ML17309A628

Provides Response to Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-244/97-12.Corrective Actions:Edg Mechanic Counseled by Mechanical Maint Mgr on Policy for Resolution of Data Outside Acceptance Criteria

ML17309A628
Person / Time
Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	03/13/1998
From:	MECREDY R C ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
To:	VISSING G S NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned), NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
50-244-97-12, NUDOCS 9803250127
Download: ML17309A628 (7)

See also: IR 05000244/1997012

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ROCHESTER

GASANDELECTRICCORPORATION

~89EASTAVENUE,ROCHESTER,

N.K14649-0001

10ICrrJr(ROBERTC.MECREDYVicepresident

NuclearOperations

rr.r.r~o~rAer.icour.sir546.2700March13,1998U.S.NuclearRegulatory

Commission

DocumentControlDeskAttn:GuyS.VissingProjectDirectorate

I-1Washington,

D.C.20555Subject:ReplytoaNoticeofViolation

NRCIntegrated

Inspection

Report50-244/97-12

andNoticeofViolation,

datedFebruary9,1998R.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDocketNo.50-244DearMr.Vissing:Rochester

GasandElectric(RG&E)providesthisreplywithin30daysofreceiptoftheletterwhichtransmitted

theNoticeofViolation.

DuringanNRCInspection

conducted

onNovember17January4,1998,aviolation

ofNRCrequirements

wasidentified.

1naccordance

withthe"GeneralStatement

ofPolicyandProcedure

forNRCEnforcement

Actions,"

NUREG-1600,

theviolation

islistedbelow:n10CFR50,AppendixB,Criterion

Vrequiresthatactivities

affecting

qualitybeprescribed

andaccomplished

inaccordance

withdocumented

procedures

andinstructions,

andthattheseprocedures

includeappropriate

quantitative

orqualitative

acceptance

criteriafor'etermining

thatimportant

activities

havebeensatisfactorily

accomplished.

NuclearDirective

ND-MAI,RMaintenance,"

requiredthatunexpected

problemsbedocumented,

andthatanydeficiencies

identified

bereportedinaccordance

withtheCorrective

ActionProgram.Maintenance

Procedure

M-15.1M,"AorBDieselGenerator

Mechanical

Inspection

andMaintenance,"

step5.20.1.hrequiredthattheemergency

dieselgenerator

highestandlowestfiringpressures

berecordedatfullengineload,andspecified

thatthedifference

betweenthehighestandlowestpressures

mustnotexceedamaximumof150poundspersquareinch.eDRAoocKosaaoaee9803i38PDR

Page2Contrarytotheabove,onMay3,1996,andNovember11,1997,theacceptance

criteriainmaintenance

procedure

M-15.1Mwerenotmetduringpost-maintenance

testingoftheB-emergency

dieselgenerator

(B-EDG).Inbothinstances,

thedifference

betweenthehighestandlowestfiringpressures

fortheB-EDGenginewasrecordedabovethemaximumallowable

limitspecified

byprocedure

M-15.1M.Theunacceptable

datawasnotresolvedinaccordance

withthelicensee's

Corrective

ActionProgram,orjustified

anddocumented

asacceptable

beforetheB-EDGwasreturnedto'ervice."

(1),,thereasonfortheviolation,

or,ifcontested,

thebasisfordisputing

theviolation

orseveritylevel:Rochester

Gas6ElectricCorporation

(RGEE)acceptstheviolation.

Weacknowledge

thatEDGperformance

datawasnotproperlyresolvedrelativetoestablished

acceptance

criteriaandtheCorrective

ActionProgram.Thecollection

ofEDGfiringpressuredataisbasedonguidancefromtheEDGvendormanual.Historically,

suchdatawascollected

anddocumented

inMaintenance

Procedure

M-15.1.2,"AorBDieselGenerator

-ObtainCylinderFiringPressure'atFullLoad",att'esametimeasperiodictestingoftheEDGwasbeingperformed

(usingSurveillance

TestProcedure

PT-12.1orPT-12;2,"Emergency

DieselGenerator

A"and"Emergency

DieselGenerator

B")~Thedatacollection

wasscheduled

priortoplannedEDGmaintenance

overhauls.

Thisdatawasoneofthesoleindicators

ofEDGcondition,

andwasprovidedtotheoriginalequipment

manufacturer

(OEM)fieldservicesrepresentative

foruseinplanninganyneededmaintenance

.duringthesubsequent

overhaul.

