ML18102B405
| ML18102B405 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 06/19/1997 |
| From: | Wiggins J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Eliason L Public Service Enterprise Group |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9706300274 | |
| Download: ML18102B405 (5) | |
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- Mr. Leon R. Eliason Chief Nuclear Officer & President Nuclear Business Unit Public Service Electric and Gas Company P. 0. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 June 19, 1997
SUBJECT:
POSTPONEMENT OF OPERATIONAL SAFEGUARDS RESPONSE EVALUATION AT SALEM GENERATING STATION UNITS 1 &2
Dear Mr. Eliason:
Mr. L. Storz's letter of June 10, 1997, to Mr. H. Miller requested postponement of the operational safeguards response evaluation (OSRE) that was scheduled to be conducted at Salem Units 1 &2 the week of September 15, 1997. That letter stated that the postponement would allow resources to be concentrated on the restart of the Salem. units and allow the NRC to conduct the OSRE at both Salem and Hope Creek during the same evaluation. Hope Creek had been excluded from the OSRE scheduled in September because it will be in an outage.
After careful review of the reasons identified in Mr. Storz's letter for the requested postponement, we have determined that rescheduling the OSRE to April 1998 would be appropriate.
My staff will be in contact with your security staff to establish a firm date for the Salem and Hope Creek OSRE in April 1998.
Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:
Glenn W. Meyer for James T. Wiggins, Director Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-272; 50-311
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Mr. Leon R. Eliason 2
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L. Storz, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations E. Simpson, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering E. Salowitz, Director - Nuclear Business Support A. F. Kirby, Ill, External Operations - Nuclear, Delmarva Power & Light Co.
D. Garchow, General Manager - Salem Operations J. McMahon*, Director - Quality Assurance & Nuclear Safety Review D. Powell, Manager, Licensing and Regulation R. Kankus, Joint Owner Affairs A. Tapert, Program Administrator J. J. Keenan, Esquire M. Wetterhahn, Esquire J. A. Isabella, 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 Distribution:
Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
Kay Gallagher, DRP Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
L. Cunningham, NRR W. Axelson, DRA J. Linville, DRP S. Barber, DRP A. Dimitriadis, DRP G. Kelly, DRS N. Della Greca, DRS D. Screnci, PAO NRC Resident Inspector PUBLIC L. Olshan, NRR W. Dean, OEDO J. Stolz, PDl-2, NRR M. Callahan, OCA Inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)
R. Correia, NRR F. Talbot, NRR DOCDESK DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\EP&S~\\S_~ITH\\SALOSRE.L TR 3
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SENT BY:
Louis F. Storz 6-11-97 1-'ublit,; SarvicA rill(:lrlc <111u Ga9 r.omp11ny PSE&G LI. REG-1 610 337 6928;# 21 3 Public Service Elec1ric nnd Gas Comp1::1ny P.O. 13ox 23fJ. H1::1ncocks 13ridge, NJ 08038 609-339-5700 Senior Vice PrAF.ldAnl - N1.1ch.. "<u Oµi.:rurions JUN 1 o 1997 LR-N970360 Regional Administrator
- u. s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 POSTPONEMENT OF OPERATIONAL SAFEGUARDS RESPONSE EVALUATION SALEM GENERATING STATION UNITS l AND 2 HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NOS.
50-272, 50-311, 50-354
Dear Mr. Miller:
/The current inspection schedule indicates that an Operational Safeguards Response Evaluation (OSRE) is scheduled to be conducted at Salem Units l and 2 beginning on September 15, 1997.
As a recult of ~*previous agreement with the NRC, Hope Creek has been excluP,ed from thP. scope of this evaluation, and will be inspected at a later *date.
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Prinledon Rope Creek was excluded because it will be in a refueling outage at the time o[ Lhe inspection.
The purpose of this letter is to request a postponement in the OSRE schedule from September, 1997 to April, 1998.
This postponement will allow PSE&G to concentrate our resources toward th~ restart of o~r Salem Units.
The postponemenL will also allow the NRC t6 -conduct the OSRE at both Salem and Hope Creek during the same evaluation.
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PSE&G is current).~enhancing our security program and processes and~confident that we could be prepared for our OSRE in September.
However, our r~sources could be better used in support of our critical goal of restarting the Salem Units.
The restart of the Salem Units, and their subsequent safe, reliable, evenLles~ performance is our primary focus.
Preparation for the OSRE would divert resources from the Salem restart effort.
Specifically, the OSRE preparation requires extensive support and involvement of station operations, maintenance, and engineering.
These same resources ure also integral to the successful restart of the Salem Units.
Involving these resources in OSRE preparation at the same time we are restarting both Salem units and refueling Hope Creek will have a negative impact.
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SENT BY:
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6-11-97 PSE&G Ll~REG-+
610 337 6928:# 3/ 3 Mr. H. Miller LR-N970360 2
JUN 1 O 1997 As a result, PSE&G is requesting a postponement in the OSRE schedule from September, 1997 to April, 1998.
If you have questions regarding this submittal, do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
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Mr. Hubert J. Miller, Administrator - Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. L. N. Ol.shan, Licensing Project Manager - Salem U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Mail Stop 14E21 Rockville, MD 20852 Mr. D. Jaffe, Licensing Project Manager U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Cornmj"ssion One White Flint North 11.555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 Mr. C. Marschall (X24)
USNRC Senior Resldent Inspector Salem Generating Station Mr. s. Morris (X24)
USNRC Senior Resident Inspector Hope Creek Generating Station Mr. K. Tosch, Manager, IV Bureau of Nuclear Engineering 33 Arctic Parkway CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625 9~*49'J3 J