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Forwards Insp Rept 50-400/88-39 on 881021-1120.No Violations or Deviations Noted.Concerns Raised Re Operator Errors & Apparent Weaknesses in Operator Knowledge of Secondary Plant Equipment Resulting in 881030 Reactor Trip
ML18005A737
Person / Time
Site: Harris Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 12/21/1988
From: Reyes L
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Utley E
CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO.
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NUDOCS 8812300196
Download: ML18005A737 (5)


See also: IR 05000400/1988039

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Region 2, Ofc of the Director

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RECIPIENT AFFILIATION

UTLEY,E.E.

Carolina

Power

a Light Co.

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December

21,

1988

Docket No. 50-400

License

No.

NPF-63

Carolina

Power and Light Company

ATTN:

Mr. E.

E. Utley

Senior Executive Vice President

Power Supply and'ngineering

and Construction

P. 0.

Box 1551

Raleigh,

NC

27602

Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

NRC INSPECTION

REPORT

NO. 50-400/88"39

This refers to the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

(NRC) inspection

conducted

by

W.

H. Bradford

on October

21

November

20,

1988,

The inspection

included

a

review of activities authorized for your Harris facility. At the conclusion of

the inspection,

the findings were discussed

with those

members

of your staff

identified in the enclosed

Inspection

Report.

Areas

examined

during

the

inspection

are identified in the report.

Within

these

areas,

the inspection

consisted

of selective

examinations of procedures

and

representative

records,

interviews with personnel,

and

observation

of

activities in progress.

Within

the

scope

of

the

inspection,

no violations

or deviations

were

identified.

As discussed

during the exit interview,

and described

in detail in paragraph

8

of the enclosed

inspection

report,

we have concerns

over the 'operator errors,

secondary

plant

instrument

calibration

problems,

and

apparent

weakness

in

operator

knowledge of secondary

plant equipment that were displayed during the

October 30,

1988 reactor trip event.

It is our understanding

that you

have

formed

a task force to review this event

and

recommend

appropriate corrective

'ctions.

Accordingly, you are

requested,

within thirty days of the date of

this letter, to inform us of the actions

you have taken or plan to take with

respect

to our concerns

and the findings of your task force.

In accordance

with Section

2.790 of the

NRC's

"Rules of Practice,"

Part 2,

Title 10,

Code of Federal

Regulations,

a copy of this letter and its enclosure

will be placed in the

NRC Public Document

Room.

8812300196

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Carolina tower and Light Company

December

21,

1988

The responses

directed

by this letter and its enclosure

are not subject to the

clearance

procedures

of the Office of Management

and Budget

as required

by the

Paperwork

Redu'ction Act of 1980,

Pub.

L. No.96-511.

Should you have

any questions

concerning this letter,

please

contact

us.

Sincerely

Original Signed by

Charles

W. Hehl

/for

Enclosure:

NRC Inspection

Report

cc w/encl:

R. A. Watson,

Vice President

Harris Nuclear Project

D.

L. Tibbitts, Director of Regulatory

Compliance

C.

S. Hinnant, Plant General

Manager

State of North Carolina

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bcc w/encl:

C. Barth,

OGC

NRC Resident

Inspector

A. Upchurch,

Chairman, Triangle J

Council of Governments

DRS Technical Assistant

Document Control

Desk

Luis A. Reyes,

Director

Division of Reactor Projects

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