ML20154J850
| ML20154J850 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 10/09/1998 |
| From: | Linville J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Keiser H Public Service Enterprise Group |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20154J854 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-354-98-08, 50-354-98-8, EA-98-482, NUDOCS 9810160020 | |
| Download: ML20154J850 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000354/1998008
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October 9,1998
EA 98-482
Mr. Harold W. Keiser
Executive Vice President
Nudear Business Unit
Public Service Electric and Gas Company
Post Office Box 236
Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
SUBJECT:
NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-354/98-08
NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND EXERCISE OF ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION
Dear Mr. Keiser:
On September 19,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at your Hope Creek reactor
facility. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.
Throughout the six-week period covered by this inspection period, your conduct of
activities at the Hope Creek facility was generally characterized by safety-conscious
operations, sound engineering and maintenance practices, and careful radiological work
controls.
During the inspection, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. The violation is
cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice), and the circumstances surrounding it are
described in tb subject inspection report. The violation involved inadequate corrective
actions to resolve steam leaks from piping located in the torus room. These leaks were
identified by your staff on August 3,1998, but your staff failed to correct the steam leaks
before the water intrusion caused a safety-related component to fail, rendering a residual
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heat removal subsystem inoperable. The NRC has concluded that information regarding
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the reason for the violation, the corrective actions taken and planned to correct the
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violation and prevent recurrence are already adequately addressed on the docket in the
enclosed report. Therefore, you are not required to respond to this letter unless the
description does not accurately reflect your corrective actions or your position. In that
case, or if you choose to provide additional information, you should follow the instruction
specified in the enclosed Notice.
The NRC also reviewed an issue involving a past design deficiency related to maintaining
proper design control for the containment hydrogen recombiner system. Specifically, the
operating procedure was inconsistent with the design and licensing bases. This design
issue is a violation of NRC requirements which could have been considered as a violation.
However, after consultation with the Director, Office of Enforcement and the Director,
Division of Reactor Projects, I have been authorized not to issue a Notice of Violation in
this case in accordance with the provisions provided in Section Vll.B.3 of the NRC's
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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 (PDR).
Sincerely,
Original Signed By:
James C. Linville, Chief
Projects Branch 3
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket No.: 50-354
License No: NPF-57
Encier. ores:
inspection Report 50-354/98-08
cc w/ encl:
L. Storz, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations
E. Simpson, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering
E. Salowitz, Director - Nuclear Business Support
A. F. Kirby,111,, External Operations - Nuclear, Delmarva Pow.sr & Light Co.
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J. A. Isabella, Manager, Joint Generation
Atlantic Electric
M. Bezilla, General Manager - Hope Creek Operations
J. McMahon, Director - QA/ Nuclear Training / Emergency Preparedness
D. Powell, Director - Licensing / Regulation & Fuels
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R. Kankus, Joint Owner Affairs
A. C. Tapert, Program Administrator
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Jeffrey J. Keenan, Esquire
Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate
Wilham Conklin, Public Safety Consultant, Lower Alloways Creek Township
State of New Jersey
State of Delaware
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Mr. Harold W. Keiser
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Distribution w/ encl:
Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
Nuclear Safety information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident inspector
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H. Miller, RA/W. Axelson, DRA
D. Screnci, PAO
J. Linville, DRP
S. Barber, DRP
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J. Goldberg, OGC
J. Lieberman, OE
D. Holody, OE, RI
inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)
R. Correia, NRR
D. Talbot, NRR
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