ML20249A103
| ML20249A103 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 06/04/1998 |
| From: | Linville J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Keiser H Public Service Enterprise Group |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20249A104 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-354-98-05, 50-354-98-5, EA-98-308, NUDOCS 9806160064 | |
| Download: ML20249A103 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000354/1998005
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June 4,1998
EA 98-308
i Mr. Haroid W. Keiser
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Executive Vice President
Nuclear Business Unit
Public Service Electric and Gas Company
Post Office Box 236-
Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038.
SUBJECT:
' NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-354/98-05
' Dear Mr. Keiser:
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On May,16,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at your Hope Creek reactor facility.
The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.
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Throughout this six week inspection period, your conduct of activities at the Hope Creek
facility was generally ci aracterized by safety-conscious operations, sound engineering and
. maintenance practices, and careful radiological work controls.
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During the inspection, four examples of violations'of NRC requirements were identified.
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. The violations are cited in the enclosed the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice) and the
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circumstances surrounding them are described in detail in the subject inspection report. In
the first instance, NRC inspectors identified that the residual heat removal system was not
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maintained available during a 1990 refueling outage while the reactor core was fully off-
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loaded for the purpose of augmenting the fuel pool cooling and cleanup system, which was
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' contrary to design basis' assumptions.
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'was installed during the Fall 1997 refueling outage and was associated with ventilation .
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system safety related chillers. Specifically, check valves and gas bottle regulators
associated with a backup air supply for a pressure control valve were not properly tested :
and maintained. Further, a design basis assumption inconsistency related to the minimum
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- acceptable inlet temperature for the chillers was recognized by engineering personnel in
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December 1997, but was not acted upon and corrected until this modification deficiency
surfaced.
You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the
enclosed Notice when preparing your response. The NRC will use your response, in part,
to determine whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with
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Mr. Warold W. Keiser
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in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter
and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).
Sincerely,
Original Signed By:
James C. Linville, Chief
Projects Branch 3
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket No.: 50-354
License No: NPF-57
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Enclosures:
Inspection Report 50-354/98-05
cc w/ encl:
L' Storz, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations
E. Simpson, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering
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E. Salowitz, Director - Nuclear Business Support
' A. F. Kirby, Ill,, External Operations - Nuclear, Delmarva Power & Light Co.
J.'A. Isabella, Manager, Joint Generation
Atlantic Electric
M. Bezilla, General Manager - Hope Creek Operations
J. McMahon, Director'- QA/ Nuclear Training / Emergency Preparedness
D. Powell, Director - Licensing / Regulation & Fuels
R. Kankus, Joint Owner Affairs
' A. C. Tapert, Program Administrator
Jeffrey J. Keenan, Esquire
Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate
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William Conklin, Public Safety Consultant, Lower Alloways Creek Township
State of New Jersey-
State of Delaware
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Mr. Harold W. Keiser
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Distribution w/ encl:
Region 1 Docket Room (with concurrences)
Nuclear Safety information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident inspector
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H. Miller, RA/W. Axelson, DRA
D. Screnci, PAO
J. Linville, DRP
S. Barber, DRP .
L. Harrison, DRP
C. O'Daniell, DRP
T. Walker, OE
Distribution w/ encl: (Via E-Mail)
B. McCabe, OEDO
R. Ennis, Project Manager (Acting), NRR
R. Capra, NRR
inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)
R. Correia, NRR
D. Talbot, NRR
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