ML20212H204
| ML20212H204 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 03/17/1998 |
| From: | Collins S NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20212H198 | List: |
| References | |
| 2.206, DD-98-03, DD-98-3, NUDOCS 9803230463 | |
| Download: ML20212H204 (2) | |
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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORPORATION SEABROOK STATION. UNIT NO. 1 DOCKET NO. 50-443 ISSUANCE OF DIRECTOR'S DECISION UNDER 10 CFR 2.206 Notice is hereby given that the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), has taken action with regard to a Petition dated December 18, 1997, submitted by Ms. Jane Doughty on behalf of The Seacoast Anti-Pollution League. The Petition requests that the operating license for Seabrook Station be suspended until such time as a thorough root cause analysis of the reasons underlying the development of leaks in piping of the "B' train of the residual heat removal (RHR) system is conducted. The leakage was reported by North Atlantic Energy Services Corporation, the Licensee for Seabrook Station, on December 5, 1997. The Petition asserts that there have been past allegations of improper welding practices and documentation, and installation of substandard piping at Seabrook Station and requests that the investigations of the RHR system pipe leakage include findings related to these past allegations.
l The Director of NRR has denied the Petitioner's request to suspend the operating license of the Seabrook Station.
In the Director's Decision
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Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 (DD-98-03) the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory l
Comission has discussed each of the concerns raised by the Petitioner and l
found that the cause of the leaks in the piping in the "B" train of the RHR system was the result of service-induced degradation. There were no deficiencies identified in the fabrication of the original piping or welds l
that would have generic implications for other plant systems and that would I
require the operating license of the facility to be suspended.
The complete text of the Decision follows this notice and is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building. 2120 L Street. NW., Washington. DC, and at the local public document room located at the Exeter Public Library Founders Park. Exeter. New Hampshire 03833.
l A copy of the Decision will be filed with the Secretary of the Commission for the Commission's review in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206(c) of l
the Commission's regulations. As provided for by this regulation, the Decision will constitute the final action of the Comission 25 days after the date of issuance, unless the Commission, on its own motion institutes a review of the decision in that time.
Dated at Rockville. Maryland this 17thday of March 1998.
l FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION birector I
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation