ML20210U262

Forwards Insp Rept 50-333/99-06 on 990601-0717.No Violations Noted

ML20210U262
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Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	08/12/1999
From:	Rogge J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Michael Colomb POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK
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August 12, 1999

l Mr. Michael J. Colomb

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- James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant

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SUBJECT: NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-333/99-06

Dear Mr. Colomb:

On July 17,1999, the NRC completed an inspection at the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power

L , Plant. The resuits of this inspection were discussed on July 22,1999, with Mr. D. Lindsey and

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- other members of your staff. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection. You

' will note that the format of this report has changed from those previously issued. These

changes are in accordance with the new NRC Reactor inspection and Oversight Program which

is currently being piloted at your facility.

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This inspection was an examination of activities conducted under your license as they relate to

safety and compliance with the Commission's rules and regulations and with the conditions of

.your license. Wrthin these areas, the inspection consisted of a selected examination of

. procedures and representative records, ot,servations of activities, and interviews with personnel.

As part of the pilot inspection program, you submitted performance indicator data. The

performance indicator data was in the green performance band, except the white performance

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l threshold was exceeded for the " Unplanned Power Changes per 7000 Critical Hours" indicator

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during the fourth quarter of 1998, and the first quarter of 1999. We also note that this indicator -

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has subsequently retumed to the green band with the submittal of the second quarter 1999 data.

This indicator was discussed with you during the periodic performance review meeting on

June 3,1999. We understand your actions to improve performance in this area included the

_ implementation of an equipment reliability performance improvement plan. As noted by this

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indicator retuming to the green band, we recognize that you are taking actions to improve

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performance in this area. Therefore, we have chosen to monitor your activities through the

l- baseline inspection program.

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The NRC identified five issues of low safety significance that have been entered into your /

corrective action program.and are discussed in the summary of findings and in the body of the

attached inspection report. Of the five issues, three were determined to involve violations of

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NRC requirements, but because of their low safety significance the violations are not cited. if

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you contest these noncited violations, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date

of this inspection report, with the basis for your denial, to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

' ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington DC 20555-0001; with a copies to tne Regional i

Administrator, Region 1; the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory ,

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Michael J. Colomb 2

Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; and the NRC Resident inspector at the FitzPatrick

facility.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its >

enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room. Should you have any questions

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regarding this report, please contact me at 610-337-5146.

Sincerely,

~0riginal Signed by:

John F. Rogge, Chief

Projects Branch 2

Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosure: Inspection Report 50-333/99-06

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cc w/ encl:

C. D. Rapployea, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer -

E. Zeltmann, President and Chief Operating Officer

R. Hiney, Executive Vice President for Project Operations j

J. Knubel, Chief Nuclear Officer and Senior Vice President

H. P. Salmon, Jr., Vice President of Engineering -

W. Josiger, Vice President - Engineering and Project Management

J. Kelly, Director - Regulatory Affairs and Special Projects

T. Dougherty, Vice President - Nuclear Engineering

R. Deasy, Vice President - Appraisal and Compliance Services

R. Patch, Director- Quality Assurance

G. C. Goldstein, Assistant General Counsel

C. D. Faison, Director, Nuclear Licensing, NYPA

G. Tasick, Licensing Manager

. T. Morra, Executive Chair, Four County Nuclear Safety Committee

Supervisor, Town of Scriba

C. Donaldson, Esquire, Assistant Attorney General, New York Department of Law

. P. Eddy, Electric Division, Department of Public Seivice, State of New York

G. T. Goering, Consultant, New York Power Authority

J. E. Gagliardo, Consultant, New York Power Authority

E. S. Beckjord, Consultant, New York Power Authority

F. William Valentino, President, New York State Energy Research

and Development Authority

J. Spath, Program Director, New York State Energy Research j

and Development Authority  !

T. Judson, Syracuse Peach Council

F. Elmer, Sierra Club

S.Penn i

B. Brown l

S. Griffin, Chenango North Energy Awareness Group  !

T. Ellis

A. Slater, GRACE

C. Gagne

L. Downing

H. Hawkins, Syracuse Green Patty

E. Smeloff

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Michael J. Colomb 4

Distribution w/ encl:

H. Miller, RA/J. Wiggins, DRA (1)

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

PUBLIC

NRC Resident inspector

Region i Docket Room (with concurrences)

J. Rogge, DRP

S. Barber, DRP

L Harrison, DRP

R. Junod, DRP

Distribution w/ encl: (VIA E-MAIL)

M. Tschiltz, RI EDO Coordinator -

E. Adensam, NRR

J. Williams, NRR

M. Campion, RI

Inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)

R. Correia, NRR

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