ML20204J613

Forwards Insp Rept 50-293/85-03 on 850201-0304 & Notice of Violation

ML20204J613
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Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	04/11/1985
From:	Starostecki R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Harrington W BOSTON EDISON CO.
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APR 111985

Docket No. 50-293

Boston Edison Company M/C Nuclear

ATTN: Mr. William D. Harrington

Senior Vice President, Nuclear

800 Boylston Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02199

Gentlemen:

Subject: Inspection No. 50-293/85-33

This refers to the routine safety inspection conducted by Messrs. J. Johnson,

M. McBride and others of this office on February 1, 1985 to March 4, 1985 at the

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Plymouth, Massachusetts, of activities authorized

by NRC License No. DPR-35 and to the discussions of our findings held by Mr.

J. Johnson with Mr. C. Mathis and other member:; of your staff periodically during

the inspection and 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 con-

sisted of selective examinations of procedures and representative records, inter-

views with personnel, and observations by the inspector.

Based on the results of this inspection, it appears that certain of your activities

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

Notice of Violation, enclosed herewith as Appendix A. These violations have 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.

We are concerned that Violations A and B indicate that potentially serious

program weaknesses are present in your surveillance program. These weaknesses

include the failure te properly schedule and track a number of surveillance

tests during the startup sequence in December 1984 and January 1985, failure to

take timely correctivt- actions to surveillance testing problems indicated

during a QA audit, and failure to conduct a thorough followup investigation on

the missed surveillances. We have cited item 4 in Violation A and item 3 in

Violation B despite the fact that you identified these items, because your

corrective actions were not timely in the first instance and your identifica-

tion of the scope of the problem was inadequate in the second instance. In

your response to the attached violations, please address these weaknesses.

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We are also concerned with your recently implemented program for independently

verifying system configurations following maintenance and testing in response to

'TMI Action Plan Item I.C.6. The' enclosed ~ inspection report identifies specific

programmatic concerns related;to 1)'the scope and systems to which the verification

program applies, 2) the' manner in which the verifications are being performed, and

3) the verification of maintenance work after which no surveillance testing is

performed. '-Th'ese c'oncerns are documented in three unresolved items in Section 8

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of the enclosed. report. Along with your response to the violations described

above, please include your. plans to resolve these additional items.

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The responses directed by this lette'r and the accompanying Notice are not subject

to the clearance procedures of the Offi_ce of Management and Budget as required by

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

Your, cooperation with us in this,, matter is appreciated.

Sincerely,

Original Sicued my:

Richard W. Starostecki, Director

DivisionofReactorProjects

Enclosures:

1. Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2. NRC Region I Inspection Report No. 50-293/85-03

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A. V. Morisi, Manager, Nuclear Management Services Department

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

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