ML18100A617
| ML18100A617 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem, Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 09/22/1993 |
| From: | Cooper R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Miltenberger S Public Service Enterprise Group |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18100A618 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9309280107 | |
| Download: ML18100A617 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000272/1993020
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Docket Nos. 50-272
50-311
50-354
Mr. Steven E. Miltenberger
Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer
Public Service Electric and Gas Company
P.O. Box 236
Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
Dear Mr. Miltenberger:
SEP 2 2 1993
SUBJECT:
SALEM AND HOPE CREEK RESIDENT INSPECTION NOS. 50-272/93-20;
50-311/93-20; 50-354/93-20
The enclosed report documents an inspection to assure public health and safety, conducted by
Mr. S. Barr, Acting Senior Resident Inspector, and other members of the NRC resident and
regional staff at the Salem and Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations for the period
between July 25, 1993 and September 4, 1993. The inspectors discussed the findings of this
inspection with Messrs. C. Vondra and R. Hovey of your staff.
The inspection report contains the details of an unresolved item opened by the inspectors
which addresses your staff's performance of a 10 CPR 50.59 safety evaluation concerning
the main steam isolation valve sealing system at Hope Creek. The issues involved in this
unresolved item are similar to those of the Notice of Violation contained in NRC Inspection
Report Nos. 50-272/93-08, 50-311/93-08, and 50-354/93-06. These matters were further
discussed in an inspection exit meeting September 16, 1993, between Mr. Ray Brown and
members of your staff and Messrs. John White and Stephen Barr of the NRC staff. From
that meeting, we understand that you are in the process of preparing your response to the
previous Notice of Violation and expect that the response will demonstrate that your future
approach to these issues will fully meet the intent of the requirements specified in 10 CPR
50.59.
Further, w~thin the scope of this inspection, the inspectors noted two instances in which
Technical Specification Action Statements were not acknowledged or met in a timely manner.
These included failure to declare a channel of the Salem Unit 1 Solid State Protection System
(SSPS) inoperable within the required 6 hour6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br /> period following the results of a surveillance
test; and failure to declare No. 12 cold leg accumulator inoperable following determination
that channel "B" indicated a level of 65 .1 % as compared with the specification of 65 % .
Both issues remain unresolved pending further NRC review. Notwithstanding this
disposition, you should take action to assure that your staff responds appropriately and
promptly to conditions, situations and indications involving deficient system performance.
Since this issue was discussed with your staff during the Systematic Assessment of Licensee
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Performance management meeting on September 17, 1993, and is expected to be addressed
within the scope of your self-assessment initiative (currently in progress), no response to this
matter is required at this time. In accordance with 10 CFR 2. 790 of the NRC's "Rules of
Practice," a copy of this let.ter and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document
Room.
Your cooperation with us is appreciated.
Sincerely,
orig:aat Signeux; J
Richard W. Cooper, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Enclosure: NRC Inspection Report Nos. 50-272/93-20; 50-311/93-20; 50-354/93-20
cc w/encl:
J. Hagan, Vice President - Nuclear Operations
C. Vondra, General Manager, Salem Operations
R. Hovey, General Manager, Hope Creek Operations
C. Schaefer, External Operations - Nuclear, Delmarva Power & Light Co.
F. Thomson, Manager, Licensing and Regulation
J. Robb, Director, Joint Owner Affairs
A. Tapert, Program Administrator
R. Swanson, General Manager, Quality Assurance and Nuclear Safety Review
M. Wetterhahn, Esquire
R. Fryling, Jr., Esquire
P. Curham, Manager, Joint Generation Department, Atlantic Electric Company
Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate
William Conklin, Public Safety Consultant, Lower Alloways Creek
K. Abraham, PAO (2)
Public Document Room (PDR)
Local Public Document Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident Inspector
State of New Jersey
SEP 2 2 1993"
Public Service Electric and Gas Company
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bee w/encls:
Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
bee w/encls via E-Mail:
J. Stone, NRR
S. Dembek, NRR
V. McCree, OEDO
M. Boyle, Acting PDI-2, NRR
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