ML20236V647
| ML20236V647 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 07/29/1998 |
| From: | Grant G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Patulski S WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20236V649 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-266-98-11, 50-301-98-11, NUDOCS 9808040107 | |
| Download: ML20236V647 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000266/1998011
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Mr. S. A. Patuiski
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SUBJECT:
POINT BEACH INSPECTION REPORT 50-266/98011(DRP),
50-301/98011(DRP)
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Dear Mr. Patuiski:
On July 6,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at your Point Beach 1 and 2 reactor facilities.
The enclosed inspection report presents the results of that inspection.
During this 6-week inspection period, the Point Beach facility was operated safely. Following the
completion of the Unit 1 Cycle 24 refueling outage, the Unit i reactor was successfully restarted
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in a deliberate and controlled mar.ner. However, during the restart of the Unit i reactor, the
inspectors noted a deficiency with one of the reactor engineering procedures used to bring the
Unit 1 reactor critical, in that the procedure did not incorporate industry guidance for criticality
estimations when using boron dilution to achieve criticality. Although addressed during this
inspection period, this deficiency represented a non-conservative approach to reactivity
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management and is considered another illustration of reactor engineering performance concerno
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discussed in previous inspection reports.
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Upon further review of the precedures associated with reactivity management, your staff
identified that procedure revisions had incorporated operating experience lessons leamed, but
the ' guidance was later removed. The deletion of procedural guidance during the procedure
change process, which has had detrimental effects, has been discussed in previous inspection
reports. The procedure change program methodology and the commitment management system
continue to be items warranting your attention.
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During this inspection period, a Non-Cited Violation of NRC requirements was identified
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pertaining to the environmental qualification for the Unit 1 and Unit 2 containment hydrogen
monitors. This condition had apparently e>Lted for several years because of a failure to include
vendor environmental qualification specifications within routine maintenance procedures for the
hydrogen monitors. While we have reviewed your corrective actions for the specific problem and
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found them acceptable, we request that in 30 days of the receipt of this letter you describe in
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writing to the NRC the corrective actions that will be taken to ensure that requirements from
vendor manuals for all safety-related equipment are incorporated in plant procedures or
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in accordance with 10 CFR 2.700 of the NRC's "Ruies of Practice," a copy of this letter, its
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Geoffrey E. Grant, Director
Division of ReactorI'rojects
Docket Nos.: 50-266; 50-301
Enclosure:
Inspection Report 50-266/98011(DRP);
50-301/98011(DRP)
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R. Grigg, President and Chief
Operating Officer, WEPCO
M. Sellman, Chief Nuclear Officer
M. Reddeman, Plant Manager
J. O'Neill, Jr., Shaw, Pittman,
Potts & Trowbridge
K. Duveneck, Town Chairman
Town of Two Creeks
B. Burks, P.E., Director
Bureau of Field Operations
Chairman, Wisconsin Public
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S. Jenkins, Electric Division
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its
enclosure, and your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
Sincerely,
/s/ Marc L. Dapas for
Geoffrey E. Grant, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos.: 50-266;50-301
Enclosure:
Inspection Report 50-266/98011(DRP);
50-301/98011(DRP)
cc w/ encl:
R. Grigg, President and Chief
Operating Officer, WEPCO
M. Sellman, Chief Nuclear Officer
M. Reddeman, Plant Manager
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J. O'Neill, Jr., Shaw, Pittman,
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Potts & Trowbridge
K. Duveneck, Town Chairman
Town of Tivo Creeks
B. Burks, P.E., Director
Bureau of Field Operations
Chairman, Wisconsin Public
Service Commission
S. Jenkins, Electric Division
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Wisconsin Public Service Commission
State Liaison Officer
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Distribution:
CAC (E-Mail)
Project Mgr., NRR w/enci
J. Caldwell, Rlll w/enci
B. Clayton, Rill w/enct
SRI Point Beach w/enci
DRP w/enci
TSS w/ encl
DRS (2) w/enci
Rlli PRR w/encI
PUBLIC IE-01 w/ encl
Docket File w/ encl
GREENS
IEO (E-Mail)
DOCDESK (E-Mail)