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Forwards SALP Repts 50-413/89-32 & 50-414/89-32 for Aug 1988 - Oct 1989.Overall Level of Performance Exceeded That Needed to Meet Regulatory Requirements.Improvement in Emergency Preparedness & Plant Operations Noted
	ML19354E769
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	01/23/1990
From:	Ebneter S; NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Tucker H; DUKE POWER CO.
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ML19354E770	List: IR 05000413/1989032; ML19354E769;
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Docket Nos. 50-413, 50-414

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License Nos. NPF-35, NPF-52

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ATTN: Mr. H. B. Tucker, Vice President

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Nuclear Production Department

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SUBJECT:

NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-413/89-32 AND 50-414/89-32

The NRC Systematic Assessmeat of Licensee Performance (SALP) has been completed:

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for your Catawba' facility. The facility was evaluated'for the period. August 1,

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_1988 through October 31, 1989. The results of the evaluation are documented in

the enclosed Interim SALP Report.

This report will-be discussed-with you at a-

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public meeting to~ be held at the Catawba facility on. January 31, 1990, at

9:00 a.m.

The performance of your Catawba facility was. evaluate'd:in the: functional- areas

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of the Plant Operations, Radiological Controls, . Maintenance / Surveillance,

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Emergency Preparedness. Security,: Engineering / Technical _ Support, and Safety

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The assessment indicates the overall level of performance; exceeded that needed

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to meet regulatory requirements.

During this_ SALP period you improved"in ;

Emergency Preparedness, showed an improving trend in Plant Operations,. and .

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-maintained your level of performance in the other' functional areas with the

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exception of Security.

The Security functional area showed a declining trend

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and is an area of. specific concern.

We recognize your efforts to achieve. a high ' level ^of plant and personnel

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_ performance and your level of management attention (and involvement.

The SALP

board- has noted several areas of concern which require. continued management

attention.

The areas of- concern include procedural, adequacy and compliance,

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and post maintenance testing which have contributed to operational problems;

the repeated identification- of issues involving noncompliance with: the'

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Physical Security program without taking adequate corrective actions; and your.-

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efforts to reduce the number of personnel contaminations..

- Any coments you have concerning our evaluation of the performance of your.

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Catawba facility should be submitted to.this office within 30 days:following

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the date of our meeting.

These coments will be considered in the' development-

of the- Final SALP Report.

Your coments .and a sumary of our meeting will be~

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issued as an appendix to the Final SALP Report.

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Should you have any questions concerning .this letter, we will be glad to

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Stewart D. Ebneter

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Interim SALP Report

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T. B. Owen, Station Manager

Catawba Nuclear Station

P. O. Box 256

Clover, SC 29710

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A. V. Carr, Esq.

Duke Power Company

422 South ~ Church Street

Charlotte, NC 28242-

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J. Michael McGarry. III, Esq.

Bishop, Cook, Purcell and Reynolds

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North Carolina MPA-1

3100 Smoketree Ct., Suite 600

P. O. Box 29513

Raleigh, NC 27626-0513

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Heyward G. Shealy, Chief

Bureau of Radiological Health

South Carolina Department of Health

and Environmental Control

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Columbia, SC 29201

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Richard P. Wilson, Esq.

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Assistant Attorney General

S. C. Attorney General's Office

P. O. Box 11549

Columbia, SC ~29211

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Michael Hirsch

Federal Emergency Management Agency

500 C Street, SW,' Room 840

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North Carolina Electric

Membership Corporation

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3400 Sumner Boulevard

P. O. Box 27306

Raleigh, NC 27611

Karen E. Long

Assistant Attorney General

N. C. Department of Justice

'P. O. Box 629

Raleigh,'NC 27602

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Saluda River. Electric

Cooperative, Inc.

P. O. Box 929

Laurens, SC 29360

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S. S. Kilborn, Area Manager

Mid-South Area ESSD Projects

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

MNC West Tower - Bay 239

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P. O. Box 335

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Pittsburg, PA 15230

County Manager of York County

York County Courthouse

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Piedmont Municipal Power Agency

121 Village Drive

Greer, SC 29651

State of South Carolina

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K. M.-Carr, Chairman

T. M. Roberts, Commissioner

F. J. Remick, Commissioner

K.:C. Rogers, Commissioner

J. R. Curtiss, Commissioner

J. M. Taylor, EDO

H. - L. Thompson, Jr. , ED0-

R. W. Borchardt, Regional

Coordinator, EDO

T. E. Murley, NRR

-S. Varga, NRR-

K. Jabbour, NRR

0. Matthews, NRR

R. Nease, SALP Coordinator, NRR

Regional Administrators, RI, RIII

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K. Clark, RII, PA0

B. Bonser, DRP, RII

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