IR 05000277/1997003
| ML20135C592 | |
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| Site: | Peach Bottom  |
| Issue date: | 02/10/1997 |
| From: | Jason White NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Danni Smith PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC |
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| NUDOCS 9703040146 | |
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February 10, 1997 j
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Mr. D. M. Smith, President !
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. PECO Nucleer Nuclear Group Headquarters Correspondence Control Desk j
P. O. Box 195 Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087-0195 ;
i SUBJECT: COMBINED INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-277/97-03 AND 50-278/97-03; !
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Dear Mr. Smith- !
l This letter refers to the routine safety inspection of the radiological environmental l monitoring and meteorological monitoring programs conducted by Ms. L. Peluso during the l period of December 9,1996, to January 24,1997, of activities authorized by NRC License !
Nos. DPR-44 and DPR-56 at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, and to the discussion of our findings held by Ms. Peluso with Mr. G. Beck and other members of your staff at the ,
conclusion of the inspection. The inspection also includes an assessment regarding the .l
, modification of the turbine building, including the telephone discussions held by Mr. White, l Ms. Peluso, and Mr. Lengylle, of your staff, on January 31,1997.
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Areas examined during this inspection, involving your radiological environmental monitoring programs, are important to public health and safety and are discussed in the NRC inspection report that is enclosed with this letter. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observations by the inspector.
Within the scope of this inspection, we noted that your staff maintained, overall, a well implemented and effective radiological environmental monitoring program (REMP).
Notwithstanding, two violations were identified as a result of the review of the modification to the turbine building. These violations involved failure to assure that the turbine building atmosphere was processed through the turbine building gaseous waste treatment system as specified in the ODCM, and failure to provide an adequate safety evaluation to support certain aspects of the modification in accordance with 10 CFR 50.59. !
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Mr. D. M. Smith 2 You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the i enclosed Notice when preparing your response. In your response, you should document
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the specific actions taken and any additional actions you plan to prevent recurrence. Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response. After reviewing your l response to this Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action is i
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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, !
its enclosure, and your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR). l To the extent possible, your response should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, l or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. l The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject to the I clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No. 96.511.
Sincerely, w t John R. White, Chief Radiation Safety Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-277 !
50-278 Enclosures: ,
1. Notice of Violation 2. NRC Combined Inspection Report 50-277/97-03 and 50-278/97-03
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G. A. Hunger, Jr., Chairman, Nuclear Review Board and Director, Licensing .
T. Mitchell, Vice President, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station ;
G. Rainey, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Operations
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D. B. Fetters, Vice President, Nuclear Station Support T. Niessen, Director, Nuclear Quality Assurance i C. D. Schaefer, External Operations - Delmarva Power & Light Co. ,
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G. Edwards, Plant Manager, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station '
G. J. Lengyel, Manager, Experience Assessment J. W. Durham, Sr., Senior Vice President and General Counsel I P, MacFarland Goelz, Manager, Joint Generation, Atlantic Electric !
B. W. Gorman, Manager, External Affairs R. McLean, Power Plant Siting, Nuclear Evaluations !
J. Vannoy, Acting Secretary of Harford County Council l R. Ochs, Maryland Safe Energy Coalition 3 J. H. Walter, Chief Engineer, Public Service Commission of Maryland ;
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L. Jacobson, Peach Bottom Alliance I Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State of Maryland l TMI - Alert (TMIA) j i
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