ML20196J552
| ML20196J552 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 03/04/1988 |
| From: | Blough A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Wiggins J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8803140387 | |
| Download: ML20196J552 (7) | |
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MAR 041988 Docket No. 50-293 MEMORANDUM FOR: James T. Wiggins, Chief Reactor Projects Branch No. 3 FROM:
A. Randy Blough, Chief Reactor Projects Section No. 3B
SUBJECT:
PILGRIM STATUS REPORT FOR THE PERIOD FEBRUARY 13-26, 1988 Enclosed is the Pilgrim bi-weekly status report from the NRC Resident Office at Pilgrim.
Three resident inspectors and a region-based inspector monitored activities at the pla;it during the report period. On February 17, 1988, senior management representatives from both NRC Region I and NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) were onsite and met with the resident inspectors. On February 18, 1988, NRC conducted public meetings at the Plymouth Memorial Hall, in Plymouth, Massachusetts to receive public comments on the Boston Edison's Pilgrim Restart Plan.
The 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.
Nb.Uck Hn;;M y 2 A. Randy Blough, Chief Reactor Projects Section No. 38 l
Enclosure:
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F ENCLOSURE 1
PILGRIM STATUS REPORT FOR THE PERIOD FEBRUARY 13-26, 1988 1.0 Plant Status As of 8:00 a.m. on February 26, 1988, the reactor was in cold shutdown mode with moderator temperature about 96 degrees Fahrenheit.
2.0 Facility Operations Summary The plant has been shutdown for maintenance and to make program improve-ments since April 12, 1986.
The reactor core was completely defueled on February 13, 1987 to facilitate extensive maintenance and modification of plant equipment.
The licensee completed fuel reload on October 14, 1987.
Reinsta11ation of the reactor vessel internal components and the vessel head was followed by completion of the reactor vessel hydrostatic test.
The primary containment integrated leak rate. test was also completed during the week of December 21, 1987.
During this report period, the licensee continued with the post modifica-tion / maintenance testing of plant equipment.
Some of the major ongoing projects include process computer tie-ins, hydrogen water chemistry system pre-operational testing, and load testing of the third emergency diesel generator.
3.0 Items of Special Interest NRC Public Meetings to Receive Comments on BECo's Pilgrim Restart Plan The NRC held meetings to receive public comments on the Pilgrim Restart Plan in Plymouth, Massachusetts on February 18, 1988.
The meetings took place in the town's Memorial Hall from 1:00 p.m.
to 4:00 p.m., and from 7:00 p.m.
to 10:00 p.m.
State and local officials, and private citizens were invited to comment on the plan or to submit comments in writing.
The meetings were formal, transcribed sessions where the public's testimony was heard by the panel of NRC management.
The panel consisted of Mr. Samuel J. Collins, Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Projects, NRC-Region I,
Dr. Ronald R. Bellamy, Chief, Emergency Preparedness and Radiological Protection Branch, NRC-Region I, Mr. A. Randy Blough, Chief, Reactor Projects Section 3B, NRC-Region I and Mr. Richard M. Wessman, Director, Reactor Projects Directorate I-3, NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR).
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Enclosure 2
Early on February 18, 1988, the Massachusetts Attorney General announced during a press conference that he and the Governor would not support or attend the meetings.
Prior to that, NRC had expected and desired the Commonwealth to participate.
NRC Region I had sent a letter to the State Liaison Officer (i.e.,
the individual within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts government designated by the _ Governor to be the primary point of contact with NRC) in early November requesting cooperation and advice regarding meeting location and schedule.
On January 4,1988, the Commonwealth replied by letter, reiterating earlier demands for an adjudi-catory hearing, but stating that the Commonwealth would participate in the meetings so long as the Commonwealth received written assurance that such participation would not be relied upon or cited as a waiver of the Commonwealth's demand for an adjudicatory hearing.
NRC Region I endea-vored to provide that assurance in a January 15, 1988 letter, which stated, "Your support of these meetings is separate from and does not constitute a
waiver of any rights related to the Commonwealth's October 15, 1987 Petition for a formal adjudicatory hearing."
Written comments from those unable to attend the.meetirgs may be mailed to Mr. A. Randy Blough, U.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406.
NRC has been asked how it will handle comments received af ter the established deadline of February 25. Based on the current projections, any written comments received by March 11, 1988 will be incorporated into the current staf f review.
