IR 05000289/2001014

IR 05000289/2001-014, on 12/10-28/2001, Amergen Energy Company, LLC, Three Mile Island Unit 1. Supplemental Inspection of White Inspection Finding; Corrective Actions

ML020640056
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	03/01/2002
From:	Brian Holian Division Reactor Projects I
To:	Williams B AmerGen Energy Co
References
IR-01-014
Download: ML020640056 (15)

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rch 1, 2002

SUBJECT:

THREE MILE ISLAND STATION, UNIT 1 - NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-289/01-14

Dear Mr. Williams:

On December 28, 2001, the NRC completed a supplemental inspection at the Three Mile Island Unit 1 facility. The enclosed report presents the results of this inspection which were discussed with you and other members of your staff on February 1, 2002.

This inspection was an examination of your activities associated with a white inspection finding.

The white inspection finding involved the A emergency feedwater pump and a lengthy period of inoperability. The white inspection finding was documented in NRC Inspection Report 50-289/01-02. The inspectors reviewed the individual and collective assessments your staff completed in response to the inoperable emergency feedwater pump and the associated corrective actions.

In general, your root cause evaluation report, completed in response to the white inspection finding, was of sufficient detail to identify broad causes and appropriate corrective actions.

Notwithstanding, we noted that corrective actions were not successfully implemented for two later safety-related equipment problems. In these two instances, degraded equipment conditions were not identified, evaluated and corrected in a timely manner. These issues are examples of a substantive cross-cutting issue in the human performance area regarding weaknesses in procedure adherence and equipment monitoring that is discussed further in the NRCs Annual Assessment Letter (Report 50-289/02-01).

The two examples of ineffective corrective action implementation were determined to be issues of very low safety significance (Green) and to also involve violations of NRC requirements.

However, because of the very low safety significance and because the problems have been entered into your corrective action process, the NRC is treating these issues as non-cited violations in accordance with Section VI.A.1 of the NRCs Enforcement Policy. If you deny these non-cited violations, you should provide a response with the basis for your denial, within 30 days of the date of this inspection report, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001; with copies to the Regional Administrator, Region I; the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001; and the NRC Resident Inspector at the Three Mile Island Unit 1 facility.

Mr. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publically Available Records component of the NRCs document management system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http//www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian E. Holian Deputy Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-289 License No. DPR-50 Enclosure: Inspection Report 50-289/01-14 Attachment: Supplemental Information cc w/encl: Amergen Energy Company - Correspondence Control Desk J. McElwain, Manager, Regulatory Assurance G. Gellrich, Plant Manager M. Gallagher, Director-Licensing J.A. Benjamin, Licensing - Vice President, Exelon Corporation TMI-Alert (TMIA)

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