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| {{#Wiki_filter:UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 2100 RENAISSANCE BLVD., Suite 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-2713 | | {{#Wiki_filter:UNITED STATES |
| January 9, 2018
| | NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION |
| EA-17-198
| | REGION I |
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| | 2100 RENAISSANCE BLVD., Suite 100 |
| Mr. Peter Sena, III | | KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-2713 |
| President and Chief Nuclear Officer | | January 9, 2018 |
| PSEG Nuclear LLC - N09 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 | | EA-17-198 |
| | Mr. Peter Sena, III |
| | President and Chief Nuclear Officer |
| | PSEG Nuclear LLC - N09 |
| | P.O. Box 236 |
| | Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 |
| | SUBJECT: U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION RESPONSE TO DISPUTED |
| | NOTICE OF NON-CITED VIOLATION 05000272/2017003-02 |
| | Dear Mr. Sena: |
| | I am writing to acknowledge receipt of PSEGs letter dated December 14, 2017, in response to |
| | the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Inspection Report 05000272/2017003 and |
| | 05000311/2017003 issued on November 14, 2017 (ML17319A152)1. |
| | The letter requests withdrawal of the Salem Generating Station (Salem) Unit 1 technical |
| | specification (TS) limiting condition for operation (LCO) 3.6.1.1 Green non-cited violation |
| | (NCV 05000272/2017003-02) that was issued because PSEG did not ensure that the air |
| | particulate detector (APD) backup containment isolation valves (CIV), associated with |
| | penetrations required to be closed during accident conditions, were unisolated intermittently |
| | under appropriate administrative controls. The letter stated that the administrative controls that |
| | PSEG had put in place to govern the open remote manual CIVs were adequate. Attachment 1 |
| | to the letter also raises two additional considerations of prosecuting this NCV related to |
| | unintended safety consequences and backfit concerns. The NRC intends to review PSEGs |
| | response and provide you a letter documenting the basis for any decision relative to the |
| | disputed NCV within approximately 90 days. |
| | We noted that the PSEG letter also stated that during the pendency of the NRC review of the |
| | appeal of the NCV, PSEG Nuclear indicated that it intended to toll the timing related to |
| | submission of a licensee event report (LER) as may be required under 10 CFR |
| | 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B). As it wasnt necessarily clear to NRC Region I that PSEG Nuclear possesses |
| | the authority, upon its own accord, to toll the required timing of a LER required under 10 CFR |
| | 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Region I communicated this to PSEG. In response, during a telephone |
| | conversation on January 8, 2018, Mr. C. McFeaters, Salem Site Vice President, informed |
| | Mr. D. Pelton, Acting Director, NRC Region I, Division of Reactor Projects that PSEG no longer |
| | intends to toll the timing related to submission of a LER. Hence, the NRC now considers the |
| | proposal to toll withdrawn and moot. |
| | 1 |
| | Designation refers to an Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) accession number. |
| | Documents referenced in this letter are publicly-available using the accession number in ADAMS at |
| | https://adams.nrc.gov/wba/ For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) |
| | reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. |
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| | P. Sena 2 |
| SUBJECT: U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION RESPONSE TO DISPUTED
| | In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs |
| NOTICE OF NON-CITED VIOLATION 05000272/2017003-02
| | Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be |
| Dear Mr. Sena:
| | available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the |
| | Publicly Available Records component of the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and |
| | Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRCs website at |
| | http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). |
| | Your letter has also been added to ADAMS for the information of the public, and may be found |
| | under ADAMS Accession Number ML17348A477. Inspection Report 05000272/2017003 and |
| | 05000311/2017003 may be found under ADAMS Accession Number ML17319A152. |
| | Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact me at (610) 337-5200. |
| | Sincerely, |
| | /RA/ |
| | Fred L Bower, Chief |
| | Projects Branch 3 |
| | Division of Reactor Projects |
| | Docket No. 50-272 |
| | License No. DPR-70 |
| | cc: 2017-SST-1261 and 2017-SST-1271 |
| | Distribution via ListServ |
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| I am writing to acknowledge receipt of PSEG's letter dated December 14, 2017, in response to
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| the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Inspection Report 05000272/2017003 and
| |
| 05000311/2017003 issued on November 14, 2017 (ML17319A152)
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| 1. The letter requests withdrawal of the Salem Generating Station (Salem) Unit 1 technical
| |
| specification (TS) limiting condition for operation (LCO) 3.6.1.1 Green non-cited violation
| |
| (NCV 05000272/2017003-02) that was issued because PSEG did not ensure that the air
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| particulate detector (APD) backup containment isolation valves (CIV), associated with penetrations required to be closed during accident conditions, were unisolated intermittently under appropriate administrative controls. The letter stated that the administrative controls that PSEG had put in place to govern the open remote manual CIVs were adequate. Attachment 1
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| to the letter also raises two additional considerations of prosecuting this NCV related to
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| unintended safety consequences and backfit concerns. The NRC intends to review PSEG's response and provide you a letter documenting the basis for any decision relative to the disputed NCV within approximately 90 days.
