ML063130457
| ML063130457 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 11/09/2006 |
| From: | David Lew Division Reactor Projects I |
| To: | Peschel J, St.Pierre G Florida Power & Light Energy Seabrook |
| References | |
| Download: ML063130457 (3) | |
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November 9, 2006 Mr. Gene St. Pierre Site Vice President FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC Seabrook Station c/o Mr. James M. Peschel P.O. Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874
SUBJECT:
ASSESSMENT FOLLOW-UP LETTER - SEABROOK STATION
Dear Mr. St. Pierre:
On October 26, 2006, the NRC staff completed, as part of our continuous review, an update of our assessment of Seabrook Station. The assessment evaluated performance indicators (PIs) and inspection results. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our updated assessment of your safety performance during this period, and our plans for a future inspection at your facility.
This letter supplements, but does not supercede, our mid-cycle assessment letter issued on August 31, 2006.
Our review of Seabrook Station performance identified that you have crossed the threshold from Green to White for the emergency diesel generator (EDG) Mitigating System Performance Index, Emergency AC [Alternating Current] Power System, with your reporting of the 3rd quarter 2006 PI data. The most recent challenge to this PI occurred in late August when the station declared both EDGs inoperable due to voltage regulation problems. We noted that EDG problems have been longstanding and, as a result, plan to continue our ongoing special team inspection during the week of November 13 and into December 2006. We may modify the scope of any future supplemental inspection based on the results of the ongoing special inspection.
As a result of the 3rd quarter 2006 PI data, we have assessed Seabrook Station performance to be in the Regulatory Response column of the NRCs Action Matrix. On October 31, 2006, we were notified by your staff of your readiness for the NRC to conduct a supplemental inspection to review the actions taken to address the White EDG mitigating system PI. Therefore, we plan to conduct a supplemental inspection using Inspection Procedure 95001, Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area, beginning on June 13, 2007. This inspection procedure is conducted to provide assurance that the root causes and contributing causes of risk significant performance issues are understood, the extent of condition is identified, and the corrective actions are sufficient to prevent recurrence.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's 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).
2 Mr. G. St. Pierre Please contact Mr. Paul Krohn of my staff at 610-337-5120 with any questions you may have regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
David C. Lew, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-443 License No: NPF-86 cc J. A. Stall, FPL Senior Vice President, Nuclear & CNO M. Warner, Vice President, Nuclear Support Services R. S. Kundalkar, FPL Vice President, Nuclear Engineering M. Mashhadi, Senior Attorney, Florida Power & Light Company M. S. Ross, Managing Attorney, Florida Power & Light Company J. M. Peschel, Manager, Regulatory Programs M. Kiley, Plant General Manager, Seabrook Station J. Dent, Assistant Plant Manager K. Wright, Manager, Nuclear Training, Seabrook Station R. Poole, FEMA, Region-I Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts K. Ayotte, Attorney General, State of New Hampshire O. Fitch, Deputy Attorney General, State of New Hampshire D. Harnish, Assistant Attorney General, State of Maine R. Walker, Director, Radiation Control Program, Dept. of Public Health, Commonwealth of MA C. Pope, Director, Homeland Security & Emergency Management, State of New Hampshire C. McCombs, Director, MEMA, Commonwealth of Massachusetts D. O'Dowd, Administrator, Radiological Health Section, DPHS, DHHS, State of New Hampshire Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire J. Roy, Director of Operations, Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company T. Crimmins, Polestar Applied Technology R. Backus, Esquire, Backus, Meyer and Solomon, New Hampshire Town of Exeter, State of New Hampshire Board of Selectmen, Town of Amesbury S. Comley, Executive Director, We the People of the United States R. Shadis, New England Coalition Staff M. Metcalf, Seacoast Anti-Pollution League
3 Mr. G. St. Pierre Distribution w/encl: (VIA E-MAIL)
S. Collins, RA M. Dapas, DRA D. Lew, DRP J. Clifford, DRP P. Krohn, DRP G. Barber, DRP G. Dentel, DRP - Senior Resident Inspector S. Shaffer, DRP - Resident Inspector S. Nelson, DRP - Resident OA B. Sosa, RI OEDO E. Miller, NRR H. Chernoff, NRR V. Nerses, NRR T. Valentine, NRR Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
Chief, NRR/DIPM/IIPB RidsNrrDirsIpab@nrc.gov SUNSI Review Completed: PGK (Reviewer's Initials)
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