IR 05000443/1999002

Forwards Insp Rept 50-443/99-02 on 990321-0509.Violation Re Failure to Ensure That Critical Relay Calibr Characteristics Were Met Prior to Installation Was Identified

ML20196E014
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	06/21/1999
From:	Anderson C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Feigenbaum T NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP. (NAESCO)
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ML20196E018	List: IR 05000443/1999002 ML20196E026
References
50-443-99-02, 50-443-99-2, NUDOCS 9906280011
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June 21, 1999

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Mr. T. Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Seabrook Station North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation clo Mr. James M. Peschel P. O. Box 300 )

Seabrook, NH 03874 l

SUBJECT: NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-443/99-02

Dear Mr. Feigenbaum:

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This refers to the inspection completed on May 9,1999 at the Seabrook Nuclear Power Station.

The enclosed report presents the results of this inspection.

The plant was operated safely during the period. Several, complex non-routine evolutions were performed well. Maintenance and engineering provided good support to plant operations. The

radiation protection program was found to be effectively implemented for outage work activities.

The ALARA program requirements, with respect to disassembling the reactor and performing inspections and cleaning of steam generator components, were appropriately established and i implemented.

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Based on the results of this inspection, the NRC has determined that a violation of NRC i requirements occurred. The violation involved the failure to ensure that critical relay calibration f characteristics were met prior to installation into the emergency power sequencer cabinets in June 1997. The violation is being treated as a Non-Cited Violation (NCV), consistent with l Appendix C of the Enforcement Policy. The NCV is described in the subject inspection report. If you contest the violation or severity level of this NCV , you shculd provide a response within 30 days of the date of this inspection report, with the basis for your denial, to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington DC 20555-0001, with copies to the Regional Administrator, Region I, and the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

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T. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.

Sincerely, Original Signed by:

Clifford J. Anderson, Chief Paojects Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects

Docket No. 50-443 License No: NPF-86 I

Enclosure: NRC Inspection Report No. 50-443/99-02 J cc w/enet:

B. D. Kenyon, President - Nuclear Group J. S. Streeter, Recovery Officer - Nuclear Oversight W. A. DiProfio, Station Director - Seabrook Station R. E. Hickok, Nuclear Training Manager - Seabrook Station D. E. Carriere, Director, Production Services L. M. Cuoco, Esquire, Senior Nuclear Counsel W. Fogg, Director, New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management D. McElhinney, RAC Chairman, FEMA RI, Boston, Mass R. Backus, Esquire, Backus, Meyer and Solomon, New Hampshire D. Brown-Couture, Director, Nuclear Safety, Massachusetts Emergency l'

Management Agency F. W. Getman, Jr., Vice President and General Counsel - Great Bay Power Corporation R. Hallisey, Director, Dept. of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Seacoast Anti-Pollution League D. Tefft, Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire S. Comley, Executive Director, We the People of the United States W. Meinert, Nuclear Engineer

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