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Forwards Insp Rept 50-336/98-201 on 980413-0508 & Notice of Violations
ML20237D298
Person / Time
Site: Millstone Dominion icon.png
Issue date: 08/12/1998
From: Imbro E
NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To: Bowling M
NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO.
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ML20237D300 List:
References
50-336-98-201, EA-98-389, NUDOCS 9808260009
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See also: IR 05000336/1998201

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Mr. Martin L. Bowling

Recovery Officer - Millstone Unit 2

c/o Ms. Patricia Loftus

Director - Regulatory Affairs

Northeast Nuclear Energy Company

P.O. Box 128

Waterford, CT 06385

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND INDEPENDENT CORRECTIVE ACTION

VERIFICATION PROGRAM TIER 3 SPECIAL INSPECTION OF MILLSTONE

UNIT 2 (NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-336/98-201)

Dear Mr. Bowling:

On April 13 through May 8,1998, a team from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's

(NRC's) Special Projects Office, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, in accordance with

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guidelines outlined in SECY-97-003, " Millstone Restart Review Process," performed a Tier 3

specialinspection of your Millstone Unit 2 facility. This inspection was one part of an ongoing,

multifaceted, NRC effort to evaluate Parsons Power Group Inc. (Parsons) conduct of the

Independent Corrective Action Verification Program (ICAVP) and the effectiveness of your

Configuration Management Plan (CMP). The results of the ICAVP will provide insights that will

be used by the NRC in assessing the effectiveness of your CMP and to determine your

readiness for the restart of Millstone Unit 2. The selected change processes were evaluated to

determine if they met regulatory requirements and are capable of maintaining the facilities

design and licensing bases. A large sample of recent changes made to the facility were

evaluated to determine the effectiveness of your ongoing configuration management efforts.

The NRC determined that Parsons successfully implemented the Tier 3 evaluation of change

processes controlling plant configuration aspects of their NRC-approved audit plan in

accordance with the applicable project procedures and instructions.

The inspection findings were presented to you and your staff during a public exit meeting on

June 12,1998. The issues cited as violations in the enclosed Notice of Violation, and the

circumstances surrounding them are described in detailin the enclosed report. Please note

that you are required to respond to the Notice of Violation and should follow the instructions

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specified in it when preparing your response. The NRC will use your response, in part, to

determine whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with

regulatory requirements.

, The violations contained in this report have been categorized as being equivalent to ICAVP f

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significance Level 3 findings. ICAVP Level 3 findings have been defined by the NRC to occur if

a system is outside its licensing and design bases while still able to perform its intended

function. In a January 30,1998, letter to you from the Director of the Special Projects Office tne

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NRC's criteria was described for determining whether to expand the scope of the ICAVP. An

important factor in making this determination is the NRC's assessment of the effectiveness of

the corrective actions taken to address the finding. Your corrective actions taken in response to

these findings will be assessed by the NRC as part of our review of the implementation of

ICAVP-related corrective actions.

As noted earlier, this inspection was part of the NRC's ongoing assessment of the effectiveness

of your CMP and Parsons ICAVP. The findings of this inspection will be combined with the

results of other NRC inspections to make an overall determination of the restart readiness of

Unit 2 and your configuration management practices. However, the results from this inspection

provide a measure of confidence that the Unit 2 change processes should maintain the design

and licensing bases if adequately implemented.

In accordance with Title 10, Section 2.790(a), of the Code of federa/ Regulations (10 CFR

2.790(a), a copy of this letter and the enclosures will bo placed in the NRC Public Document

Room.

Should you have any questions concerning the enclosed inspection report, please contact the

project manager, Mr. Daniel Mcdonald at (301) 415-1408, or Mr. Peter Koltay at

(301)415-2957.

Sincerely,

Eugene V. Imbro, Acting Director

Special Projects Office

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket No. 50-336

License No. DPR-65

Enclosures:

1. Notice of Violation

2. Inspection Report 50-336/98-201

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NRC's criteria was described for determining whether to expand the scope of the ICAVP. An

important factor in making this determination is the NRC's assessment of the effectiveness of

the corrective actions taken to address the finding. Your corrective actions taken in response to

these findings will be assessed by the NRC as part of our review of the implementation of

ICAVP-related corrective actions.

As noted earlier, this inspection was part of the NRC's ongoing assessment of the effectiveness

of your CMP and Parsons ICAVP. The findings of this inspection will be combined with the

results of other NRC inspections to make an overall determination of the restart readiness of

Unit 2 and your configuration management practices. However, the results from this inspection

provide a measure of confidence that the Unit 2 change processes should maintain the design

and licensing bases if adequately implemented.

In accordance with Title 10, Section 2.790(a), of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR

2.790(a), a copy of this letter and the enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document

Room.

Should you have any questions concerning the enclosed inspection report, please contact the

project manager, Mr. Daniel Mcdonald at (301) 415-1408, or Mr. Peter Koltay at

(301)415-2957.

Sincerely,

Original signed by a

Eugene V. Imbro, Acting Director

Special Projects Office

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket No. 50-336

License No. DPR-65

Enclosures:

1. Notice of Violation

2. In.epection Report 50-336/98-201 l

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Distribution: See next page

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Letter to Mr. M. L. Bowlino dated: August 12, 1998

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Nuclear Safety information Center (NSIC)

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NRC Resident inspector, Millstone Unit 2

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W. Axelson, DRS

S. Collins

W. Lanning, RI

M. Callahan, OCA

W. Dean, NRR, SPO

E. Imbro, NRR, SPO

P. Narbut, NRR, SPO

R. Architzel, NRR, SPO

J. Nakoski, NRR, SPO

R. McIntyre, NRR,SPO

D. Mcdonald, NRR, SPO

S. Dembek, NRR, SPO )

P. Koltay, NRR, SPO

J. Andersen, NRR, SPO

D. Screnci, Rl, PAO (e-mail)

Inspection Program Branch NRR, IPAS

SCastro, NRR, PIMB/ DISP

T. Walker, RI

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l ces: for letter to Mr. M. L. Bowling dated: August 12, 1998

John Streeter, Vice President, Nuclear Oversight

J.K. Thayer, Recovery Officer, Nuclear Engineering and Support

D. Amerine, Vice President, Engineering and Support Services

J.A. Price, Unit Director, Unit 2

P.D. Hinnenkamp, Director, Unit Operations

F.C. Rothen, Vice President, Work Services

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J. Stankiewicz, Training Recovery Manager

J. Cantrell, Director, Nuclear Training

! S.J. Sherman, Audits and Evaluation

L.M. Cuoco, Esquire

J.R. Egan, Esquire

V. Juliano, Waterford Library '

J. Buckingham, Department of Public Utility Control

S.B. Comley, We The People

State of Connecticut Designee

D. Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN)

R. Bassilakis, CAN j

J.M. Block, Esquire, CAN i

S.P. Luxton, Citizens Regulatory Commission (CRC)

Representative T. Concannon

E. Woollacott, Co-Chairman, NEAC j

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