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MONTHYEARML24277A0812024-10-0303 October 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) PSEG Bottom Trawl Sampling - Incidental Take Report and Data Collection Form - Atlantic Sturgeon Collected on 10/02/2024 ML24269A0362024-09-24024 September 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Incidental Take Report - Kemps Ridley Sea Turtle Collected on 9/24/2024 ML24253A1942024-09-0909 September 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - Final Eeeb RAI - Hope Creek Amendment to Revise TS to Change Surveillance Interval to Accommodate 24-Month Fuel Cycle ML24249A1362024-09-0404 September 2024 EN 57304 - Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC, Final Report - No Embedded Files. Notification of the Potential Existence of Defects Pursuant to 10 CFR Part 21 ML24248A0452024-09-0303 September 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Incidental Take Report - Kemps Ridley Sea Turtle Collected on 9/3/2024 ML24240A2092024-08-27027 August 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - Acceptance Review - Hope Creek - Relief Request VR-04, SSW Rupture Disc Replacement ML24229A0422024-08-16016 August 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - Acceptance Review - Salem 1 and 2 - Implement Optimized ZIRLO Fuel Rod Cladding ML24229A0432024-08-16016 August 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - Acceptance Review - Salem 1 and 2 - Exemption from 10 CFR 50.46 and 10 CFR 50 Appendix K to Allow the Use of Optimized ZIRLO Fuel Rod Cladding ML24227A5092024-08-14014 August 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Incidental Take Report - Kemps Ridley Sea Turtle Collected on 8/13/2024 ML24228A1942024-08-14014 August 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) PSEG Bottom Trawl Sampling - Incidental Take Report and Data Collection Form for a Live - Atlantic Sturgeon 8/14/2024 ML24197A1022024-07-15015 July 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - Acceptance Review - Hope Creek - Revise TS Lift Settings for Reactor Coolant System Safety Relief Valves ML24250A0562024-07-11011 July 2024 PSEG to NMFS, Regarding Processing of Fin Clips ML24219A2472024-07-0909 July 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) PSEG Bottom Trawl Sampling - Incidental Take Report and Data Collection Form - Shortnose Sturgeon 7/9/2024 ML24163A1632024-06-11011 June 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - Acceptance Review - Hope Creek - Revise TS to Change Surveillance Interval to Accommodate 24-Month Fuel Cycle ML24123A0522024-05-0101 May 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Incidental Take Report - One Deceased Sturgeon 4/30/2024 ML24106A0542024-04-12012 April 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Incidental Take Report and Data Collection Form - One Alive Atlantic Sturgeon 4/12/2024 ML24101A2192024-04-0909 April 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) PSEG Bottom Trawl Sampling - Incidental Take Report and Data Collection Form - Atlantic Sturgeon 4/8/24 ML24093A1222024-04-0101 April 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Incidental Take Report and Data Collection Form - One Atlantic Sturgeon 4/1/2024 ML24075A1862024-03-14014 March 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Biological Opinion Gar 2020-02842 - PSEG Salem and Hope Creek Generating Station Annual Incidental Take Report - 2023 ML24060A0492024-02-28028 February 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - Final Exhb RAI for Hope Creek, Salem 1 and 2 Amendment to Modify Exclusion Area Boundary ML24030A8432024-01-30030 January 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) 2023 PSEG Sturgeon Pit Tag Data ML24016A1612024-01-10010 January 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Incidental Take Report and Data Collection Forms - Two Atlantic Sturgeon 1/9/2024 ML24002A7222023-12-29029 December 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - 2023 Annual Report - Inspection of the Circulating Water Intake Structure (Cwis) Trash Rack Bars ML24002A7242023-12-28028 December 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Incidental Take Report and Data Collection Form - Sturgeon 12/28/2023 ML23355A2732023-12-21021 December 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) PSEG Response to Questions Associated with Supplement to Salem-Hope Creek Eab Reduction LAR ML24002A7252023-12-21021 December 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Incidental