PNO-III-97-017A, on 970218,licensee Decision to Continue Unit 1 Outage for Extended Period Update Made.Nrc Continues to Closely Monitor Licensee Progress Toward Completing Improvement Initiatives & Preparing Units 2 & 1 for Restart

PNO-III-97-017A:on 970218,licensee Decision to Continue Unit 1 Outage for Extended Period Update Made.Nrc Continues to Closely Monitor Licensee Progress Toward Completing Improvement Initiatives & Preparing Units 2 & 1 for Restart

ML20138F526
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	03/12/1997
From:	Barger J, Grobe J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
References
PNO-III-97-017A, PNO-III-97-17A, NUDOCS 9705050428
Download: ML20138F526 (2)

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PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PNO-III-97-017A l This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information is as ,

initially received without verification or evaluation, and is basically '

all that is known by Region III staff (Lisle. Illinois) on this date. '

m r o 19ibijty Licensee Emergency Classification  :

Lu WTsconsin Electric Power Co. Notification of Unusual Event

> %in5 Beach 1 Alert U Two $jvers. Wisconsin Site Area Emergency .

O @ckgs: 50-266 General Emergency 11.t Td e X Not Applicable Cd g gg  :

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Subject:

LICENSEE'S DECISION TO CONTINUE UNIT 1 OUTAGE FOR AN EXTENDED -

PERIOD (UPDATE)

On February 18.1997. Unit 1 was shut down because of a possible problem ,

with the impeller of a Component Cooling Water (CCW) pump and a bearing problem with a Service Water (SW) pump motor. Although inspections and repairs of the CCW pump and the SW pump motor were completed on February 1 24, the unit remained in hot shutdown for resolution of other equipment performance issues and to perform additional maintenance activities. .

Startup was expected to occur in early March 1997. Unit 2 has been shut down for refueling and steam generator replacement since October 5, 1996.  ;

Due to NRC identification of a wide spectrum of operations, engineering, and maintenance / surveillance testing related performance issues, the  :

licensee committed to complete a broad improvement program. Several of these initiatives were to be completed prior to restarting Unit 2.

On March 11. 1997, the licensee notified the NRC that Point Beach planned to place Unit 1 in cold shutdown for an extended " Organizational Outage."

The purpose of the outage is to allow the licensee to focus resources on the improvement initiatives and safely return Unit 2 to service. The licensee's current plan is to not return Unit 1 to service until after restart of Unit 2. Currently, the licensee's projected restart of Unit 2 is mid-May 1997.

The NRC continues to closely monitor the licensee's progress toward completing improvement initiatives and preparing Unit 2 and Unit 1 for  !

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The State of Wisconsin will be notified. The information in this i preliminary notification has been reviewed with licensee management. I l

This information is current as of 10:00 a.m. on March 12, 1997.

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Contact:

J. GROBE J. MCCORMICK-BARGER l l

(630)829-9601 (630)829-9872 l

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