ML20151M317

Ack Receipt of 880311 Revised Response to Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-424/87-57 & Documents Meeting W/Util on 880325 Re Violation B in Insp Rept.Violation Occurred as Stated in Notice of Violation

ML20151M317
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	04/12/1988
From:	Gibson A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Head G GEORGIA POWER CO.
References
NUDOCS 8804250028
Download: ML20151M317 (3)

See also: IR 05000424/1987057

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Docket No. 50-424

License No. NPF-68

-Georgia Power Company

ATTN: Mr. George F. Head

Senior Vice President-

Nuclear Operations

P. O. Box 4545

Atlanta, GA 30302

Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT N0. 50-424/87-57

Thank you for your revised response of March 11, 1988, to our Notice of

Violation, issued on November 5,1987, concerning activities conducted at your

Vogtle facility.

This letter also documents the meeting between NRC Region 11 personnel and

Georgia Power Company (GPC) personnel, which was held in the Region II office

on March 25, 1988, to discuss Violation B of the subject inspection report. A

list of meeting attendees is enclosed.

After careful consideration of the bases for your denial of Violation B, we

have concluded for the reasons presented in previous NRC correspondence on

this matter and as explained at the March 25, 1988 meeting, that the violation

occurred as stated in the Notice of Violation. We recognize that your

position was based on the understanding that only failures that affected

surveillance frequencies were to be considered reportable failures.

Nevertheless, as discussed, all failures are considered to be reportable,

thereby requiring a special report to be submitted for the unsuccessful start

attempts listed in the Notice of Violation. At the conclusion of the March 25

1988 meeting, Georgia Power Company personnel acknowledged the violation and stated

that a special report will be submitted by April 25, 1988, concerning these

unsuccessful start attempts. They also stated that methods used to determine

reportability will be modified so that all start failures will be reported

as required. We will examine the implementation of your corrective actions

during future inspections.

We appreciate your cooperation in this matter.

Sincerely,

Albert F. Gibson, Director

Division of Reactor Safety

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List of Attendees

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P. D. Rice, Vice President, Project

Director

C. W. Hayes, Vogtle Quality

Assurance Manager

G. Bockhold, Jr., General Manager,

Nuclear Operations

L. Gucwa, Manager, Nuclear Safety

and Licensing

J. A. Bailey, Project Licensing

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B. W. Churchill, Esq., Shaw,

Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge

D. Kirkland, III, Counsel,

Office of the Consumer's Utility

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D. Feig, Georgians Against

Nuclear Energy

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J. Hopkins, NRR

M. Sinkule, RII

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NRC Resident Inspector

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ENCLOSURE

NRC Region II - GPC Vogtle Meeting

March 25, 1988

Attendees

NRC

F. Jape Section Chief, DRS

C. Patterson, Project Engineer, _DRP

M. Sinkule Section Chief, DRP

A. Szczepaniec, Reactor Inspector DRS

M. Thomas, Reactor Inspector,'DRS-

GPC

W. Burns, Nuclear Licensing Manager, Plant Vogtle

A. Domby, Legal Counsel

L. Gucwa, Manager, Nuclear Safety and Licensing

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