ML20198C683

Summary of 910621 Public Meeting at Science & Nature Ctr, Seabrook,Nh Re Weld Radiographic Concerns

ML20198C683
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Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	06/26/1991
From:	Hodges M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Feigenbaum T PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
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. . . - . . l June 26,1991 Docket No. 50-443 Mr. Ted C. Feigenbaum President and Chief Executive Officer New Hampshire Yankee Division Public Service Company of New Hampshire Post Office Box 300 Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874

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Summary of Meedng on Radiographic Concerns A meeting was held on June 21,1991, at the Science and Nature Center, Seabrook Station, Seabrook, New Hampshire, to conclude an inspection and conduct an exit mee'ing on weld radiograph concerns. The meeting was attended by members of the press and the general public. It followed a review, by two NRC contract Level III NDE radiographers and the Region I Level III NDE radiographer, of eleven radiographic packages which had previously been identified as having the potential to jeopardize ASME code compliance. Your staff described their position on the acceptability of each of the radiographs in question, and concluded that all eleven radiograpic packages met code requirements. The NRC staff then caucused and reached a conclusion on the acceptability of the radiographs.

The NRC staff provided the following findings at the exit:  ;

I i Six of the eleven radiographs do not comply with the ASME code (1977 Edition of ASME Section III up through and including the Winter 1977 Addenda). These

! packages were found unacceptable because of lack of 4-T sensitivity or density range sensitivity in the radiographs.

The question of acceptability of one rad.ograph package remains unresolved. The sensitivity of the radiographs in that package was adequate and no rejectable flaws were found. However, it appeared that the radiographic technique was changed between radiographs in the package and the change was not reflected in the documentation.

The remaining four radiographic packages were code acceptable.

None of the radiographs showed indication of unacceptable welds.

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Mr. Ted C. Feigenbaum 2 June 26,1991 New Hampshire Yankee has agreed to provide a written response to issues raised in the meeting within two weeks.

Details of staff concerns on the radiographs will be found in Inspection Report No.

50-443/91-12 when it is issued.

A list of licensee and NRC attendees is attached.

Sincerely, Original Signed By:

Marvin W. Hodges Marvin W. Hodges, Director Division of Reactor Safety

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Meeting Attendees J. Sniezek, EDO T. Martin, RI L. E. Maglathlin, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, PSNH Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, NHY J. M. Peschel, Regulatory Compliance Manager, NHY R. M. Kacich, Manager of Generation Facilities Licensing, NUSCO J. F. Opeka, Executive Vice President, NU G. Garfield, Esquire D. W. Moody, Station Manager, NHY T. Harpster, Director of Licensing Semees R. Hallisey, Director, Dept. of Public Healtit, Corrmonwealth of Massachusetts S. Woodhouse, Legislative Assistant Public Document Room (PDR)

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JUNE 21,1991 NAME ORGANILAU10E 'l ITIE Wayne ikxiges NI(C/ Region i Director, Reactor Safety Michael Modes NRC/ Region I Chief, NDE David C. Wiggins Tet, Inc. NDE Level 111 Ebc C. McCabe NRC/ Region 1 Chief, RPS-3B Tony Cerne NRC/ Region I SRI - Construction I Ed Martindale NRC Consultant George Georgiev NRC/NRR Senior Engineer Noel Dudley NRC/ Region i SRI - OPS Dick Wessman NRC/NRR Director, PDl-3 l Ken Brockman NRC/ DEDO Regional Coordinator Philip Joukoff NRC/OI investigator Kent Walker NRC/OIG Special Agent Frank Forgione NRC/OlO Special Agent lielmut Thicisch Thi.: Isch Engrg. Assoc. President Gerald F. Mcdonald Yankee Atomic Electric Co. QA Manager Philip A. Oikle Yankee Atomic lilectric Co. NDE Ixvel til

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NAMF ORGANIZATION TITI.E Terry Harpster NHY Director of Licensing Sen> ices Neal A. Pillsbury NiiY Director of Quality Programs Bruce L. Dranbridge NHY Exec. Dir. of Nuclear Production Don Moody NHY Station Manager Richard C. Julian NHY/YAEC QAE/NDE Bill Weseman Thicisch Engrg. Assoc. NDE Supervisor E. W. Desmarais NHY IRT Manager G. F. Sessler NHY Sr. Project Engr.

[ W. A. Graeme, Jr. E. I. Dupont Business Manager .

