ML20198C113
| ML20198C113 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 12/11/1998 |
| From: | Cowgill C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Feigenbaum T NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP. (NAESCO) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20198C119 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-443-98-09, 50-443-98-9, NUDOCS 9812210307 | |
| Download: ML20198C113 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000443/1998009
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December 11,1998
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Mr. T. C. Feigenbaum
Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer
Seabrook Station
North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation
c/o Mr. Terry L. Harpster
P. O. Box 300
Seabrook, NH 03874
SUBJECT:
NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-443/98-09
Dear Mr. Feigenbaum:
On November 14,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at Seabrook Station. The
enclosed report contains the details of that inspection.
The plant was operated safely during the period. Engineering provided good support to
identify and respond to an elevated temperature condition on the low voltage bus to the
generator step-up transformer. Maintenance activities were performed well. Corrective
actions were implemented to address check valve leakage on the emergency feedwater
and safety injection systems, however, we note that the long term resolution of these
problems is under development.
You established, implememed, and maintained an effective radiation monitoring system
program, an effective ventilation system surveillance program, an effective quality control
program to validate measurement results for radioactive effluent samples, and conducted
an effective quality assurance audit of the radioactive effluents control program,
in contrast to the otherwise good performance, the NRC identified that safety equipment
was removed from service at the beginning of the forced outage without appropriate
monitoring of the status of the equipment as required by your administrative procedures.
This issue is a violation of NRC requirements as detailed in the attached Notice of
Violation,
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This violation was corrected during the inspection period. A description of the violation
and the corrective actions are contained in the enclosed inspection report details. Since
the corrective actions are already described on the docket. Therefore, you are not required
to respond to this letter unless the description in the enclosed report does not accurately
reflect your corrective actions or your position. In that case, or if you chose to provide
additional information, you should follow the instructions in the enclosed notice.
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in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practices," a copy of this letter
and its enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
Sincerely,
Original Signed By:
Curtis J. Cowgill, Chief
Projects Branch 5
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket No. 50-443
License No: NPF-86
Enclosure:
2. NRC Inspection Report No. 50-443/98-09
cc w/ encl:
B. D. Kenyon, President - Nuclear Group
J. S. Streeter, Recovery Officer - Nuclear Oversight
W. A. DiProfio, Station Director - Seabrook Station
R. E. Hickok, Nuclear Training Manager - Seabrook Station
D. E. Carriere, Director, Production Services
L. M. Cuoco, Senior Nuclear Counsel
W. Fogg, Director, New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management
D. C. McElhinney, RAC Chairman, FEMA Rl, Boston, Mass.
R. Backus, Esquire, Backus, Meyer and Solomon, New Hampshire
D. Brown-Couturo, Director, Nuclear Safety,' Massachusetts Emergency
Management Agency
F. W. Getman, Jr., Vice President and General Counsel - Great Bay Power
Corporation
R. Hallisey, Director, Dept. of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts'
Seacoast Anti-Pollution League
D. Tefft, Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire
S. Comley, Executive Director, We the People of the United States
W. Meinert, Nuclear Engineer
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