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Forwards Safety Insp Rept 50-220/90-05 on 900709-13.No Violations Noted.Concern Identified Re Licensee Method of Performing Single Control Rod Scram Time Testing
ML17056A914
Person / Time
Site: Nine Mile Point 
Issue date: 07/27/1990
From: Gallo R
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Burkhardt L
NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP.
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See also: IR 05000220/1990005

Text

Docket No. 50-220

Niagara

Mohawk Power Corporation

ATTN:

Mr. Lawrence Burkhardt, III

Executive Vice President

Nuclear Operations

301 Plainfield Road

Syracuse,

New York

13212

Gentlemen:

Subject:

Inspection

No. 50-220/90-05

This refers to the routine safety inspection

conducted

by Mr. L. J.

Wink of

this office on July

9

13,

1990, at Nine Mile Point Unit 1, Scriba,

NY of

activities authorized

by

NRC License

No.

DPR-63

and to the discussions

of our

findings held by Mr. L. J.

Wink with Mr. K. Dahlberg of your staff at the

conclusion of the inspection.

Areas

examined during this inspection

are described

in the

NRC Region

I Inspection

Report which is enclosed with this letter'.

Within these

areas,

the inspection

consisted

of selective

examinations

of procedures

and representative

records,

interviews with personnel,

and observations

by the inspector.

Within the

scope of this inspection,

no violations were observed.

However,

as

discussed ir the enclosed

inspection report,

a concern

was identified involving

your method of performing single control

rod scram time testing.

We understand

that you plan to revise your surveillance

procedure

in accordance

with current

vendor guidance

and,

in the future, perform single control rod scram time testing

with the .control rods isolated

from the charging

pump.

You are requested

to

respond

in writing within 30 days of receipt of this letter and confirm this

commitment.

The response

requested

by the letter is not subject to the clearance

procedures

of the Office of Management

and Budoet

as required

by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1980,

PL 96-511.

Your cooperation with us in this matter is appreciated.

Sincerely,

Original Signed Byg

ROBERT M. GALLO

Robert

M. Gal lo, Chief

Operation

Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Enclosure:

NRC Region I

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PDR

ADOCV, 0 000220

PDC

Inspection

Report

Number 50-220/90-05

(got

Niagara

Mohawk Power Corporation

cc w/encl.:

C. Hangan,

Senior Vice President

W. Hansen,

Manager,

Corporate Quality Assurance

H. Colomb, 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 I Station Superintendent

R. Randall, Unit I Superintendent,

Operations

J . Willis,'eneral Station Superintendent

C. Terry, Vice President

Nuclear Engineering

and Licensing

J.

Warden,

New York Consumer Protection

Branch

T. Conner, Jr.,

Esqui're

G. Wilson, Senior Attorney

J.

Keib, Esquire

Director,

Power Division, Department of Public Service,

State

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,

SLO Designee

of New York

bcc w/encl.:

Region I Docket

Room (with concurrences)

Management Assistant,

ORNA (w/o encl)

R. Bellamy,

DRSS

J. Linville, DRP

D. Limroth,

DRP

G. Meyer,

DRP

'.

Abraham,

PAO (20)

SALP Report

and (2) All Inspection

Reports

J. Caldwell,

EDO

P. Hartin,

NRR

R. Gallo,

DRS

N. Blumberg,

DRS

L. Wink,

DRS

DRS files (3)

RI

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DRS: RI

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OFFICIAL RECORD

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