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Forwards Maint Team Insp Rept 50-289/89-82 on 891204-15 & 900122-25 & Notice of Violation.Concerns Raised Re Incomplete Documentation for tagouts,post-maint Testing & Completed Work Packages
ML20034A281
Person / Time
Site: Crane 
Issue date: 04/12/1990
From: Gallo R
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Hukill H
GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.
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See also: IR 05000289/1989082

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Docket No. 50-289

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-ATTN: Mr. H,'D. Hukill-

Vice President and Director of TMI-1

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Middletown., Pennsylvania 17057

Gentlemen:

Subject: ' Inspection Report No. 50-289/89-82

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This letter _. transmits'the report of a special maintenance team inspection led

by Mr. Walter Baunack of this office from December 4-15, 1989,. and January

22-25,'1990 at the:Three Mile Island Unit 1 Nuclear Station at Middletown,

Pennsylvania. Mr. Baunack discussed the findings.of the inspection with you

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and members of your staff on December 15, 1989 and January 25, 1990;

This inspection was performed as part of-the NRC's industry wide effort to

evaluate the effectiveness of maintenance activities at licensed power reactors.

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The team. concluded that Three Mile Island Unit 1 has implemented a generally

effective maintenance program. A number of strengths and weaknesses were

identified ~ by the-team as detailed in the enclosed report.

The team identified

a concern that in specific instances there was incomplete documentation of-work

activities such as tagouts, post maintenance testing, and completed' work: packages,

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nor were certain activities such as control =of contractors documented in-

procedures. - In general, this lack of documentation was overcome by atcapable

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staff, good management, and good implementationLof the'se activities.

Based on the results of-this inspection, it appears that one of-your activities

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was not conducted in full compliance with-NRC requirements as s'et forth in the

Notice of Violation, enclosed herewith as Appendix A. 'The violation,has been

categorized by severity level in accordance with the General Statement of Policy-

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and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,10 CFP. Part 2, - Appendix: C.

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required to respond to this Notice of Violation and in: preparing your reseonse,

you should follow the instructions in Appendix A.

We request that you notify-us in writing of actions taken-or' planned in order

to enhance maintenance activities relative to the weaknesses described in

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Attachment 3.

Please provide this response within'60 days of receipt of this

letter.

-Your cooperation with us in this matter ls appreciated.

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Robert M. Gallo, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

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1. Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2. NRC Region I Inspection Repcet No. 50-289/89-82

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T. G. Broughton, Operations and Maintenance Director, THI-I

C. W. $ myths Manager, TMI-1 Licensing

R. J. McGooy, Mana9er, PWR Licensing

E. L. Blake, Jr., Es:tuire

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