Take Shortnose Sturgeon 12/21/23 ML23346A0962023-12-0606 December 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - Reminder - Final Report - Completion of Required Additional Protocol (AP) Information in Accordance with the U.S. - IAEA Treaty Obligations ML23311A0792023-11-0101 November 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Incidental Take Report - Atlantic Sturgeon Collected on 10/31/2023 ML23277A0482023-10-0404 October 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - 10/4/2023 Email: Acceptance Review - Hope Creek and Salem 1 and 2 - LAR to Modify Exclusion Area Boundary ML23277A0732023-09-29029 September 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) 9/29/2023 Email from PSEG: Supplement to Proposed Amendment to PSEG Master Decommissioning Trust Amendment ML23226A0702023-08-11011 August 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Incidental Take Report and Data Collection Form for Sturgeon Collected on 8/10/2023 ML23226A0732023-08-10010 August 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Submittal of Necropsy Reports Regarding Sea Turtles Collected on 06/12/2022 ML23201A0132023-07-20020 July 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - Acceptance Review - Salem 1 and 2 - Permanent Extension of Type a and Type C Containment Leak Rate Test Frequencies ML23172A0982023-06-21021 June 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Incidental Take Report - Kemp'S Ridley Sea Turtle Collected on 06/20/2022 ML23164A2062023-06-13013 June 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Incidental Take Report - Kemp'S Ridley Sea Turtle Collected on 06/12/2023 ML24250A0572023-06-0606 June 2023 PSEG to NMFS, Request for Sturgeon Fin Clip Analysis Facilities ML23163A0442023-06-0606 June 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Biological Opinion GAR-2020-02842; FIN Clip Analysis Facilities ML23153A1552023-06-0202 June 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) PSEG Bottom Trawl Sampling - Incidental Take Report and Data Collection Form - Atlantic Sturgeon 6/1/2023 ML23151A6582023-05-31031 May 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Incidental Take Report and Data Collection Forms Sturgeon 5/30/2023 ML23137A2632023-05-17017 May 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Incidental Take Report and Data Collection Forms Sturgeon 5/16/2023 ML23135A0102023-05-11011 May 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Incidental Take Report Sturgeon 5/11/2023 ML23129A7892023-05-0909 May 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - Acceptance Review - Hope Creek - Revise Trip and Standby Auto-Start Logic Associated with Safety Related HVAC Trains ML23136B2832023-05-0404 May 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) PSEG Bottom Trawl Sampling - Incidental Take Report and Data Collection Form - Atlantic Sturgeon 5/3/2023 ML23122A1982023-05-0202 May 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Incidental Take Report and Data Collection Forms for Atlantic Sturgeon 5/1/2023 ML23122A1672023-05-0202 May 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - Acceptance Review - Hope Creek and Salem 1 and 2 - Revise TS to Delete TS Section 5.5 - Meteorological Tower Location ML23117A2722023-04-17017 April 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating STATION-INCIDENTAL Take of Atlantic Sturgeon Collected on 04/14/2023 ML23079A0032023-03-17017 March 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - Hope Creek, Salem 1 and 2 - Evacuation Time Estimate Review ML23065A0452023-02-23023 February 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem & Hope Creek Generating STATIONS-ANNUAL Incidental Take REPORT-STATION & REMP ML23033A0302023-02-0808 February 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating Station - Incidental Take Report Sturgeon 1/24/2023 ML23010A2882023-01-10010 January 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Salem Generating STATION-INCIDENTAL Take of Atlantic Sturgeon Collected on 01/09/2023 2024-09-09
