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Forwards Insp Rept 50-443/98-01 on 980201-0328 & Notice of Violation.Violations Included Failure to Properly Control Design & Installation of Mod to Residual Heat Removal Sys Pump Room Ventilation Sys
ML20217L033
Person / Time
Site: Seabrook NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 04/27/1998
From: Cowgill C
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Feigenbaum T
NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP. (NAESCO)
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50-443-98-01, 50-443-98-1, NUDOCS 9805040273
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See also: IR 05000443/1998001

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Mr. T. C. Feigenbaum

Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer I

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Seabrook, NH 03874 i

SUBJECT: NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-443/98-01 AND NOTICE i

OF VIOLATION I

Dear Mr. Feigenbaum:

On March 28,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at Seabrook Station. The enclosed

report presents the results of that inspection.

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The station was operated safely during the period. Several examples were noted where

operators and maintenance technicians demonstrated high standards and an excellent

attention to detail by identifying procedural and material deficiencies. Surveillance testing j

was performed well. Engineering provided good support to plant operations during several )

root cause and troubleshooting investigations. We are concerned, however, about two

violations of NRC requirements that were identified. These violations included a failure to

properly control the design and installation of a modification to the residual heat removal

system pump room ventilation system; and, a failure by station personnel to properly )

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implement radiation worker safety requirements.

The violations are cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation, and the circumstances

surrounding the violations are described in detailin the enclosed report. Please note that

you are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the

enclosed Notice when preparing your response.

The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject to the

clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the f,  ;

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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No.96-511. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790

of the NRC " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the

NRC Public Document Room.

Sincerely,

Original Signed By:

Curtis J. Cowgill, Chief

Reactor Projects Branch 5

Division of Reactor Projects

Docket No. 50-443

License No: NPF-86

Enclosure: 1. Notices of Violation

2. NRC Inspection Report No. 50-443/98-01

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B. D. Kenyon, President - Nuclear Group

J. S. Streeter, Recovery Officer - Nuclear Oversight

W. A. DiProfio, Station Director - Seabrook Station

R. E. Hickok, Nuclear Training Manager - Seabrook Station

D. E. Carriere, Director, Produccion Services

L. M. Cuoco, Senior Nuclear Counsel

W. Fogg, Director, New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management

D. McElhinney, RAC Chairman, FEMA Rl, Boston, Mass

R. Backus, Esquire, Backus, Meyer and Solomon, New Hampshire

D. Brown-Couture, Director, Nuclear Safety, Massachusetts Emergency

Management Agency

F. W. Getman, Jr., Vice President and General Counsel - Great Bay Power

Corporation

R. Hallisey, Director, Dept. of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seacoast Anti-Pollution League

D. Tefft, Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire

S. Comley, Executive Director, We the People of the United States

W. Meinert, Nuclear P lineer

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Mr. T. C. Feigenbaum

Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer

North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation

c/o Mr. Terry L. Harpster

PO Box 300

Seabrook, NH 03874

SUBJECT: NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-443/98-01 AND NOTICE-

OF VIOLATION

Dear Mr. Feigenbaum:

On March 28,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at Seabrook Station. The enclosed

report presents the results of that inspection.

The station was operated safely during the period. Several examples were noted where

operators and maintenance technicians demonstrated high standards and an excellent

attention to detail by identifying procedural and material deficiencies. Surveillance testing

was performed well. Engineering provided good support to plant operations during several

root cause and troubleshooting investigations. We are concerned, however, about two

violations of NRC requirements that were identified. These violations included a failure to

properly control the design and installation of a modification to the residual heat removal

system pump room ventilation system; and, a failure by station personnel to properly

implement radiation worker safety requirements.

The violations are cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation, and the circumstances

surrounding the violations are described in detail in the enclosed report. Please note that

you are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the

enclosed Notice when preparing your response. -

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clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the

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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No.96-511. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790

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NRC Public Document Room.

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License No: NPF-86

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2. NRC Inspection Report No.~ 50-443/98-01

cc w/ encl:

B. D. Kenyon, President - Nuclear Group

J. S. Streeter, Recovery Officer - Nuclear Oversight

W. A. DiProfio, Station Director - Seabrook Station

R. E. Hickok, Nuclear Training Manager - Seabrook Station

D. E. Carriere, Director, Production Services

L'. M. Cuoco, Senior Nuclear Counsel

W. Fogg, Director, New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management

D. McElhinney, RAC Chairman, FEMA Rl, Boston, Mass -

R. Backus, Esquire, Backus, Meyer and Solomon, New Hampshire -

D. Brown-Couture, Director, Nuclear Safety, Massachusetts Emergency

Management Agency

F. W. Getman, Jr., Vice President and General Counsel - Great Bay Power

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R. Hallisey, Director, Dept. of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seacoast Anti-Pollution League

D. Tefft, Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire  :

S. Comley, Executive Director, We the People of the United States i

. W. Meinert, Nuclear Engineer

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