ML20235A717
| ML20235A717 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 09/16/1987 |
| From: | Davis A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Shelton D TOLEDO EDISON CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8709230395 | |
| Download: ML20235A717 (2) | |
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SEP 161987
.' Toledo Edison Company ATTN: Mr. Donald Shelton Vice President Nuclear Edison Plaza 300 Madison Avenue Toledo, OH 43652 Gentlemen:
On September 6, 1987, the Davis Besse Nuclear Power Plant experienced an automatic reactor trip with multiple equipment failures. Because of the significance the NRC attaches to such events, and in light of prior history at Davis Besse, Region III with the support of NRC Headquarters, on September 8, 1987, dispatched an Augmented Investigation Team to the site to review the circumstances leading.up to the reactor trip and to evaluate the significance of and your. response to the subsequent equipment' failures. Based on the results of that team inspection and your results presented at the meeting with.the NRC in Bethesda, Maryland on September 15, 1987, we conclude that your investigation into the circumstances surrounding the reactor trip and the subsequent equipment failures, was thorough; that the investigation identified root causes associated with the various occurrences; and that you established' an appropriate action plan to support plant restart.
After consultation with Senior NRC Management, I have concluded that it is appropriate that you be authorized to restart the Davis Besse facility and conduct normal operations. Notwithstanding the findings of the Augmented Investigation Team and-the information that you presented to us during our meeting of September 15th, concerns still persist regarding the overall material condition of the Davis Besse facility and the rate at which that material condition is being addressed by your existing Course of Action programs.
You are, therefore, requested to review your existing plans for improving the overall material condition of the Davis Besse plant, and in coordination with the commitments set forth in your Course of Action document, make a determination as to whether a reprioritization of your activities is appropriate.
You are further requested to meet with the NRC in approximately 45 days to discuss the d
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preventive maintenance, actions taken or planned to reduce that backlog,.and the impact of that backlog on continued safe and reliable plant-operations.
A. Bert Davis Regional Administrator L. Storz, Plant Manager DCS/RSB (RIDS)
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Harold W. Kohn, Ohio EPA James W. Harris, State of Ohio Robert M. Quillin, Ohio Department of Health
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