ML20236N896
| ML20236N896 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 07/09/1998 |
| From: | Wiggins J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Feigenbaum T, Harpster T NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP. (NAESCO) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20236N899 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-443-98-03, 50-443-98-3, NUDOCS 9807160048 | |
| Download: ML20236N896 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000443/1998003
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July 9, 1998
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Mr. Ted C. Feigenbaum
Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer
Seabrook Station
North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation
c/o Mr. Terry L. Harpster
P.O. Box 300
Seabrook, NH 03874
SUBJECT:
NRC-EVALUATED EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE - INSPECTION
REPORT NO. 50-443/98-03
Dear Mr. Feigenbaum:
The enclosed report documents an inspection for public health and safety, led by
Mr. D. Silk at Seabrook, New Hampshire. The inspection evaluated the performance of
your emergency response organization during the June 3,1998, Seabrook Station full-
participation exercise. The inspectors discussed the findings of this inspection with your
staff on June 4,1998.
Based on the results of this inspection, it was determined that the overall performance of
the emergency response organization was sufficient to demonstrate with reasonable
assurance that onsite emergency plans are adequate and that your organization is capable
of implementing them. Simulated events were accurately diagnosed, emergency
declarations were timely and accurate, offsite agencies were notified in a timely manner
and protective action recommendations were appropriate. However, your organization
could have been more aggressive in pursuing assessment and mitigation strategies during
the exercise. As such, an exercise weakness was identified pertaining to the delay in
efforts to assess and mitigate the simulated release through the stuck open steam
generator safety relief valve. Your post-exercise critique process was assessed as very
good as your staff was appropriately self-critical. No violations of NRC requirements were
identified. No response to this letter is necessary.
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.
Sincerely,
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:
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Inspection Report No. 50-443/98-03
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B. D. Kenyon, President - Nuclear Group
J.' S. Streeter, Recovery Officer - Nuclear Oversight
SN. 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
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F. W. Getman, Jr., Vice President and General Counsel- Great Bay Power
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D. Tefft, Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire
S. Comley, Executive Director, We the People of the United States
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L.- A. Elisa 11, Regional Director, FEMA RI (EP Exercise & EP inspection Reports)
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Distribution w/ encl:
Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
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Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident inspector
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J. Wiggins, DRS
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R. Correia, NRR (RPC)
F. Talbot, NRR
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