ML19332F060

Forwards Plant Status Rept for 891104-17.Rept Intended to Provide Overview of Plant Activities & NRC Restart Insp Activities

ML19332F060
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	11/29/1989
From:	Blough A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Jerrica Johnson NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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NUDOCS 8912130336
Download: ML19332F060 (5)

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Docket No. 50-293 MEMORANDUM FOR:

Jon R. Johnson, Chief Projects Branch No. 3 Division of Reactor Projects

~FROM:

A. Randy Blough, Chief Reactor Projects Section No. 3A Division of Reactor Projects

SUBJECT:

PILGRIM STATUS REPORT FOR THE FERIOD NOVEMBER 4-17, 1989 r

Enclosed is the Pilgrim status report from'the NRC Resident Office.at Pilgrim.

The NRC Restart Staff is in place and was on-site fnonitoring licensee activi-

. ties on an'around-the-clock shift basis during plant startup and power ascen-sion and on an extended shift basis duringLthe remainder of this. report period,

. consistent with reduced testing activities.

'The Pilgrim status report is intended' to provide NRC man:gement and the' public

.with an overview of plant activities and NRC restart inspection activities.

-Subsequent inspection reports will cddress roany of.these topics in more ' detail.

The next status report will cover the periid November 17 - December e, 1989.

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R~ 73oulay, Director, Massachusett s Civil Defense Agancy' and Office of Emergency Preparedness M. Jeka, Legisl'ative Assistant

.K._ Anderson, Legislative A<sistant-iS. Woodhouse, Legislative Assistant Duxbury CURE Public Document < Room (PDR)

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4 ENCLOSURE PILGRIM STAlVS REPORT FOR THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 4-17, 1989 1.0 Plant Status' As of 8:00 a.m. on Novemb(r 17, 1989, the plant was. operating at approxi-mately 94% power with the turbine generator. synchronized to the grid.

2.0 power Ascension Test Pr9 gram Status At the end of the. list repsrt period, the plant was in cold shutdown while the licensee comme'.ced pressurization of the reactor coolant pressure boundary in order to perform primary system leakage testing, cs well-as instrument line flow check valve testing.

Primary system leakage testing was performed to verify the integrity of the reactor coolant pressure boundary. The reactor instrumentation excess flow check valves were tested for seal ieakage to ensure minimum reactor ecolant pressure boundary leak-age in the event of an instrumentation line failure.

These tests were completed successfully ca November 4, 1989.

At 12:08 p.m. on November 6, 1989 the licensee brought the reactor critical following completion of the scheduled October mini-outage. The turbine

. generator was synchronized to the electrical pcwer distribution grid at 5:43 p.m. on November 8, 1989. At the close of this~ report period, the plant was at 94% power and was limited to that power due to a lockup of the "A" recirculation motor generator set scoop tube. This inhibited the oper-ators!. ability to adjust recirculation flow.

In a boiling water reactor such as Pilgrim, the reactor recirculation system provides forced.circula-tion of reactor coolant through the core to enable the reactor to achieve L

a higher power output than would be possible without forced circulation.

The licensee is continuing to troubleshoot this problem. Detailed NRC re-i-

' view of this event will be documenteo in NRC Inspection Report 50-293/89-12.

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The licensee continued to conduct routine surveillances-along with preven-l

.ive and corrective maintenance throughout the period.

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-3.0 Emergency Notification System (ENS) Reports Group I Containment 1 solation Uue to High Reactor Vessel Water Level On November 6, 1989 the licensee experienced an isolation of the main steam isolation valves, main steam line drain valves and the recirculation system sample valves (a Group I primary containment isolation) due to high reactor vessel water level. The high water level occurred while the licensee was restoring the feedwater system to a normal lineup.

The licensee determined that the cause of the event was a mispositioned manual startup feedwater regulating valve. At the time of the event, the plart was in the startup mode. Effect on~the plant was minimal and the licensee successfully reset the isolation. The licensee reported this event to the NRC via the ENS.

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f Inadvertent Secondary' Containment Isolation On' November 11, 1989 the licensee experienced an inadvertent partial isola-tion of'the reactor building isolation system.

This unnecessary actuation occurred during surveillaar testing of the reactor building isolation logic system..The license, determined that a loose wire clip caused the actuation..The wire clip was reattached to the relay and the isolation was reset. The reactor building solation system is designed to initiate auto-matic isolation of the reactor building to provide timely protection against' the' release of radioactive materials.

' Detailed NRC review of these two actuations will be documented-in Inspec-tion Report 50-293/89-12.

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I, 4.0 Pilgrim Restart Staff Activities l

The' Pilgrim Restart Staff was in extended shif t coverage at the beginning

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of this report period. At 10:00 p.m. on November 5, 1989 the Restart Staff l

began around-the-clock shift coverage in anticipation of plant startup.

Around-the-clock shift coverage continued until 2:00 p.m. on Novembrr 10, 1

-1989. At.the close of this report period, the Restart Staff was in ex-l tended shift coverage, consistent with reduced testing activity.

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The Pilgrim Restart Staff continued to evaluate the performance of licensee personne1~and the. plant. An NRC-developed inspection plan addressing the 100% power plateau, as well as the primary functional areas of operations, maintenance, surveillance, and startup testing was implemented. The..in-

.spectors assessed operator performance, organizational interfaces, ad-herence-to procedures,.and Technical Specification compliance.

There was no contact with the press and only one call from the pubitc j

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Pilgrim Restar:. Staff Composition During Period

'The Pilgrim Restart Staff on-site was comprised of the following personnel during.the period.

1 C. Marschall,' Senior Resident Inspector and Restart Manager T..Kim, Resident Inspector C. Carpenter, Resident Inspector L. Kolonauski, Project Engineer,. RI T. Dragoun,- Senior Radiation Specialist, RI D. Caphton, Senior Technical Reviewer, RI T. Rebelowski, Senior Reactor Engineer, RI P Paolino, Lead Reactor Engheer, RI l

J. Miller, NRR T. Greene, NRR i

P. Wen, NRR G. Bethke, NRC Lontractor M. Good, NRC Contractor CFFICIAL RECORD COPY PILGPIM STATUS 11/4-17/89 - 0005.0.0 11/28/89

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