ML17056A426
| ML17056A426 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 11/08/1989 |
| From: | Kane W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Burkhardt L NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP. |
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| NUDOCS 8911210077 | |
| Download: ML17056A426 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000220/1989081
Text
Docket No. 50-220
NOV 0 8 1989
Niagara
Mohawk Power Corporation
ATTN:
Mr. Lawrence Burkhardt, III
Executive Vice President
Nuclear Operations
301 Plainfield Road
Syracuse,
13212
Gentlemen:
Subject:
NRC Region I Inspection
Report
No
~ 50-220/89-81,
Integrated
Assessment,
Team Inspection
The
NRC staff conducted
an integrated
assessment
team inspection
( IATI) at Nine
Mile Point
Unit
1
in Scriba,
New York, October
4 through
6
and
10 through
20,
1989.
The
purpose
of this inspection
was to review the
implementation
of
your Restart
Action Plan
in resolving
those
underlying root causes
(URCs) of
past
management
effectiveness
issues.
We discussed
the results of that inspec-
tion with you
and your staff at
a management
meeting
on October
20; 1989.
The
team's findings are described
in the enclosed
report.
Overall, the
team detected
no fundamental
flaws'hat would indicate
an inade-
quacy
in the Restart
Action Plan.
The
team
concluded
that the Restart Action
Plan
was in place,
well disseminated,
and generally
understood.
However,
the
degree
of implementation
of the plan varied.
The team noted clear
improvement
in the three
URCs of planning
and
goal
setting,
organizational
culture,
and
teamwork.
Although
performance
in the
two
areas
of problem
solving
and
standards
of performance/self-assessment
was
weak, it
showed
some
signs
of
improvement.
We
are
concerned
about
the extent
of progress
in the
two
URC areas
that
we
found to be weak.
While we did not
expect
that all your
planned
actions
in
those
areas
would have
become fully effective, it appeared
that our assessment
of
performance
in
those
areas
differed
from
that
provided
in
your
September
8,
1989
Readiness
for Restart
Report
and
from that described
during
our
meeting
on
October 3, 1989.'onsequently,
we
plan
to
focus
on
your
progress
in
improving those
two area
during future resident
and
region-based
inspections
of Nine Mile Point Unit 1 activities.
You are requested
to respond to this letter, within thirty days of its receipt,
describing
your
plans
to
improve
performance
in
the
two
weak
areas.
Further,
you should discuss your views as to the significance of the differences
which appeared
to exist
between
your assessment
of performance
in those
areas
and that of the
NRC staff.
Following receipt of your letter and completion of
your planned corrective actions,
we request you meet with us to assure
us that
performance
in those
areas
is adequate
to support restart.
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In addition,
Section
4 of the enclosed
report contains
a list of commitments
we understand
you have
made to resolve certain specific issues
described
in the
report.
You are
requested
to review this list and to inform us if our under-
standing is in error.
Thank you for your cooperation
in this matter.
Sincerely,
Qrigioal SilF< ~>:
William F.
Kane, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Enclosure:
NRC Region I Inspection
Report
No. 50-220/89-81
cc w/encl:
C.
Mangan, Senior Vice President
W, Hansen,
Manager,
Corporate Quality Assurance
R. Smith, Unit 2 Superintendent,
Operations
C.
Beckham,
Manager,
Nuclear Quality Assurance
Operations .
R. Abbott, Unit 2 Station Superintendent
J. Perry,
Vice President,
Quality Assurance
K. Dahlberg, Unit
1 Station Superintendent
~
R. Randall, Unit
1 Superintendent,
Operations
J. Willis, General
Station Superintendent
C. Terry, Vice President
Nuclear Engineering
and Licensing
J.
Warden,
New York Consumer Protection
Branch
T. Conner, Jr.,
Esquire
.G. Wilson, Senior Attorney
J. Keib, Esquire
Director,
Power Division, Department of Public Service,
Sta
State of New York, Department of Law
Public Document
Room (PDR)
Local Public Document
Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center
(NSIC)
NRC Resident
Inspector
State of New York
te of New York
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Region I Docket
Room (with concurrences)
Management Assistant,
ORNA (w/o encl)
W. Russell,
RI
W. Kane,
RI
J. Wiggins,
RI
D. Limroth, RI
G. Meyer,
RI
S. Varga,
B. Boger,
R. Capra,
M. Slosson,
R. Martin,
L. Plisco,
M. Callahan,
GPA/CA
P. Boehnert,
J.
Beeson,
ADM/FIPS
Team Members
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