ML20198C113

Forwards Insp Rept 50-443/98-09 on 981004-1114 & Notice of Violation.Nrc Identified That Safety Equipment Removed from Service at Beginning of Forced Outage Without Appropriate Monitoring of Status of Equipment as Required

ML20198C113
Person / Time
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)
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ML20198C119	List: IR 05000443/1998009 ML20198C113 ML20198C144
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 I

Dear Mr. Feigenbaum:

On November 14,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at Seabrook Station. The

enclosed report contains the details of that inspection.

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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: 1. Notice Of Violation

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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