IR 05000272/1995012

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Repts 50-272/95-12 & 50-311/95-12

ML18101B111
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	11/16/1995
From:	Ruland W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Eliason L Public Service Enterprise Group
References
NUDOCS 9511270358
Download: ML18101B111 (2)

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November 16, 1995

SUBJECT:

INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-272/95-12 AND 50-311/95-12 (REPLY)

Dear Mr. Eliason:

This refers to your August 18, 1995, correspondence in response to our letter, dated July 19, 1995, regarding Salem Units 1 and 2~ This correspondence dealt with multiple failures of electrical circuit breakers due to hardened and/or dirty grease in the operating mechanisms. A violation of the corrective action requirements of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B was cited due to your failure to identify the root cause of the failures and take corrective actions to prevent repetitive failures.

We have reviewed this matter in accordance with NRC Inspection Manual Procedure 92903, "Engineering."

You found that the root cause of the problem to be an acceptance of longstanding equipment problems as evidenced by ineffective corrective actions and the failure to perform a timely root cause analysis for the repetitive breaker failures.

Your corrective actions, including the performance of an *operability determination, maintenance procedure improvements and the performance of.

breaker overhauls and timing using the revised procedures, appear to be accepfab1e to resolve the circuit breaker failure concerns.

We also acknowledge that you are taking actions to improve the station corrective action program to avoid similar further violations.

We consider the actions you have taken to be acceptable.

We will review the.

effectiveness of these actions in a future inspection.

Docket Nos. 50-272; 50-311

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PDR Sincer.ely, William H. Ruland, Chief Electrical Engineering Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Mr. Leon cc:

L. Storz, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations E. Simpson, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering C. Schaefer, External Operations -*Nuclear, Delmarva Power & Light Co.

R. Burrice*ll i, Director - External Affairs C. Warren, General Manager - Salem Operations J. Benjamin, Director ~ Quality Assurance & Nuclear Safety Review F. Thomson, Manager, Licensing and Regulation R. Kankus, Joint Owner Affairs A. Tapert, Program Administrator R. Fryling, Jr.; Esquire M. Wetterhahn, Esquire P. MacFarland Goelz, Manager, Joint Generation Atlantic Electric Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate William Conklin, Public Safety Consultant, Lower Alloways Creek Township Public Service Commission of Maryland State of New Jersey State of Delaware Distribution w/encl:

Region I Docket Room {with concurrences)

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~. Stolz, PDI-2, NRR M. Callahan, OCA Inspection Program Branch, NRR {!PAS)

Kay Gallagher, DRP Nuclear Safety Information Center {NSIC)

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