W. J. Gagnon MHY EAR Program -

Manager i J. M. Grillo NHY Operations Manager R. J. Faix NHY/ Westinghouse Sr. Engineer J. E. Sobotica NHY Reg, Compliance Engineer R. K. Gadky Ropes & Gray I

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SEABROOK HEARING SERVICE LIST Robert A. Backus, Esq. Administrative Judge Backus, Meyer and Solomon Howard A. Wilber 116 Lowell Street Atomic Safety and Licensing Manchester, New Hampshire 03106 Appeal Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

. Washington, D.C. 2C555 Ms. Suzanne Breiseth Administrative Judge Board of Selectmen Thomas S. Moore, Esq.

Town of Hampton Falls Atomic Safety and Licensing Drintwater Road Appeal Board Hampton Falls, New Hampshire 03844 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Mr. R. Sweeney R. Scott Hill-Whilton, Esq.

New Hampshire Yankee Division Lagoulis, Clark, Hill-Whilton Public Service Company of New Hampshire and Rotondi Suite 610, Three Metro Center 79 State Street Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Nenbaryport, Massachusetts 01950 Administrative Judge Jane Spector Alan S. Rosenthal, Chairman Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ,

Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board 825 North Capitol Street, N.E.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Room 8105 Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20426 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mr. George L. Iverson, Director U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission New Hampshire Office of Emergency Washington, D.C. 20555 Management State Office Park South 107 Pleasant Street Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Paul McEachern, Esq.

25 Maplewood Avenue Administrative Judge P. O. Box 60 G. Paul Bollwerk, 111 Chairman Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801 Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Jack Dolan Diane Curran, Esq.

Federal Emergency Management Agency Harmon, Curran, & Tousley 442 J. W. McCormack (POCH) 2001 S Street, N.W.

Boston, Massachusetts 02109 Suite 430 Washington, D.C. 20009 Gerald Garfield, Esq. Ashad N. Amirian, Esq.

Day, Berry and howard 145 Vain Street City Place P 0. Bor 3B Hartford, Connecticut 06103-3499 Bractord, Massachusetts 01835

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s SEABROOK HEARING SERVICE LIST (Cont'dJ Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Congressman Nicholas Mavroules 5 Market Street U.S. House of Representatives Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801 70 Washington Street Salem, Massachusetts 01970 Administrative Judge Mr. J. F. Opeka Ivan W. Smith, ihairman (2) Northeast Utilities Service Company Atomic Safety and Licensing Board P. O. Box 270 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0276 Washington, D.C. 20555 Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Kenneth A. McCollom Appeal Board 1107 West Knapp Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Stillwater, Oklahoma 74057 Washington, D.C. 20555 Adjudicatory File (2) Resident Inspector Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Panel Docket Seabrook Nuclear Power Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Box 1149 Washington, D.C. 20555 .

Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Administrative Judge Mr. T. L. Harpster Richard F. Cole Public Service Company of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board New Hampsnire U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 300 Washington, D.C. 20555 Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Barbara J. Saint Andre, Esq. Regional Administrator, Region 1 Kopleman and Paige, P.C. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Counsel for Amesbury, Newburyport, 475 Allendale Road and Salisbury King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 77 Franklin Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Mr. R. M. Kacich Mr. Leon Maglathlin Northeast Utilities Service Company Public Service Company of P. O. Box 270 New Hampshire Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270 1000 Elm Street Manchester, New Hampshire 03105 John P. Arnold, Attorney General Mr. J. M. Peschel George Dana Bisbee, Associate Public Service Company of Attorney General New Hampshire Attorney General's Office P. O. Box 300 25 Capitol Street Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874

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Thomas Dignan, Esq. Town of Exeter John A. Ritscher, Esq. 10 Front Street Ropes and Gray Exeter, New Hampshire 03823 One International Place .

Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2C?4 .

I Mr. Peter Brann Office of the Attorney General i Assistant Attorney General One Ashburton Place l State House, Station #6 20th Floor Augusta, Maine 04333 Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Chairman, Board of Selectmen Mr. A. David Rodham, Director RFD 2 Massachusetts Civil Defense Agency South Hampton, New Hampshire 01950 400 Worchester Road P 0. Box 1496 Framingham, Massachusetts 01701 ATTN: James Mutierheide Dr. Mauray Tye, President Mr. Alfred V. Sargent Sun -Yalley Association Chairman, Board of Selectmen ,

209 Summer Street Salisbury, Massachusetts 01960 Haverhill, Massachusetts 01830 Durham Board of Selectmen Board of Selectmen Town of Durham lawn of Amesbury Durham, New Hampshire 03824 Town Hall Amesbury, Massachusetts 01913

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