ML20135B373

Partially Deleted Memo Re 960826 Drop in Meeting

ML20135B373
Person / Time
Site:	Salem, Hope Creek
Issue date:	08/23/1996
From:	Chris Miller NRC
To:	Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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i August 23, 1996 NOTE T0:

Chairman Jackson FROM:

Christopher G. Miller C0ORDINATED WITH: Annette/MarMf SIdJECT:

August 26. 11-11:30 Drop-In. PSE&G executives j

VISITORS:

E. James Ferland - Chairnan. President & Chief Executive Officer Leon R. Eliason - President-Nuclear Business Unit and Chief Nuclear Officer PLANTS:

Hope Creek Generating Station (BWR) and Salem Nuclear Generating Station. Units 1 and 2 (PWRs)

SUMMARY

e An attached news clip)in announces talks potentially leading to a merger of PSE*'3 with 3hi adelphia Electric (PECO) which is a part owner of Salem. The other two part owners of Salem (Atlantic Energy Inc. and Delmarva Power and Light Company) announced a merger on August 12. 1996.

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Other news clippings deal with NRC and PSE&G role in Salem shutdown and restart as well as the potential for customer rate rebates ordered by the state Board of Public Utilities because, of the Salem reactors.

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e Salem Unit I replacement of four Steam Generators received from Seabrook l

should be complete by January 1997.

i PERFORMANCE:

i Hope Creek restarted from a lengthy refueling outage 6 in Spring 1996 e

and has had a Hope Creek record run for post outage startup operation.

Current SALP period ends November 1996.

Previous period scores were three 2s and a 1 in Plant Support.

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Salem Units 1 and 2 have been shut down since May and June 1995 respectively.

Both units must meet the conditions of a Confirmatory Action Letter, including a Salem Restart Plan, prior to restart. The previous.TLP ended November 1994 with scores of 1 in Plant Support. 2 in Engineering, and 3s in Operations and Maintenance.

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1 A maintenance department overhaul is in progress, with the hiring of all i

new maintenance superintendents, testing and offsite training of the

, entire department, and contractor coverage during the process.

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i On August 7, the licensee notified the NRC that they were not meetina a t

license condition recuirina the establishment'of eiaht hour shifts.

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1992 the licensee hac transitioned to 12 hour1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br /> shifts without a license amendment.

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The Licensing Basis'Conformance Project completed August 9, with more than 100 items requiring corrective actions. Most are documentation problems.

MANAGEMENT CHANGES:

Effective July 1996. David Garchow became the General Manager Salem j

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Hope Creek has had difficulty maintaining and staffing management e

positions including General Manager and Operations Manager.

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j two positions are now filled, while the positions of Maintenance Manager and Chemistry.T.adiation Protection / Radiation Waste Manager are not l

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