ML20135B378

Partially Deleted Memo Re Courtesy Visit W/Ej Ferland & Lr Eliason on 960826

ML20135B378
Person / Time
Site:	Salem, Hope Creek
Issue date:	08/23/1996
From:	Chan T NRC
To:	Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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11 rv su- 'ver- s August 23,1996 Memorandum To: Commissioner Dicus From: Terence L. Chan

SUBJECT:

COURTESY VISIT BY PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS j CO. (PSE&G)

You will be visiting with Messrs. E. James Ferland, Chairman of the Board, President l

and CEO, and Leon R. Eliason, Nucl. Business Unit and Chief Nuclear Officer of the l Public Service Electric and Gas Co. cn Monday, August 26,1996, at 9:30 a.m..

PSE&G is the licensee for the Salem Nuclear Generating Station and the Hope Creek Generating Station. Salem is a two-unit Westinghouse PWR site; Hope Creek is a i single unit General Electric BWR site.

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! This will be a courtesy visit. Consequently they will likely discuss with you current activities at the plant, organizational changes, and problems and how they're being handled.

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! Salem has had a number of significant operability issues and has been shut down  !

since mid-1995. Both plants are under Confirmatory Action Letters which means the l

) plants must satisfy certain specified conditions prior to restart. Commission action is j not required in this case, as it is for Millstone. The latest SALP ratings for Salem, the j i . f f

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period for which ended November 1994, was SALP 3 in Operations and Maintenance, 1

SALP 2 in Engineering, and SALP 1 in Plant Support. Salem also does not have an enviable enforcement history, having been assessed a $600k civil penalty in October )

1995 for numerous instances of inadequate corrective action, inadequate controls j j related to plant modifications, and failure to comply with their Technical Specifications. j Other items of Interest i All four steam generators in Unit 1 are being replaced during this shutdown. The steam generators from the unfinished Seabrook Station Unit 2 are being used. Anticipated completion of the SG replacement project is January 1997, with startup of the unit in i the second quarter of 1997. )

I Salem completed their Licensing Basis Conformance Project on August 9,1996. A  :

number of deficiencies which required corrective action were identified. However, most I were inconsistencies in design basis documentation. Only a limited number of 1 conective actions were cansidered needed for restart.  !

l PSE&G is considering merging with PECO Energy Co., the other major owner of Salem. Both companies own 42.59% of the Salem station. The new company would l be stand-alone entity, separate from PSE&G and PECO. PECO operates the Limerick  ;

i 1&2 plants and the Peach Bottom 1&2 plants. in addition, the remaining minority owners of Salem, Atlantic Energy, Inc. and Delmarva Power and Light announce their  ;

merger on August 12,1996.

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