ML20199L165
| ML20199L165 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 04/02/1986 |
| From: | Starostecki R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Harrington W BOSTON EDISON CO. |
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| NUDOCS 8604100305 | |
| Download: ML20199L165 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000293/1986006
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APR 0 21956
Docket No. 50-293
Boston Edison Company M/C Nuclear
ATTH:
Mr. William D. Harrington
Senior Vice President, Nuclear
800 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
Gentlemen:
Subject:
Inspection Report No. 50-293/86-06
During the period from February 18, 1986 to March 7, 1986 eignt memoers of a Region
I team conducted a special safety inspection of operational and other activities
at your facility.
The results of this inspection are documented in the enclosed
inspection report.
At the conclusion of the inspection, Mr. E. Wenzinger of my
staff summrized the inspection findings for you and other members of your staff.
We identified no items adverse to nuclear safety.
However, there was one violation
of NRC requirements as discussed in the enclosed Notice of Violation.
The overall objective of the team inspection was to obtain a more complete under-
standing of the underlying reasons for the poor performance described in the most
recent SALP report and to ascertain whether they could have an adverse impact on
the safety uf plant operations.
In addition, the inspection was to assess whether
corrective action programs now in place are properly structured and focused to
achieve the necessary improvements.
In this, as in every inspection conducted by Region I, we assessed whether the
facility is being operated safely.
This aspect of the inspection took on special
significance in light of poor SALP results.
Durirj the inspection, we found no
evidence that the plant was being operated unsafely.
Plant operators were found
to be both knowledgeable and conscious of nuclear safety.
Other plant workers and
first line supervisors also had good attitudes towards nuclear safety.
Notwith-
standing this conclusion, we believe that substantial improvements are necessary
at your f acility before Region I inspection activities can be reduced.
This con-
firms the conclusions reached during the recent 1985 SALP report.
We believe that the corrective action programs you now have in place have the
potential for achieving the necessary improvements.
However, there are four prin-
cipal factors that are inhibiting progress in these programs and in identifying
and correcting other weaknesses.
These are: (1) incomplete staffing, in particular
operators and key mid-level supervisory personnel, (2) a prevailing view in the
organization that the improvements made to date have corrected the problems,
(3) reluctance, by management, to acknowledge some problems identified by the NRC,
and (4) dependence on third parties to identify problems rather than implementing
an effective program for self-identification of weaknesses.
These four factors
must, in our view, be corrected in order to achieve future improvement and the
maximum benefit from your corrective action programs.
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We have discussed the problems outlined in this report with you at a meeting on
Narch 25, 1986.
We found this meeting useful and believe your planned corrective
actions should help resolve our concerns.
In your response to the attached Notice of Violation, please also respond to the
items ident'ified as licensee commitment items in the attached report.
The responses directed by this letter and the ac' companying Notice are not subject
to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.
Your cooperation with us is appreciated.
Sincerely,
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Richard Starostecki, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Enclosures:
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Appenriix A, Notice of Violation
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NRC Region I Inspection Report No. 50-293/86-05
cc w/ encl:
L. Oxsen, Vice President, Nuclear Operations
C. J. Mathis, Station Manager
Joanne Shotwell, Assistant Attorney General
Paul Levy, Chairman, Department of Public Utilities
Plymouth Board of Selectmen
Plymouth Civil Defense Director
Senator Edward P. Kirby
Public Document Room (PDR)
local Public Document Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident Inspector
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2)
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