ML19347D198
| ML19347D198 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 02/23/1981 |
| From: | Novak T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Groce R Maine Yankee |
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| NUDOCS 8103110449 | |
| Download: ML19347D198 (3) | |
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Dear Mr. Groce:
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION OF SAFETY-RELATED ELECTR
SUBJECT:
RE: MAINE YANKEE ATOMIC POWEP. STATION Order for tiodification of License Concerning the Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equipment, October 24,
Reference:
1980.
This letter transmits the preliminary results of our review of environmental qualifications of safety-related electrical equipment at your facility.
This evaluation was based on your submittals received over the past months.
The facility license was modified by the referenced Order of October 24, 1980, to require that all safety-related electrical equipment be qualified to 30, 1982.
In addition, the Order specified requirements not later than Junenoted that a licensee is obliga promptly.
The staff's review of your submittals has resulted in our identifying a number of potential equipment deficiencies involving a lack of proper documentation, inadequate justification of assumed environmental conditions following an accident, and/or inadequate ervironmental testing of equipment, such that conformance to the D0R guidelines, as required by the Order, You are requested to review our identified defi-cannot be demonstrated.
ciencies, and their ramifications, and provide us your overall finding Accordingly, in order regarding continued safe operation of your facility.
to determine whether your license should be modified or suspended, you are required pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(f), to provide within 10 days of receipt of this letter, a written statement, signed under oath or affirmation sup-porting the safe operation of your facility, that takes into account the NRC staff's preliminary list of deficiencies.
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The purpose of this statement is to provide the NRC with needed assurance, by the licensee, regarding the continued safety of the facility until you can provide an item-by-item reevaluation in a detailed documented manner at a later date.
A negative finding on your part concerning the safety of cantinued operation would result in a unit shutdown, and should be reported as a Licensee Event Report (LER) within twenty-four (24) hours of the deter-mination to the appropriate NRC Regional Office.
Include in the LER the actions you have taken for the immediate resolution of the matter. A copy of any such LER should be sent to the Director, Division of Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
Please submit a copy of your reply to us via telecopy.
Sincerely,
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s Thomas M. Novak, Assistant Director for Operating React;rs Division of Licensing
Enclosure:
Evaluation Report cc w/ enclosure:
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Maine Yankee Atomic Power Conpany cc:
E. W. Thurlow President Maine Yankee Atomic Power Corpany Mrs. L. Patricia Doyle, President Edison Drive SAFE POWER FOR MAINE Post Office Box 774 Augusta, Maine 04336 Camden, Maine 04843 Mr. Donald E. Vandenburgh Vice President - Engineering First Selectman of Wiscasset Municipal Building Yankee Atomic Electric Company V. S. Route 1 20 Turnpike Road Wiscasset, Maine 04578 Westboro, Massachusetts 01581 John A. Ritsher, Esquire Stanley R. Tupper, Esq.
Ropes & Gray Tupper and Bradley 225 Franklin Street 102 Townsend Avenue Boothbay Harbor, Maine 04538 Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Mr. John M. R. Paterson David Santee Miller, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General 213 Morgan Street, N. W.
State of Maine Washington, D. C.
20001 Augusta, Maine 04330 Mr. Paul Swetland Mr. Nicholas Barth Resident Inspector / Maine Yankee Executive Director c/o U.S.H.R.C.
P. O. Box E Sheepscot Valley Conservation Asscciation, Inc.
Wiscasset, Maine 04578 P. O. Box 125 Mr. Charles B. Brinkman Alan, Maine 04535 Manager - Washington Nuclear Operations Wiscassett Public Library Association C-E Power Systems High Street Combustion Engineering, Inc.
Wiscasset, Maine 04578 4853 Cordell Avenue, Suite A-1 Mr. Torbet H. Macdonald, Jr.
Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Office of Energy Resources State House Station #53 Director, Criteria and Standards Division Augusta, Maine 04333 Office of Radiation Programs (ANR-460)
U.S. Envir6nmental Protection Agency Washington, D. C.
20460 Robert M. Lazo, Esq., Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I Office Washington, D. C.
20555 ATTN: EIS C0ORDINATOR JFK Federal Buf1 ding Dr. Cadet H. Hand, Jr., Director Boston, Massachusetts 02203 Bodega Marine Laboratory University of California Bodega Bay, California 94923 Mr. Gustave A. Linenberger Atomic Safety and Licensing Board State Planning Officer Lt.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Executive Department Washington, D. C.
20555 189 State Street Augusta, Maine 04330
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