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MONTHYEARDD-99-12, Informs That Time Provided by NRC Regulation within Which Commission May Act to Review DD-99-12 Has Expired.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 9910281999-10-28028 October 1999 Informs That Time Provided by NRC Regulation within Which Commission May Act to Review DD-99-12 Has Expired.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 991028 ML20217N8261999-10-25025 October 1999 Discusses Errata Re 991021 Filing of Northeast Nuclear Energy Co Answer to Request for Hearing & Petition to Intervene B17901, Submits Statement of Personal Qualification (NRC Form 398) Along with Supporting Certification of Medical Exam by Facility Licensee (NRC from 396) in Support of License Renewal for PM Miner.Encls Withheld,Per 10CFR2.790(a)(6)1999-10-18018 October 1999 Submits Statement of Personal Qualification (NRC Form 398) Along with Supporting Certification of Medical Exam by Facility Licensee (NRC from 396) in Support of License Renewal for PM Miner.Encls Withheld,Per 10CFR2.790(a)(6) B17886, Requests Permission to Utilize Code Case N-623, Deferral of Insps of Shell-to-Flange & Head-to-Flange of Reactor Vessel,Section Xi,Div 1, for Millstone Unit 21999-10-18018 October 1999 Requests Permission to Utilize Code Case N-623, Deferral of Insps of Shell-to-Flange & Head-to-Flange of Reactor Vessel,Section Xi,Div 1, for Millstone Unit 2 05000336/LER-1999-012, Forwards LER 99-012-00,re Unrecoverable CEA Misalignment Entry Into TS 3.0.3 on 990917.Commitments Made by Util Are Encl1999-10-15015 October 1999 Forwards LER 99-012-00,re Unrecoverable CEA Misalignment Entry Into TS 3.0.3 on 990917.Commitments Made by Util Are Encl B17900, Forwards Revised Assumptions Used in Fuel Handling Accident Analysis & Summary of Results.List of Regulatory Commitments Are Listed in Attachment 11999-10-14014 October 1999 Forwards Revised Assumptions Used in Fuel Handling Accident Analysis & Summary of Results.List of Regulatory Commitments Are Listed in Attachment 1 ML20217G9491999-10-14014 October 1999 Forwards Exemption from Requirements of 1-CFR50,App E, Section IV.F.2.c,re Conduct of full-participation Exercise in Sept 1999,at Plant,Units 1,2 & 3 ML20217D9671999-10-12012 October 1999 Forwards Copy of Transcript of Public Meeting Held by NRC Staff & NNECO on 990825 at Waterford,Connecticut on Decommissioning Program for Millstone,Unit 1.Without Encl ML20217D3011999-10-0707 October 1999 Forwards Request for Addl Info Re Util 990118 Request for Amend to License NPF-49 to Allow full-core Offloads to Spent Fuel Pool During Core Offloads to Spent Fuel Pool During Core Offload Events ML20217F0031999-10-0606 October 1999 Forwards Original Petition to Intervene Being Filed on Behalf of Clients,Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone & Long Island Coalition Against Millstone,Iaw Provisions of 10CFR2.714 ML20217P1201999-10-0606 October 1999 Informs NRC of Proposed Acquisition of Parent Holding Company of Central Maine & Requests NRC Concurrence,Based on Threshold Review,That Proposed Acquisition Does Not,In Fact, Constitute Transfer Subject to 10CFR50.80 B17892, Requests Withdrawal of License Amend Application Re 24-month SG Tube Insp Surveillance Extensions,Submitted in Util 950726 & s to NRC1999-10-0505 October 1999 Requests Withdrawal of License Amend Application Re 24-month SG Tube Insp Surveillance Extensions,Submitted in Util 950726 & s to NRC ML20217B4711999-10-0404 October 1999 Informs That Staff Did Not Identify Any Safety Concerns Re Licensee Proposals to Modify Commitments Made for Action Items 4.2.1,4.2.2,4.5.1 & 4.5.2 of GL 83-28 by Providing Addl Justifications or Safety Bases for Changes ML20212K1241999-10-0101 October 1999 Responds to Recent Ltrs to Chairman Jackson,Commissioners & Wd Travers,Expressing Concern Re Millstone Npps.Nrc Continues to Monitor Performace of Millstone to Ensure That Public Health & Safety,Adequately Protected ML20212J3051999-10-0101 October 1999 Discusses GL 97-06 Re Degradation of SG Internals,Dtd 971230.GL Requested Each PWR Licensee to Submit Info That Will Enable NRC Staff to Verify Whether PWR SG Internals Comply & Conform to Current Licensing Basis for Facilities ML20212L2081999-10-0101 October 1999 Responds to Recent Ltrs to President Wj Clinton,Chairman Jackson & Commissioners & Wd Travers,Expressing Concerns Re Millstone NPPs & Continued Lack of Mgt Plan for Eastern Long Island.Nrc Continues to Monitor Plant Performance ML20212J9991999-10-0101 October 1999 Responds to Recent Ltr to President Clinton,H Clinton, Chairman Jackson &/Or Wd Travers Expressing Concern Re Millstone Npps.Nrc Continues to Monitor Performance of Plant to Ensure That Public Health & Safety Adequately Protected ML20212L1971999-10-0101 October 1999 Responds to Recent Ltr to Chairman Jackson & Commissioners Expressing Concerns Re Millstone NPPs & Continued Lack of Emergency Mgt Plan for Eastern Long Island.Nrc Continues to Monitor Plant Performance to Ensure Public Health & Safety ML20212J2451999-10-0101 October 1999 Informs That Util 980807 & 990629 Responses to GL 98-01, Y2K Readiness of Computer Sys at NPPs Acceptable.Nrc Considers Subj GL to Be Closed for Units 2 &3 ML20212L1831999-10-0101 October 1999 Responds to Recent Ltr to Wd Travers Expressing Concerns Re Millstone NPPs & Continued Lack of Emergency Mgt Plan for Eastern Long Island.Nrc Continues to Monitor Performance of Millstone to Ensure Adequate Protection to Public Health ML20212L2171999-10-0101 October 1999 Responds to Recent Ltr to President Wj Clinton,Chairman Jackson & Commissioners,Wd Travers & Ferc,Expressing Concerns Re Millstone NPPs & Continued Lack of Emergency Mgt Plan for Eastern Long Island ML20217A9271999-09-30030 September 1999 Discusses Investigation Conducted at Millstone Nuclear Power Station by NRC OI Region I on 980319 to Determine If Contract Training Instructor Was Terminated for Raising Concerns About Quality of Training Matls ML20217B3221999-09-30030 September 1999 Refers to Investigation Rept 1-1997-035 Conducted at Millstone Nuclear Power Station by NRC Ofc of Investigation Field Ofc,Region I on 970915 to Determine Whether Former Health Physics Technician Discriminated Against ML20212J6621999-09-30030 September 1999 Informs of Completion of mid-cycle PPR of Units 2 & 3 on 990916.Identified Several Recent Instances in Which Condition Repts Were Not Initiated,Resulting in Untimely or Inadequate C/As.Historical Listing of Plant Issues Encl B17887, Requests Exemption from Requirements of 10CFR140.11(a)(4) Which Requires Licensees to Maintain Secondary Financial Protection Beyond Primary Layer1999-09-28028 September 1999 Requests Exemption from Requirements of 10CFR140.11(a)(4) Which Requires Licensees to Maintain Secondary Financial Protection Beyond Primary Layer ML20216J1341999-09-28028 September 1999 Ltr Contract:Task Order 49, Millstone Units 2 & 3 Employee Concerns Program Insp, Under Contract NRC-03-98-021 B17883, Forwards Mnps Unit 3 ISI Summary Rept,Cycle 6, IAW ASME Section XI,IWA-62301999-09-27027 September 1999 Forwards Mnps Unit 3 ISI Summary Rept,Cycle 6, IAW ASME Section XI,IWA-6230 B17890, Provides Response to GL 99-02, Laboratory Testing of Nuclear-Grade Activated Charcoal1999-09-27027 September 1999 Provides Response to GL 99-02, Laboratory Testing of Nuclear-Grade Activated Charcoal B17888, Informs That There No Longer Exists Need to Maintain Millstone Unit 2 SRO License for CA Hines,License SOP-10741-01,effective 9909151999-09-24024 September 1999 Informs That There No Longer Exists Need to Maintain Millstone Unit 2 SRO License for CA Hines,License SOP-10741-01,effective 990915 B17884, Forwards NRC Form 536, Operator Licensing Exam Data, for Mnps,Units 2 & 3,per Administrative Ltr 99-031999-09-24024 September 1999 Forwards NRC Form 536, Operator Licensing Exam Data, for Mnps,Units 2 & 3,per Administrative Ltr 99-03 ML20212F4961999-09-20020 September 1999 Forwards Insp Repts 50-245/99-08,50-336/99-08 & 50-423/99-08 on 990615-0809.Four Violations of NRC Requirements Occurred & Being Treated as Ncvs,Consistent with App C of Enforcement Policy 05000336/LER-1999-001, Forwards LER 99-001-00 Re Thermal Reactor Power Limit That Was Exceeded.Commitments Made by Util Encl1999-09-20020 September 1999 Forwards LER 99-001-00 Re Thermal Reactor Power Limit That Was Exceeded.Commitments Made by Util Encl B17867, Requests Relief from Requirements of 10CFR50.55a(g),IAW ASME Section XI for Millstone,Unit 3.Util Requests Relief from Performing Visual Exam of Reactor Pressure Supports to Extent Required by Code for Class 1 Supports1999-09-17017 September 1999 Requests