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| We noted that the PSEG letter also stated that during the pendency of the NRC review of the
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| appeal of the NCV, PSEG Nuclear indicated that it intended to toll the timing related to
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| submission of a licensee event report (LER) as may be required under 10 CFR
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| 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B). As it wasn't necessarily clear to NRC Region I that PSEG Nuclear possesses the authority, upon its own accord, to toll the required timing of a LER required under 10 CFR
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| 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Region I communicated this to PSEG. In response, during a telephone conversation on January 8, 2018, Mr. C. McFeaters, Salem Site Vice President, informed
| | ML18009A953 |
| Mr. D. Pelton, Acting Director, NRC Region I, Division of Reactor Projects that PSEG no longer
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| intends to toll the timing related to submission of a LER. Hence, the NRC now considers the proposal to toll withdrawn and moot.
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| 1 Designation refers to an Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) accession number. Documents referenced in this letter are publicly-available using the accession number in ADAMS at https://adams.nrc.gov/wba/ For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
| | OFFICE RI/DRS RI/ORA/AET RI/RC RI/DRP |
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| | NAME FArner BBickett BKlukan FBower |
| P. Sena 2
| | DATE 01/09/18 01/09/18 01/09/18 01/09/18 |
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| In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
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| (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be
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| available electronically for public inspection in the NRC's Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and
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| Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is
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| accessible from the NRC's website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
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| Your letter has also been added to ADAMS for the information of the public, and may be found
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| under ADAMS Accession Number ML17348A477. Inspection Report 05000272/2017003 and 05000311/2017003 may be found under ADAMS Accession Number ML17319A152.
| |
| | |
| Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact me at (610) 337-5200.
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| Sincerely, /RA/
| |
| Fred L Bower, Chief
| |
| Projects Branch 3
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| Division of Reactor Projects
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| Docket No. 50-272 License No. DPR-70
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| cc: 2017-SST-1261 and 2017-SST-1271
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| Distribution via ListServ
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION I
2100 RENAISSANCE BLVD., Suite 100
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-2713
January 9, 2018
EA-17-198
Mr. Peter Sena, III
President and Chief Nuclear Officer
PSEG Nuclear LLC - N09
P.O. Box 236
Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
SUBJECT: U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION RESPONSE TO DISPUTED
NOTICE OF NON-CITED VIOLATION 05000272/2017003-02
Dear Mr. Sena:
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of PSEGs letter dated December 14, 2017, in response to
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Inspection Report 05000272/2017003 and
05000311/2017003 issued on November 14, 2017 (ML17319A152)1.
The letter requests withdrawal of the Salem Generating Station (Salem) Unit 1 technical
specification (TS) limiting condition for operation (LCO) 3.6.1.1 Green non-cited violation
(NCV 05000272/2017003-02) that was issued because PSEG did not ensure that the air
particulate detector (APD) backup containment isolation valves (CIV), associated with
penetrations required to be closed during accident conditions, were unisolated intermittently
under appropriate administrative controls. The letter stated that the administrative controls that
PSEG had put in place to govern the open remote manual CIVs were adequate. Attachment 1
to the letter also raises two additional considerations of prosecuting this NCV related to
unintended safety consequences and backfit concerns. The NRC intends to review PSEGs
response and provide you a letter documenting the basis for any decision relative to the
disputed NCV within approximately 90 days.
We noted that the PSEG letter also stated that during the pendency of the NRC review of the
appeal of the NCV, PSEG Nuclear indicated that it intended to toll the timing related to
submission of a licensee event report (LER) as may be required under 10 CFR
50.73(a)(2)(i)(B). As it wasnt necessarily clear to NRC Region I that PSEG Nuclear possesses
the authority, upon its own accord, to toll the required timing of a LER required under 10 CFR
50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Region I communicated this to PSEG. In response, during a telephone
conversation on January 8, 2018, Mr. C. McFeaters, Salem Site Vice President, informed
Mr. D. Pelton, Acting Director, NRC Region I, Division of Reactor Projects that PSEG no longer
intends to toll the timing related to submission of a LER. Hence, the NRC now considers the
proposal to toll withdrawn and moot.
1
Designation refers to an Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) accession number.
Documents referenced in this letter are publicly-available using the accession number in ADAMS at
https://adams.nrc.gov/wba/ For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR)
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
P. Sena 2
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs
Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be
available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the
Publicly Available Records component of the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRCs website at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Your letter has also been added to ADAMS for the information of the public, and may be found
under ADAMS Accession Number ML17348A477. Inspection Report 05000272/2017003 and
05000311/2017003 may be found under ADAMS Accession Number ML17319A152.
Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact me at (610) 337-5200.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Fred L Bower, Chief
Projects Branch 3
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket No. 50-272
License No. DPR-70
cc: 2017-SST-1261 and 2017-SST-1271
Distribution via ListServ
ML18009A953
Non-Sensitive Publicly Available
SUNSI Review
Sensitive Non-Publicly Available
OFFICE RI/DRS RI/ORA/AET RI/RC RI/DRP
NAME FArner BBickett BKlukan FBower
DATE 01/09/18 01/09/18 01/09/18 01/09/18