ML20045E038
| ML20045E038 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Brunswick  |
| Issue date: | 06/22/1993 |
| From: | Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Cavanaugh W CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9307010016 | |
| Download: ML20045E038 (3) | |
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JUN 2y 993 Docket Nos. 50-325, 50-324 Mr.-William Cavanaugh, III President and Chief Operating Officer Carolina Power and Light Company Post Office Box 1551 Raleigh, North' Carolina' 27602
Dear Mr. Cavanaugh:
On June 15-16, 1993, NRC senior managers met to evaluate the nuclear safety
. performance of operating reactors, fuel facilities, and other. materials licensees. The NRC conducts this meeting semiannually to. determine if the safety performance of the various licensees exhibits sufficient weaknesses to warrant increased NRC' attention.
In addition, at this meeting, senior managers identify specific plants that have demonstrated a level of safety performance that deserves formal recognition. At the: June 1993 Senior Management Meeting, the Brunswick plant (Units 1 and 2) was discussed.
The Brunswick plant (Units'l and 2) was categorized as requiring close monitoring by the NRC.
Plants in this. category have been identified as having weaknesses that warrant increased NRC attention until the licensee demonstrates a period of improved performance. A summary of NRC discussions related to the Brunswick plant follows:
Organizational realignments at the corporate and station' levels have enhanced the ability of the Brunswick station to improve its operations.-
Management-involvement and oversight of station activities have been effective in improving teamwork and placing emphasis on the resolution of safety issues.
Enhanced communications at all' levels have resulted in conveying management expectations.to the staff;and providing' feedback to senior management.
Self-assessments are much improved and have-contributed to the identification and correction of potential 3roblem areas. Additional management controls have' been implemented-t.1at have-improved the work control processes and reduced errors resulting from poor planning. Hardware 'and system deficiencies have. been satisfactorily co'rrected, and backlog management has been effective.
Sufficient improvements were made in all areas such that approval to -
restart Unit.2 was granted on April 29, 1993. The subsequent' restart and power ascension were-managed well,.and there was a. minimum of.
problems. Although significant progress has been made'in-correcting root causes of performance problems, much more remains to. be done.:
Sustained trouble-free performance of Unit 2 must be demonstrated for a significant period of time, and the successful recovery of Unit 1.must be accomplished.
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i-Mr. William Cavanaugh, III Based on these considerations, the NRC will continue to closely monitor the programs and performance at the Brunswick plant to assure continued progress.
An NRC Commission meeting, open to the public, has been scheduled to be held in the Commissioners' Conference Room in Rockville, Maryland, on June 25, 1993, at 9:30 a.m., to review the results of the latest meeting of NRC senior managers. Mr. Stewart D. Ebneter, the Region II Administrator, has discussed the bases for our conclusions with regard to the Brunswick plant with members of your staff.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, do not hesitate to call me.
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Mr. Mark S. Calvert Mr. H. A.. Cole Associate General Counsel Special Deputy Attorney General Post Carolina Power & Light Company State of North Carolina Post Office Box 1551 Post Office Box 629 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Mr. Kelly Holden, Chairman Mr. Robert P. Gruber Board of Commissioners Executive Director Post Office Box 249 Public Staff - NCUC Southport, North Carolina 28422 Post Office Box 29520.
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27626-0520 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. H. W. Habermeyer, Jr.
Star Route 1, P.O. Box 208.
Vice President Southport, North Carolina 28461 Nuclear Services Department Carolina Power & Light Company Regional Administrator, Region 11 Post Office Box 1551 - Mail-OHS 7 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 101 Marietta St., N.W., Ste. 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Mr. R. A. Anderson Vice President Mr. Dayne H. Brown, Director Carolina Power & Light Company Division of Radiation Protection Brunswick Steam Electric Plant N.C. Department of Environmental, Post Office Box.10429 Commerce and Natural Resources Southport, North Carolina 28461 Post Office Box 27687 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Mr. J. M. Brown Plant Manager - Unit 1 Carolina Power & Light Company Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Post Office Box 10429 Southport, North Carolina 28461 Public-Service Commission State of South Carolina Post Office Drawer-Il649 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Mr. C. C. Warren Plant Manager - Unit 2 Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Post Office Box 10429
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