ML15239A464

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Confirms 921020 Telcon W/Ew Merschoff Re Actions Taken as Result of Facility Trip & Subsequent Loss of Ac Power. Conference Call Will Be Held Prior to Returning Facility to Power Operations
ML15239A464
Person / Time
Site: Oconee Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 10/21/1992
From: Ebneter S
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Hampton J
DUKE POWER CO.
References
CAL-92-01, CAL-92-1, NUDOCS 9211030012
Download: ML15239A464 (3)


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0OCT 2 11992 Docket No. 50-270 License No. DPR-47 Duke Power Company ATTN:

Mr. J. W. Hampton Vice President Oconee Site P. 0. Box 1439 Seneca, SC 29679 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

CONFIRMATION OF ACTION LETTER -

OCONEE UNIT 2 (CAL 50-270/92-01)

This refers to a telephone conversation between Mr. Ellis W.

Merschoff and you on October 20, 1992, concerning actions that you will take as a result of the Oconee Unit 2 trip and subse quent loss of AC power. We understand that Duke Power Company is actively pursuing the root cause of the recent events and that you will take the following actions:

1.

Determine the initiating cause for the event.

2.

Determine the cause of any electrical malfunctions including PCB 23.

3.

Determine the cause of the trip of Keowee 2 when Keowee 1 was taken off line.

4.

Determine the cause of the loss of auxiliary power to the Keowee generators.

Once an understanding is determined for these events, a confer ence call will be held with the NRC prior to returning Oconee Unit 2 to power operations.

If your understanding of our discussion is different from the above, please inform this office promptly. This confirmation of action letter does not preclude the NRC from issuing an Order which would require additional specific actions related to this matter.

Sincerely, 9211030012 921021 PDR ADOCK 05000270 P

PDR Stewart D. Ebneter Regional Administrator CAL-50-270/92-01

Duke Power Company 2

cc:

M. E. Patrick Compliance Duke Power Company P. 0. Box 1439 Seneca, SC 29679 A. V. Carr, Esq.

Duke Power Company 422 South Church Street Charlotte, NC 28242-0001 County Supervisor of Oconee County Walhalla, SC 29621 Robert B. Borsum Babcock and Wilcox Company Nuclear Power Generation Division 1700 Rockville Pike, Suite 525 Rockville, MD 20852 J. Michael McGarry, III, Esq.

Winston and Strawn 1400 L Street, NW Washington, D. C. 20005 Office of Intergovernmental Relations 116 West Jones Street Raleigh, NC 27603 Heyward G. Shealy, Chief Bureau of Radiological Health South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street Columbia, SC 29201 Manager, LIS NUS Corporation 2650 McCormick Drive Clearwater, FL 34619-1035 R. L. Gill Nuclear Production Department Duke Power Company P. 0. Box 1007 Charlotte, NC 28201-1007 Karen E. Long Assistant Attorney General N. C. Department of Justice P. 0. Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602

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