Relief from Requirements of 10CFR50.55a(g),IAW ASME Section XI for Millstone,Unit 3.Util Requests Relief from Performing Visual Exam of Reactor Pressure Supports to Extent Required by Code for Class 1 Supports B17865, Provides NRC Staff with Updated Proposed Rev of FSAR Section 14.6.3, Radiological Consequences of SG Tube Failure. Updated Proposed Rev Will Replace Info Provided in Attachment 3 of Initial Submittal1999-09-16016 September 1999 Provides NRC Staff with Updated Proposed Rev of FSAR Section 14.6.3, Radiological Consequences of SG Tube Failure. Updated Proposed Rev Will Replace Info Provided in Attachment 3 of Initial Submittal B17876, Informs That Util Will Adopt Last Approved Northeast Util QA Program (Nuqap) Tr,Rev 21,dtd 990630,as Unit 1 Nuqap,Per Decision to Permanently Cease Operations at Subject Plant1999-09-16016 September 1999 Informs That Util Will Adopt Last Approved Northeast Util QA Program (Nuqap) Tr,Rev 21,dtd 990630,as Unit 1 Nuqap,Per Decision to Permanently Cease Operations at Subject Plant B17882, Forwards NRC Forms 398 & 369 in Support of License Renewal for Bb Parrish,License SOP-10399-2.Encl Withheld Per 10CFR2.790(a)(6)1999-09-15015 September 1999 Forwards NRC Forms 398 & 369 in Support of License Renewal for Bb Parrish,License SOP-10399-2.Encl Withheld Per 10CFR2.790(a)(6) B17881, Forwards NRC Form 398 & NRC Form 396 for Le Olsen,License SOP-10398-2.Encl Withheld Per 10CFR2.790(a)(6)1999-09-15015 September 1999 Forwards NRC Form 398 & NRC Form 396 for Le Olsen,License SOP-10398-2.Encl Withheld Per 10CFR2.790(a)(6) B17859, Forwards up-to-date Distribution Lists for NRC Correspondence to NNECO & NUSCO.Side-bars Indicate Changes from Previous Lists Provided to NRC on 9801281999-09-15015 September 1999 Forwards up-to-date Distribution Lists for NRC Correspondence to NNECO & NUSCO.Side-bars Indicate Changes from Previous Lists Provided to NRC on 980128 B17880, Forwards NRC Form 398 & NRC Form 396 for Rf Martin,License SOP-10397-0.Encls Withheld Per 10CFR2.790(a)(6)1999-09-15015 September 1999 Forwards NRC Form 398 & NRC Form 396 for Rf Martin,License SOP-10397-0.Encls Withheld Per 10CFR2.790(a)(6) B17872, Informs of Election to Consolidate Previous Commitments Re Work Observation Program with Two New Programmatic Commitments Listed in Attachment 11999-09-14014 September 1999 Informs of Election to Consolidate Previous Commitments Re Work Observation Program with Two New Programmatic Commitments Listed in Attachment 1 ML20212A9011999-09-10010 September 1999 Forwards Environ Assessment & Finding of No Significant Impact Re Application for Exemption,Dtd 990803.Proposed Exemption Would Provide Relief from Requirement of 10CFR50 ML20212A3171999-09-10010 September 1999 Discusses Investigation Rept 1-1998-045 Conducted on 981112 to Determine If Former Senior Health Physics Technician Being Denied Employment at Millstone in Retaliation for Having Raised Safety Concerns in Past.Synopsis Encl B17838, Forwards Revs 34 & 35 to Physical Security Plan.Explanation of Changes Provided as Attachment 1.Without Encls1999-09-10010 September 1999 Forwards Revs 34 & 35 to Physical Security Plan.Explanation of Changes Provided as Attachment 1.Without Encls ML20212A7501999-09-10010 September 1999 Forwards Staff Requirements Memo Response,Dtd 990525,which Provides Actions NRC Plans for Continued Oversight of safety-conscious Work Environ & Employee Concerns Program ML20211J9291999-09-0303 September 1999 Forwards mark-ups & Retypes of Proposed Conforming License Changes Required in Connection with Transfers Being Sought in 990615 Application of Montaup Electric Co & New England Power Co for Transfer of Licenses & Ownership Interests ML20211K5171999-09-0202 September 1999 Expresses Appreciation for Support Provided for NRC Public Meeting on 990825 05000336/LER-1999-010, Forwards LER 99-010-00,documenting 990804 Event of Failure to Perform ASME Section XI IST on Pressurizer Relief Line Flow Control Sample Valve Following Maint Activities.List of Util Commitments Contained in Attachment 11999-09-0202 September 1999 Forwards LER 99-010-00,documenting 990804 Event of Failure to Perform ASME Section XI IST on Pressurizer Relief Line Flow Control Sample Valve Following Maint Activities.List of Util Commitments Contained in Attachment 1 ML20216H0591999-09-0202 September 1999 Responds to Re Issues Submitted by Cullen on Behalf of Several Petitioners Concerning Offsite Emergency Prepardeness for Millstone Nuclear Power Station ML20211N9241999-09-0101 September 1999 Forwards Document Classification Form for Insertion Into Emergency Planning Services Department Procedures ML20211H0741999-08-30030 August 1999 Discusses GL 92-01,Rev 1, Rv Structural Integrity, Issued by NRC on 950519 & NNECO Responses for Millstone Unit 2 & 980715.Informs That Staff Revised Info in Rvid & Released Info as Rvid Version 2 Based on Response Review 1999-09-30
