ML20214L439
| ML20214L439 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Peach Bottom  |
| Issue date: | 09/02/1986 |
| From: | Kane W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Daltroff S PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20214L442 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8609100152 | |
| Download: ML20214L439 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000277/1986012
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Docket Nos. 50-277
50-278
Philadelphia Electric Company
ATTN: Mr. S. L. Daltroff
Vice President
Electric Production
2301 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101
Gentlemen:
Subject: Diagnostic Team Inspection - Combined Inspection Report Nos.
50-277/86-12 and 50-278/86-13
During the period from June 18, 1986, to July 3, 1986, ten members of a Region I
team conducted a special diagnostic safety inspection of operational and other
activities at the Peach Bottom facility. The overall objective of the inspection
was to obtain a more complete understanding of the underlying reasons for the
poor performance described in the June 1986 SALP report, and to ascertain
whether they could have an adverse impact on the safety of plant operations.
The results of this inspection are documented in the enclosed inspection report.
In this, as in every inspection conducted by Region I, we assessed whether the
facility was being operated safely. During the inspection, we found no evi-
dence that the plant was being operated unsafely.
Plant personnel and first
line supervisors were found to be both knowledgeable and conscious of nuclear
safety. Notwithstanding this conclusion, we believe that substantial improve-
ments in performance are necessary at your facility before Region I inspection
activities can be reduced. This confirms the conclusions reached in the June
1986 SALP report.
We continue to believe that the programs at Peach Bottom are fundamentally sound
and basically acceptable. However, an assessment of our inspection findings
indicates that there are certain underlying factors that inhibit improvements
in the overall performance of Peach Bottom. One such factor is your dependence
on third parties to identify problems rather than implementing proactive internal
methods to assess site program effectiveness, self-identify weaknesses and
implement effective long-range actions. Another factor is an apparent attitude
that identified weaknesses will somehow be resolved by corrective action plans
without aggressive followup and oversight by managers. A related factor is an
apparent tendency to target accountability for corrective action programs at
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too low a level to assure effective implementation. The cause of these factors
must, in our view, be addressed and appropriate changes made in order to
achieve the necessary improvements.
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We also identified one violation of NRC requirements as discussed in the
enclosed Notice of Violation. This finding is particularly significant in that
it results from ineffective short term corrective actions resulting from a
program implementation weakness previously identified to you. In your response
to the attached Notice of Violation, please also address the items identified
as licensee response items in Attachment 2 of the enclosed report.
The responses directed by this letter and the accompanying Notice are not
subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.
After you have reviewed this report, please call me and I will arrange a
meeting in order to examine the results of this inspection in more detail.
Your cooperation with us is appreciated.
Sincerely,
g Signed By:
William F. Kane, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
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Enclosures:
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Notice of Violation, Appendix A
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NRC Region I Inspection Report Nos. 50-277/86-12 and 50-278/86-13 with
Attachments 1 and 2
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M. J. Cooney, Manager, Nuclear Production
V. S. Boyer, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Power
G. M. Leitch, Superintendent, Nuclear Generation Division
R. S. Fleischmann, Manager (Receives All 2.790 Information)
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W. H. Hirst, Director, Joint Generation Projects Department, Atlantic Electric
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Thomas Magette, Power Plant Siting, Nuclear Evaluations (Without Report)
W. M. Alden, Engineer in Charge, Licensing Section
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