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MONTHYEARIR 05000272/20240032024-10-30030 October 2024 Integrated Inspection Report 05000272/2024003 and 05000311/2024003 ML24296B1932024-10-23023 October 2024 Project Manager Assignment ML24295A3742024-10-23023 October 2024 Project Manager Assignment IR 05000354/20240032024-10-23023 October 2024 Integrated Inspection Report 05000354/2024003 LR-N24-0068, Core Operating Limits Report - Cycle 282024-10-21021 October 2024 Core Operating Limits Report - Cycle 28 ML24291A0572024-10-17017 October 2024 License Amendment Request (LAR) – Hope Creek Technical Specification Conversion to NUREG-1433, Revision 5, Supplement 1 LR-N24-0063, Emergency Plan Document Revision Implemented September 18, 2024. Includes NC.EP-EP.ZZ-0903, Rev. 7, Opening of Emergency Operations Facility (EOF)2024-10-0707 October 2024 Emergency Plan Document Revision Implemented September 18, 2024. Includes NC.EP-EP.ZZ-0903, Rev. 7, Opening of Emergency Operations Facility (EOF) LR-N24-0059, 2024 Annual 10 CFR 50.46 Report2024-09-30030 September 2024 2024 Annual 10 CFR 50.46 Report LR-N24-0056, Response to Request for Additional Information Associated with License Amendment Request - Revise Hope Creek Generating Station Technical Specification to Change Surveillance Intervals to Accommodate a 24-Month Fuel Cycle2024-09-26026 September 2024 Response to Request for Additional Information Associated with License Amendment Request - Revise Hope Creek Generating Station Technical Specification to Change Surveillance Intervals to Accommodate a 24-Month Fuel Cycle IR 05000272/20244032024-09-25025 September 2024 And Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, Cybersecurity Inspection Report 05000354/2024403, 05000272/2024403, and 05000311/2024403 (Cover Letter Only) ML24267A1082024-09-23023 September 2024 Submittal of the Reactor Vessel Material Surveillance Program Capsule Technical Report IR 05000272/20244022024-09-23023 September 2024 And Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 - Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000354/2024402, 05000272/2024402, and 05000311/2024402 (Cover Letter Only) ML24255A8042024-09-11011 September 2024 Notification of Conduct of a Fire Protection Team Inspection LR-N24-0057, In-Service Inspection Activities2024-09-10010 September 2024 In-Service Inspection Activities 05000354/LER-2024-001-01, Invalid Primary Containment Integrated Leak Rate As-Found Test (ILRT) Supplement2024-09-0505 September 2024 Invalid Primary Containment Integrated Leak Rate As-Found Test (ILRT) Supplement ML24249A1362024-09-0404 September 2024 EN 57304 - Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC, Final Report - No Embedded Files. Notification of the Potential Existence of Defects Pursuant to 10 CFR Part 21 IR 05000354/20240052024-08-29029 August 2024 Updated Inspection Plan for Hope Creek Generating Station (Report 05000354/2024005) IR 05000272/20240052024-08-29029 August 2024 Updated Inspection Plan for Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 (Report 05000272/2024005 and 05000311/2024005) LR-N24-0044, Relief Request VR-042024-08-0606 August 2024 Relief Request VR-04 IR 05000354/20240022024-07-30030 July 2024 Integrated Inspection Report 05000354/2024002 IR 05000272/20240022024-07-30030 July 2024 Integrated Inspection Report 05000272/2024002 and 05000311/2024002 LR-N24-0012, Application to Revise Technical Specifications and 10 CFR 50.12 Exemption Request to Implement Optimized ZIRLO Fuel Rod Cladding2024-07-24024 July 2024 Application to Revise Technical Specifications and 10 CFR 50.12 Exemption Request to Implement Optimized ZIRLO Fuel Rod Cladding ML24200A0572024-07-18018 July 2024 Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure for License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specification Lift Settings for Reactor Coolant System Safety/Relief Valves NUREG-1433, – Acceptance of License Amendment Request Concerning Technical Specification Conversion to NUREG-1433, Revision 52024-07-16016 July 2024 – Acceptance of License Amendment Request Concerning Technical Specification Conversion to NUREG-1433, Revision 5 ML24197A0552024-07-15015 July 2024 Requalification Program Inspection ML24145A1772024-07-15015 July 2024 And Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 - Issuance of Amendment Nos. 236, 349, and 331 Modify Exclusion Area Boundary 05000354/LER-2024-001, Invalid Primary Containment Integrated Leak Rate As-Found Test (ILRT)2024-07-0202 July 2024 Invalid Primary Containment Integrated Leak Rate As-Found Test (ILRT) LR-N24-0030, License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specification Lift Settings for Reactor Coolant System Safety/Relief Valves2024-06-28028 June 2024 License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specification Lift Settings for Reactor Coolant System Safety/Relief Valves IR 05000272/20245012024-06-12012 June 2024 And Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 - Emergency Preparedness Biennial Exercise Inspection Report 05000354/2024501, 05000272/2024501 and 05000311/2024501 ML24099A1572024-05-29029 May 2024 Issuance of Amendment Nos. 348 and 330 Permanent Extension of Type a and Type C Containment Leak Rate Test Frequencies ML24150A0032024-05-28028 May 2024 Request for Exemptions from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 10 CFR 50.75(h)(1)(iv) and Proposed Amendment to the Decommissioning Trust Agreement ML24150A1002024-05-28028 May 2024 Core Operating Limits Report, Reload 25, Cycle 26, Revision 23 LR-N24-0041, Stations, Revisions to Emergency Plan Document Nc EP-EP-ZZ-01102, Rev. 28, Emergency Coordinator Response2024-05-22022 May 2024 Stations, Revisions to Emergency Plan Document Nc EP-EP-ZZ-01102, Rev. 28, Emergency Coordinator Response LR-N24-0004, License Amendment Request – Revise Technical Specification to Change Surveillance Intervals to Accommodate a 24-Month Fuel Cycle2024-05-20020 May 2024 License Amendment Request – Revise Technical Specification to Change Surveillance Intervals to Accommodate a 24-Month Fuel Cycle ML24142A4072024-05-20020 May 2024 License Amendment Request (LAR) - Hope Creek Technical Specification Conversion to NUREG-1433, Revision 5 IR 05000272/20240102024-05-16016 May 2024 Fire Protection Team Inspection Report 05000272/2024010 and 05000311/2024010 05000272/LER-2024-001, Pressure Boundary Leakage Through a Reactor Coolant Pump Thermal Barrier Heat Exchanger2024-05-0909 May 2024 Pressure Boundary Leakage Through a Reactor Coolant Pump Thermal Barrier Heat Exchanger IR 05000354/20240012024-05-0808 May 2024 Integrated Inspection Report 05000354/2024001 IR 05000354/20240102024-05-0707 May 2024 Information Request for Quadrennial Baseline Comprehensive Engineering Team Inspection; Notification to Perform Inspection 05000354/2024010 IR 05000272/20240012024-05-0707 May 2024 Integrated Inspection Report 05000272/2024001 and 05000311/2024001 LR-N24-0039, Steam Generator Tube Inspection Report - Twenty-ninth Refueling Outage2024-05-0606 May 2024 Steam Generator Tube Inspection Report - Twenty-ninth Refueling Outage LR-N24-0034, 2023 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report (ARERR)2024-04-30030 April 2024 2023 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report (ARERR) LR-N24-0035, 2023 Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report (AREOR)2024-04-30030 April 2024 2023 Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report (AREOR) LR-N24-0024, Response to Request for Additional Information Associated with License Amendment Request (LAR) to Modify the Salem and Hope Creek Exclusion Area Boundary2024-04-26026 April 2024 Response to Request for Additional Information Associated with License Amendment Request (LAR) to Modify the Salem and Hope Creek Exclusion Area Boundary IR 05000354/20243012024-04-10010 April 2024 Initial Operator Licensing Examination Report 05000354/2024301 LR-N24-0011, Supplemental Information to License Amendment Request (LAR) to Modify the Salem and Hope Creek Exclusion Area Boundary2024-04-0505 April 2024 Supplemental Information to License Amendment Request (LAR) to Modify the Salem and Hope Creek Exclusion Area Boundary IR 05000272/20240112024-04-0101 April 2024 and Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 - Plant Modification and Annual Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection Report 05000354/2024011, 05000272/2024011, and 05000311/2024011 LR-N24-0028, and Salem Generating Station - Notice of Intent to Pursue Subsequent License Renewal2024-03-28028 March 2024 and Salem Generating Station - Notice of Intent to Pursue Subsequent License Renewal LR-N24-0021, and Salem Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 - Guarantees of Payment of Deferred Premiums2024-03-20020 March 2024 and Salem Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 - Guarantees of Payment of Deferred Premiums LR-N24-0027, Inadvertent Main Turbine Control Valve Closure Caused Reactor Scram2024-03-19019 March 2024 Inadvertent Main Turbine Control Valve Closure Caused Reactor Scram 2024-09-05
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Issuance of the Salem and Hope Creek Work Environment Letter Ladies and Gentlemen, At approximately 11:00 AM, Hub Miller signed the letter to PSEG regarding the work environment at Salem and Hope Creek. It is attached.
The communication plan that we are implementing, which was previously forwarded, is also attached.
