ML20206H724
| ML20206H724 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 06/19/1986 |
| From: | Kister H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Harrington W BOSTON EDISON CO. |
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| NUDOCS 8606260273 | |
| Download: ML20206H724 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000293/1986007
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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 Report No. 50-293/86-07
This letter refers to the routine safety inspection (50-293/86-07) conducted by
Dr. M. McBride of this office on March 9, 1986 to April 28, 1986 at the Pilgrim
Nuclear Power Station, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Dr. M. McBride discussed the
findings of this inspection with Mr. C. Mathis and other members 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 Inspec-
tion Report which is enclosed with this letter. Within these areas, the in-
spection consisted of selective examinations of procedures and representative
records, interviews with personnel, and observations by the inspector.
Within the scope of this inspection, no violations were observed. However, we
are concerned about two incidents in April where your staff did not take ag-
gressive corrective actions until prompted by the NRC.
In the first incident,
your staff's initial review of the debris found in the "2A" main steam isola-
tion valve was in our view superficial.
In the second incident, your staff
did not take action to correct a health physics contamination control problem
until after it occurred a second time.
In both cases, considerable NRC initi-
ative was required to assure that the concerns would be addressed. Recognizing
that these events occurred a few months ago, we believe that you should review
the implications of these incidents in light of your more recent organizational
changes.
In contrast to the above, activities associated with the reactor vessel instru-
ment line repair; including outage management planning and control, engineering
support, ALARA planning, and Operations Review Committee evaluations; were well
performed.
These differences in performance are illustrative of the inconsis-
tency in performance noted in the last SALP report.
We also reviewed your letter dated May 2,1986, in response to the inspection
results (50-293/86-06) transmitted in our letter dated April 2,1986. We ac-
knowledge the corrective actions documented in your letter; however, we are
concerned by what appears to be the excessive time period required to effect
changes in some of the areas.
Consequently, please be prepared to provide
an updated status of these items at the next management meeting currently
estimated for the week of July 28, 1986.
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No reply to this letter is required. Your cooperation with us in this matter
is appreciated.
Sincerely,
original Signed Bys'.
Harry B. Kister, Chief
Projects Branch No. 1
Division of Reactor Projects
Enclosure: NRC Region I Inspection Report No. 50-293/86-07
cc w/ encl:
L. Oxsen, Vice President, Nuclear Operations
A. Pederson, Station Manager
Joanne Shotwell, Assistant Attorney General
Paul Levy, Chairman, Department of Public Utilities
Chairman, Plymouth Board of Selectmen
Plymouth Civil Defense Director
Senator Edward P. Kirby
Public Document Room (PDR)
Local Public Document Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident Inspector
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2)
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Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
Management Assistant, DRMA (w/o encl)
DRP Section Chief
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