ML19332C612

Partially Withheld INPO Rept of Evaluation of Plant Conducted During Wks of 890301 & 20

ML19332C612
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Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	11/13/1989
From:	INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS
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The Institute of Nucleu Power Operations (INPC) conducted an evaluation of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation 4 Nine Mlle Point Nucleu Station during the weeks of Mar and 20,1989. The station is located oppteximately seven miles east of Oswep, New York, on the southear2 shore of 1.ake Ontarlo. Unit 1 is a 610MTe (net) Cemral E,ectric bollin water reactor that began commercial operation In December IMt. Unit 2 to a 1.080 MTe (net) Ceneral Electric belling water teoctor that began commercla! operating in March 1988. During the evaluation, both units were in cold dwtdown, unit i in an extended outag . '

and unit 2 in a mainter.ance outage.

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Findings and recommendations are listed under the performance objectives to which they pertain. Findings describe conditions that detract from meeting the performance ob Ives. Particularly noteworthy conditions that contribute to meeting perfortnance ob tives are identitled as good practices and strengths. Good practices we considered su fielently unique within the industry such that they would be useful to other utilities.

The recommendations following each fin (mg we Intended to assist the utility in ongoing efforto to Imptove all upects of its nuclew programs. In addressing thue findings and recommendations, the utility should, in ed(ation to correcting or improving specific conditions, pursue underlying causes and issues. Additional wpporting details for selected I findings we provided in Appendix it.  !

As a part of each station evaluation, the evaluation team follows up on ruponses to findini in previous ieports. Findings with response actlons that ate incomptete, but progtening on a reasonable schedule, are curled forward in Appendix ! to the report. In wees where additional improvements we needed, or where response actions have not been timely, a I

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related finding that stands on its own merit is to which the new finding is related la listed with the new finding. o written. The findin[b r this report, t six findings related to previous findings and one finding carried forward in Appendix !. ,

i The findings listed herein were presented to Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation rne.agement at an exit meeting on April 19,1949 findings, recommendations, and responses wer,e discussed on June 15,1989, and the responses are considered satisfactory. ,

l To follow the timely completion of the Imptovements included in the responses and the Appendix ! items, and any 50ER recommendations evaluated as not satisfactory, includ each red tab 50ER recommendation received subsequent to this evaluation,(see Appendix

!!), INPO requests a written status report by Janary 1990. A final update will be req six weeks prior to the next evaluation. In these status reports we request that Niagara l Mohawk Power Corporation provide an asseument of '.he effectiveness of corrective actions taken for those key findings that we reflected above in the "most significant weas in need of improvement.'

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AuEust 23, 1989 Nuclear _ Regulatory Commission IREEDOM OF INFORMATION 11555 Rockville Pike ACT REQUEST Rockville, Md. 20852 l

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Under the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the '

following documents :  ;

1.- A report T2cm the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations ,

about a spil) of radioactive waste at the Nine Mile Point I r.u cle ar powe r p' an t in S c riba , N .Y .

2. A11 memos, correspondence, findings, reports , and other information concerning the spill, which occurred between 1978 and 1 981 .

3., Any information concerning other spil7 s of radioactive

-waste at Nine Mile Point 1. This should include licensee event reports as well as other documents. -

Because this information is in the public intecos t, p? ease waive a13 ccpying and search fees.

Thank you for your prompt attention Yours tra)y,

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