IR 05000282/1998008
| ML20236U211 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 07/02/1998 |
| From: | Grant G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Wadley M NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20236U209 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-282-98-08, 50-282-98-8, 50-306-98-08, 50-306-98-8, NUDOCS 9807290386 | |
| Download: ML20236U211 (1) | |
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July 2, 1998
SUBJECT:
PRAIRIE ISLAND INSPECTION REPORT 50-282/98008(DRP);
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50-306/98008(DRP)
Dear Mr. Wadley:
On June 18,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at your Prairie Island Nuclear Generating
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Plant. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.
' During the 5-week period covered by this inspection, operations activities, including a significant power reduction and subsequent ascension, as well as a plant startup from cold shutdown
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conditions, were performed well. Maintenance and surveillance activities observed were also performed well except that there was unexpected interference between two jobs in the same area resulting in water entering a dewatered circulating water bay. Two operability evaluations
. performed by engineering personnel were reviewed. One was comprehensive and adequately justified interim operability of steam exclusion dampers. The other was weak in that a scenario that could have resulted in unnecessarily complicating the response to a reactor trip was not addressed. No violations were identified during the inspection.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
Sincerely,
/s/ Marc L. Dapas for Geoffrey E. Grant, Director Division of Reactor Projects
_ Docket Nos.: 50-282; 50-306
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' License Nos.: DPR-42; DPR-60 Enclosure:
Inspection Report
- 50-282/98008(DRP);
' 50-306/98008(DRP)
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