placed in the report. To minimize
-the confusion in correcting all of the identified errors, we are reissuing Inspection Report
50-498/97 05;50-499/97 05 as Revision 1- Please replace Inspection Report
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50 498/97-05;50-499/97 05 and all correction pages with Revision 1. We regret any
inconvenience this may have caused.
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Division of Reactor Projects
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September 9,1997
William T. Cottle, Group Vice
President, Nuclear
Houston Lighting & Power Company
P.O. Box 289
Wadsworth, Texas 77483
SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-498/97 05; 50 499/97-05 AND NOTICE OF
VIOLATION: REVISION 1
Dear Mr. Cottle:
On August 9,1997, the NRC completed <sn inspection at your South Texas Project, Units 1
and 2 reactor facility. The enclosed report presents the scope and results of that -
inspection.
E .ir,g the 6 week period covered by this inspection, your conduct of activities at the
South Texas Pioject was generally characterized by safety conscious operations with
strong engineering support. We are concerned, however, about a violation of NRC
requirements related to two examples of inadequate equipment clearance order boundaries.
The violation is cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice) and the circumstances
surrounding the violation are described in detailin the enclosed report. Please note that
you are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the
enclosed Notice when preparing your response. The NRC will use your response, in part,
to determine whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with
regulatory requirements,
in addition, the report discusses two additional events that are of concern. Although the
specific safety significance of each event was low, we are concerned that previous
corrective actions taken for similar events were not effective to prevent these occurrences.
The first event was a partial siphon draining of the r pont fuel pool, in the second, plant
workers left plastic bags inside the Unit 1 containnient upon completion of a containment
entry,
in accordar.cc with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practie," e copy of this letter,
its enclosures, and your response will be placed in the NRC Pi.olic Cocument Room. To
the extent possible, your response should not include any p*,rsoral privacy, proprietary, or
safeguaids information so that it can be placed in the PuFic Dscument Room without
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Lawrence E. Martin, General Manager
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Houston Lighting & Power Company
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ENCLOSURE 1
Revision 1
Houston Lighting & Power Company
Dockets: 50-498,
50-499
South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2
Licenses: NPF 76,
During an NRC inspection conducted on June 29 through August 9,1997, a violation of
NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy
and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:
A.
Technical Specification 6.8.1.a requires, in part, that written procedures be
established, implemented, and maintained concerning the applicable
procedures recommended in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33,
Revision 2, February 1978. Regulatory Guide 1.33, Appendix A,
Section 9.e.(1), states that procedures should include information on the
method for obtaining permission and clearance for work. This requirement is
implemented, in part, by Plant General Procedure OPGP03-ZO EC01,
Revision 6, " Equipment Clearance Orders." This procedure requires that
equipment clea,ance orders shall provide adequJte personnel and equipment
safety.
Contrary to the above, on June 24, Equipment Clearance Order 97-2-76518
f ailed to provide adequate persoi at
and equipment safety in that Essential
Cooling Water Screen Wash Bouster Pump 2A inadvertently started while the
system was drained.
Also contrary to the above, on July 21, Equipment Clearance
Order 97-1-71609 failed to provide adequate personnel and equipment
safety in that workers breached an unisolated component cooling water
system pipe while performing maintenance on Residual Heat Removal
Pump 18.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement l} (498:499/97005-03).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Houston Lighting and Power 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 IV, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector
at the f acility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter
transmitting this Notice of Violation. 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
f urther viciations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response
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may. reference or include previous!y' docketed correspondence, if the correspondence
adequately addresses the required response.;lf an adequate reply is not received within
.the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand _ for information may be issued as to
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why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other actisn
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extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards -
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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 provide
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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
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withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions of your response
that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of
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withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by-10 CFR 2.790(b) to
support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information), if
safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, p! ease provide the
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level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.
Dated at Arlington, Texas
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