IR 05000443/1981004
| ML20008F756 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 04/10/1981 |
| From: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Tallman W PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE |
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| NUDOCS 8104300453 | |
| Download: ML20008F756 (2) | |
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Public Service Company of New Hampshire
ATTN: Mr. W. C. Tallman
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 1000 Elm Street Manchester, New Hampshire 03105
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Subject:
Combined Meeting 50-443/81-04 and 50-444/81-04
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I This refers to the meeting held at our request at the Seabrook Station, Seabrook,
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New Hampshire on March 12, 1981 to discuss the findin l
Systematic Assessment of Licensee Perfonnance (SALP) gs of the NRC R Program evaluation board i
relating to your perfonnance in conducting activities authorized by NRC License
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Nos. CPPR-135 and CPPR-136.
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The meeting was attended by Mr. Merrill, Mr. Beckley, Mr. Johnson and other r
members of your staff, and by inyself, and other members of the NRC Region !
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staff. Subjects discussed included the results of a review board composed of l
Mr. J. M. Allan, Deputy Director, Region I NRC Region I Branch Chiefs, and the NRR Licensing Project Manager.
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It is our view.that this meeting was beneficial and improved mutual understanding i
of your program and our inspection efforts.
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In accordance with Section 2.790, of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2,
Title 10. Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosures
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No reply to this letter is required; however, should you have any questions concerning this matter, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.
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Boy H. Grier Director
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Enclosures:
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Office of Inspection and Enforcement Combined Meeting
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Report Numbers 50-443/81-04 and 50-444/81-04
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Seabrook Perfontance Evaluation l
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REGION I EVALUAl'ON BOARD MEETING Facility:
Seabrook Station, Units 1 a,'d 2 Licensee:
Public Service Company of New Hampshire Unit Identification:
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License No./Date of Issue Unit No.
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50-443 CPPR-135 July 7,1976 Unit 1 50-444 CPPR-136 July 7,1976 Unit 2
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Reactor Information:
Unit 1 Unit 2
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NSSS Westinghouse Westinghouse
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MWT 3425 3425 Assessment Period:
January 1 - December 31,1980 Evaluation Board Meeting Date:
February 13,1981 Evaluation Board Members:
J. M. Allan Deputy Director, Region I E. J. Brunner, Chief, RO&NS Branch, Region I J. W. Devlin, Acting Chief Safeguards Branch, Region I G. H. Smith, Chief, FF&MS Branch, Region I A. W. Dromerick, licensing Project Manager, NRR L. E. Tripp Acting Chief, RC&ES Branch, Region I
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Other NRC Attendees:
A. C. Cerne, Senior Resident Inspector, Region I
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BASIC PERFORMAhCE DATA SEABROOK STATION JANUARY 1 - DECEMBER 31,1980 A.
Number and Nature of Noncompliance Items
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Noncompliance category:
Unit 1 Unit 2 Violations
0 Infractions 9+(2)
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Deficiences 0+(3)
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Severity V
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Areas of Noncompliance:
VIO/INF/DEF/SEV V VIO/INF/DEF/SEV V Quality Assurance
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(1) 0
Concrete
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0 Liners
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O Safety Related Structures 0
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piping and Hangers
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0 Environmental
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Number and Nature of Construction Deficiency Reoorts 1.
Type of Events:
Unit 1 Unit 2 A. Personnel Error 0+(1)
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B. Design / Fabrication Error
0 C. External Cause
0 D. Defective Procedures 0+(1)
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E. Component Failure 0+(2)
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X. Other
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Total 3+(4)
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Casually-Linked Events: None identified 2.
Of the seven Construction Deficiency Reports submitted during the assessment period, five were reported as potentially reportable.
Of these five, four were evalcated by the licensee to be not reportable under 10CFR50.55(e),
while the other remtins under evaluation.
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Escalated Enforcement Actions Civil Penalties None
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None Imtdiate Action Lotters, j
IAL No. 80 55(12/22/80) Recurrent items of noncompliance in the arce of weld l
repairs perfonned by the piping subcontractor (Pullman-Higgins).
Stop work order
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on weld repairs issued by licensee.
