IR 05000245/1995031

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Repts 50-245/95-31, 50-336/95-31 & 50-423/95-31

ML20141E477
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	06/19/1997
From:	Durr J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Kenyon B NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO.
References
50-245-95-31, 50-336-95-31, 50-423-95-31, NUDOCS 9707010070
Download: ML20141E477 (3)

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June 19, 1997

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President and Chief Executive Officer Northeast Nuclear Energy Company P. O. Box 128 Waterford, Connecticut 06385-0128 SUBJECT: COMEINED INSPECTION 50-245/95-31;50-336/95-31;50-423/95-31

Dear Mr. Kenyon:

This letter refers to your April 29,1997 correspondence, which updates your January 10, 1996 response to our December 7,1995 letter.

Thank you forinforming us of your amended corrective action concerning a Notice of Violation documented in our December 7,1995 letter. We have reviewed your updated response and concur with your new method for assuring appropriate corrective action. This action will be examined in a future inspection of your licensed program.

Your cooperation with us is appreciated.

Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY: R. Urban for:

Jacque P. Durr, Chief Special Projects Office Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-245; 50-336:50-423 cc:

N. S. Carns, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer 1 M. H. Brothers, Vice President - Millstone, Unit 3 J. McElwain, Unit 1 Recovery Officer )

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M. Bowling, Jr., Unit 2 Recovery Officer - () I t. M. Goebel, Vice President, Nuclear Oversight J. K. Thayer, Recovery Officer, Nuclear Engineering and Support /

P. D. Hinnenkamp, Director, Unit Operations F. C. Rothen, Vice President, Work Services J. Stankiewicz, Training Recovery Manager R. Johannes, Director - Nuclear Training

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Mr. Bruce cc w/cy of Licensee's Response Letter:

L. M. Cuoco, Esquire J. R. Egan, Esquire V. Juliano, Waterford Library J. Buckingham, Department of Public Utility Control S. B. Comley, We The People State of Connecticut SLO Designee D. Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN)

R. Bassilakis, CAN J. M. Block, Attorney, CAN S. P. Luxton, Citizens Regulatory Commission (CRC)

Representative T. Concannon E. Woollacott, Co-Chairman, NEAC

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Mr. Bruce Distribution w/cv of Licensee's Response Letter:

Region i Docket Room (with coov of concurrences)

Nuclear Safety information Center (NSIC)

PUBLIC FILE CENTER, NRR (with Oriainal concurrences)

NRC Resident inspector M. Kalamon, SPO, RI W. Lanning, Deputy Director of inspections, SPO, RI D. Screnci, PAO W. Travers, Director, SPO, NRR S. Reynolds, Technical Assistant, SPO, NRR D. Screnci, PAO Inspection Program Branch (IPAS)

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DOCUMENT NAME: 1:\ BRANCH 6\REPLYLTR\MS9531. REP To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment / enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment / enclosure "N" = No copy OFFICE NRR/SPO l NRR/SgO ad! / I I NAME Blumberg/meo Durr f G DATE 5/14/97 (,//y/97 OFFICIAL RECORD CCPY

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B16203 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 i

Millstone Nucl?ar Power Station, Unit No.1 SeJf-Assessment in a letter dated January 10, 1996,' Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (NNECO)

corpmitted to perform ventilation system des [gn reviews as one of the long-term corrective steps' to address a Notice of Violation (NOV) which discovered a single-failure vulnerability in the Loss of Normal Power Logic. NNECO scheduled, but did not complete, this self-assessment (B15485-2) by June 30, 1996.

By Licensee' Event Report (LER) 94420-01, NNECO commited (B16035-1)* to systematically review Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems which provide temperature controls for areas in which safety-related equipment are located at Millstone Unit 1 to ensure that operation of HVAC system / equipment will provide adequate temperature' control for the operation of safety-related equipment and/or structures in appropriate scenarios. This review shall include, but is not limited to, both normal operation and Loss of Norma: Power scenarios. Results of this review shall be incorporated into applicable engineering design documents and plant operations procedures. This review is scheduled for completion during Refueling Outage (RFO) 15 as part of the 10CFR50.54(f)

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D. B. Miller letter to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, " Reply to a Notice of Violation, inspection Nos. 50-245/95-31, 50-336/95-31, and 50-423/95-31," dated January 10,1996.

T. T. Martin letter to Northeast Nuclear Energy Company, " Notice of Violation (NRC Combined Ir:spection Report Nos. 50-245/95-31; 50-336/95-31; 50 423/95-31),"

dated December 7,1995.

P. D. Hinnekamp letter to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "LER 94-020-01,"

dated February 10,1997.

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A The ventilation reviews (B15485-2) planned in response to the NOV are similar in scope to the ventilation reviews (B16035-1) scheduled as part of the 50.54(f) efforts. In order to l eliminate the duplication of commitments, NNECO is canceling commitment B15485-2. The

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completion of the ventilation system design reviews as part of commitment B16035-1 will preserve this long-term corredive step for the NOV.

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! B15485-2 NNECO is cancelirg this commitment.

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' K the NRC Staff should have any questions or comments regarding this submittal, please l contact Mr. R. W. Walpole at (860) 440-2191.

Vary truly yours NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANY I FOR: John P. McElwain Millstone Unit No.1 Recovery Officer BY: K1 O'C ix P. D. Hinnenkamp V l Director- Unit Operations

cc: H. J. Miller, Region I Administrator i S. Dembek, NRC Project Manager, Millstone Unit No.1 T. A. Easlick, Senior Resident inspector, Millstone Unit No.1 W. D. Travers, Dr., Director, Special Projects Office

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