ML20202D879

Forwards Safety Insp Rept 50-354/86-27 on 860519-30 & Notice of Violation.Description of Method to Improve Timeliness of QA Corrective Actions Requested

ML20202D879
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	07/09/1986
From:	Ebneter S NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Corbin McNeil Public Service Enterprise Group
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ML20202D883	List: ML20202D879 ML20202D897 ML20202D930
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NUDOCS 8607140239
Download: ML20202D879 (2)

See also: IR 05000354/1986027

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Docket No. 50-354 License No. NPF-50

Public Service Electric & Gas Campany

ATTN: Mr. C. A. McNeill, Jr.

Vice President - Nuclear

Post Office Box 236

Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038

Gentlemen:

Subject: Inspection Report No. 50-354/86-27

This refers to the routine safety inspection conducted by Mr. D. Florek of this

office on May 19-30, 1986, at the Hope Creek Generating Station, Unit 1,

Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey, of activities authorized by NRC License No. NPF-50

and to the discussions of our findings held by Mr. L. Wink with Mr. S. LaBruna

at the conclusion of the inspection.

Areas examined during this inspection are described in the NRC Region I

Inspection Report which is enclosed with this letter. Within these areas, the

inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures and representative

records, interviews with personnel, and observations by the inspector.

Based on the results of t.his inspection, it appears that one of your activities

was not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements, as set forth in the

Notice of Violation, enclosed herewith as Appendix A. This violation has been

categorized by severity level in accordance with the revised NRC Enforcement

Policy (10 CFR 2,' Appendix C) published in the Federal Register Notice (49 FR

8583) dated March 8, 1984. You are required to respond to this letter and in

preparing your response, you should follow the instructions in Appendix A.

This violation pertained to the use of on-the-spot changes in a manner that

was in conflict with the Hope Creek Final Safety Analysis Report and the Tech-

nical Specifications. We note that this practice was established in a memoran-

dum from one of your department managers. Also, a Corrective Action Report

issued against this practice by your Quality Assurance organization did not

result in a timely termination of this practice. Consequently, in your reply

you should describe, in particular, those actions taken or planned to improve

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the timeliness of your staff's quality assurance corrective actions.

The responses directed by this letter and the accompanying Notice are not sub-

ject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as re-

quired by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.

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Your cooperation with us in this matter is appreciated.

Sincerely,

Origina1 Signed By t

Lee H. Bettenhausen

Stewart D. Ebneter, Director

Division of Reactor Safety

Enclosures:

1. Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2. NRC Region I Inspection Report Number 50-354/86-27

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P. R. H. Landrieu, Vice President - Engineering (Newark)

R. S. Salvesen, General Manager, Hope Creek Operations

A. E. Giardino, Manager, Station Quality Assurance

R. L. Mitti, General Manager, Nuclear Assurance and Regulation

W. H. Hirst, Manager, Joint Generation Projects Department,

Atlantic Electric Company

L. A. Reiter, General Manager - Licensing and Reliability

Rebecca A. Green, Bureau of Radiation Protection

Public Document Room (PDR)

, Local Public Document Room (LPDR)

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

NRC Resident Inspector

State of New Jersey

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