ML18101B202
| ML18101B202 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 01/31/1996 |
| From: | Ruland W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Eliason L Public Service Enterprise Group |
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| NUDOCS 9602080015 | |
| Download: ML18101B202 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000272/1995081
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Mr. Leon R. Eliason
President and Chief Nuclear Officer
Public Service Electric and Gas Company
P.O. Box 236
Hancocks Bridge, NJ
08038
January 31,
~996
SUBJECT:
SALEM INSPECTION NOS. 50-272/95-81; 50-311/95-81 AND
Dear Mr. Eliason:
The enclosed report documents a special inspection for public health and
safety, conducted by John A. Calvert, Lonny L. Eckert, and Jenifer M. Shannon
at the Salem Nuclear Generating Station for the period between
October 5, 1995, and November 13, 1995.
The inspectors discussed the findings
of this inspection with Messrs. L. Storz, Senior Vice President-Nuclear
Operations, C. Warren, General Manager-Salem Operations, and other members of
your staff.
The inspection covered the emergency preparedness, root cause, and significant
event response team activities concerned with the loss of the overhead
annunciator system event for Salem Unit 1. Within these areas, the inspection
consisted of interviews with personnel, observation of activities in progress,
and examination of procedures and representative records.
We found several weaknesses in your emergency preparedness program.
The
inspectors noted a failure to promptly declare an alert, a failure to fill all
key emergency response organization positions in a timely manner, and a
failure to discuss revisions of the EAL scheme with the States and acquire
their agreement to the changes.
The inspectors also concluded that your
emergency response organization call-out process was weak as shown by, for
example, the fact that a duty call list was not maintained, and a significant
number of those people that were called failed to respond or questioned the
need to respond.
In this event, the inspectors concluded that there was no indication to
operators of major overhead annunciator system problems that would prevent
alarm processing.
The inspectors observed an overall weakness in the
effectiveness of the engineering, operations, and training organizations to
support the plant operators with a unified set of overhead annunciator system -
knowledge, skills, and abilities to recognize failure indications, to
determine operability, and to take proper corrective action .
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Mr. Leon R. Eliason
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We understand that the New Jersey Bureau of Nuclear Engineering (BNE) was not
satisfied with the quality of information which was provided by your staff
during the event.
We recognize that your staff has ret with New Jersey BNE
since the event.
We encourage you to work with them to address their
concerns.
Based on the results of the inspection, the NRC has determined that violations
of NRC requirements occurred.
The violations are cited in the enclosed Notice
of Violation (Notice) and the circumstances surrounding it is described in
detail in the subject inspection *report.
You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions
specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response.
In your
response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional
actions you plan to prevent recurrence.
Your response may reference or
include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately
addresses the required response. After reviewing your response to this
Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future
inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action is
necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.
At the November 13, 1995, exit meeting, your staff indicated to us that the
emergency preparedness related issues would be addressed prior to the restart
of your Salem units.
As such, we request that you provide to us in writing
your plans and schedules to address the emergency preparedness related issues
identified by your significant event response team (SERT) and by this report
within 30 days of receiving this letter. This request is in addition to the
required response to the Notice of Violation.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of
this letter, its enclosure, and your response will be placed in the NRC Public
Document Room (PDR).
To the extent possible, your response should not include
any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be
placed in the PDR without redaction.
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, Pub. L. No. 96.511 .
Mr. Leon R. Eliason
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Your cooperation with us is appreciated.
Docket Nos. 50-272
50-311
Enclosures:
Sincerely,
(original signed by)
William H. Ruland, Chief
Electrical Engineering Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
2.
NRC Inspection Report Nos. 50-272/95-81; 50-311/95-81
cc w/encl:
L. Storz, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations
E. Simpson, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering
E. Salowitz, Director - Nuclear Business Support
C. Schaefer, External Operations - Nuclear, Delmarva Power & Light Co.
R. Burricelli, Director - External Affairs
C. Warren, General Manager - Salem Operations
J. Benjamin, General Manager - Quality Assurance & Nuclear Safety Review
F. Thomson, Manager, Licensing and Regulation
R. Kankus, Joint Owner Affairs
A. Tapert, Program Administrator
R. Fryling, Jr., Esquire
M. Wetterhahn, Esquire
P. MacFarland Goelz, Manager, Joint Generation
Atlantic Electric
Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate
William Conklin, Public Safety Consultant, Lower Alloways Creek Township
Public Service Commission of Maryland
State of New Jersey
State of Delaware
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Mr. Leon R. Eliason
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Distribution w/encl:
J. Wiggins, DRS
Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
K. Gallagher
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
D. Screnci, PAO (2)
NRC Resident Inspector
PUBLIC
DRS Fil es (2)
Distribution w/encl: (Via E-Mail)
J. Zimmerman, NRR
M. Callahan, OCA
L. Olshan, NRR
- W. Dean, OEDO
J. Stolz, PDI-2, NRR
Inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)
J. Stewart, NRR HICB
P. Loeser, NRR HICB
J. Ganiere, NRR HICB
G. Galleti, NRR HICB
S. K. Mitra, NRR
J. Heller, SRI, Kewaunee (Section 4.5)
W. Holland, SRI. Sequoyah (Section 4.5)
R. Laura, SRI, Pilgrim (Section 4.5)
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