Thank you for your assistance.
Eugene W. Cobey, Chief Projects Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects (610) 337-5171 CC: A. Randolph Blough; Chris Miller; Daniel Collins; Daniel Holody; Daniel Orr; David Vito; Ernest Wilson; George Malone; James Clifford; Karl Farrar; Lisamarie Jarriel; Marc Ferdas; Mel Gray; Neil Sheehan; Rosemary Hogan; Scott Barber; Theodore Wingfield Information in this record was deleted inaccordance with the Freedom of Information Act, exempti0n --
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He.B 1IEG UNITED STATES 0 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 475 ALLENDALE ROAD KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406-1415 July 30, 2004 Mr. E. J. Ferland Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Public Service Enterprise Group 80 Park Plaza P.O. Box 570 Newark, New Jersey 07101
SUBJECT:
Work Environment at the Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations
Dear Mr. Ferland:
In late 2003, we initiated a special review at the Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations (Stations) to assess the environment for raising and addressing safety issues. We undertook this special review in light of information received in various allegations and NRC inspections over the past few years, as well as our annual and mid-cycle performance reviews in 2003 which identified a substantive cross-cutting issue in the problem identification and resolution area. As part of our special review, we conducted in-depth interviews, between October 2003 and June 2004, of over 60 current and former Salem/Hope Creek employees, from various levels of the organization up to and including nuclear executives. Our review also considered our inspection and assessment record over the past several years, as well as allegations involving the Stations. Throughout our review, a panel of NRC managers, technical staff, program support staff, and investigators was periodically convened to evaluate the information obtained. On January 28, 2004, we transmitted interim results to you. We have now completed our review and our results are provided herein. Even though this letter provides the results of our review of the work environment, the NRC staff will continue to review certain discrete issues or events to determine whether violations of regulatory requirements occurred, beyond those already identified in the NRC reports and correspondence.
Our review has validated the interim results provided in our January 28 letter. We have not identified any serious safety violations. Nonetheless, we have found numerous indications of weaknesses in corrective actions and management efforts to establish an environment where employees are consistently willing to raise safety concerns. Weaknesses in leadership and management approaches have led to a perception among some staff and managers that the companyfhas emphasized production to the point that negatively impacts handling of emergent equipment issues and associated operational decision making. Management has not been consistent in its support of Station staff identifying concerns and providing alternate views. We found examples of unresolved conflict and poor communication between management and staff, as well as underlying staff and management frustration with poor equipment reliability.
The equipment issues stemmed, in part, from weaknesses in implementation of Station processes, such as work management and corrective action.
Although the plants have continued to operate safely, and at this point, some of the examples are somewhat dated, continued management attention and action are needed to realize
Public Service Enterprise Group 2 sustainable improvement from the efforts initiated by you and your staff. This need was demonstrated by your own assessments, the findings of which are consistent our review. The PSEG assessments provided to the NRC in a letter with the results of dated May 21, 2004, as well as at a public meeting on June 16, 2004, include: (1) a survey conducted by Synergy Corporation in December 2003 to, in part, characterize the Station's attitude and culture; (2) an onsite safety culture assessment conducted by the Utility Service Alliance involving reviews and observations by industry peers; and (3) an examination (USA) in March 2004, of the work environment conducted by an Independent Assessment Team (IAT) between February and April 2004. The IAT examination, which included interviews of 190 current employees as well as analysis of specific events, was conducted in response and former findings of the NRC review. to the interim These PSEG assessments found that, while no issues or events have risk and staff would raise significant nuclear safety concerns, problemsput the plant or public at in exist. Synergy concluded that site staff were concerned with longstanding the work environment and recurring equipment problems, and perceived equipment condition to be worsening IAT concluded that some in management and the workforce exhibited as of late 2003. The behaviors appeared to place greater emphasis on production and schedule considerations that, at least, conservative decision making, and tolerated degraded equipment conditions than and non-adherence. The IAT concluded that some site staff perceive longstanding procedural not being fixed because the corporate organization had not provided necessary problems are IAT concluded that some in management became involved in decisions funding. The more appropriately the responsibility of licensed operators and the Operations Department, communicated took actions that had a chilling effect on certain employees. Both USA poorly, and and IAT Concluded that repetitive events indicate some weaknesses in the Station's process for learning from industry operating experience. USA concluded that senior management has not adequately demonstrated support for the Quality Assurance (QA) function. Both some self assessments have been ineffective. The IAT concluded that, USA and IAT concluded although the Employee Concerns Program has requisite elements, a significant portion of the viable path for raising concerns. Finally, as you indicated during the staff does not view it as a June 16 public meeting and in your May 21 letter, addressing corrective action and work management be key to making improvements in the work environment. weaknesses will As noted above, in response to these assessments, your staff developed improve the work environment, and described that plan at the June 16, an action plan to well as in the PSEG letter, dated June 25, 2004. We have reviewed 2004 public meeting, as it appears that it will address the key findings of both the NRC and PSEGthe PSEG action plan and assessments.
