ML17158C188
| ML17158C188 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 06/23/1997 |
| From: | Keimig R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Byram R PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17158C189 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-387-97-03, 50-387-97-3, 50-388-97-03, 50-388-97-3, NUDOCS 9706300230 | |
| Download: ML17158C188 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000387/1997003
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Susquehanna
Steam Electric Station, Unit 2, Pennsylva
05000388
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AUTHOR AFFILIATION
KEIMIG,R.R.
Region
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820201)
RECIP.NAME
'ECIPIENT AFFILIATION
BYRAM,R.G.
Power
& Light Co.
SUBJEC.:
Forwards insp repts
50-387/97-03
& 50-388/97-03
on
970408-0519
& NOV.Shift Supervisor
made conservative
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technically correct decisions
when faced, w/conflicting
procedural
emergency
plan guidance.
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June
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1997
P~O
Mr. Robert G. Byram
Senior Vice President - Nuclear
Power 5 Light Company
2 North Ninth Street
Allentown, Pennsylvania
18101
SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-387/97-03, 50-388/97-03 AND
Dear Mr. Byram:
On May 19, 1997, the NRC completed
an inspection at the Susquehanna
Steam Electric
Station (SSES) facility. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.
During the 6-week period covered by this inspection, the conduct of activities at the SSES
facility was characterized
by safe operation and conservative
decision making.
In one
instance,
a Shift Supervisor made conservative
and technically correct decisions when
faced with conflicting procedural emergency
plan guidance.
We noted that operations
department management
involvement in this later issue was aggressive,
conservative,
and
considered
a strength.
Efforts by your staff to investigate and resolve issues with 4kV
breaker trip mechanisms,
a main steam isolation valve component problem, and a spent
fuel pool foreign material issue were also considered
strengths.
However, based on the results of this inspection the NRC has also determined that three
violations of NRC requirements
occurred.
The violations concern:
(1) two examples of
inadequate
procedural guidance;
(2) the failure of operators to properly perform an as-
found test of the core spray system; and (3) four examples of failure to perform a safety
evaluation prior to a design change.
These violations are cited in the enclosed
Notice of
Violation (Notice), and the circumstances
surrounding the violations are described
in detail
in the enclosed report.
Please note that you are required to respond to this letter and
should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed
Notice when preparing your re-
sponse.
The NRC will use your response,
in part, to determine whether further
enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
Also of concern during this period were two separate
maintenance
related activities that
could have resulted in serious personnel
injury. One activity was identified by the Resident
Inspector and the other activity revealed itself when a load was dropped from a hoist.
Even though there were no violations of NRC requirements,
each of these activities could
have had significant consequences
and are further examples of the concern expressed
in
the previous NRC resident inspection report.
It was noted that Susquehanna
plant
management
responded
well to each activity from a corrective action and investigation
standpoint.
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Mr. Robert G. Byram
In accordance
with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter
and its enclosures
will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
The responses
directed by this letter and the enclosed
Notice are not subject to the clearance procedures
of the Office of Management
and Budget as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1980, Public Law No. 96.511.
Sincerely,
ORIGINAL SIGNED
BY
Richard R. Keimig, Chief
Reactor Projects Branch No. 4
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos.:
50-387;50-388
License Nos:
Enclosures:
1. Inspection Report 50-387/97-03, 50-388/97-03
Mr. Robert G. Byram
cc w/encl:
G. T. Jones, Vice President - Nuclear Operations
G. Kuczynski, Plant Manager
J. M. Kenny, Supervisor,
Nuclear Licensing
G. D. Miller, Manager - Nuclear Engineering
R. R. Wehry, Nuclear Licensing
M. M.,Urioste, Nuclear Services Manager, General Electric
C. D. Lopes, Manager - Nuclear Security
W. Burchill, Manager, Nuclear Safety Assessment
H. D. Woodeshick, Special Office of the President
J. C. Tilton, III,'Allegheny Electric Cooperative,
Inc.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Mr. Robert G. Byram
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