ML20137W972

Discusses Requesting That Northeast Utils Provide Info Describing Actions Taken to Ensure That Future Operations of Plant,Unit 1 Be Conducted IAW Terms & Conditions of Plant Operating License

ML20137W972
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Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	04/16/1997
From:	Collins S NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Carns N, Laudenat R NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO.
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• UNITED STATES NUCLEAR RECULATORY COMMISSION

. WASHidGTON, D.C. anses-coot l ..... April 16, 1997 t 9 i

< Mr. Neil.S. Carns j Senior Vice President I

and Chief Nuclear Officer

' Northeast Nuclear Energy Company c/o Mr. Richard T. Laudenat j Director - Regulatory Affairs

, P.O. Box 128 Waterford, CT 06385 ,

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Dear Mr. Carns:

i On December 13, 1995, the NRC issued a~ letter to Northeast Utilities (NU)

! requesting NU, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(f), to provide information describing actions taken to ensure that future operations of Millstone Unit I will be l' conducted in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Millstone Unit 1 l

! operating license, the Commission's regulations, including 10 CFR 50.59, and

!- the Millstone Unit 1 Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR). Similar l 1etters were issued to NU for Millstone Unit 2 on March 7, 1996, and Unit 3 on

April 4, 1996. In those letters, we requested that the information be ,

l submitted no later than 7 days prior to the restart of the respective 3

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i By letter dated May 21, 1996, we further requested, pursuant to 10 CFR

50.54(f), a comprehensive list of design and configuration deficiencies

[ identified after our December 13, 1995, 50.54(f) letter for Millstone Unit 1

and after the ACR 7007 - Event Response Team Report was issued for Millstone

! Units 2 and 3. The list was to contain issues that raised questions

concerning operability of required equipment and the existence of unreviewed safety questions (including deficiencies that required an evaluation to determine that there was not an operability or unreviewed safety question

issue, and any other deficiency that you believe is significant). For each deficiency to be listed, specific information was requested. In the letter, we recognized that changes may occur based on the results of your reviews and requested that you provide updates to the lists as appropriate.

-By letter dated October 9,.1996, the NRC requested that NU provide information on how the Operational Readiress Plan and schedule of important milestones were impacted by the licensee's management reorganization.

By letter dated January 13, 1997, the NRC requested that documents similar to the Operational Readiness Plan Punchlist that was submitted for Millstone Unit 3 in NU's August 13, 1996, letter also be provided for Units 1 and 2.

The NRC also requested updates for all three units for significant changes.

The NRC has revised, as provided below, these requests for information and has determined that one letter consolidating all the information required by the staff, be written to clarify the NRC's requests. Since the original 10 CFR 50.54(f) letters were written, NRC oversight of the Millstone site has NRC fRICENERCGPF 9704210107 970416 PDR ADOCK 05000245 P PDR s

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' increased and the process the NRC is using for plant restart has changed in a number of ways. In June 1996, the NRC designated the units at Millstone as 4

Category 3 plants on the NRC's watch list. On August 14, 1996, the NRC issued i a confirmatory order directing NU to contract with a third party to implement

! an independent corrective action verification program to verify the adequacy j of its efforts to estabitsh adequate design bases and design controls. On October 24, 1996, the NRC issued an crder directing that, before the restart of any Millstone unit, NU develop and submit to the NRC a comprehensive plan i for reviewing and dispositioning safety issues raised by its em)1oyees and i ensuring that employees who raise safety concerns can do so wittout fear of

! retaliation. In November 1996, the NRC created a new organization, the i Special Projects Office, within the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, to provide a specific management focus on future NRC activities associated with the Millstone units. In light of these changes and the discussions at the

! January 29, 1997, Commission meeting, the NRC has clarified the information i needed on the docket.

l This letter supersedes the requests contained in the previously-mentioned

10 CFR 50.54(f) letters. The NRC requires, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(f), the #

following information to be provided on the docket in the time interval indicated

i 1. For each unit, the significant items that are needed to be accomplished prior to restart. Significant items are defined as issues impacting equipment covered by 10 CFR 50.65, " Requirements for monitoring the effectiveness of j m & tenance at nuclear power plants," that raised (1) questions concerning

operability of the equipment, or (2) questions concerning the ability of the l equipment to perform its intended design basis function. This list should be

submitted within 45 days of this letter and updated approximately every 45 l days thereafter. For each item, NU must include, as a minimum, a one line j descriptive title and an identifying reference document (for example, the j adverse condition report number).

i-l 2. For each unit, the list of items to be deferred until after restart. This 1

list should be submitted within 45 days of this letter and updated L approximately every 45 days thereafter. The final list must be submitted no i later than 14 days prior to the Commission meeting for each individual plant

! restart (for planning purposes, the Commission meeting will take place

, approximately 30 days prior to planned restart). This items list must l include, but not be limited to, issues, impacting equipment covered by j 10 CFR 50.65, which will not be resolved or fully implemented prior to

! restart. For example, this list should include design changes, work orders, i control room deficiencies, and bypass jumpers.. For each item, NU must i

include, as a minimum, a one line descriptive title and an identifying

, reference document (for example, the adverse condition report number).