We recognize that you made a number of management changes in 2003, and have taken steps to realign management responsibilities in an attempt to better support Salem and Hope Creek. You also initiated steps to improve implementation the separate activities of of action program. The IAT report indicated that, although PSEG management your corrective had not yet regained the trust and confidence of operations personnel affected management team is beginning to address underlying issues. The USA by plant events, the current report noted that senior management has recently been in the plant more, has begun to recognize individuals for making conservative decisions, and has an improved relationship with the workforce. However, much work needs to be done to implement the action plan in a way that improvements to the work environment at the Stations. We expect that will effect sustainable you will closely monitor
Public Service Enterprise Group 3 implementation of the action plans, frequently evaluate progress towards achieving intended outcomes, and adjust your plans and efforts accordingly.
The PSEG June 25 letter also provided several commitments, including quarterly submittal to the NRC of a set of metrics for measuring work environment improvements, conduct of periodic cultural assessments for the next several years, and a meeting with the NRC during the second quarter of 2005. Also, following our review of your letter, and during a telephone conversation between Mr. Randy Blough, NRC Region I, and Mr. Chris Bakken, PSEG, on July 27, 2004, you committed to take the following additional actions:
- 1. Meet with the NRC in late 2004 to discuss your overall progress in improving the work environment. In addition, you will also cover the following topics: (a) role and function of QA; (b) procedure adherence and other elements of human performance; and (c) quality of engineering products particularly as they relate to evaluation of degraded equipment and associated operational decision making. Subsequent meetings, including the meeting in early 2005 to which you had already committed, will continue periodically until PSEG has made substantial, sustainable progress in improving the work environment.
- 2. Include in your quarterly submittals a brief description of any significant changes to your action plan.
- 3. At a point when you believe you have made substantial progress in addressing work environment, corrective action, and work management issues at the Stations, obtain a peer assessment to evaluate the effectiveness of your efforts and provide the results to NRC.
We will continue to closely monitor PSEG performance and your efforts to improve the work environment. Specific plans for inspections and related oversight activities will be provided in our Reactor Oversight Program Mid-Cycle Assessment letter to be issued in several weeks.
Prior correspondence pertaining to the work environment at the Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations can be found in the NRC's document system (ADAMS) using accession number ML040610856. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from ADAMS which is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Sincerely, IRN Hubert J. Miller Regional Administrator Docket Nos. 50-272; 50-311; 50-354 License Nos. DPR-70; DPR-75; NPF-57
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A. C. Bakken, President and Chief Nuclear Officer M. Brothers, Vice President - Site Operations J. T. Carlin, Vice President Nuclear Assessment D. F. Garchow, Vice President, Engineering and Technical Support W. F. Sperry, Director Business Support S. Mannon, Manager - Nuclear Safety and Licensing J. A. Hutton, Hope Creek Plant Manager C. J. Fricker, Salem Plant Manager R. Kankus, Joint Owner Affairs J. J. Keenan, Esquire M.Wetterhahn, Esquire Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate F. Pompper, Chief of Police and Emergency Management Coordinator J. Lipoti Ph.D., Assistant Director of Radiation Programs, State of New Jersey H. Otto, Ph.D., DNREC Division of Water Resources, State of Delaware N. Cohen, Coordinator - Unplug Salem Campaign W. Costanzo, Technical Advisor - Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch E. Zobian, Coordinator - Jersey Shore Anti Nuclear Alliance