TheOEM'epresentative

.iscontracted

toprovideguidanceandbe-presentduringtheEDGmaintenance

overhaul.

Aftercompletion

ofEDGmaintenance

overhauls,

data(toverifythatproperadjustments

andengineperformance

areacceptable)

isobtainedduringtherestoration

oftheEDGtoservice.Procedures

PT-12.1orPT-12.2areusedforpost-maintenance

testing(PMT)and,operability

performance

testing(OPT).Documentation

ofthefiringpressureisrecordedinMaintenance

Procedure

M-15.1M,,"AorBDieselGenerator

Mechanical

Inspection

andMaintenance",

atthistime.Inthepast'woyears,GinnaStationhastakenadditional

measurestodetermine

EDGenginecondition

bycontracting

withanEDGengineanalysiscontractor.

Thistypeofengineanalysishasgainedincreasing

acceptance

withinthenuclearpowerindustry,

andhasbeenendorsedbytheALCOOwner'sGroup.

Page3Theengineanalysiscontractor

assistsRGSEpersonnel

inperforming

state-of-the-artcondition

monitoring,

bothpriortoandfollowing

EDGmaintenance

overhauls.

Thismonitoring

includesenhanceddiagnostic

testing,andprovidesmanyoftheparameters

toassistindetermining

engineperformance.

Maintenance

procedures

havenottotallyreflected

thenewmethodology

fordatacollection

anditsapplicability

toengineperformance.

Thedatacollected,

thatwasabovethemaximumallowable

limit,wasobtainedwiththeconcurrence

oftheOEMfieldservicesrepresentative,

theengineanalysiscontractor,

andtheSystemEngineer.

~Thisdatawasreviewedinconjunction

withdetermining

theoverallengineperformance.

Therepresentative

wasknowledgeable

oftheseparameters,

andwasawareofthebasisforthefiringpressurelimits.Nevertheless,

thisout-of-specification

datawasrecordedandnotproperlyresolvedinaccordance

withtheGinnaStationadministrative

procedures,

inthattheRGEEmaintenance

personnel

inappropriately

acceptedthedata,basedontheapparentacceptance

ofthedatabythecontractor

andengineering

personnel.

(2)thecorrective

stepsthathavebeentakenand,theresultsachieved:

0TheEDGmechanicwascounselled

bytheManager,Mechanical

Maintenance

onthepolicyforresolution

ofdataoutsideacceptance

criteria.

0ACTIONReport,97-2095wasinitiated

toresolvethespecificdatawithintheworkpackageandtoinitiatecauseinvest3.gation

fornotusingtheCorrective

ActionProgramforresolution

ofthedata.0TheEDGswereretestedinFebruary1998inthepresenceoftheengineanalysiscontractor.

RG&Eandcontractor

personnel

determined

theoperational

performance

oftheEDG'stobesatisfactory.

(3)thecorrective

stepsthatwillbetakentoavoidfurtherviolations:

oACTXONReport97-2095resultedinaTrainingWorkRequest(TWR),whichwasinitiated

todevelopspecifictrainingintheproperresolution

ofout-of-specification

resultsfromfielddatacollection.

Page40Thistrainingwillbeprovidedforallappropriate

.Maintenance

'ersonnel.

Thetrainingwillreviewapplicable

NuclearDirectives

andInterface

Procedures,

andtheresponsibilities

ofRGEEpersonnel

whenvendorrepresentatives

areinvolvedinoversight

ofwork.Thistrainingwillbecompleted

byOctober1,'998.0Datacollected

duringrecentEDGmaintenance

andtestingwillbereviewed.

Anyanomalies

willbeenteredintotheCorrective

ActionProgramforresolution.

Thisreviewwillbecompleted

byMarch31,1998.(4)thedatewhenfullcompliance

willbeachieved:

Fullcompliance

wasachievedonDecember2,1997,whenACTIONReport97-2095waswritten,initiating

resolution

oftheunacceptable

datawithintheCorrective

ActionProgram.Verylyyours,RobertC.Mecryxc:Mr.GuyS.Vissing(MailStop14B2)ProjectDirectorate

I-1DivisionofReactorProjects-I/IIOfficeofNuclearReactorRegulation

U.S.NuclearRegulatory

Commission

Washington,

D.C.20555RegionalAdministrator,

RegionIU.S.NuclearRegulatory

Commission

475Allendale

RoadKingofPrussia,PA19406U.S.NRCGinnaSeniorResidentInspector