3. For each unit, the process and rationale NU is using to defer items (those i

identified in 2 above) until after restart (this would be in narrative form)

should be submitted within 45 days of this letter.

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4. No later than 14 days prior to the Commission meeting for each individual unit restart, NU must submit.what actions have been taken to ensure that future operation of the unit will be conducted in accordance with the license, regulations, and UFSAR. In addition, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(f), NU must provide information confirming that all significant items identified in item 1 have been completed; if not, provide details to how they have been dispositioned.

If you have any questions concerning this request, please contact Dr. William Travers at (301) 415-1200.

Sincerely, D U k SamuelJ. Col! ins Samuel J. Collins, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-245, 50-336, ar.d 50-423

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Lillian M. Cuoco, Esquire Mr. Wayne D. Lanning ,

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Northeast Utilities Service Company Special Projects Office )

P.O. Box 270 475 Allendale Road '

l Hartford, CT 06141-0270 King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 Mr. Kevin T. A. McCarthy, Director Hr. F. C. Rothen  !

Monitoring and Radiation Division Vice President - Nuclear Work B rvices j Department of Environmental Northeast Nuclear Energy Company Protection P.O. Box 128 79 Elm Street Waterford, CT 06385 l Hartford, CT 06106-5127

Charles Brinkma n . Manager Mr. Allan Johanson, As:;istant Washington Nucl ar Operations '

i Director ABB Combustion Et;ineering i Office of Policy and Management 12300 Twinbrook Pki,y, Suite 330

Policy Development and Planning Rockville, MD 20852 Division i 450 Capitol Avenue - MS 52ERN Mr. D. M. Goebel P.O. Box 341441 Vice President - Nuclear Oversight

Hartford, CT 06134-1441 Northeast Nucle'ar Energy Company P. O. Box 128 .

Regional Administrator, Region I Waterford, CT 06385

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

475 Allendale Road Mr. M. L. Bowling, Jr.

! King of Prussia, PA 19406 Millstone Unit No. 2 Nuclear

. Recovery Officer First Selectmen Northeast Nuclear Energy Company i

Town of Waterford P. O. Box 128 i Hall of Records Waterford, CT 06385 200 Boston Post Road Waterford, CT 06385 Senior Resident Inspector i

Millstone Nuclear Power Station Mr. J. P. McElwain c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Millstone Unit No. I Nuclear P.O. Box 513 Recovery Officer Niantic, CT 06357

Northeast Nuclear Energy Company P. O. Box 128 Mr. J. K. Thayer Waterford, CT 06385 Recovery Officer - Nuclear i Engineering and Support

! Deborah Katz, President Northeast Nuclear Energy Company l 1

Citizens Awareness Network P. O. Box 128 l 4

P.O. Box 83 Waterfod, CT 06385 1 i Shelburne Falls, MA 03170 i

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Units I, 2, and 3 cc:

Mr. M. H. Brothers Vice President - Millstone Unit 3 Northeast Nuclear Energy Company P. O. Box 128 i Waterford, CT 06385 ,

i j Burlington Electric Department c/o Robert E. Fletcher, Esq.

271 South Union Street j Burlington, VT 05402 1

Mr. M. R. Scully, Executive Director j Connecticut Municipal Electric

! Energy Cooperative

! .30 Stott Avenue Norwich, CT 06360

Mr. William D. Meinert

Nuclear Engineer 2

Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale i

Electric Company P.O. Box 426 Ludlow, MA 01056

! Ernest C. Hadley, Esquire

1040 B Main Street P.O. Box 549

West Wareham, MA 02576 i

j Joseph R. Egan, Esq. l Egan & Associates, P.C. '

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l Washington, D.C. 20037 1

! Citizens Regulatory Commission

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4. No later than 14 days prior to the Commission meeting for each individual unit restart, NU must submit what at.tions have been taken to ensure that future operation of the unit will be conducted in accordance with the license, regulations, and UFSAR. In addition, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(f), NU must provide information confirming that all significant items identified in item I have been completed if not, provide details to how they have been dispositioned.

-Please note, for the process the NRC is using for the restart of Millstone Units 1, 2, and 3, written approval by the NRC Special Projects Office Director is needed orior to entering Hot Shutdown for Millstone Unit.1 and Mode 3 for Millstone Units 2 and 3. A Commission vote and approval is needed gCior to taking each reactor critical. /

If you have any questions concerning this request, please contact Dr. William Travers at (301) 415-1200.

Sincerely i Samue Offig}J. Collins, e of Nuclear Reactor Director Regulation Docket Nos. 50-245, 50-336, and 50-423 cc: See next page , .

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4. That no"'later than 14 days prior to the Commission meeting for'each individual unit, restart,'NU must submit what actions have been taken to ensure

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