Comments received af ter that date will be evaluated and reviewed separately on a schedule and priority consistent with their potential safety significance. The NRC considers it an important part of its job to respond appropriately to legitimate safety concerns raised at any time.
The transcrip+ of the meetings will be placed in local public libraries for public 4.
NRC plans to hold one or more follow up public meeting to explain s
'.RC response to the pcblic comments.
These followup meet-ings would occv after the staff has evaluated the comments and decided on the appropriate response actions, but prior to a staff recommendation to the full Commission regarding plant restart.
NRC Assessment Fanel Meeting On February 17, 1988, members of NRC management from Region I and NRR were onsite and discussed restart inspection plans with the NRC resident staff.
The NRC Assessment Panel meets periodically to coordinate the planning and execution of NRC inspection and licensing activities related to Pilgrim.
The panel is chaired by Mr. Samuel J. Collins, Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Projects, NRC-Region I.
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O Enclosure 3
In developing a coordinated program to assess licensee performance, the restart assessment panel has recommended the following actions and they have been subsequently approved by the Regional Administrator, NRC-Region I:
The restart assessment report will contain detailed assessments using a Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) like method-ology of those problem areas recognized as needing improvement and evaluation prior to plant restart.
Performance in other applicable SALP functional areas will also be assessed but in less detail.
The current assessment period for a full SALP board assessment of Pilgrim will be an eighteen month period of 2/1/87 - 7/31/88.. This extenced assessment period will provide for a meaningful evaluation of licensee actions in conjunction with its approach to readiness for plant restart and, if restart is authorized, a period of licensee operation.
The SALP schedule allows the assessment panel to focus its efforts in the next few months on continuing evaluation of licensee improvement programs and to finalize its evaluation of Boston Edison's Restart Plan (including consideration of public comments).
Management Meeting On February 24, 1988, a publicly-noticed management meeting was held between NRC and Boston Edison Company (BECo) officials at the NRC offices in King of Prussia, PA.
The Commonwealth of Mcssachusetts Office of Public Safety and the Office of the State Senator William Golden monitored the meeting via telephone conference.
BECo senior management presented its "self assessment process" designed to determine readiness for reques-ting restart.
The minutes of this meeting will be documented in NRC Report No. 50-293/88-10.
4.0 Emergency Notification System (ENS) Report During this period, the licensee made the following reports to the NRC pursuant to 10 CFR 50.72:
On February 23, 1988, at about 10:00 a.m.,
the licensee identified two scram discharge volume (SDV) isolation talves which failed to close within the required time.
As part of the reactor protection system, SDV vent and drain valves are required by the station technical specifications to close on a reactor scram signal within 30 seconds.
SDV vent valve CV302-23A closed in 90 seconds and drain valve CV302-D closed in 45 seconds.
The average closing time for the remaining operable valves on the SDV was 9 seconds.
There are four drain and four vent valves on the SDV.
The licensee's evaluation and corrective actions will be documented in Inspection Report No. 50-293/88-07.
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On February 23, 1988, at 2:24 p.m., the licensee experienced inadver-tent isolation of all inboard secondary containment dampers, an auto-matic start of the "A" standby gas treatment system, and an isolation of the inboard RHR to Radwaste primary containment isolation valve.
The observed actuations occurred during a relay coil replacement in the RHR to Radwaste primary containment isolation logic circuit. It appears that the licensee failed to fully identify the effect of deenergizing the circuit. The fuse was reinserted and the actuations cleared a short time later.
The inspector's review of this event will be further discussed in Inspection Report No. 50-293/88-07.
On February 26, 1988, at 1:10 p.m.,
the control room received spurious automatic closure of the outcoaio containment isolation valve un the reactor water cleanup system.
The licensee is in the process of investigating the cause of the actuation.
The inspector's review of this event will be further discussed in Inspection Report No. 50-293/88-07.
5.0 NRC Staff Status During the Period The inspection staff at Pilgrim during the report period consisted of the following:
Clay Warren Senior Resident Inspectar Jeffrey Lyash Resident Inspector Tae Kim Resident Inspector In addition, one regional specialist inspector was onsite during the week of February 22, 1988 to review the adequacy of the licensee's emergency notification system.
The results of this inspection will be documented in NRC Inspection Report 50-293/88-09.
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