ML20245H851

Forwards Plant Biweekly Status Rept for 890129-0210

ML20245H851
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	02/21/1989
From:	Blough A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Wiggins J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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NUDOCS 8903060046
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Docket No~. 50-293

, MEMORANDUM. FOR: James T. Wiggins, Chief L Reactor Projects Branch No..3.

Division of: Reactor Projects-s .FROM: A.-Randy Blough, Chief Reactor Projects Section No. 3B Division-of Reactor Projects SUBJECT': .' PILGRIM ' STATUS' REPORT FOR' THE PERIOD JA'NUARY. 29-FEBRUAR 10, .1989 -

Enclosed is. tSe' Pilgrim bi-weekly status report from the- NRC Resident Office.

atc Pilgrim. - The' NRC : Restart Staff is:. in place andLwas on-siteJ monitoring?

licensee activities on: an- extended shift basis while the . plant was shutdown -

during . this report--period. The' restart staff resumed monitoring licensee activities on an around-the-clock basis con February 8,1989, prior to ' plant startup.

The. Pilgrim bi-weekly status. report .is intended to: provide , NRC.' management and the public with an overview of splant activities and NRC- restart! inspection s _ activities. ' Subsequent inspectionlreports. will address many of these topics in more detail.

Original Signed by A. Randy Blough A. Randy Blough, Chie'f-

. Reactor Projects Section No. 38 .

Enclosure:

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R. Bird,~, Senior'Vice President - Nuclear-LL. Gustin, Vice President - Corporate Relations

~0 K..Highfill, Station Director

'R. Anderson, Plant Manager

F:' J. ' Keyes, Licensing Division Manager >

i E. Robinson,' Nuclear Information Manager: ,

.R._Swanson, Nuclear Engineering Department Manager-The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy TThe Honorable Edward J. Markey.

The' Honorable' Edward ~P. Kirby.-

'The Honorable Peter V. Forman Chairman, Board.of Selectmen,-Plymouth Chairman,-Boa'rd of Selectmen, Carver Chairman,: Board ofLSelectmen, Duxbury

Chairman, Board of Selectmen, Marshfield

. Chairman, Board of. Selectmen,-Kingston Chairman, Board of Selectmen, Bridgewater

-Mayor, City of Taunton Plymouth Civil Defense Director.~ .

P. Agnes', Assistant Secretary of Public Safety, Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1 M. Ernst, Committee on Energy, Commonwealth of Massachusetts S.: Pollard,' Massachusetts Secretary of Energy Resources B.-McIntyre, Chairman,5 Department of Public Utilities

.N. Johnson', Chairman, Duxbury Nuclear Committee R. Shimshak', MASSPIRG

'R. Boulay-M. Conyngham M. .'Jeka' K. Anderson Public Document Room (PDR)

Local'Public Document Room (LPDR) .

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC) .

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Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

J. Taylor, ED0 B. Clayton, EDO T. Murley,. NRR F. Miraglia, NRR S. Varga, NRR B. Boger, NRR D. Crutchfield, NRR J. Partlow, NRR

'C. Rossi, NRR F. Congel, NRR

.L. Shao, NRR R. Wessman, NRR D. Mcdonald, NRR E. Trottier, NRR

~J. Roe, NRR F. Akstulewicz, NRR L. Whitney, NRR P. Boehnert,'ACRS W. Russell, RI W. Kane, RI T. Martin, RI S. Ebneter, RI-S. Collins, RI R. Gallo, RI J. Durr, RI R. Bellamy, RI R. Blough, RI J. Johnson, RI E..McCabe, RI N. Blumberg, RI J. Lyash, RI M. Kohl, RI S. Juergens, RI M. J. DiDonato, RI (2)

M. Miller, RI K. Abraham, RI (2)

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Pilgrim Status Report for the Period January 29 - February 10, 1989:

y 1.0 Plant' Status

' As of 10:00 a.m. on January 28,1959, the reastor was critical with the .

mode switch in startup with moderator' temperature about 180 degrees Fahrenheit.

2.0 Power-' Ascension Test Program Status 4

The ' licensee completed startup physics testing and testing of equipment up to a reactor pressure of 150 pounds per. square inch gage (psig) during-a ' previous report period. However, as previously reported, a problem involving a safety-related system has delayed the licensee's Power Ascen-sion Test . Program. The' plant remained in cold' shutdown . 'until February 10, 1989, while the licensee performed modifications and repairs to the vacuum breaker block valve ' air system. Further details are pro-vided below in Section 3.0.

