ML20236W237
| ML20236W237 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 07/30/1998 |
| From: | Cowgill C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Feigenbaum T, Harpster T NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP. (NAESCO) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20236W239 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-443-98-04, 50-443-98-4, NUDOCS 9808050166 | |
| Download: ML20236W237 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000443/1998004
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July 30,1998
Mr. T. 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 INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-443/98-04
Dear Mr. Feigenbaum:
On July 4,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at Seabrook Station. The enclosed
report presents the results of that inspection.
The plant was operated safely during the period. Operators performed routine plant
activities, including the plant shutdown and cooldown well The maintenance and
engineering staff provided good operational plant support. The forced outage was
controlled well, and the activities to restore the control building air conditioning system
were extensive.
As a result of this inspection, the NRC identified one violation involving your corrective
action program. Specifically, your staff did not promptly confirm the operability of steam
pressure protection channels after problems were noted with multiple channels on the
opposite train. The violation is cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation, and the
circumstances surrounding the violation is 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.
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
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,
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Enclosure:
1. Notices Of Violation
2. NRC Inspection Report No. 50-443/98-04
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
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L. M. Cuoco, Senior Nuclear Counsel
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W. Fogg, Director, New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management
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D. C. McElbinney, 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 l~eague
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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
W. Meinert, Nuclear Engineer
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Region 1 Docket Room (with concurrences)
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Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident inspector
H. Miller, RA/W. Axelson, DRA
C. Cowgill, DRP
R. Summers, DRP
C. O'Daniell, DRP
D. Screnci, DRP
Distribution w/encls (VIA E-MAIL):
B. McCabe, OEDO
R. Correia, NRR (RPC)
F. Talbot, NRR
D. Screnci, PAO, ORA
Inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)
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