ML20215F614
| ML20215F614 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 10/06/1986 |
| From: | Kane W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Corbin McNeil Public Service Enterprise Group |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20215F617 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8610160290 | |
| Download: ML20215F614 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000354/1986041
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Docket Nos. 50-354
Public Service Electric and Gas Company
ATTN: Mr. C. A. McNeill, Jr.
Vice President - Nuclear
P. O. Box 236
Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
Gentlemen:
Subject:
Inspection No. 50-354/86-41
This transmits the findings of a special safety inspection conducted by the
NRC resident and region based inspectors on August 13 - September 2,1986, at
the Hope Creek Nuclear Power Station, Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey. The
inspection consisted of a review of the causes for inoperability of the
reactor building to suppression chamber pressure relief system identified on
August 8, 1986. These findings were based on observation of activities,
interviews and document reviews, and were discussed with Mr. R. Salvesen of
your staff.
Areas examined during this inspection are described in the NRC Region I
Inspection Report which is enclosed with this letter.
Based on the results of our inspection, we are concerned about the underlying
reasons that let to operation of the Hope Creek plant with the reactor building
to suppression chamber pressure relief system in an inoperable condition. The
details of these concerns are described in the enclosed special inspection report.
An enforcement conference will be scheduled in the near future, to be held in the
Region I office to further discuss these concerns. At this conference you should
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be prepared to discuss your review of the concerns identified in the inspection
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report and corrective actions taken or planned.
The need for and nature of appropriate enforcement action relative to the
issues identified in the enclosed report will be considered after this
conference and will be the subject of separate correspondence at a later time.
No response to this letter is required.
Your cooperation with us is appreciated.
Sincerely,
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William F. Kane, Director
Divisicn of Reactor Projects
Enclosure: NRC Inspection Report No. 50-354/86-41
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R. S. Salvesen, General Manager, Hope Creek Operations
A. E. Giardino, Manager, Station Quality Assurance
W. H. Hirst, Manager, Joint Generation Projects Department, Atlantic
Electric
L. A. Reiter, General Manager - Licensing and Reliability
Rebecca A. Green, Bureau of Radiation Protection
Public Document Room (PDR)
Local Public Document Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident Inspector
State of New Jersey
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D. J. Holody, Enforcement Specialist, Region I
S. J. Collins, Deputy Director, DRP, Region I
R. M. Gallo, Chief, Region I Projects Branch No. 2
L. J. Norrholm, _ Chief, Reactor Projects Section 2B, Region I
L. H. Bettenhausen, Chief, Operations Branch, Region I
L. E. Briggs, Chief, Test Program Section, Acting, Region I
S. D. Ebneter, Director, Division of Reactor Safety, Region I
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