ML20237H930

Accepts 870623 Offer to Review,W/Util,Adequacy of Plant Hardware & Operating Staff Performance Prior to Ascension to 75% Plateau

ML20237H930
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	09/01/1987
From:	Gagliardo J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Goldberg J HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO.
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NUDOCS 8709030436
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I SEP 1- 1987 In Reply Refer To: i Docket: 50-498  !

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i Houston Lighting & Power Company ATTN: J. H. Goldberg, Group Vice President, Nuclear ,

P. O. Box 1700 i Houston, Texas 77001 Gentlemen:

In response to your letter of June 23, 1987, regarding review of South Texas  !

Project, Unit 1 power ascension testing at the 50 percent plateau, we accept i your offer to review, with your staff, the adequacy of plant hardware and ]

operating staff performance prior to ascension to the 75 percent plateau.  ;

Please continue to keep our resident inspectors aware of your progress and  ;

projected date for. this power ascension assessment and we will make q appropriate members of our staff available for participation, j Should you have any questions concerning this assessment, we will be pleased to discuss them with you, r ,

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,j Sincerely, 3 Oit;!naf Sinned Dy J. E. Gai;Hardo i

J. E. Gagliardo, Chief Reactor Projects Branch y

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South Texas Project Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. STN 50 498, STN 50-499 Unit 1 Power Ascension " sting Houston Lighting 6 Power Company (HL&P) estimates that the South Texas Projee Electric Generating Station Unit 1 will complete power ascension testing at the 50% plateau during the last week of October 1987 (based on fuel loading beginning on or about 30 June 1987) . At that time, HL&P will cor. duct a thorough review of the adequacy of plant hardware and operating staff performance prior to ascension to the next power plateau of 75% .

HL&P would welcome an opportunity to review our performance with your staff prior to power ascension above 50% power to provide for NRC input to the assessment. We believe this review should take place on site to better access whatever information may be required to complete the assessment.

i We will keep your Resident Inspection Office aware of our progress and plans for conducting the power ascension assessment, J. H. Goldberg Group Vice President, Nuclear JHG/hg L4/NRC/wb/hg-0 _qJ7-7/7k '

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Regional Administrator, Region IV M.B. Lee /J.E. Malaski Nuclear Re6ulatory Commission City of Austin 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 P.O. Box 1088 Arlington, TX 76011 Austin, TX 78767-8814 N. Prasad Kadambi, Project Manager A. von Rosenberg/M.T. Hardt U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission City Public Service Board 7920 Norfolk Avenue P.0, Box 1771 Bethesda, HD 20814 San Antonio, TX 78296 Robert L. Perch, Project Manager Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7920 Norfolk Avenue 1717 H Street Bethesda, MD 20814 Washingten, DC 20555 Dan R. Carpenter Senior Resident Inspector / Operations c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 910 Bay City, TX 77414 Claude E. Johnson Senior Resident Inspector / Construction c/c U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Ct amission P.O. Box 910 Bay City, TX 77414 M.D. Schwarz, Jr., Esquire Baker & Botts One Shell Plaza Houston, TX 77002 J.R. Newman, Esquire Newman & Holtzinger, P.C.

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