IR 05000293/1987003
| ML20210C356 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 02/03/1987 |
| From: | Wiggins J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Blough A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8702090372 | |
| Download: ML20210C356 (4) | |
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FEU dJ Docket No. 50-293 MEMORANDUM FOR:
Allen R. Blough, Acting Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 1 FROM:
James T. Wiggins, Chief Reactor Projects Section IB SUBJECT:
PILGRIM STATUS REPORT FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 15, -
JANUARY 28, 1987 Enclosed is the Pilgrim bi-weekly status report from the NRC Resident Office at Pilgrim. Two NRC resident inspectors and a Project Engineer monitored activities at the plant during the report period. The reactor remained shutdown and in the cold condition throughout the period for maintenance.
These status reports are intended to provide NRC management and the public with an overview of plant activities and NRC inspection activities.
Subsequent inspection reports will address many of these topics in more detail.
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James T. Wiggins, Chief Reactor Projects Section IB
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ENCLOSURE PILGRIM STATUS REPORT FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 15, - JANUARY 28, 1987 1.0 Plant Status As of 8:00 a.m. on January 28, 1987, the reactor was in the cold condition with moderator temperature about 85 degrees Fahrenheit.
2.0 Facility Operations Summary The plant has been shut down for maintenance, and to make program improvements si.ce April 12, 1986. The present outage will continue until June 1957 and will include reactor refueling.
Preparations for reactor refueling are continuing. The licensee plans to begin defueling the reactor within approximately one week, transferring all fuel from the reactor vessel to the fuel storage pool. This will allow performance of certain plant modifications which are more easily done without fuel in the reactor.
Fuel reload will begin approximately two months later.
3.0 Items of Special Interest Scheduled Management Meetings On January 20, 1987, the licensee met with NRC management in the Region I offices to discuss recent problems in the area of the fire protection program at the station. The minutes of this meeting will be documented in NRC report 50-293/87-08.
A meeting between NRC: Region I and Boston Edison senior management will be held at the licensee's Chiltonville training center on February 2, 1987. This is one of a series of ongoing management meetings which provide NRC management the opportunity to closely monitor the progress of licensee improvement programs.
Licensee Employee Drug Related Death On January 21, 1987, a medical examiner announced that a licensee health physics technician died from a cocaine-induced drug overdose. The body
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Following the December 24, 1986 incident, the licensee in-l creased the frequency of its drug surveillance activities (search dogs j
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These activities found no indications of drug substances or use onsite.
The licensee revised its fitness for duty policy on January 1,1987 to require all licensee and contractor personnel to be tested for drug use.
once a year.
This policy had been under development for some time prior to implementation.
The NRC was informed of the death on December 29, 1986 and learned on January 21, 1987 that it was drug related.
4.0 Emergency Notification System (ENS) Reports During this period, the licensee made three reports to NRC pursuant to 10 CFR 50.72. These reports described the following incidents.
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On January 16, 1987 the licensee reported that a type of electrical relay used in safety system control circuits is not seismically qualified. During a seismic event these relays may not operate properly, delaying core spray injection.
The licensee will replace the relays prior to startup and is continuing the review to identify any others present.
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On January 19, 1987 the licensee reported that the diesel driven fire water pump had been declared inoperable. A small tubing fitting in a pump seal water line which did not meet applicable inspection requirements was identified. This resulted in the equipment being administratively declared inoperable, although it was functionally tested and was capable of providing the required flow.
The discrepancy was resolved and the pump returned to operable status by January 23, 1987.
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On January 23, 1987, miscommunication between site Quality Control and Engineering sections regarding an operability of a pipe support led to an ENS report.
Further evaluation concluded that the pipe support hangar is operable.
5.0 NRC Staff Status During the Period Twc NRC Resident Inspectors monitored plant activities between January 15, and January 28, 1987. The inspection staff at Pilgrim during the
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Martin McBride, Ph.D. --- Senior Resident Inspector Jeffrey Lyash
--- Resident Inspector Tae Kim
--- Resident Inspector A third full time resident inspector has been assigned to Pilgrim. Mr.
Tae Kim reported to the onsite resident inspector office on January 23, 1987. A regional Project Engineer assisted the resident inspectors durinq tha week of January 23, 1987.
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