ML18102A442
| ML18102A442 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 10/01/1996 |
| From: | Larry Nicholson NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Eliason L Public Service Enterprise Group |
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| NUDOCS 9610080260 | |
| Download: ML18102A442 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000272/1996012
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October 1, 1996
Mr. Leon R. Eliason
President and Chief Nuclear Officer
Public Service Electric and Gas Company
P.O. Box 236
Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
SUBJECT:
NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-272/96-12, 50-311 /96-12
NOTICE OF Vl.OLATION
Dear Mr. Eliason:
On September 14;1 1996, the NRC completed an inspection at your Salem 1 & 2 reactor
facilities. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.
During the 5-week period covered by this inspection period, your conduct of activities at
the Salem facilities was generally characterized by safety-conscious operations, sound
engineering and maintenance practices, and careful radiological work controls. We are
concerned, however, about a violation of NRC requirements. Specifically, your staff
missed an opportunity to adequately correct a problem regarding reactivity control
requirements identified by a Senior Reactor Operator. Although the safety consequences
of this issue was low, we are concerned that your organization exhibited symptoms of past
poor performance to justify problems rather than resolve the issue.
This violation is cited in. the enclosed Notice of Violation, and the circumstances
surrounding the violation 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 response. The NRC will use your response, in part,
to determine whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with
regulatory requirements.
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 (PDR).
Docket Nos.: 50-272, 50-311
Sincerely,
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:
Larry E. Nicholson, Chief
Projects Branch 3
Division of Reactor Projects
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Mr. Leon R. Eliason
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Enclosures:
Inspection Report 50-272/96-12, 50-311/96-12
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.
D. Garchow, General Manager - Salem Operations
J. Benjamin, Director - Quality Assurance & Nuclear Safety Review
D. Powell, 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
Mr. Leon R. Eliason
Distribution w/encl:
Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
Kay Gallagher, DRP
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
L. Nicholson, DRP
S. Barber, DRP
G. Kelly, DRS
N. Della Greca, DRS
D. Screnci, PAO
NRC Resident Inspector
PUBLIC
Distribution w/encl: (Via E-Mail)
L. Olshan, NRR
W. Dean, OEDO
J. Stolz, PDl-2, NRR
M. Callahan, OCA
Inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)
R. Correia, NRR
R. Frahm, Jr., NRR
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DOCUMENT NAME: a:9612.sal
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