ML20154R756
| ML20154R756 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Peach Bottom  |
| Issue date: | 09/22/1988 |
| From: | Linville J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Kane W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8810040348 | |
| Download: ML20154R756 (5) | |
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22 SEP 1988 MEMORANDUM FOR:
William F. Kane, Director, Division of Reactor Projects FI,0M :
J. C. Linville, Chief, Reactor Projects Section 2A
SUBJECT:
PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION STATUS REFORT FOR THE PERIOD AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 19, 1988 Enclosed is the Peach Bottom periodic status report frem the NRC Resident Office at Peach Bottom.
Three NRC resident inspectors monitored activities at the plant during th9 report period.
These status reports are intended to provide NRC management and the public with an overview of plant activities and NRC inspection activities.
Subsequent inspection reports will address many of these topics in more detail.
MM StGNED BY James C. Linville, Chief Reactor Projects Section 2A
Enclosure:
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C. A. McNeill Executive Director, Nuclear John S. Kemper, $r., Senior Vice President-Nuclear Dickinson M. Smith, Vice President, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station J. F. Franz, Plant Manager J. W. Gallagher, Vice President, Nuclear Services E. C. Kistner, Chairman, Nuclear Review Board Troy B. Conner, Jr., Esquire Jack Urban, General Manager, Fuels Department, Delmarva Power W. H. Hirst, Director, Joint Generation Projects Department, Atlantic Electric B. W. Gorman, Manager - External Affairs, PSE&G Eugene J. Bradley, Esquire, Assistant General Counsel Raymond L. Hovis, Esquire Thomas Magette, Power Plant Siting, Nuclear Evaluations W. M. Alden, Director, Licensing Section Doris Poulsen, Secretary of Harford County Council Dane Honan Public Document Room (POR)
Local Pubite Document Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident Inspector Commonwealth of Pennsylvania bec w/encis:
Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
J. Taylor, EDO T. Murley, NRR F. Miraglia, NRR S. Varga, NRR B. Boger, NRR W. Butler, NRR R. Martin, NRR W. Russell, RI B. Clayton, E00 W. Johnston, R1 T. Martin, RI S. Collins, RI R. Gallo, RI K. Abraham, R1 H. Miller, RI J. Willia.ms, R!
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ENCLOSURE PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION STATUS REPORT FOR THE PERIOD August 29 - September 19, 1988 1.0 Plant Status As of 8:00 a.m. on September 19, 1988, Units 2 and 3 are in a cold condition per the March 31, 1987, NRC Order with coolant temperatures less than 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Unit 3 core is completely off loaded into the spent fuel pool.
2.0 Facility Operations Summary Unit 2 is in day 556 of its seventh refueling outage that began March 13, 1987. Unit 2 maintenance repair work is in progress on plant systems required for restart.
The Unit 2 reactor pressure vessel hydrostatic test is the next c 'tical path item.
Unit 3 is in day 355 of its seventh retueling outage that began October 1, 1987. Unit 3 maintenance and modification work is underway on a number of plant systems.
3.0 Items of Special Interest 3.1 INPO is currently conducting a two week evaluation of the Peach Bottom facility during the period September 12 through 23.
In addition, a corporate evaluation will be performed October 3 through 7.
As part of this evaluation, INPO is performing simulator evaluations of two of the six Peach Bottom shif t crews.
The evaluation team consists of 28 INP0 and industry observers.
INP0 will nrovide the licensee with the results of their overall assessment during October.
3.2 On September 8, 1988, the licensee responded to the NRC proposed
$1,250,000 fine for failing to detect, report and deal with inattentive operators, and supervisors who condoned it.
The licensee agreed to pay the fine and not take action to protest or to request mitigation of the proposed penalty.
In addition, the licensed operators are currently responding to the NRC enforceinent actions against them.
It is the operators intent to admit to the violations and to oay the proposed fines.
4.0 Other Items of Interest 4.1 On September 1, 1988 at 3:30 p.m. an injured contaminated contractor employee was removed from the rite by ambulance. The contractor was i
F employed by Catalytic and was working in the Torus room.
The worker fell 20 feet from a platform and suffered a broken wrist and a facial cut. A sur"ey found 600 dmp contamination on his face.
The worker was escorted by Health Physics personnel in the ambulance bound for Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, Maryland. He was subsequently successfully decontaminated at the hospital.
4.2 At 9:48 a.m. on September 13, 1988, Unit 2 received a group II isolation. As a result, various valves closed and shutdown cooling isolated as designed.
The isolation was reset at 1:15 p.m., shut-down cooling was restored, and a four hour notification was made to the NRC at 1:33 p.m.
The cause of the isolation is under investigation.
The NRC is reviewing the event and will include the results of that review in a f uture inspection report.
5.0 NRC Activities During the Period 5.1 Three NRC Resident Inspectors and a regional inspector were assigned to monitor plant activities between August 29 and September 19, 1988.
These individuals consisted of the following:
Thomas P. Johnson
- Senior Resident Inspector Richard J. Urban
- Resident 7 spector Larry E. Myers
- Resident Inspector Jack Gadzala
- Reactor Engineer Areas inspected included operational safety, shutdown order commitments, radiation protection, physical security, control room activities and demeanor, reportable events, surveillance testing, outage activities, maintenance, and outstanding items.
5.2 NRC specialists were on site as follows:
Seven specialists reviewed emergency operating procedures during the period August 22 through September 2, 1988.
Four specialistt reviewed nonlicensed operator training and plant procedures during the period August 29 through September 2.
The results of these inspections will be the subject cf future NRC iispection reports.
5.3 The NRC conducted simulator training evaluations for three of the shift crews on the Peach Bottom simulator during the period.
The results of these evaluations will be the subject of a future inspection report.
5.4 Five specialist inspection reports wer e received during the period.
An inspection report (50-277/88-30; 50-278/88-30) conceening the licensee's response to masonry wall problems was issued un August 26, 1988.
The inspecticn was conducted frorr. August 15 to 19,1988.
One violation was issued.
An inspection report (50-277/88-23; 50-278/88-23) concerning the security program was issued on August 23, 1988.
The inspection was conducted June 27 tn 30, 1988. No violations were issued.
Two inspection reports (277/88-26; 278/88-26 and 277/88-31; 278/88-31) concerning the security program were issued on September 12, 1988.
The inspections were conducted July 25 to 29 and August 27 to 29, 1988.
Five violations were identified.
A licensed operator examination report (277/88-16; 278/88-16) was issued on Septembe: ?, 1988. One SRO candidate and seven R0 candidates passed this examination. One ree.ctor operator candidate failed the written examination and one reactor operator candidate failed the operating test.
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