ML20029E565
| ML20029E565 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Haddam Neck, Millstone File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png |
| Issue date: | 05/09/1994 |
| From: | Russell W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Gavensky R AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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| 2.206, NUDOCS 9405190106 | |
| Download: ML20029E565 (6) | |
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%1 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D C. 20555-0001 sg May 9, 1994 l
l Docket Nos. 50 113, 50-245, 50-336, and 50-423 Mr. Ronald Gavensky ll3c Wood Duck Circle Daytona Beach, Florida 32119
Dear Mr. Gavensky:
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Petition of March 3, '1994, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206..The petition has been referred to my office for preparation of a response.
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'ise numerous concerns regarding receipt inspection activities by North u Utilities at the Haddam Neck Plant'and Millstone haclear Power Station, Units 1, 2, and 3.
Your Petition' alleges violations of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, by Northeast Utilities'in the receipt ins'pection area.
iiic Petition alleges that parts represented as having been inspected and accepted for use were in fact defici.ent. The Petition alleges that adequate training, skilled personnel, and necessary tools were not available to perform adequate receipt inspections.
The Petition alleges that you observed unethical and tricorrect methods of receipt inspection, and that you sought to identify quality problems within your own departmente along with recommendations and solutions, but y the Petition accuses Northeast Utili.ou were not permitted to do so.
- Finally, ties of " white washing" your concerns in the receipt inspection area. The Petition alleges that, on two occasions, Northeast Utilities' management hiv vestigators to pursue concerns raised by you only to conclude that ther o problems.
On one of the occasions of allege washing," you claim that you came to the NRC with your complaint and you esent in the Petition that the NRC substantiated your complaint. This review was documented in NRC Inspection Reports 50-423/92-16 and 50-423/92-24 provided to you by letter of March 30, 1993.
NRC Inspection Report 50-423/92-16 discusses the issue of receipt inspection of bolts purchased by Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation (SWEC) and that important attributes for visual inspection were not included in inspections. The NRC inspection report indicated that an independent review of this issue was performed by an Independent Review Team (IRT) commissioned by the Northeast Utilities' Nuclear Safety Concerns Program.
The IRT's initial review concluded that Northeast Utilit sys' oversight of the SWEC's quality assurance program was satisfactory withcut determining how the nonconforming fasteners were accepted and placed in stock and whether a programmatic problem existed which allowed the acceptance of the discrepant fasteners.
Northeast Utilities' subsequent followup involved testing representative samples of the fasteners and revisiting SWEC's program for
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3 Mr. Ronald Gavensky May 9, 1994 except one had acceptable test results, but that the nonconforming conditions, including some visual deficiencies, would not have adversely affected the ability of the fasteners to perform their function; and that Northeast Utilities' current receipt inspection program is deliberate and controlled.
Since there have been no unacceptable ~SWEC parts identified in use in the field, the NRC staff considered the issue resolved.
Your allegations regarding the lack of adequate training of personnel in receipt inspection, the lack of skilled personnel, necessary tools unavailable to perform adequate receipt inspection, and unethical and incorrect methods of receipt inspection being performed generally relate to activities occurring prior to 1983 through 1991. A limited NRC review of the. procurement program at Millstone was conducted in Decemberc1993 (see enclosed NRC Inspection Report 50-423/93-26).
The ccnclusions of that inspection found no significant safety issues. A followup review of the Northeast Utilities' receipt inspection program is proposed for the future to resolve the technical concerns that you have identified at both Millstone and Haddam Neck"in the areas of receipt inspector qualification, receipt inspection tools and prt adures, and receipt inspection deficiencies.
In your Petition, you request that' the" licenses"of" Northeast' Utilities be temporarily revoked until after the NRC conducts an investigation of your allegations. The NRC considers this a request-for"immediate~ action until such time as the concerns you raise are evaluated. As noted above, the Northeast Utilities' testing of samples of the bolting materials left' avert from Millstone, Unit 3 construction indicated that while visual deficiencies in the bolting materials were noted, none would have adversely affected the ability of the materials to perform their design function. As also noted above, NRC review did identify weaknesses in the 1987 receipt' inspection program-(i.e.,
Northeast Utilities' oversight of the SWEC Quality Assurance program, effectiveness of the SWEC receipt inspection program and Northeast Utilities' procedures for transferring left over construction material from Unit 3),
principally at Millstone, Unit 3, which have been corrected. Also, as noted above, the NRC performed an inspection of the Millstone procurement program in December 1993 and found no outstanding safety' issues. Thus we do not consider your issues to be immediate safety concerns and, therefore, do not warrant immediate shutdown of the Haddam Neck Plant and Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Units 1, 2, and 3.
