ML20205B794
| ML20205B794 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 10/13/1988 |
| From: | Zech L NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Studds G HOUSE OF REP. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20205B797 | List: |
| References | |
| CCS, NUDOCS 8810260319 | |
| Download: ML20205B794 (2) | |
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October 13, 1988 CHAlftMAN The Honorn31e Gerry E. Studds United States $4ouse of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 1
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Dear Congressmtn Studds:
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I am responding to your letter of September 12, 1988, concerning the results of l
the recent NRC Integrated Assessment Team Inspection (IATI), the results of the
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recent systematic assessnent of licensee performance (SALP), and the current status of emergency planning at the Pilgrim Nuclect Power Station.
l The IATI was perfonned by the hRC staff in conjunction with an augmented inspection program that has been in progress since the facility was shut down in Apr11 1986. The IATI was one part of the NRC staff's extensive and ongoing effort to monitor Boston Edison Company's (BEco's) program improvements.
The inspection was performed independently to measure the effectiveness of the licensee's management controls, programs and personnel to support safe restart of the facility. The statements of NRC officials that they could identify no major cbstacles to prevent the plant restart are consistent with the findings of the inspection as documented in Inspection Report No. 50-293/88-21, dated i
September 7, 1988.
(A copy of this retort was provided to your office.)
However, development of an hRC staff recomendation regarding plant restart involves consideration of the results of all inspection and review activities, including the IATI, the ongoing augmented inspection program, and the recent SALP.
With respect to coments in the recent SALP report pertaining to licatisee event reports (LERs), the NRC staff indicated the need for c1cse monitoring of the effectiveness of licensee management in the areas leading to the reportable events. As noted in Table 1 of the SALP report, most of these reportable events occurred during maintenance, mod;fication, and surveillance activities.
These reportable events are mostly minor in nature and similar to many reports made pursuant to 10 CFR 50.73 for other operating reactors.
Only one of the LER3 identified in the SALP repcrt was designated an unusual event that required i
irrediate NRC notification.
This event involved a minor fire in a machine shop.
The SALP report also concludes that there is overall improverent in the mainte-1 nance, nodtfication. and surveillance areas, and these conclusions were further r
confirned curing the IATI, Regarding emergency planning, Boston Edison has been working closely with local officials and the Coninonwealth of Massachusetts to correct the deficiencies identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in its self-initiated review. The status of this effort, as well as the IATI and Salt b
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results, will be discussed during our October 14, 1988 meeting to consider the 4
staff's evaluations and reconnendatiens concerning the restart of Piigrim.
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have been afforded the opportunity tc express your views at the meeting and we will consider them, as well as those of others, in our restart decision.
We will base our restart decision upcn the judgment of the adequacy of the plant improvements, management, offsite emergency planning improvements, and upon our everall judgment whether the Pilgrim plant can and will be operated safely.
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