ML20135A350
| ML20135A350 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 02/21/1997 |
| From: | Larry Nicholson NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Eliason L Public Service Enterprise Group |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20135A354 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9702270114 | |
| Download: ML20135A350 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000354/1996011
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February 21, 1997
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Mr. Leon R. Eliason
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Nuclear Business Unit
Public Service Electric and Gas Company .
Post Office Box 236
Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
SUBJECT:
NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-354/96-11
NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND NOTICE OF DEVIATION
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Dear Mr. Eliason:
On February 1,1997, the NRC completed an inspection at your Hope Creek reactor
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facility. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.
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During the 6-w'eek period covered by this inspection period, your conduct of activities at
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the Hope Creek facility was generally characterized by safety-conscious operations, sound
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engineering and maintenance practices, and careful radiological work controls. Further,
Emergency Response Organization (ERO) members demonstrated good overall performance
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during NRC observed mini-drill scenarios. We are concerned, however, about a deviation
from a licensee commitment that was identified; and, about one violation of NRC
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requirements that also was identified during the inspection.
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In the first instance, NRC inspectors identified that PSE&G failed to revise the plant
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technical specifir:ation bases as was committed during a 1995 submittal requesting a
license change to increase the allowed outage time for certain equipment, including two of
the emergency diesel generators (Amendment 75 to License NPF 57). The inspectors also
noted that at least one of the specified conditions associated with this commitment
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regarding risk assessment and overall emergency diesel generator unavailability, did not
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appear to be accurately reflected in current station policies, procedures or practices. This
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deviation is cited in the enclosed Notice of Deviation, and the circumstances surrounding
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the deviation are described in the enclosed report. Please note that you are required to
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respond to this letter and should follow the instructions in the enclosed Notice of Deviation
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when preparing your response. We further request that in your response to the enclosed
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Notice of Deviation, that you also provide a clear statement about how you intend to
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implement the committed conditions.
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in the second instance, NRC inspectors concluded that an unresolved item described in
NRC Inspection Report 50-354/96-06, dated October 23,1996, and Licensee Event
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Report (LER) 50-354/95-033-07, dated July 24,1996, was a violation of plant technical -
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specifications. The violation involved a failure to appropriately establish and maintain a
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surveillance test procedure for the traversing in-core probe (TIP) system containment
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isolation logic. Further, the inspectors noted that your analysis and corrective actions for
this event, as described in the referenced LER, were appropriate and complete. As such,
this violation is being treated as a cited violation not requiring a response. If, however,
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you determine that a responto is otherwise warranted for :his violation, please note that
you should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice of Violation.
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:
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Larry E. Nicholson, Chief
Projects Branch 3
Division of Reactor Projects
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Docket No.: 50-354
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License No: NPF-57
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Enclosures:
Appendix A: Notice of Violation
Appendix B: Notice of Deviation
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Inspection Report 50-354/96-11
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cc w/ encl:
L. Storz, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations
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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.
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P. MacFarland Goelz, Manager, Joint Generation
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Atlantic Electric
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M. Bezilla, General Manager - Hope Creek Operations
J. Benjamin, Director - Quality Assurance & Nuclear Safety Review
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D. Powell, Manager - Licensing and Regulation
R. Kenkus, Joint Owner Affairs
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A. C. Tapert, Program Administrator
R. E. Selover , Esquire
M. J. Wetterhahn, Esquire
Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate
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William Conklin, Public Safety Consultant, Lower Alloways Creek Township
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Distribution w/ encl:
Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
K. Galla0 er
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D. Screnci, PAO
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident inspector
L. Cunningham, NRR
D. Barss, NRR
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Distribution w/ encl: (Via E-Mail)
W. Dean, OEDO
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D. Jaffe, Project Manager, NRR
J. Stolz, PDl-2, NRR
Inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)
R. Correia, NRR
D. Taylor, NRR
D. Vito, ORA (see sections 07.1, M7.1, E2.1, and F8.1)
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