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MONTHYEARML20217N8261999-10-25025 October 1999 Discusses Errata Re 991021 Filing of Northeast Nuclear Energy Co Answer to Request for Hearing & Petition to Intervene B17886, Requests Permission to Utilize Code Case N-623, Deferral of Insps of Shell-to-Flange & Head-to-Flange of Reactor Vessel,Section Xi,Div 1, for Millstone Unit 21999-10-18018 October 1999 Requests Permission to Utilize Code Case N-623, Deferral of Insps of Shell-to-Flange & Head-to-Flange of Reactor Vessel,Section Xi,Div 1, for Millstone Unit 2 B17901, Submits Statement of Personal Qualification (NRC Form 398) Along with Supporting Certification of Medical Exam by Facility Licensee (NRC from 396) in Support of License Renewal for PM Miner.Encls Withheld,Per 10CFR2.790(a)(6)1999-10-18018 October 1999 Submits Statement of Personal Qualification (NRC Form 398) Along with Supporting Certification of Medical Exam by Facility Licensee (NRC from 396) in Support of License Renewal for PM Miner.Encls Withheld,Per 10CFR2.790(a)(6) 05000336/LER-1999-012, Forwards LER 99-012-00,re Unrecoverable CEA Misalignment Entry Into TS 3.0.3 on 990917.Commitments Made by Util Are Encl1999-10-15015 October 1999 Forwards LER 99-012-00,re Unrecoverable CEA Misalignment Entry Into TS 3.0.3 on 990917.Commitments Made by Util Are Encl B17900, Forwards Revised Assumptions Used in Fuel Handling Accident Analysis & Summary of Results.List of Regulatory Commitments Are Listed in Attachment 11999-10-14014 October 1999 Forwards Revised Assumptions Used in Fuel Handling Accident Analysis & Summary of Results.List of Regulatory Commitments Are Listed in Attachment 1 ML20217P1201999-10-0606 October 1999 Informs NRC of Proposed Acquisition of Parent Holding Company of Central Maine & Requests NRC Concurrence,Based on Threshold Review,That Proposed Acquisition Does Not,In Fact, Constitute Transfer Subject to 10CFR50.80 ML20217F0031999-10-0606 October 1999 Forwards Original Petition to Intervene Being Filed on Behalf of Clients,Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone & Long Island Coalition Against Millstone,Iaw Provisions of 10CFR2.714 B17892, Requests Withdrawal of License Amend Application Re 24-month SG Tube Insp Surveillance Extensions,Submitted in Util 950726 & s to NRC1999-10-0505 October 1999 Requests Withdrawal of License Amend Application Re 24-month SG Tube Insp Surveillance Extensions,Submitted in Util 950726 & s to NRC B17887, Requests Exemption from Requirements of 10CFR140.11(a)(4) Which Requires Licensees to Maintain Secondary Financial Protection Beyond Primary Layer1999-09-28028 September 1999 Requests Exemption from Requirements of 10CFR140.11(a)(4) Which Requires Licensees to Maintain Secondary Financial Protection Beyond Primary Layer B17883, Forwards Mnps Unit 3 ISI Summary Rept,Cycle 6, IAW ASME Section XI,IWA-62301999-09-27027 September 1999 Forwards Mnps Unit 3 ISI Summary Rept,Cycle 6, IAW ASME Section XI,IWA-6230 B17890, Provides Response to GL 99-02, Laboratory Testing of Nuclear-Grade Activated Charcoal1999-09-27027 September 1999 Provides Response to GL 99-02, Laboratory Testing of Nuclear-Grade Activated Charcoal B17884, Forwards NRC Form 536, Operator Licensing Exam Data, for Mnps,Units 2 & 3,per Administrative Ltr 99-031999-09-24024 September 1999 Forwards NRC Form 536, Operator Licensing Exam Data, for Mnps,Units 2 & 3,per Administrative Ltr 99-03 B17888, Informs That There No Longer Exists Need to Maintain Millstone Unit 2 SRO License for CA Hines,License SOP-10741-01,effective 9909151999-09-24024 September 1999 Informs That There No Longer Exists Need to Maintain Millstone Unit 2 SRO License for CA Hines,License SOP-10741-01,effective 990915 05000336/LER-1999-001, Forwards