ML20198C858

Summarizes 910621 Meeting Concluding Insp & Conducting Exit Meeting on Weld Radiograph Concerns.Meeting Findings Addressed

ML20198C858
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Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	06/26/1991
From:	Hodges M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Feigenbaum T PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
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June 26,1991 Docket No. 50-443 Mr. Ted C. Feigenbaum President and Chief Executive Officer New Hampshire Yankee Division Public Service Company of New Hampshire Post Office Box 300 Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874

Subject:

Summary of Meeting on Radiographic Concerns A meeting was held on June 21,1991, at the Science and Nature Center, Seabrook Station, Seabrook, New Hampshire, to conclude an inspection and conduct an exit meeting on weld radiograph concerns. The meeting was attended by members of the press and the general public, it followed a review, by two NRC contract Level III NDE radiographers and the Region I Level III NDE radiographer, of eleven radiographic packages which had previously been identified as having the potential to jeopardize ASME code compliance. Your staff described their position on the acceptability of each of the radiographs in question, and concluded that all eleven radiographic packages met ccde requirements. The NRC staff then caucused and reached a conclusion on the acceptability of the radiographs.

The NRC staff provided the following findings at the exit:

Six of the eleven radiographs de not comply with the ASME code (1977 Edition of ASME Section Ill up through and including the Winter 1977 Addenca). These packages were found unacceptable because of lack of 4-T sensitivity or density range sensitivity in the radiographs.

The question of acceptability of one radiograph package remains unresolved. The sensitivity of the radiographs in that package was adequate and no rejectable flaws were found. However, it appeared that the radiographic technique was changed between radiographs in the package and the change was not reflected in the documentation.

The remaining four radiographic packages were code acceptable.

None of the radiographs showed indication of unacceptable welds.

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June 26,1991 New Hampshire Yankee has agreed to provide a written response to issues raised in the meeting within two weeks.

Details of staff conceins on the radiographs will be found in Inspection Report No.

50-443/91-12 when it is issued.

A list of licensee and NRC attendees is attached.

Sincerely, Original Signed By:

Marvin W. Hodges Marvin W. Hodges, Director Division of Reactor Safety

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As stated cc w/ attach-Meeting Attendees J. Sniezek, EDO T. Martin, RI L. E. Maglathlin, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, PSNH Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Of6cer, NHY J. M. Peschel, Regulatory Compliance Manager, NHY R. M. Kacich, Manager of Generation Facilities Licensing, NUSCO J. F. Opeka, Executive Vice President, MU i

G. Garfield, Esquire D. W. Moody, Station Manager, NHY T. Harpster, Director of Licensing Senices R. Hallisey, Director, Dept. of Public Healta, Commonwealth of Massachusetts S. Woodhouse, Legislative Assistant i

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TITLF, Wayne Hodges NRC/ Region I Director, Reactor Safety Michael Modes NRC/ Region I Chief, NDE David C. Wiggins Tet, Inc.

NDE Level 111 Ebc C. McCabc NRC/ Region I Chief, RPS-3B Tony Cerne NRC/ Region 1 SRI - Construction Ed Martindale NRC Consultant George Georgiev NRC/NRR Senior Engineer Noel Dudley NRC/ Region 1 SRI - OPS Dick Wessman NRC/NRR Director, PDI-3

. Ken Brockman NRC/ DEDO Regional Coordinator -

Philip Joukoff NRC/O!

Investigator Kent Walker NRC/OlG Special Agent Frank Forgione -

NRC/OIG Special Agent

- Helmut Thielsch Thielsch Engrg. Assoc.

President Gerald F.-Mcdonald Yankee Atomic Electric Co.

QA Manager Philip A. Oikle Yankee Atomic Electric Co.

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2 NAME ORGANIZATION TITLE Terry Harpster NHY Director of Licensing Sen' ices Neal A. Pillsbury NHY Director of Quality Programs Bruce L. Dranbridge NHY Exec. Dir. of Nuclear Production J

Don Moody NHY Station Manager Richard C. Julian NHY/YAEC QAE/NDE Bill Weseman Thielsch Engrg. Assoc.

NDE Supervisor E. W. Desmarais NHY IRT Manager G. F. Sessler NHY Sr. Project Engr.

W. A. Graeme, Jr.

E. I Dupont Business Manager W. J. Gagnon NHY EAR Program Manager J. M. Grillo NHY Operations Manager R. J. Faix -

NHY/ Westinghouse Sr. Engineer J. E. Sobotica NHY Reg. Compliance Engineer R. K. Gadky Ropes & Gray l

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SEABROOK HEARING SERVICE LIST.

Robert A. Backus, Esq.