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Mr.' Ronald Gavensky May 9, 1994 Your Petition has been referred to me for action in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206.
As provided by 10 CFR 2.206, the NRC will take appropriate action with regard to the specific issues raised in your Petition within a reasonable time.
I have enclosed a copy of the notice that is being filed with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
Sincerely, Original signed by:
William T. Russell, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Mr. Ronald Gavensky May 9, 1994 Your Petition has been referred to me for action in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206. As provided by 10 CFR 2.206, the NRC will take appropriate action with regard to the specific issues raised in your Petition within a reasonable time.
I have enclosed a copy of the notice that is being filed with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
Sincerely, William T. Russell, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Gerald Garfield, Esquire R. M. Kacich, Director Day, Berry and Howard Nuclear Planning, Licensing & Budgeting Counselors at Law Northeast Utilities Service Company City Place Post Office Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06103-3499 Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270 Resident Inspector J. P. Stetz, Vice President Haddam Neck Plant Haddam Neck Plant c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company 361 Injun Hollow Road 362 Injun Hollow Road East Hampton, Connecticut 06424-3099 East Hampton, Connecticut 06424-3099 Kevin T. A. McCarthy, Director Regional Administrator Monitoring and Radiation Division Region I Department of Environmental Protection U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 79 Elm Street 475 Allendale Road Hartford, Connecticut 06106-5127 King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Allan Johanson, Assistant Director First Selectmen Office of Policy and Management Town of Waterford Policy Development and Planning Division Hall of Records 80 Washington Street 200 Bostom Post Road Hartford, Connecticut 06106 Waterford, Connecticut 06385 S. E. Scace, Vice President P. D. Swetland, Resident Inspector Nuclear Operations Services Millstone Nuclear Power Station Northeast Utilities Service Company c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Box 270 Post Office Box 513 Hartford, Connecticut 06141-02'/0 Niantic, Connecticut 06357 F. R. Dacimo, Nuclear Unit Director M. R. Scully, Executive Director Millstone Unit No. 3 Connecticut Municipal Electric Northeast Nuclear Energy Company Energy Cooperative Post Office Box 128 30 Stott Avenue Waterford, Connecticut 06385 Norwich, Connecticut 06360 Burlington Electric Department David W. Graham c/o Robert E. Fletcher, Esq.
Fuel Supply Planning Manager 271 South Union Street Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Burlington, Vermont 05402 Electric Company Post Office Box 426 Ludlow, Massachusetts 01056 4
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H. F. Haynes, Nuclear Unit Director G. H. Bouchard, Nuclear Unit Director Millstone Unit No. 1 Millstone Unit No. 2 Northeast Nuclear Energy Company Northeast Nuclear Energy Company Post Office Box 128 Post Office Box 128 Waterford, Connecticut 06385 Waterford, Connecticut 063P5 Charles Brinkman, Manager Board of Selectmen Washington Nuclear Operations Town Office Building ABB Combustion Engineering Haddam, Connecticut 06438 Nuclear Power 12300 Twinbrook Pkwy., Suite 330 Donald B. Miller, Jr.
Rockville, Maryland 20852 Senior Vice President Millstone Station Northeast Nuclear Energy Company Nicholas S. Reynolds Post Office Box 128 Winston & Strawn Waterford, Connecticut 06385 1400 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20005-3502 J. J. LaPlatney Haddam Neck Unit Director Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company 362 Injun Hollow Road East Hampton, Connecticut 06424-3099 J. H. Solymossy, Director Nuclear Quality and Assessment Services Northeast Utilities Service Company Post Office Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270 John F. Opeka w/ incoming Executive Vice President, Nuclear Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company Northeast Nuclear Energy Company Post Office Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270 i
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