ML20135B378
| 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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| ML20135A581 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-96-351 NUDOCS 9612040293 | |
| Download: ML20135B378 (2) | |
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'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) l You will be visiting with Messrs. E. James Ferland, Chairman of the Board, President 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.
I 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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l Salem 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
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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
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period for which ended November 1994, was SALP 3 in Operations and Maintenance, 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
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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.
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Salem completed their Licensing Basis Conformance Project on August 9,1996. A number of deficiencies which required corrective action were identified. However, most 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 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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