ML20210P745

Forwards Insp Rept 50-311/86-26 on 860826-30.Proposed Actions Responding to Unresolved Items Requested within 30 Days of Ltr Receipt

ML20210P745
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	09/25/1986
From:	Kane W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Corbin McNeil Public Service Enterprise Group
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ML20210P750	List: IR 05000311/1986026 ML20210P745
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Download: ML20210P745 (2)

See also: IR 05000311/1986026

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SEP 2 51986

Docket No. 50-311

Public Service Electric and Gas Company

ATTN: Mr. Corbin A. McNeill, Jr.

Vice President - Nuclear

P. O. Box 236

Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038

Gentlemen:

Subject: Inspection Report 50-311/86-26

This refers to a special team inspection led by Dr. L. Bettenhausen of this

office, on August 26, 1986 to August 30, 1986, at the Salem Nuclear Generating

Station, Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey. The inspection was conducted to deter-

mine the cause of the false loss of offsite power signal which occurred on

August 26, 1986 and to review actions during and following the event. The

findings of this inspection were discussed with Mr. J. M. Zupko, Jr. of your

staff.

Within the scope of this inspection several unresolved items were identified

as discussed in the enclosed inspection report.~ You are requested to review

the unresolved items and respond in writing within 30 days of the date of this

letter identifying your proposed actions, where appropriate. In particular,

we are concerned about the adequacy of the.10 CFR 50.59 review process that

apparently allowed the addition of electrical loads without determining their

effects on the transient response of the electrical system. In your reply to

the identified items please include the expected date of completion of your

actions.

Further, the preliminary results of your analysis of the August 26, 1986 event

were discussed with the Region I staff at a meeting on August 30, 1986.

Commitments made at this meeting regarding actions taken to justify continued

operation of Salem Unit 1 and the restart of Salem Unit 2 were described in

your letter to NRC Region I dated August 31, 1986. Your letter also committed

to provide monthly status reports regarding the long term actions planned.

The responses requested by this letter are not subject to the clearance

procedures of the Office of Management and Budget required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.

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After you have completed your long term actions, please call me and I will

arrange a meeting in order to examine the results of this inspection.

Your cooperation with us is appreciated.

Sincerely,

Original Signed BD

William F. Kane, Director

Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosure: NRC Report 50-311/86-26

cc:

J. M. Zupko, Jr. , General Manager - Salem Operations

B. A. Preston, Manager, Licensing and Regulation

C. P. Johnson, Manager - Quality Assurance Nuclear Operations

General Manager - Nuclear Safety Review

M. J. Wetterhahn, Esquire

R. Fryling, Jr. , Esquire

Public Document Room (PDR)

Local Public Document Room (LPDR)

Nuclear Safety Information Center

NRC Resident Inspector

State of New Jersey

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Management Assistant, DRMA (w/o encl)

DRP Section Chief

S. Ebneter

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