ML20211J497

Submits Comments Re Violations Cited in Early Mar & 990509 Insps

ML20211J497
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	08/21/1999
From:	Romano F SEACOAST ANTI-POLLUTION LEAGUE
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT (OE)
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NUDOCS 9909030162
Download: ML20211J497 (3)

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SEACOAST ANTI-POLLUTION LEAGUE

!! ACTION ALERT" In each of the last three montum SEABROOK STATION NUCLEAR POWER PLANT has been cited by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for violations ofits I

operating license requirements. During an inspection in early March, it was determined that plant personnel " failed to periodically calibrate" a pump in the system that cools the components necessary to safely shut down the plant in the event of an emergency. During j

an inspection completed on May 9, it was discovered that relays necessary to bring power from emergency diesel generators to operate plant safety systems in the event of a loss of regular power were not operational. "The licensee did not establish adequate measures to ensure that the. relays met all required calibration settings prior to installation," the NRC inspection report indicated. And, most recently, it was detemiined that during one of the nuclear plant's emergency response training drills, a violation occurred " based on the licensee not demonstrating timely activation of the (emergency response occurred, the NRC refused to take enforcement action against the plant's operators /h

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organization) during off-hours." However, while indicating that violations had, indeed, Instead, under discretionary %e in NRC regulationsJhe. commission-d6cTdeil to call G

all these violati s "non-cited,'A'dindicated no'TitEn would be taken. We are asking NN our members t takEa moment write to the NRC at: Director, Office of

,pC4 p Enforcement, thiited a Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC jt/ M 20555-0001 and indicate you disappointment with the lack of enforcement action against p #" g Seabrook Station operators de. ite their repeated safety related violations.

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Also on the SEABROOK STA ON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT front, while the

/uM company that operates the plant, orth Atlantic Energy Services Co., a wholly owned

• 1 subsidiary of Northeast Utilities o Connecticut, has indicated Seabrook is now Y2K compliant, SAPL and otbr enviro ental watchdog groups are still concerned. The p.#j Nuclear Regulatory Commission, hogvever, appears not to be. The " oversight" agency haspe#'y indicated that it is considering waiving enforcement actions against nuclear power plants that may be forced to operate outside t ie terms of their licenses by Y2K problems. This is j Q3 }

being done, according to an announce nt in the Federal Register (Volume 64, Number g6 A 146, pages 41474-41476, dated July 30 'in order to help maintain electrical grid stability po"'

and reliability, even when license condit ns including Technical Specifications, would M A

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iechnical specirications opens up a myriad 3rsarety related issues and should never be p

allowed, under any circumstances SApL w 11 be contacting the NRC in order to state our Ci b d

opposition to this proposal and we are urgin > our members to do likewise. please write hs pl to: David L. Meyer, Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative. #

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Com mission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Il comments must be received by the p V' NRC by Aug 30,1999 AMg (g4d 9909030162 990821 y

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