ML18101B201
| ML18101B201 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem, Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 01/29/1996 |
| From: | Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Ferland E Public Service Enterprise Group |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9602070257 | |
| Download: ML18101B201 (4) | |
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Mr. E. James Ferland Chief Executive Officer Public Service Electric and Gas Company 80 Park Plaza Newark, NJ 07101
Dear Mr. Ferland:
January 29, 1996 On January 17-18, 1996; NRC senior managers met to evaluate the nuclear safety performance of operating reactors, fuel facilities, and other materials licensees. This meeting is conducted semiannually to determine whether the safety performance of various licensees warrants increased NRC attention.
The Commission has directed that, during these meetings, NRC senior managers also identify those plants whose performance is trending adversely and that steps be taken to communicate concerns to the utility's corporate president or board of directors. This early notification to the highest levels within the util-ity's organization is intended to allow appropriate measures to be taken by the licensee to address the areas of concern.
This letter is to advise you that during the January 1996 Senior Management Meeting, recent trends in the performance at Hope Creek Station raised sufficient concerns that we believe a meeting with you would be appropriate.
As you will recall, we sent a somewhat similar letter to you on February 6, 1995, relative to NRC concerns about the performance of the Salem Generation Station, and subsequently met with your Board of Directors on March 21, 1995. Although significant effort has since been expended and improvements have been noted, resolution of our performance concerns at Salem remain to be demonstrated through sustained safe and reliable operations.
Mr. Thomas T. Martin, the NRC Region I Administrator in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, will be contacting you to arrange for a mutually agreeable time and location for a meeting covering Hope Creek and Salem performance.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to call me.
Sincerely,
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Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esquire Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street NW Washington, DC 20005-3502 Richard Fryling, Jr., Esquire Law Department - Tower SE 80 Park Place Newark, NJ 07101 Mr. Clay Warren General Manager - Salem Op~rations Salem Generating Station P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Louis Storz Sr. Vice President - Nuclear Operations Nuclear Department P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 Mr. Charles S. Marschall, Senior Resident Inspector Salem Generating Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Drawer 0509 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Dr. Jill Lipoti, Asst. Director Radiation Protection Programs NJ Department of Environmental Protection and Energy CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Maryland Office of People's Counsel 6 St. Paul Street, 21st Floor Suite 2102 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Maryland Ms. R. A. Kankus Joint Owner Affairs PECO Energy Company 965 Chesterbrook Blvd., 63C-5 Wayne, PA 19087 Salem Nucl.Generating Station, Units I.
2 Hope Creek Generating Station Richard Hartung Electric Service Evaluation Board of Regulatory Commissioners 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Newark, NJ 07~02 Regional Administrator, Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Lower Alloways Creek Township c/o Mary 0. Henderson, Clerk Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Frank X. Thomson, Jr., Manager Licensing and Regulation Nuclear Department P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. David Wersan Assistant Consumer Advocate Office of Consumer Advocate 1425 Strawberry Square Harrisburg, PA 17120 P. McFarland Goelz MGR. Joint Generation Department Atlantic Electric Company P.O. Box 1500 6801 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, NJ 08232 Carl D. Schaefer External Operations - Nuclear Delmarva Power & Light Company P.O. Box 231 Wilmington, DE 19899 Public Service Commission of Engineering Division Chief Engineer 6 St. Paul Centre Baltimore, MD 21202-6806
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Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering Nuclear Department P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 Hope Creek Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Drawer 0509 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 Mr. M. E. Reddemann General Manager - Hope Creek Operations Hope Creek Generating Station P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 Mr. D. R. Powell, Manager*
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