ML20153D625

Forwards SALP Rept 50-293/85-99 for Oct 1984 - Oct 1985. Overall Performance Acceptable.Requests Comments on Areas Rated Category 3

ML20153D625
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Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	02/18/1986
From:	Murley T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Harrington W BOSTON EDISON CO.
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See also: IR 05000293/1985099

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FEB 181986

Docket No. 50-293

Boston Edison Company M/C Nuclear

ATTN: Mr. William D. Harrington

Senior Vice President, Nuclear

800 Boylston Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02199

Gentlemen:

Subject: Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) Report No.

50-293/85-99

The Region I SALP Board has reviewed and evaluated the performance of activities

at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station for the period October 1,1984 through

October 31, 1985. The results are presented in the enclosed report. A meeting

to discuss this assessment has been scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on March 5,1986.

The meeting is being held on-site so that appropriate senior corporate management

and plant officials can discuss with us the strengths and weaknesses noted. It

is our intent that the meeting provide a forum for a candid exchange of views.

We have found the overall performance at the Pilgrim Station to be acceptable

during the recent assessment period. The steady upgrading of plant hardware

has been noteworthy during this period. Notwithstanding these hardware

improvements, there are areas such as operations, maintenance, radiological

controls and emergency preparedness where marginal perfo'rmance is of concern to

NRC. During its review, the SALP Board found a recurrent theme of inadequate

personnel staffing and inadequate supervisory oversight at the plant. A'special

concern we have is with regard to the chronic shortage of licensed reactor

operators and the routine exceeding of NRC overtime guidelines.

The enclosed review of SALP history for Pilgri.n shows a pattern of performance

that raises other questions. For instance, the areas of operations and

radiological controls have shown essentially no improvement over the years.

In other areas, such as maintenance, surveillance and emergency preparedness,

there have been improvements followed by a slippage back to the lower level of

performance in later years. This inability to improve performance, or sustain

improved performance once achieved, is of concern to us, and we would like to

discuss your views on the reasons for this.

In order to better understand the nature of your on-site efforts, we are

conducting an in-depth team inspection. One of our objectives is to attempt to

determine the underlying reason (s) for the poor performance discussed above and

to ascertain whether or not they could have an adverse impact on the safety of

plant operations. Likewise, the results of this inspection will be used to

assess whether your corrective action programs are properly structured and

focused to achieve the desired improvements.

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' In preparation _ for the 'SALP meeting, please be prepared to discuss your.

evaluation of the situation. For the areas rated as Category 3, we request

your comments in. writing within 30 days'of receipt of =this letter. After the-

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meeting and upon receipt of your response, your comments will be' evaluated and.

we will provide you our conclusions relative to them after consideration of

our results from the team inspection.

Sincerely,-

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Thomas E. Muriey

Regional Administrator

Enclosures: ~

e 1. SALP Report 50-293/85-99

2. Pilgrim SALP History

cc w/ encl:

A. V. Morisi, Manager, Nuclear Management Services Department

C. J. Mathis, Station Manager

Joanne Shotwell, Assistant Attorney General-

Paul Levy, Chairman, Depa:tment of Public Utilities

W. F.-Nolan, Chairman, Plymouth Board of Selectmen

Plymouth Civil Defense Director

Senator Edward P. Kirby

Public Document Room (PDR)

local Public Document Room (LPDR)

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

NRC Resident Inspector

Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2)

bec w/ encl:

Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

Management Assistant, DRMA (w/o encl).

DRP-Section Chief

W. Raymond, SRI, Vermont Yankee

1. Shediosky, SRI, Millstone 1&2

H. Eichenholz, SRI, Yankee

P. Leech, LPM, NRR

D. Holody, RI

J. Tay1or, IE

SALP Board Members

T. Murley

K. Abraham

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