LER 99-001-00 Re Thermal Reactor Power Limit That Was Exceeded.Commitments Made by Util Encl1999-09-20020 September 1999 Forwards LER 99-001-00 Re Thermal Reactor Power Limit That Was Exceeded.Commitments Made by Util Encl B17867, Requests Relief from Requirements of 10CFR50.55a(g),IAW ASME Section XI for Millstone,Unit 3.Util Requests Relief from Performing Visual Exam of Reactor Pressure Supports to Extent Required by Code for Class 1 Supports1999-09-17017 September 1999 Requests Relief from Requirements of 10CFR50.55a(g),IAW ASME Section XI for Millstone,Unit 3.Util Requests Relief from Performing Visual Exam of Reactor Pressure Supports to Extent Required by Code for Class 1 Supports B17876, Informs That Util Will Adopt Last Approved Northeast Util QA Program (Nuqap) Tr,Rev 21,dtd 990630,as Unit 1 Nuqap,Per Decision to Permanently Cease Operations at Subject Plant1999-09-16016 September 1999 Informs That Util Will Adopt Last Approved Northeast Util QA Program (Nuqap) Tr,Rev 21,dtd 990630,as Unit 1 Nuqap,Per Decision to Permanently Cease Operations at Subject Plant B17865, Provides NRC Staff with Updated Proposed Rev of FSAR Section 14.6.3, Radiological Consequences of SG Tube Failure. Updated Proposed Rev Will Replace Info Provided in Attachment 3 of Initial Submittal1999-09-16016 September 1999 Provides NRC Staff with Updated Proposed Rev of FSAR Section 14.6.3, Radiological Consequences of SG Tube Failure. Updated Proposed Rev Will Replace Info Provided in Attachment 3 of Initial Submittal B17881, Forwards NRC Form 398 & NRC Form 396 for Le Olsen,License SOP-10398-2.Encl Withheld Per 10CFR2.790(a)(6)1999-09-15015 September 1999 Forwards NRC Form 398 & NRC Form 396 for Le Olsen,License SOP-10398-2.Encl Withheld Per 10CFR2.790(a)(6) B17880, Forwards NRC Form 398 & NRC Form 396 for Rf Martin,License SOP-10397-0.Encls Withheld Per 10CFR2.790(a)(6)1999-09-15015 September 1999 Forwards NRC Form 398 & NRC Form 396 for Rf Martin,License SOP-10397-0.Encls Withheld Per 10CFR2.790(a)(6) B17859, Forwards up-to-date Distribution Lists for NRC Correspondence to NNECO & NUSCO.Side-bars Indicate Changes from Previous Lists Provided to NRC on 9801281999-09-15015 September 1999 Forwards up-to-date Distribution Lists for NRC Correspondence to NNECO & NUSCO.Side-bars Indicate Changes from Previous Lists Provided to NRC on 980128 B17882, Forwards NRC Forms 398 & 369 in Support of License Renewal for Bb Parrish,License SOP-10399-2.Encl Withheld Per 10CFR2.790(a)(6)1999-09-15015 September 1999 Forwards NRC Forms 398 & 369 in Support of License Renewal for Bb Parrish,License SOP-10399-2.Encl Withheld Per 10CFR2.790(a)(6) B17872, Informs of Election to Consolidate Previous Commitments Re Work Observation Program with Two New Programmatic Commitments Listed in Attachment 11999-09-14014 September 1999 Informs of Election to Consolidate Previous Commitments Re Work Observation Program with Two New Programmatic Commitments Listed in Attachment 1 B17838, Forwards Revs 34 & 35 to Physical Security Plan.Explanation of Changes Provided as Attachment 1.Without Encls1999-09-10010 September 1999 Forwards Revs 34 & 35 to Physical Security Plan.Explanation of Changes Provided as Attachment 1.Without Encls ML20211J9291999-09-0303 September 1999 Forwards mark-ups & Retypes of Proposed Conforming License Changes Required in Connection with Transfers Being Sought in 990615 Application of Montaup Electric Co & New England Power Co for Transfer of Licenses & Ownership Interests 05000336/LER-1999-010, Forwards LER 99-010-00,documenting 990804 Event of Failure to Perform ASME Section XI IST on Pressurizer Relief Line Flow Control Sample Valve Following Maint Activities.List of Util Commitments Contained in Attachment 11999-09-0202 September 1999 Forwards LER 99-010-00,documenting 990804 Event of Failure to Perform ASME Section XI IST on Pressurizer Relief Line Flow Control Sample Valve Following Maint Activities.List of Util Commitments Contained in Attachment 1 ML20216H0591999-09-0202 September 1999 Responds to Re Issues Submitted by Cullen on Behalf of Several Petitioners Concerning Offsite Emergency Prepardeness for Millstone Nuclear Power Station ML20211N9241999-09-0101 September 1999 Forwards Document Classification Form for Insertion Into Emergency Planning Services Department Procedures B17851, Forwards