ML20216F075
| ML20216F075 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 04/09/1998 |
| From: | Marilyn Evans NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Langenbach J GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20216F077 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-289-98-01, 50-289-98-1, NUDOCS 9804160412 | |
| Download: ML20216F075 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000289/1998001
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April 9, 1998
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Mr. James Langenbach
Vice President and Director, TMI
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Three Mile Island Nuclear Station
Post Office Box 480
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NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-289/98-01
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Dear Mr. Langenbach:
On March 21,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at your Three Mile Island 1 reactor
facility. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.
GPUN operated TMI-1 safely over this period. Operators performed routine activities veell.
Plant management demonstrated excellent tracking and concern for minor increases in the
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unidentified reactor coolant system leakaga. Following self-identification of a minor non-
safety significant missed technical specification sampling requirement on the spent fuel
pool, your staff focused too narrowly on the root cause as documented in LER 98-002. As
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such it is our understanding that you will submit a revision to this LER focusing on licensed
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operator controls over technical specification requirements.
Your staff conducted the observed maintenance, surveillance, engineering, and plant
support activities well. We noted strong system engineer performance with rerpect to
questioning previous assumptions on the need for emergency core cooling sys'.em . flow
instrumentation in support of system operability. Plant housekeeping improvad except
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management attention is warranted to reduce the accumulation of oil aroun; the
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in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter
and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).
Sincerely,
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Michele G. Evans, Acting Chief
Projects Branch No. 7
Division of Reactor Projects
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Enclosure: NRC Inspection Report No. 50-289/98-01
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cc w/ encl:
J. C. Fornicola, Director, Nuclear Safety Assessment
M. J. Ross, Director, Operations and Maintenance
D. Smith, PDMS Manager
J. Wetmore, Manager, TMI Nuclear Safety and Licensing
TMI-Alert (TMIA)
E. L. Bl.xe, Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge (Legal Counsel for GPUN)
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Distribution w/ encl:
Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
PUBLIC
NRC Resident inspector
H. Miller (RA)/W. Axelson, ORA (All inspection Reports)
J. Yerokun, DRS
N. Perry, DRP
D. Haverkamp, DRP
A. Linde, DRP
Distribution w/enci (VIA E-MAIL):
B. McCabe, OEDO
P. Milano, NRR, PDI-3
L. Thonue, NRR
S. Weiss, NRR
R. Correia, NRR
F. Talbot, NRR
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Inspection P.ogram Branch, NRR (IPAS)
DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\ BRANCH 7\\TMl9801 INS
Ta receive a copy of this document, Indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachrrent/ enclosure
"E" = Copy with attachment / enclosure
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