ML20196G298

Forwards Insp Rept 50-333/99-04 on 990412 to 0529.Violations Being Treated as non-cited Violations

ML20196G298
Person / Time
Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	06/18/1999
From:	Rogge J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Michael Colomb POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK
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ML20196G301	List: IR 05000333/1999004 ML20196G298
References
50-333-99-04, 50-333-99-4, NUDOCS 9907010121
Download: ML20196G298 (3)

See also: IR 05000333/1999004

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June 18, 1999

Mr. Michael J. Colomb

' Site Executive Officer

New York Power Authority-

' James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant

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Post Office Box 41-

Lycoming, New York 13093 '

SUBJECT: NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-333/99-04

Dear Mr. Colomb:

On May 29,1999, the NRC completed an inspection at the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power

Plant. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.

During the seven-week inspection period covered by this report, the facility was operated safely.

A power reduction followed by single loop operation was appropriately planned and executed by

your staff. In addition, your staff took appropriate actions upon discovery of a condition that

rendered the RCIC system inoperable including restoring the system and verifying the extent of

condition. However, the NRC identified that the post event operability determination did not

correctly assess the operability status of the reactor core isolation cooling system. To address

this matter, your staff has revised the affected operability determination and has agreed to report

this matter in accordance with 10 CFR 50.73.

Based on the results of this inspection, the NRC has determined that two Severity Level IV

- violations of NRC requirements occurred. These violations are being treated as Non-Cited

Violations (NCVs), consistent with Appendix C of the Enforcement Policy. ' The NCVs involved:

- (1) the failure to properly clear protective tags during the refueling outage, resulting in the

reactor core isolation (RCIC) system being inoperable for almost four months; and (2) the

' identification that the as-found setpoints for the suppression chamber to reactor building vacuum

breaker isolation valves were outside of the acceptable tolerance. The NCVs are described in

'the subject inspection report. If you contest the violation or severity level of these NCVs, you

- should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this inspection report, with the basis for

your denial, to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk,

Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, with copies to the Regional Administrator, Region I, and the

Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,

D.C. 20555-0001; and the NRC Resident inspector at the FitzPatrick facility.

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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

enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room. Should you have any questions

regarding this report, please contact me at 610-337-5146.

. Sincerely,

Original Signed by:

John F. Rogge, Chief

Projects Branch 2

Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosure: Inspection Report 50-333/99-04 -

cc w/ encl:

C. D. Rappleyea, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

E. Zeitmann, President and Chief Operating Officer

R. Hiney, Executive Vice President for Project Operations

J. Knubel, Chief Nuclear Officer and Senior Vice President

H. P. Salmon, Jr., Vice President of Engineering

W. Josiger, Vice President - Engineering and Project Management

J. Kelly, Director - Regulatory Affairs and Special Projects

T. Dougherty, Vice President - Nuclear Engineering

R. Deasy, Vice President - Appraisal and Compliance Services

' R. Patch, Director - Quality Assurance

G. C. Goldstein,- Assistant General Counsel

C. D. Faison, Director, Nuclear Licensing, NYPA

G. Tasick, Licensing Manager

T. Morra, Executive Chair, Four County Nuclear Safety Committee

Supervisor, Town of Scriba

C. Donaldson, Esquire, Assistant Attorney General, New York Department of Law

P. Eddy, Electric Division, Department of Public Service, State of New York

G. T. Goering, Consultant, New York Power Authority

J. E. Gagliardo, Consultant, New York Power Authority

E. S. Beckjord, Consultant, New York Power Authority

F. William Valentino, President, New York State Energy Research

and Development Authority

J. Spath, Program Director, New York State Energy Research

and Development Authority '

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Michael J. Colomb 3

Distribution w/ encl:

H. Miller, RA/J. Wiggins, DRA (1)

Nuclear Safety information Center (NSIC)

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NRC Resident inspector

Region i Docket Room (with concurrences)

J. Rogge, DRP '

R. Barkley, DRP

S. Barber, DRP

R. Junod, DRP

Distribution w/ encl: (VIA E-MAIL)

J. Shackelford, Acting RI EDO Coordinator

E. Adentam, NRR

J. Williams, NRR

M. Campion, RI

inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)

R. Correia, NRR

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