ML20134B667
| ML20134B667 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Salem, Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 01/27/1997 |
| From: | Larry Nicholson NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Eliason L Public Service Enterprise Group |
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| NUDOCS 9701310013 | |
| Download: ML20134B667 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000354/1996010
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January 27, 1997
Mr. Leon R. Eliason
Chief Nuclear Officer and President
Nuclear Business Unit
Public Service Electric and Gas Company
Post Office Box 236
Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
SUBJECT:
NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-354/96-10
Dear Mr. Eliason:
On December 21,1996, the NRC completed an inspection at your Hope Creek reactor
facility. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.
During the 6-week period covered by this inspection, your conduct of activities at the Hope
Creek facility was generally characterized by safety-conscious operations, sound
engineering and maintenance practices, and careful radiologica! work controls. However,
certain activities involving weak procedure adherence were observed throughout the period
in operations, maintenance and plant support. On-the-other-hand, a positive finding
regarding procedure use was made during a region-based inspection of the license
requalification examination program. The region-based inspector noted improvements in
the operators' use of procedures, communications, and directing shift operations during
that review in comparison to earlier observations in the spring of 1996.
We are concerned, however, about two violations of NRC requirements that were
identified. In the first instance, NRC inspectors identified that certain Technical
Specification Surveillance Requirements and associated implementing procedures were not
being maintained current. In the second instance, NRC inspectors identified that certain
security program requirements were not followed at the combined Salem and Hope Creek
facilities. Because that violation applies to both sites, the attached Notice of Violation
references all three docket numbers.
These violations are cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation, and the circumstances
surrounc%g the violations are described in detail in the enclosed report. Please note that
you are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the
enclosed Notice when preparing your response. We note that you have provided a
Licensee Event Report (LER 50-354/96-21) that describes one of the examples of the
above violations. The corrective actions described in that report are considered acceptable
for that example and you need not provide a response for that violation except where you
believe additional or new information is relevant to your overall response. The NRC will
use your response, in part, to determine whether further enforcement action is necessary
to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
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in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter
and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).
Sincerely,
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:
Larry E. Nicholson, Chief
Projects Branch 3
Division of Retetor Projects
Docket No.: 50-354
License No: NPF-57
Enclosures:
inspection Report 50-354/96-10
cc w/ encl:
L. Storz, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations
E. Simpson, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering
E. Salowitz, Director - Nuclear Business Support
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C. Schaefer, External Operations - Nuclear, Delmarva Power & Light Co.
P. MacFarland Goelz, Manager, Joint Generation
Atlantic Electric
M. Bezilla, General Manager - Hope Creek Operations
J. Benjamin, Director - Quality Assurance & Nuclear Safety Review
D. Powell, Manager - Licensing and Regulation
R. Kankus, Joint Owner Affairs
A. C. Tapert, Program Administrator
R. E. Selover, Esquire
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M. J. Wetterhahn, Esquire
Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate
William Conklin, Public Safety Consultant, Lower Alloways Creek Township
State of New Jersey
State of Delaware
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