Semiannual fitness-for-duty Program Performance Data for 990101-990630 for Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Units 1,2 & 3,IAW 10CFR26.71(d)1999-08-27027 August 1999 Forwards Semiannual fitness-for-duty Program Performance Data for 990101-990630 for Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Units 1,2 & 3,IAW 10CFR26.71(d) B17855, Forwards NRC Forms 398 & 396 in Support of License Renewal for SRO TE Grilley,SOP-4053-04.Encl Withheld,Per 10CFR2.7901999-08-17017 August 1999 Forwards NRC Forms 398 & 396 in Support of License Renewal for SRO TE Grilley,SOP-4053-04.Encl Withheld,Per 10CFR2.790 B17849, Forwards Second Quarter Backlog Performance Rept for 1999, Which Represents Fourth Rept on Mnps Performance Since Restart of Unit 3 & First Status Update for Unit 2.No Regulatory Commitments Are Contained in Ltr1999-08-16016 August 1999 Forwards Second Quarter Backlog Performance Rept for 1999, Which Represents Fourth Rept on Mnps Performance Since Restart of Unit 3 & First Status Update for Unit 2.No Regulatory Commitments Are Contained in Ltr B17854, Forwards Monthly Operating Rept for July 1999 for Millstone Nuclear Power Station,Unit 2,per TS 6.9.1.7.Revised Repts for May & June Also Encl Which Reflect Correct Faulty Printometer Readings1999-08-14014 August 1999 Forwards Monthly Operating Rept for July 1999 for Millstone Nuclear Power Station,Unit 2,per TS 6.9.1.7.Revised Repts for May & June Also Encl Which Reflect Correct Faulty Printometer Readings B17850, Forwards First Lhc Quarterly Assessment Rept for Assessment Performed 990621 to 990701.NNECO Taking Appropriate Actions to Address Observations in Rept1999-08-11011 August 1999 Forwards First Lhc Quarterly Assessment Rept for Assessment Performed 990621 to 990701.NNECO Taking Appropriate Actions to Address Observations in Rept B17837, Forwards COLR for Cycle 7, for Millstone Unit 3,IAW TS 6.9.1.6.Explanation of Changes to COLR Also Encl1999-08-0707 August 1999 Forwards COLR for Cycle 7, for Millstone Unit 3,IAW TS 6.9.1.6.Explanation of Changes to COLR Also Encl B17657, Requests Schedular Exemption from Emergency Plan Exercise Requirements of 10CFR50,App E,Part Iv,Section F,Paragraph 2.c.Requests That Nrc/Fema Evaluated Exercise Be Conducted in Mar 2000 Rather than Sept 19991999-08-0303 August 1999 Requests Schedular Exemption from Emergency Plan Exercise Requirements of 10CFR50,App E,Part Iv,Section F,Paragraph 2.c.Requests That Nrc/Fema Evaluated Exercise Be Conducted in Mar 2000 Rather than Sept 1999 B17845, Forwards Revised Commitment for Surveillance Scheduling & Tracking.Options for Surveillance Scheduling & Tracking Methodologies to Be Incorporated in Standardized Station Surveillance Program Are Currently Being Reconsidered1999-08-0202 August 1999 Forwards Revised Commitment for Surveillance Scheduling & Tracking.Options for Surveillance Scheduling & Tracking Methodologies to Be Incorporated in Standardized Station Surveillance Program Are Currently Being Reconsidered B17831, Informs NRC Staff That Change 3 to Rev 25 of Mnps Emergency Plan Was Implemented on 990715.Change Removes Facility Organizational Charts from Emergency Plan & Identifies Relocation to Nuqap1999-07-26026 July 1999 Informs NRC Staff That Change 3 to Rev 25 of Mnps Emergency Plan Was Implemented on 990715.Change Removes Facility Organizational Charts from Emergency Plan & Identifies Relocation to Nuqap B17834, Forwards Proprietary Revised NRC Form 398,which Certifies That SL Doboe Has Completed Eligibility Requirements for Sro,Per 10CFR55.31.Proprietary Info Withheld1999-07-20020 July 1999 Forwards Proprietary Revised NRC Form 398,which Certifies That SL Doboe Has Completed Eligibility Requirements for Sro,Per 10CFR55.31.Proprietary Info Withheld B17836, Forwards Revised NRC Form 396 & Supporting Physician Rept for Licensed Operator Restricted from Licensed Duties, Effective 990628,due to Medical Condition.Without Encl1999-07-20020 July 1999 Forwards Revised NRC Form 396 & Supporting Physician Rept for Licensed Operator Restricted from Licensed Duties, Effective 990628,due to Medical Condition.Without Encl B17811, Submits Response to NRC AL 99-02,requesting That Licensees Provide Numerical Estimates of Licensing Actions to Be Expected to Be Submitted in Fy 2000 & 20011999-07-20020 July 1999 Submits Response to