ML20137E960
| ML20137E960 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | FitzPatrick  |
| Issue date: | 03/24/1997 |
| From: | Cowgill C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Michael Colomb POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK |
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| Download: ML20137E960 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000333/1997001
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Michael J. Colomb
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James A. FitzPatrick Power Plant
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SUBJECT:
NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION 50-333/97-01 AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION
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Dear Mr. Colomb:
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On February 22,1997 the NRC completed an inspection at your FitzPatrick Power Plant.
The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection. During the 7-week period
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covered by this inspection period, your conduct of activities at the plant were generally
characterized by safe plant operation. A large influx of fish blocked the travelling screens
on January 23,1997, causing a reduction in intake water level and leading to a manual
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reactor scram. Operator response was appropriate, allowing the plant to be quickly placed
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in a safe condition. However, the NRC noted that automatic start function for 2 of the 3
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travelling screens was disabled at the time of the event. The work planning and control
process did not recognize the potential risk of this evolution, which resulted in removing
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two travelling screens from service at the same time. Your continued attention to this area
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is warranted.
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The emergency preparedness (EP) program was reviewed during this inspection period,
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and, overall, was fouad to be directed toward public health and safety. Your radiological
protection program has made significant improvements. However, we note that weak
contractor oversight during the outage led to rework and expansion of the outage scope,
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causing increased radiation dose.
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in the engineering area, a violation of NRC regulations pertaining to the performance of
safety evaluations for modifications to certain safety-related air-operated valves was
identified as outlined in the attached Notice of Violation. You are required to respond to
this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when
preparing your response. In your response, you should document the specific actions
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taken, and any additional actions you plan, to prevent recurrence.
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in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter,
its enclosures, and your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).
The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject to the
clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No. 96.511.
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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.
Sincerely,
Original Signed by:
Curtis J. Cowgill, Chief
Projects Branch 2
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket No.: 50-333
License No.: DPR-59
Enclosures:
2. Inspection Report 50-333/97-01
cc w/encis:
C. D. Rappleyea, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
R. Schoenberger, President and Chief Operating Officer
J. Knubel, Chief Nuclear Officer and Senior Vice President
H. P. Salmon, Jr., Vice President of Nuclear Operations
W. Josiger, Vice President - Engineering and Project Management
J. Kelly, Director - Regulatory Affairs and Special Projects
T. Dougher'y, Vice President - Nuclear Engineering
R. Deasy, Vice President - Appraisal and Compliance Services
R. Patch, Director - Quality Assurance
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G. C. Goldstein, Assistant General Counsel
C. D. Faison, Director, Nuclear Licensing, NYPA
K. Peters, Licensing Manager
T. Morra, Executive Chair, Four County Nuclear Safety Committee
Supervisor, Town of Scriba
C. Donaldson, Esquire, Assistant Attorney General, New York Department of Law
P. Eddy, Director, Electric Division, Department of Public Service, State
of New York
G. T. Goering, Consultant, New York Power Authority
J. E. Gagliardo, Consultant, New York Power Authority
E. S. Beckjord, Consultant, New York Power Authority
F. William Valentino, President, New York State Energy Research
and Development Authority
J. Spath, Program Director, New York State Energy Research
ard Development Authority
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L. Cunningham, NRR
D. Barss, NRR
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Distribution w/encis:
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J. Lanning, DRM
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
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Region i Docket Room (with concurrences)
R. Correia, NRR
D. R. Taylor, NRR .
L. Cunningham, NRR
D. Barss, NRR
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