ML20153H170
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| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 09/25/1998 |
| From: | Durr J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Bowling M NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20153H173 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-245-98-212, 50-336-98-212, 50-423-98-212, NUDOCS 9809300333 | |
| Download: ML20153H170 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000245/1998212
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Mr. M. L. Bowling, Recovery Officer, Technical Services
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Dear Mr. Bowling:
SUBJECT: NRC COMBINED INSPECTION 50-245/98-212; 50-336/98-212;
50-423/98-212
On August 17,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at Millstone Units 1,2 & 3 reactor
facilities. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.
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During the 7-week period covered by this inspection report, your conduct of activities at
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the Millstone facilities was generally characterized by safety-conscious operations, sound
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engineering and maintenance practices.
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As documented in the enclosed report, we focused our attention to Unit 3 operations
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throughout the inspection period. Specifically, we conducted around-the-clock inspection
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'in the control room from reactor criticality through thirty percent power. We noted
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improved performance since the NRC OSTI inspection as characterized by coaservative
decision making and deliberate plant operation. Our observations are consistent with our
expectations for a plant returning to power following an outage over two years in duration.
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During the startup, several procedure issues were identified in procedures which hadn't
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been used or reviewed since the shutdown, because operators followed your new, higher
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standard for procedure compliance. Although operators appear to be properly addressing
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these procedural issues as they arise, management attention to this area may be warranted
to prevent constant challenges to plant personnel. We will continue to assess your at-
power performance with a focus on safety and conservative decision making.
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At Unit 2, we found that, despite the challenges that emergent work places on your
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crganization, the quality of your efforts in addressing restart issues was generally good.
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Three Significant items List issues involving specific technical areas were closed.
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Additionally, substantial progress was noted in programmatic areas including the Material
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Equipment and Parts List Program; the Electrical Equipment Qualification Program, the High
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Energy Line Break Program, as well as your efforts to address surveillance procedure
quality issues.
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Also at Unit 2, your thorough review and assessment of the circumstances surrounding the
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personnel contaminations that occurred.during radiological work performed inside
containment on May 23,1998, identified weaknesses with regard to the performance of
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the Unit 2 radiation protection organization. Although weaknesses in the performance of
the Unit 2 radiological protection organization resulted in a violation of NRC regulatory
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requirements, the coincident personnel exposures were not significant, and you initiated
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comprehensive corrective actions.
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in accordance with your letter per 10 CFR 50.82 to the NRC, dated July 21,1998, the
authorization under License No. DPR-21 to operate the Millstone Unit 1 reactor was
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relinquished. The Unit 1 staff initiated plans to reduce and reorganize the plant staff for
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the transition from an extended maintenance mode to a decommissioning organization.
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While maintenance and operations activities were reduced, personnel continue to focus
their efforts on assuring safe storage of the fuelin the spent fuel pool, and continued
compliance with the operating license. Plans are also being formulated to address the issue
of interconnecting systems between all three Millstone units.
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Consistent with the commission's direction to abolish the Special Projects Office, the
inspection function for Millstone Station has been returned to the Office of the Regional
Administrator, Region 1. Nevertheless, the NRC's Unit 2 inspection program continues to
be governed by the Restart Assessment Plan, and reutart of the unit must have commission
approval.
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Sincerely,
Jacque P. Durr
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Enclosure: NRC Combined Inspection Report 50-245/98-212; 50-336/98-212;
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B. Kenyon, President and Chief Executive Officer - Nuclear Group
M. H. Brothers, Vice President - Operations
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J. McElwain, Recovery Officer - Millstone Unit 2
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J. Streeter, Recovery Officer - Nuclear Oversight
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P. D. Hinnenkamp, Director - Unit 3
J. A. Price, Director - Unit 2
D. Amerine, Vice President - Human Services
E. Harkness, Director, Unit 1 Operations
J. Althouse, Manager - Nuclear Training Assessment Group
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F. C. Rothen, Vice President, Work Services
J. Cantrell, Director - Nuclear Training (CT)
S. J. Sherman, Audits and Evaluation
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L. M. Cuoco, Esquire
J. R. Egan, Esquire
V. Juliano, Waterford Library
J. Buckingham, Department of Public Utility Control
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State of Connecticut SLO Designee
D. Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN)
R. Bassilakis, CAN
J. M. Block, ," +torney, CAN
S. P. Luxton, Citizens Regulatory Commission (CRC)
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Representative T. Concannon
E. Woollacott, Co-Chairman, NEAC
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W. Axelson, ORA
B. Jones, PIMB/ DISP
W. Lanning, Deputy Director of Inspections, SPO, RI
D. Screnci, PAO
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M. Callahan, OCA < MSC>
R. Correia, NRR <RPC>
B. McCabe, OEDO <BCM >
E. Imbro, Director, Millstone ICAVP Inspections, NRR < EXI>
W. Dean, Director, Millstone Project Directorate, DRP - 1/2, NRR <WMD>
P. Kottay, Chief, ICAVP Oversight, NRR < PSK>
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