NRC AL 99-02,requesting That Licensees Provide Numerical Estimates of Licensing Actions to Be Expected to Be Submitted in Fy 2000 & 2001 ML20210S9911999-07-18018 July 1999 Requests NRC Intervene for All Shareholders of New England Electric System & to Help with Merger with National Grid Group & That NRC Petition Security & Exchange Commission to Investigate Matter Relative to No Shareholder Options B17835, Forwards Rev 33 to Millstone Station Physical Security Plan, Per 10CFR50.54(p)(2).Licensee Determined That Changes Do Not Decrease Effectiveness of Plan.Rev Withheld from Public Disclosure,Per 10CFR2.790(d)(1)1999-07-16016 July 1999 Forwards Rev 33 to Millstone Station Physical Security Plan, Per 10CFR50.54(p)(2).Licensee Determined That Changes Do Not Decrease Effectiveness of Plan.Rev Withheld from Public Disclosure,Per 10CFR2.790(d)(1) B17818, Provides NRC Staff with Change to TS Bases Sections 3/4.5.2 & 3/4.5.3, ECCS Subsystems for Info Only.Change Was Reviewed & Approved by Unit 3 Plant Operations Review Committee IAW Provisions of 10CFR50.591999-07-16016 July 1999 Provides NRC Staff with Change to TS Bases Sections 3/4.5.2 & 3/4.5.3, ECCS Subsystems for Info Only.Change Was Reviewed & Approved by Unit 3 Plant Operations Review Committee IAW Provisions of 10CFR50.59 B17824, Forwards Monthly Oeprating Rept for June 1999 & Revised Monthly Operating Rept for May 1999 for Millstone Unit 21999-07-13013 July 1999 Forwards Monthly Oeprating Rept for June 1999 & Revised Monthly Operating Rept for May 1999 for Millstone Unit 2 ML20212K1701999-07-13013 July 1999 Submits Concerns Re Millstone & Continued Lack of Emergency Mgt Plan for Eastern Long Island.Nrc Should Provide Adequate Emergency Planning in Case of Radiological Accident B17816, Provides Certification That M Lettrich,Has Completed Eligibility Requirements,Per 10CFR55.31 for Operator License.Util Requests That Licensing Action Be Taken for Named Individual1999-07-0101 July 1999 Provides Certification That M Lettrich,Has Completed Eligibility Requirements,Per 10CFR55.31 for Operator License.Util Requests That Licensing Action Be Taken for Named Individual B17801, Forwards 10CFR50.59 Annual Rept for Period Jan-Dec 1998. Various Changes That Were Initiated in Previous Yrs & Completed in 1998,also Incorporated Into Annual Rept1999-06-30030 June 1999 Forwards 10CFR50.59 Annual Rept for Period Jan-Dec 1998. Various Changes That Were Initiated in Previous Yrs & Completed in 1998,also Incorporated Into Annual Rept B17819, Forwards Rev 17 to FSAR & Addendum 6 to Annual Rept.Nneco Recently Completed Review of Unit 2 Design & Licensing Bases Which Resulted in Changes to FSAR Provided in Encl 1.Encl 2 Includes Info Covering Changes Not Included in1999-06-30030 June 1999 Forwards Rev 17 to FSAR & Addendum 6 to Annual Rept.Nneco Recently Completed Review of Unit 2 Design & Licensing Bases Which Resulted in Changes to FSAR Provided in Encl 1.Encl 2 Includes Info Covering Changes Not Included in B17780, Forwards Rev 21,Change 0 to Northeast Utilities QAP (Nuqap) TR, IAW 10CFR50.54(a)(3).Changes to TR Are Shown as Text in Bold Italics1999-06-30030 June 1999 Forwards Rev 21,Change 0 to Northeast Utilities QAP (Nuqap) TR, IAW 10CFR50.54(a)(3).Changes to TR Are Shown as Text in Bold Italics B17723, Responds to NRC Request for Info Re GL 98-01, Y2K Readiness of Computer Sys at Npps. Y2K Readiness Disclosure for Units 2 & 3 Encl.Without Encl1999-06-29029 June 1999 Responds to NRC Request for Info Re GL 98-01, Y2K Readiness of Computer Sys at Npps. Y2K Readiness Disclosure for Units 2 & 3 Encl.Without Encl B17767, Forwards Rev 12 to FSAR & Addendum 3 to Annual Rept, for Millstone Unit 3,per 10CFR50.71(e) & 10CFR50.4(b)(6). No New Regulatory Commitments Contained in Ltr1999-06-29029 June 1999 Forwards Rev 12 to FSAR & Addendum 3 to Annual Rept, for Millstone Unit 3,per 10CFR50.71(e) & 10CFR50.4(b)(6). No New Regulatory Commitments Contained in Ltr 1999-09-03
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Page 1 Hartford Courant Millstone whistleblower quits job after settlement By MICHAEL REMEZ
l This story ran in The Courant June 21, 1996 l
George Galatis, the Millstone whistleblower whose story made the cover of Time magazine in March, quit Thursday after reaching an agreement with Northeast Utilities on a settlement package.
