ML20036B029

Responds to Util Re Licensed Operators Whose Licenses Terminated in Mar 1992 at Util Request.General Approach Toward Reinstatement of Three Terminated Licenses Appears Appropriate

ML20036B029
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Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	05/11/1993
From:	Bettenhausen L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Feigenbaum T NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP. (NAESCO)
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D Docket No. 50-443 l

Mr. Ted C. Feigenbaum Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation Post Office Box 300 Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 l

SUBJECT:

MODIFIED LICENSE OPERATOR PROGRAM i

I am responding to your letter dated March 29,1993, regarding three licensed operators whose licenses were terminated in March 1992 at North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation's (North Atlantic's) request. In your letter, you stated that you would be seeking reinstatement of these three licenses, pending satisfactory completion of the Modified i

License Operator Program described in your letter and success on a comprehensive requalification examination. You stated your intention to request a waiver request for all sections of an initial examination. The general approach described in your letter appears

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appropriate. Subsequent NRC actions will be based on a detailed review of your submittals.

In your letter, you stated that these individuals had successfully completed the Auxiliary i

Operator (AO) remediation program. The AO remediation program addressed:

1. specific job responsibilities,

2. management expectations,

3. technical specifications, i

4. technical requirements, l

5. regulatory requirements associated with the operating license,

6. reporting requirements, l

7. performance of rounds,

8. record and logkeeping, and

9. on-the-job training on each watchstation.

Each operator was also interviewed by the Station Manager and Executive Director-Nuclear

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Production, who certified their fitness to stand watch, which was, in tum, reviewed and approved by yourself.

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Your letter stated that, in mid-May, the three formerly-licensed operators will begin the 10-week Modified Licensed Operator Program that incorporates elements of both the initial and i

requalification training programs. Following successful completion of this Modified Licensed Operator Program, the candidates would be required to pass a comprehensive requalification examination which has been reviewed and approved by the NRC.

Prior to reinstating the licenses for these three individuals, we expect to make an independent assessment of the proposed program. This assessment will include elements of the following:

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an on-site review of the AO Remediation Program and the Modified License Operator Program-i 2.

a personal interview of each individual with myself or another NRC manager; and l

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an on-site NRC audit of the requalification examination of the individuals.

In summary, the general approach toward reinstatement of the three terminated licenses appears appropriate. Any subsequent NRC actions will be based on our detailed review of your licensing submittals. We appreciate you informing us of your plans.

Sincerely, l

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Lee H. Bettenhausen, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

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i SEABROOK SERVICE LIST Thomas Dignan, Esquire Diane Curmn, Esquire John A. Ritscher, Esquire Harmon and Weiss Ropes and Gray 2001 S Street, N.W.

One Intemational Place Suite 430 Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624 Washington, D.C.

20009 Mr. J. F. Opeka Regional Administrator, Region 1 Northeast Utilities U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 270 475 Allendale Road Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270 King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Mr. A. David Rodham, Director John P. Amold, Attomey General Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency G. Dana Bisbee, Associate Attorney 400 Worchester Road, Box 1496 General Framingham, Massachusetts 01701-0134 Attorney General's Office A*ITN: Mr. James B. Muckerheide 25 Capitol Street State Nuclear Engineer Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Robert Backus, Esquire Mr. R. M. Kacich Backus, Meyer and Solomon Northeast Utilities Service Company 116 lowell Street P. O. Box 270 Manchester, New Hampshire 03106 Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270 Mr. T. L. Harpster Office of the Attorney General North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation One Ashburton Place Post Office Box 300 20th Floor Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Town of Exeter 5 Market Street 10 Front Street Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801 Exeter, New Hampshire 03823 Mr. David W. Graham Stephen G. Burns, Director Fuel Supply Planning Manager Office of Commission Appellate Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Adjudication Electric Company U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 426 Washington, D.C.

20555 Ludlow, Massachusetts 01056 Gerald Garfield, Esquire Board of Selectmen Day, Berry and Howard Town of Amesbury City Place Town Hall Hartford, Connecticut 06103-3499 Amesbury, Massachusetts 01913

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Resident Inspector Mr. Peter Brann U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Assistant Attomey General Seabrook Nuclear Power Station State House, Station #6 Post Office Box 1149 Augusta, Maine 04333 Seabrook, New Hampshi e 03874 Jane Spector_

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 825 Nonh Capi'.al Street, N.E.

Docket Room 8105 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.

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20555 Mr. George L. Iverson, Director Mr. Jack Dolan New Hampshire Office of Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency -

Management Region I State Office Park South J.W. McCormack Post Office and 107 Pleasant Street Courthouse Building, Room 442 Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Boston, Massachusetts 02109 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.

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