ML20217B947

Confirms 980312 Telcon Between E Annino & L Briggs Re Arrangements Made for NRC to Conduct Baseline Insp of Maint Rule Program at Plant,Unit 2

ML20217B947
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	03/13/1998
From:	Conte R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Bowling M, Miller H NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO.
References
NUDOCS 9803260227
Download: ML20217B947 (4)

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March 13, 1998 l

Mr. M. L. Bowling, Recovery Officer, Unit 2 C/o Harry L. Miller, Director - Regulatory Affairs for Millstone Station NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANY PO Box 128 Waterford, CT 06385

SUBJECT:

MAINTENANCE RULE BASELINE INSPECTION FOR MILLSTONE UNIT 2

Dear Mr. Bowling:

In a telephone conversation on March 12,1998, between Mr. Edward Annino and Mr. Larry Briggs, arrangements were made for the NRC to conduct a baseline inspection of your maintenance rule program at Millstone Unit 2. The inspection is planned for the week

.l of May 18,1998.

1 The inspection objective is to evaluate your performance to support compliance with the l

requirements of.10 CFR 50.65, " Requirements for Monitoring the Effectiveness of Maintenance at Nuclear Power Plants." The inspection will be conducted using inspection Procedure 62706," Maintenance Rule" and willinvolve a team of at least four inspectors.

The team will require information about your program for their in-office preparation for the inspection. This information is identified in the enclosure to this letter. Please provide this information to Mr. Briggs by the week of April 27,1998. Mr. Annino has been advised of this request.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding this inspection, please contact me at (610) 337-5183 or E mail address RJC@NRC. GOV.

Sincerely, Richard J. Conte, Chief Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch Division of Reactor Safety

' Docket No. 50-336

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B. Kenyon, President and Chief Executive Officer M. H. Brothers, Vice President - Operations i

D. M. Goebel, Vice President, Nuclear Oversight J. A. Price, Unit Director - Millstone Unit 2 D.' Amerine, Vice President for Engineering and Support Services 3

F. C. Rothen, Vice President, Work Services I

J. Cantrell, Director - Nuclear Training S. J. Sherman, Audits and Evaluation L. M. Cuoco, Esquire J. R. Egan, Esquire V. Juliano, Waterford Library J. Buckingham, Department of Public Utility Control S. B. Comley, We The People State of Connecticut SLO Designee D. Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN)

R. Bassilakis, CAN J. M. Block, Attorney, CAN S.'P. Luxton, Citizens Regulatory Commission (CRC)

Representative T. Concannon E. Woollacott, Co-Chairman, NEAC

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Region I Docket Room (with Eggy of concurrences)

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

. PUBLIC FILE CENTER, NRR (with Oriainal concurrences)

SPO Secretarial File, Region I

' NRC Resident inspector H. Miller, RA/W. Axelson, DRA B.' Jones, PIMB/ DISP.

W. Lanning, Deputy Director of Inspections, SPO, Rl W. Travers, Director, SPO, NRR

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L'. Briggs, DRS R. Conte, DRS DRS File

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J. Andersen, PM, SPO, NRR M. Callahan, OCA R. Correia, NRR l

B. McCabe, OEDO S. Dembek, PM, SPO, NRR G. Imbro, Deputy Director of ICAVP Oversight, SPO, NRR D. Mcdonald, PM, SPO, NRR

,P. McKee, Deputy Director of Licensing, SPO, NRR S. Reynolds, Chief, ICAVP Oversight, SPO, NRR D. Screnci, PAO Inspection Program Branch (IPAS)

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I REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR MAINTENANCE RULE INSPECTION

• 1.

Copy of Maintenance Rule Program and all related procedures including those relating to expert panels, PRA, risk assessments and ranking, and scoping.

• 2.

List of Systems, Structures, and Components (SSCs) within the scope of the maintenance rule.

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List of SSCs placed in (a)(1) and (a)(2) categories of the maintenance rule.

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List of maintenance preventable functional failures (MPFFs) for the current operating cycle with any repetitive failures identified, e

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List of risk significant and standby systems.

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Assessments of risk significant and risk rankings.

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Organization chart depicting key personnel involved in maintenance rule implementation and list of their office telephone numbers, including system engineers and their systems.

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Background explanations for SSCs currently assigned to the (a)(1) category 9.

Copy of any internal or external maintenance rule assessments, audits or surveillances.

10. Current maintenance rule trending data.

• 11. Current performance criteria and goals for SSCs. If PRA used, provide PRA

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information.

12. Qualifications and backgrounds for Expert Panel Members

• 13. Risk Reduction Worth, Risk Achievement Worth, and Core Damage Frequency results;if applicable.

ems identified with asterisk (*) are needed for in-office review prior to the inspection onsne.

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