ML20059G330

Forwards Insp Rept 50-443/93-21 on 931109-1206.Staff Failure to Effectively Identify & Correct Problems W/Msiv & Temporary Air Compressor Resulted in Unplanned Transients

ML20059G330
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	01/06/1994
From:	Doerflein L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Feigenbaum T NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP. (NAESCO)
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JAN 0 61994

Docket No. 50-443

Mr. Ted C. Feigenbaum

Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer

North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation ,

Post Office Box 300

Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874

Dear Mr. Feigenbaum

SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-443/93-21

This letter transmits the report of the safety inspection findings of the resident staff at

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Seabrook Station for the period of November 9 through December 6,1993. The inspection

consisted of document reviews, personnel interviews, and observations of activities important

to the health and safety of the public. The inspector discussed the findings with Mr. W.

DiProfio and members of your staff after the inspection.

Overall, this inspection found that activities were conducted safely. Operators, chemists,

and engineers performed well in responding to a condenser tube leak and equipment failures.

However, your staff's failure to effectively identify and correct problems with a main steam

isolation valve and a temporary air compressor resulted in unplanned transients.

Thank you for your cooperation.

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Sincerely,

Lawrence T. Doerflein, Chief

Projects Branch No. 4

Division of Reactor Projects

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D. Tefft, Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire

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SEABROOK SERVICE LIST

Thomas Dignan, Esquire Diane Curran, Esquire

John A. Ritscher, Esquire Harmon and Weiss

Ropes and Gray 2001 S Street, N.W.

One International Place Suite 430

Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624 Washington, D.C. 20009

Mr. J. F. Opeka Regional Administrator, Region i

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. Arnold, 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

NITN: 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 Sewice Company

116 Lowell Street P. O. Box 270

Manchester, New Hampshire 03106 Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270 ,

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Mr. T. L. Harpster Office of the Attorney General

North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation One Ashburton Place l

Post Office Box 300 20th Floor l

Sec. brook, New Hampshire 03874 Boston, Massachusetts 02108

Seaccast 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

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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 Attorney General

Seabrook Nuclear Power Station State House, Station #6

Post Office Box 1149 Augusta, Maine 04333

'Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874

Jane Spector Adjudicatory File (2)

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel

825 North Capital Street, N.E. Docket

Room 8105 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, D.C. 20426. Washington, D.C. 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

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