ML20203E923
| ML20203E923 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | FitzPatrick  |
| Issue date: | 02/10/1999 |
| From: | Rogge J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Michael Colomb POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20203E927 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-333-98-08, 50-333-98-8, NUDOCS 9902170348 | |
| Download: ML20203E923 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000333/1998008
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Mr. Michael J. Colomb
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SUBJECT:
NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-333/98-08
Dear Mr. Colomb:
This letter refers to the safety inspections conducted on November 22,1998, through
January 10,1999, at the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear facility. The inspections were performed
by the resident inspectors and regional specialists. The enclosed report presents the results of
those inspections.
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During the inspection period you completed the refueling outage and returned the reactor to
operation. Your conduct of these activities was generally characterized by safety-conscious
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operations, sound engineering and maintenance practices, and careful radiological work
controls. However, the evolution of draining the reactor cavity without any emergency core
cooling systems (ECCS) operable, and the subsequent uncontrolled loss of 100 inches
(15,000 gallons) of reactor water level due to reliance on a level indication that was undergoing
maintenance, are examples of non-conservative planning and scheduling regarding readiness
to respond to an inadvertent reactor vessel draindown. Once our concerns with the draining
evolution were brought to your attention, you took appropriate action to stop the evolution and
restore sufficient ECCS to an operable status prior to proceeding. The NRC is continuing to
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review the events and willinform you of the results of our review.
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. Should you have any questions
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regarding this report, please contact Mr. John Rogge at 610-337-5146.
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Projects Branch 2
Division of Reactor Projects
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C. D.' Rappleyea, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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H. P. Salmon, Jr., Vice President of Engineering
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G. T. Goering,~ Consultant, New York Power Authority
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