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Manaaement Conferences Held Durino Past Twelve Months _
No enforcement related meetings with licensee management were conducted during i
the assessment period; however, the following management conferences were held:
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'Tebruary 6,1980 - a meeting was held at the Seabrook site at NRC request to
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discuss details related to the establishment of the Resident inspector office and program.
July 3,1980 - a routine meeting held with licensee manegement at the Seabrook
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site at NRC request to discuss construction status, Construction Deficiency Reporting, the NRC enforcement policy, resident inspection and indeoendent measurement programs, SALP, and the licensee implementation of the Seabrook
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QA program.
Recent inspection findings at Seabrook were discussed during the July meeting and two specific areas were mentioned as sources of NRC concern--the civil /
structural subcontractor (Perini) implementation of the OA program and the
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adequacy of licensee corrective actions in response to previous NRC findings.
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Licensee Activities Activity on both units varied extensively during the assessment period.
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March 20,1980 PSNH decided to substantially reduce the level of expenditures for construction of Seabrook Station.
This resulted in a reduction in total site work force from approximately 5000 personnel to 2500 personnel within one
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month.
A June 9,1980 order by the New Hampshire PVC called for PSNH to delay for three years the planned completion of Seabrook Unit 2.
Wnile the licensee has appealed this action, the level of work on Unit 2 had already been confined to containment liner erection because of PSNH cash flow problems.
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A two month ironworker strike during July co September.1980 further reduced the total on-site work force to approximately 2000 personnel.
Since September,
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1980, the total work force has gradually grown to approximately 3500 personnel at the end of the assessment period.
Throughout these changes in personnel levels and work activities, the licensee has maintained that the Unit 1 Fuel Load Octe remains 1/1/83.
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January, 1981 letter to the NRC indicates that this date may slip).
PSNH had already indicated in August,1980 that the Unit 2 Fuel Load Date of 11/1/84 was unrealistic, but that a new schedule could not be established until the final approval of the changes in joint ownership percentages, which would improve PSNH cash flow.
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Major construction activities for Unit I during the assessment period include
comencement of containment concrete wall placement, comencement of safety-related HVAC erection, continuation of ASME Class 2 and 3 piping installation, comencement of containment interior coating work, continuation of safety-related structure erection, and the continuation of electrical cable tray and conduit installation.
Since the March,1980 slowdown, construction emphasis
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has been directed to the completion of activities on the Primary Critical j
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Path.
During 1980 the percentage complete for Unit I and Comon Areas in-
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creased from 31% to 44%.
The only construction activities for Unit 2 during the assessment period consisted of placement of the containment concrete base mat, continuation of containment liner erection, and activities in areas comon to both Units 1
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and 2.
During 1980 the percentage complete for Unit 2 increased from 6%
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Inspection Activities Eleven onsite combined inspections for both units were conducted during the assessment period--six of these were resident inspector originated and five were conducted by regionally based inspectors, one of whom was an environmental specialist.
A total of 595 inspector-hours were expended during 1980 in the inspection of Unit 1 activities and 177 inepector-hours on Unit 2.
Three Region IV Vendor Inspection Branch inspections were also conducted at the UE&C corporate office in Philadelphia with a porf.fon of those inspections directed
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toward A/E activities relative to Seabrook Station.
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inspection program was implemented on May 18,1980.
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control and installation.
Although only one inspection was directed toward the Quality Assurance program, every construction inspection has indirectly touched upon QA activities.
To a lesser degree, electrical activities and the licensee reporting program have received inspection.
A more detailed Sumary of Inspection Activity is enclosed as supplemental information in Attachment II.
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SEABROOK STATION
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INSPECTION PR0r, RAM CHANrES
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INSPECTION TIME AND/0R SCOPE i
CHANGE FROM PRESCRIE D INSPECTION PROGRAM FUNCTIONAL AREA INCREASE NO CHANGE OfCREASE_
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Quality Assurance X
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Substructure and Foundations X
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Concrete X
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Liners (Containmentandothers)
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Safety-Related Structures X
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Piping and Hangers X
(Reactor Coolant and others)
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Safety-Related Components X
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Instrumentation X
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Fire Protection X
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Reporting X
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Environmental X
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Trainin9 X
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M YSTEMATIC A$$ESSMfNT OF LICENSEE PERFORMANCC February _13,1981
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PublicServiceCompanyofNewNampshire Seabrook Station. Units 1 and 2 REGION !
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
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