ML20202G574
| ML20202G574 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 02/09/1998 |
| From: | Ruland W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Bowling M, Loftus P NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20202G578 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-336-97-84, 50-423-97-84, NUDOCS 9802200172 | |
| Download: ML20202G574 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000336/1997084
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February 9, 1998
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Mr. M. L. Bowling, Recovery Officer, Unit 2
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Dear Mr. Bowling:
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SUBJECT: NRC COMBINED INSPECTION 50 336/97 84:50 423/97 84
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On September 19,1997, the NRC completed an inspection at your Millstone 2 & 3 reactor
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facilities. The enclosed report presents the resulte of that inspection.
As documented in the enclosed report, the implementation of your Unit 3 licensing
commitment to specify fire protection actions in the emergency procedures has been
ineffective. We also found your testing of fire-related safe shutdown components to be
inadequate, equipment testing had not been performed, equipment modifications had not
been completed. and that not all the safe shutdown modifications had been approved by
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your Plant Operations Review Committee.
Our inspection also determined that your own audits found significant problems. We
agrend with the conclusions of your own Nuclear Oversight Audit Package
A24057/A1t5119,which stated "...there is a lack of attention to the Fire Pretection
Program at Millstone," arid further concluded "...it cannot be established that Unit 3 could
perform a safe shutdown."
We note that you have initiated corrective actions for a number of the fire protection
problerns you have identified, and that you still have some fire protection problems under
evaluation. These issues will be identified as unresolved matters in our report and will be
evaluated later under NRC's Enforcement Policy.
We found that you have taken several positive initiatives regarding the fire protection
program with the recent approval and issuance of the Unit 3 safe shutdown equipment
surveillance test procedures and the revised fire protection program manual.
The significant issues list item regarding fire protection will remain open pending an
additional alternate safe shutdown program review by NRC prior to unit start up.
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in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter
and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).
Sincerely,
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:
William H. Ruland, Chief
Electrical Engineering Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
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Docket Nos. 50 336,50-423
Enclosure: NRC Combined Inspection Report 50 336/97.d4:50 423/97 84
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B. Kenyon, President and Chief Executive Officer
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M. H. Brothers, Vice President Operations
J. McElwain, Unit 1 Recovery Officer
D. M. Goebel, Vice President, Nuclear Oversight
G. D. Hicks, Unit Director Millstone Unit 3
J. A. Price, Unit Direptor Millstone Unit 2
D.- Amerine, Vice President for Engineering and Support Services
P. D. Hinnenkamp, Director, Unit 1 Operations
F. C. Rothen, Vice President, Work Services
R. Johannes, Director Nuclear Treining
S. J. Sherman, Audits and Evaluation -
L. M. Cuoco, Esquire
J. R. Egan, Esquire
V. Juliano, Waterford Library
J. Buckingham, Department of Public Utility Control
S. B. Comley, We The People
State of Connecticut SLO Designee
D. Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN)
R. Bassilakis, CAN
J. M. Block, Attorney, CAN
S. P. Luxton, Citizens Regulatory Commission (CRC)
Representative T. Concannon
E. Woollacott, Co Chairman, NEAC
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Dlatribution w/ encl:
Region l Docket Room (with gony. of concurrences)
Nuclear Safety information Center (NSIC)
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FILE CENTER, NRR (with DIlainal concurrences)
NRC Resident inspector
H. Miller, RA/W. Axelson, DRA, ORA
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B. Jones, PIMB/ DISP
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M. Kalamon, SPO, Rl
W. Lanning, Deputy Director of Inspections, SPO, RI
W. Travers, Director, SPO, NRR
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W. Ruland, DRS
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J. Durr, DRP
R. Fuhrmeister, DRS
D. Vito, ORA
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M. Callahan, OCA
R. Corrola, NRR
B. McCabe, OEDO
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G. imbro, Deputy Director of ICAVP Oversight, SPO, NRR
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P. McKee, Deputy Director of Licensing, SPO, NRR
S. Reynolds, Chief, ICAVP Oversight, SPO, NRR
D. Screnci, PAO
Inspection Program Branch (IPAS)
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