Administrative Judge Backus, Meyer and Solomon Howard A._Wilber 116 Lowell Street-Atomic Safety and Licensing Manchester, New Hampshire _

03106 Appeal Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.

20555 Ms. Suzanne Breiseth Administrative Judge Board of Selectmen Thoma s S. Moore, Esq.

Town of Hampton Falls Atomic Safety and Licensing

-Drinkwater Road Appeal Board Hampton Falls, New Hampshire 03844

_U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.

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Mr. R. Sweeney R. Scott Hill-Whilton, Esq.

New Hampshire Yankee Division Lagoulis, Clark, Hill-Whilton Public Service Company of New Hampshire and Rotondi i

Suite 610, Three Metro Center 79 State Street 1

Bethesda, Ma ryland 20E14 Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950 Administrative Judge Jane Spector Alan S. Rosenthal, Chairman Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Atomic-Safety and Licensing Appeal Board 825 North Capitol Street, N.E.

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. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Room 8105 Washington, D.C.

20555 Wasnington, D.C.

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Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mr. George L. Iverson, Director l

U.S. Nuclea r Regulatory Commi s sion New Hampshire Office of Emergency i

Washington, D.C.

20555 Management l

State Office Park South 107 Pleasant Street Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Paul McEachern, Esq.

25 Maplewood Avenue Administrative Judge P. O. Box-60 G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801 Atomic Safety and Licensing l

Appeal Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.

20555 Jack Dolan Diane Curran,_Esq.

. Federal Emergency Management Agency Harmon,_ Curran, & Tousley 442 J. W. McCormack (PDCH) 2001 S Street, N.W.

Boston, Massachusetts- 02109 Suite 430 Washington, D.C.

20009 Gerald Garfield, Esq.

Ashod N. Amirian, Esq.

Day, Berry and Howard 145 Main Street City Place P. O. Box 35 Hartford, Connecticut 06103-3499 Bracford, Massachusetts 01835

SEAERDOK HEARING SERVICE LIST (Cont'd)

Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Congressn.an Nicholas Mavroules 5 Market Street U.S. House of Representatives Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801 70 Washington Street Salem, Massachusetts 01970 Administrative Judge Mr. J. F. Opeka Ivan W. Smith, Chairman (2)

Northeast Utilities Service Company i

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board P. O. Box 270 U.S. Nuclear Reculatory Ccmmission Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0276 Washington, D.C.

20555 Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Kenneth A. McCollem Appeal Board 1107 West Knapp Street U.S. Nuclear Reculatory Commission Stillwater, Oklahoma 74057 Washington, D.C.

20555 Adjudicatory File (2)

Resident Inspector Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Panel Docket Seabrook Nuclear Power Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Eo:- 1149 Washington, D.C.

20555 Seabrook, New Hampshire 03E74 Administrative Judge Mr. T. L. Harpster Richard F. Cole Public Service Company of Atomic Safety and Licensinc Board New Hampshire U.S. Nuclear Reculatory Commission F. O. Ecx 300 Washington, D.C.

20555 Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Barbara J. Saint Andre, Esp.

Regional Administrator, Region I Kopleman and Paige, P.C.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissicn Counsel for Aresbury, Newburyport, 475 Allendale Road anc Sali sbury King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 77 Franklin Street Boston, Massachusetts 02:10 Mr. R. M. Kacich Mr. Leon Magiathlin Northeast Utilities Service Company Public Service Company of P. O. Box 270 New Hampshire Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270 1000 Elm Street Manchester, New Hampshire 03105 Job:

P. Arnold, Attorney General Mr. J. M. Peschel George Dana Bisbee, Associate Public Service Company of Attorney General New Hampshire Attorney General's Office P. O. Box 300 25 Capitol Street Seabrook, New Hampshire 03E74 Concord, New Hampshire 03301

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Thomas Dignan, Esq.

Town of Exeter John A. Ritscher, Esq.

10 Front Street Ropes and Gray Exeter, New Hampshire 03823 One International Place Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624 Mr. Peter Brann Office of the Attorney General Assistant Attorney General One Ashburton Place State House, Station #6 20th Floor Augusta, Maine 04333 Boston, Massachusetts' 02108 Chairman,-Board of Selectmen Mr. A. David Rodham, Director RFD 2 Massachusetts Civil Defense Agency r outh Hampton, New Hampshire 01950 400 Worchester Road P. O. Box 1496 Framingham, Massachusetts 01701 ATTN: James Muckerheide i

~ Dr. Mauray Tye, President Mr. Alfred V. Sargent Sun Val' ley Association Chairman, Board of Selectmen 209 Summer Street Sal'isbury, Massachusetts 01960 Haverhill, Massachusetts 01830 Durham Board of Selectmen Board of Selectmen Town of Durham Town of Amesbury Durnam, New Hampshire 03824 Town Hall Amesbury, Massachusetts 01913 i

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