ML20155D384
| ML20155D384 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Peach Bottom  |
| Issue date: | 10/28/1998 |
| From: | Anderson C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Rainey G PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20155D387 | List: |
| References | |
| RTR-REGGD-01.033, RTR-REGGD-1.033 50-277-98-01, 50-277-98-08, 50-277-98-1, 50-277-98-8, 50-278-98-01, 50-278-98-08, 50-278-98-1, 50-278-98-8, EA-98-410, NUDOCS 9811030208 | |
| Download: ML20155D384 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000277/1998008
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October 28, 1998
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Mr. G. Hainey, President
PECO Nuclear
Nuclear Group Headquarters
Correspondence Control Desk
P.O. Box 195
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087-0195
SUBJECT:
NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-277/98-08,50-278/98-08
Dear Mr. Ralaey:
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On September 21,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at the Peach Bottom Atomic
Power Station. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.
During the six-week period covered by this inspection period, your staff continued to
operate both units at the Peach Bottum Atomic Power Station safely. Operators in the
control room demonstrated very good communication practices during this inspection.
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Operators also showed very good questioning attitude while pursing a breaker problem and
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during the review of a surveillance procedure.
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Based on the results of this inspection, the NRC has determined that two violations of NRC
requirements occurred. These violations are cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation
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inspection report.
The first violation occurred when inadequate system restoration instructions in the reactor
water cleanup system operating procedure did not detect, on two occasions, valves that
were mispositioned in maintenance activities. The first occasion of mispositioned valves
caused a steam leak into a room outside of containment and an unplanned entry into
emergency operating procedures. The second occasion caused an unexpected engineered
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safety feature actuation (i.e. automatic system isolation). We determined that this
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violation was repetitive since the corrective actions for a prior plant status / configuration
control violation cited in NRC Inspection Report 50-277(278)/98-01 were not sufficient in
order to preclude this violation, in your response to this violation, please provide your
assessment as to why your corrective actions for the prior plant status / configuration
control violation were not effective to prevent this violation.
The cecond violation was identified by an NRC inspector and involved the failure of
radiation protection technicians to fully comply with a procedure associated with source
checking of instruments used to survey incoming shipments of radioactive material.
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The NRC has concluded that information regarding the reason for the second violation, and
the actions taken or planned to correct this violation and prevent recurrence is already
adequately addressed in this inspection report. Therefore, you are not required to respond
to this violation unless the descriptions in the referenced report do not accurately reflect
your corrective actions or your position, in that case, or if you choose to provide
additional information, you should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice.
The radwaste processing, handling, storage, and radioactive material transportation
programs, limited senior reactor operator requalification program, and construction of the
independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) were also inspected by Region I
specialists during this inspection period. We noted that radwaste processing, handling,
storage, and radioactive material transportation programs were effective. We concluded
that the limited senior reactor operator requalification program was good overall. We also
determined that construction activities on the east retaining wall of the ISFSI were
acceptable.
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).
We appreciate your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Original Signed by:
Clifford J. Anderson, Chief
Projects Branch 4
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos.: 50-277,50-278
Enclosures:
2. Inspection Report No. 50-277/98-08 and 50-278/98-08
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cc w/encls:
J. Hagan, Vice President, Nuclear Station Support
J. Doering, Vice President, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station
M. Warner, Plant Manager, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station
G. D. Edwards, Chairman, Nuclear Review Board
R. Boyce, Director, Nuclear Quality Assurance
A. F. Kirby,111, External Operations - Delmarva Power & Light Co.
G. J. Lengyel, Manager, Experience Assessment
J. W. Durham, Sr., Senior Vice President and General Counsel
T. M. Messick, Manager, Joint Generation, Atlantic Electric
W. T. Henrick, Manager, External Affairs, Public Service Electric & Gas
R. McLean, Power Plant Siting, Nuclear Evaluations
D. Levin, Acting Secretary of Harford County Council
R. Ochs, Maryland Safe Energy Coalition
J. H. Walter, Chief Engineer, Public Service Commission of Maryland
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Hiebert, Peach Bottom Alliance
Mr. & Mrs. Kip Adams
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
State of Maryland
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B. Boger, ADPR. NRR
J. Goldberg, OGC
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T. Walker, ORA
L. Manning, ORA
C. Anderson, DRP
D. Florek, DRP
S. Barr, DRP
R. Junod, DRP
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M. Ross-Lee, NMSS/SFPO
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