IR 05000443/2004008

IR 05000443-04-008 on 11/29/2004 - 12/17/2004 for Seabrook Station, Unit 1; Biennial Baseline Inspection of the Identification and Resolution of Problems. One Finding Was Identified in the Area of Corrective Actions

ML050200031
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	01/19/2005
From:	Christopher Cahill NRC/RGN-I/DRS/PEB
To:	Peschel J, Warner M Florida Power & Light Energy Seabrook
References
IR-04-008
Download: ML050200031 (18)

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ary 19, 2005

SUBJECT:

SEABROOK STATION - NRC PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION REPORT NO. 05000443/2004008

Dear Mr. Warner:

On December 17, 2004, the NRC completed a team inspection at your Seabrook Nuclear Power Station. The enclosed inspection report presents the results of that inspection, which were discussed with Mr. G. St. Pierre and other members of your staff on December 17, 2004.

This inspection was an examination of activities conducted under your license as they relate to the identification and resolution of problems, and compliance with the Commissions rules and regulations and the conditions of your operating license. Within these areas, the inspection involved examination of selected procedures and representative records, observations of activities, and interviews with personnel.

On the basis of the sample selected for review, the team concluded that in general, problems were properly identified, evaluated, and corrected. The team identified one finding of very low safety significance (Green). This finding was associated with the failure to implement effective corrective actions after buried cables and pipes were struck during site excavations. This finding was determined to be a violation of NRC requirements. However, because of the very low safety significance and because it was entered into your corrective action program, the NRC is treating this finding as a non-cited violation, in accordance with Section VI.A.1 of the NRCs Enforcement Policy. If you deny this non-cited violation, 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 Seabrook Nuclear Power Station.

In addition, some examples of minor problems were identified by the team and entered into the corrective action program by your staff. Some of these items involved corrective actions that were ineffectively tracked, issues that had not been rigorously evaluated, or inconsistent application of the corrective action program by Seabrook personnel. None of these minor deficiencies resulted in a challenge to system operability or reliability.

Mr. Mark In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs 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 (PARS) component of the NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

If you have any questions, please contact me at 610-337-5108.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Christopher G. Cahill, Chief Performance Evaluation Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No: 50-443 License No: NPF-86 Enclosure: Inspection Report 05000443/2004008 w/Attachment: Supplemental Information cc w/encl:

J. A. Stall, FPL Senior Vice President, Nuclear & CNO J. M. Peschel, Manager - Licensing G. F. St. Pierre, Station Director - Seabrook Station R. S. Kundalkar, FPL Vice President - Nuclear Engineering D. G. Roy, Nuclear Training Manager - Seabrook Station Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts P. McLaughlin, Attorney General, State of New Hampshire P. Brann, Assistant Attorney General, State of Maine M. S. Ross, Attorney, Florida Power & Light Company R. Walker, Director, Dept. of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts B. Cheney, Director, Bureau of Emergency Management C. McCombs, Acting Director, MEMA Health Physicist, Office of Community & Public Health, State of New Hampshire Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire W. Meinert, Nuclear Engineer, Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric company T. Crimmins, Polestar Applied Technology R. Backus, Esquire, Backus, Meyer and Solomon, New Hampshire Town of Exeter Board of Selectmen S. Comley, Executive Director, We the People of the United States R. Shadis, New England Coalition Staff M. Metcalf, Seacoast Anti-Pollution League

Mr. Mark