Activities scheduled' for the next two weeks include raising reactor pressure through. various: plateaus to normal operating: pressure, testing .

of. reactor safety relief valves from the control . room, leak inspections of the drywell and the residual heat removal . system (RHR). This . will..

complete the licensee's test program at the 0 '- 5% power plateau. As specified in the licensee's 'NRC-accepted Power ' Ascension Program,. the licensee must obtain the NRC Region I Regional Administrator's agreement to proceed beyond the 5% NRC hold point to the. 25% power plateau. The program- includes NRC Regional Administrator hold points at 5%,. 25%, 50%

and 75% .of. full power, as well as beth a licensee written report and NRC review after completion of testing at full power. The NRC Restart Assessment Panel . recommends to the Regional Administrator when the plant is ready to be released from each hold point.

3.0 Facility Operations Summary As reported in the last Pilgrim Status Report (January 14-28,1989),after plant startup on January 27, 1989, subsequent reviews of the routine air supply surveillance data for the torus vacuum breaker block valve accumulators indicated increased leakage. This increased leakage was greater than the allowable leakage limit set in the licensee's own established specifications. Due to this noted increased leakage, the licensee declared the vacuum breaker block valves inoperable and commenced a reactor shutdown at 9:55 p.m. on January 27, 1989.

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- The'. licensee completed modifications to' the air: supply and accumulators -

y for the vacuum breaker" block valves and c commenced plant lstartup 'at 7:50~a.m.' on' February 10,1989t the plant was- critical: at 9:25 a.m. i

' The' licensee- determined the' air leakage on January 27,~ 1989, was due-to the relief valves on'the two accumulators lifting. at. varying pressures and not tightly reseating. _The relief valves protect the valve actuators from

+ overpressurization. The licensee installed. spare-relief. valves to_ correct this; problem. Detailed NRC review of licensee actions will .be documented ~

in Inspection. Report 50-293/88-37.

Throughout the' period, ' the licensee continued- to conduct routine . surveil-lances _along with preventive and corrective maintenance.

,, 4.0 Pilgrim Restart' Staff Activities

- The1 Pilgrim Restart staff was maintained.on around-the-clock shift cover-age until January 31',1989. This coverage was reduced to two shift cover-age (16 hour1.851852e-4 days <br />0.00444 hours <br />2.645503e-5 weeks <br />6.088e-6 months <br /> _ coverage) on January 31, 1989, consistent with reduced test-ing activity and the plant' shutdown. At 10:30 p.m. on February 8, :1989, around-the-clock shift coverage resumed in anticipation of plant start'up.

-This aro'und-the-clock shif t coverage was in effect at the close of this report period. The' shifts were staffed by personnel from- NRC Region _I, NRC Headquarters and an NRC contractor. - Additional Region -I personnel were onsite during portions of the period to augment ~ the resident':inspec--

tion staff.

A staff-developed inspection plan has been issued for' this period and - - -

covered _ the primary functional areas of operation, maintenance, _ surveil-

- lance .and startup testing. . The _ shift inspectors' assessed operator per-T formance, organizational interfaces, adherence to procedures and technical

' specification compliance. 'In addition, the residents .and region-based inspectors extensively followed the licensee's analyses, repairs, modifi- _

. cations and post-work testing on the air supply system to the = vacuum breaker block valves.

The Pilgrim Restart Staff continued to evaluate the performance of licen-see personnel. and the plant to determine whether the licensee should be permitted to proceed beyond the next NRC hold point which would allow the licensee to exceed 5% rated power up to maximum of 25% rated power.

Contact with the press and public continued throughout the period. The

, N94 Restart Manager has been handling inquiries from the press and the public with the assistance of the Region I Public Affairs Officer.

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Pilgrim Restart Staff Composition During Period The Pilgrim Restart Staff on-site was comprised of the following personnel during the period.

C. Warren, Senior Resident Inspector,and Restart Manager T. Kim, Resident Inspector C. Carpenter, Resident Inspector E. Trottier, Shift Inspector D. Mcdonald, Shift Inspector R. Barkley, Shift Inspector S. Barber, Shift Inspector G. Bethke, Shift Inspector F. McManus, Shift Inspector T. Rebelowski, Shift Inspector D. Carpenter, Shift Inspector J. Lyash, Project Engineer M. Kohl, Reactor Engineer S. Juergens, Reactor Engineer P. Drysdale, Reactor Engineer 0FFICIAL RECORD COPY PILGRIM STATUS 1/29-2/10/89 - 0006.0.0 02/18/89

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