No details of the settlement were released. Neither Galatis nor his attorney, Ernest Hadley, could be reached for comment. NU offered no details beyond a !
one-paragraph joint statement.
Critics of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission say it was Galatis' complaint about procedures for handling spent fuel at Millstone 1 -- highly publicized and backed by irrefutable evidence -- that finally forced recalitrant i regulators to take tough action against NU this year. l' Citing a " historic emphasis on cost savings versus performance" dating back to 1991, the NRC added all three Millstone plants to its watch list of troubled plants in late January. That came one month after a harshly critical report by the agency's inspector general that detailed violations of NU's license for Millstone 1 -- under the eyes of NRC inspectors -- for more than 20 years.
The watch list designation also came just weeks before a March 4 Time magazine cover story that chronicled Galatis' complaints, his efforts to force the company to take action and he experiences as a whistleblower.
"I don't think he would have gotten a settlement out of NU if not for having gone as public as he did," said James Riccio, an attorney with the Critical Mass Energy Project, an offshoot of Ralph Nader's Public Citizen Group and an outspoken critic of the NRC.
"They want to pay him off, shut him up and try to get these reactors back on line," Riccio said.
All three plants along Long Island Sound in Waterford are now shut down, pending completion of detailed inspections by the NRC, repairs by NU and assurances by the utility that each can operate in compliance with its license.
NU now says it expects to spend $100 million for improvements at Millstone, about $25 million more than originally anticipated. That estimate could increase as the company and regulators identify any new work that needs to be done.
In addition to those costs, NU expects to spend $45 million this summer to get older fossil-fuel plants up and running to compensate for power not being generated at Millstone. Also, the cost of buying replacement power from other utilities is expected to be between $21 million and $27 million a month.
On Thursday, NU released a one-paragraph statement -- attributed jointly to the company and Galatis -- that said the " amicable settlement" " resolved all employment differences between the parties."
But Diane Screnci, a spokeswoman for the NRC's regional office, said the agency is still evaluating complaints by Galatis asking that the plant's license be suspended and alleging harassment by NU.
She disputed the notion that media attention to Galatis' case forced the regulators' hand. The petition did push the agency to look deeper into the l
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company's long history of operational problems, she said, but the Time story l came after the agency had put Millstone on its watch list.
"We had already determined they needed closer monitoring, that giving them time to improve hadn't worked and that we needed to take stronger action by putting them on the watch list," Screnci said.
Galatis' troubles started in 1992 when the engineer discovered that Millstone 1 was moving its entire core of radioactive fuel rods into the reactor cooling pool at one time. Moving more than one-third of the rods at once -- while less j costly for NU -- risked overheating the pool and causing an uncontrolled l release of radiation.
! The practice was prohibited under the plant's operating license -- a violation that went uncorrected by the NRC for 20 years, and is currently the subject of a criminal investigation.
Galatis has said that when he pressed NU to change the procedure, he was stonewalled for two years before the company began taking action. Still not satisfied with NU's response, Galatis complained to the NRC in 1994.
At work, he said, he began experiencing what he termed subtle forms of
- harassment
- He was referred to a pyschologist, for example, to improve his
" teamwork skills," and his job evaluation was downgraded.
Last August, Galatis and We the People, a Massachusetts-based nuclear safety organization, filed a petition with the NRC asking it to suspend the license l for Millstone 1 because of the refueling practices.
Although what is known as a full-core off load was not allowed under the plant's license, it is a routine practice at many other nuclear plants. NU petitioned the NRC for approval to handle the refueling that way. It got it last October.
l Galatis has said he wants to attend divinity school and embark on a new career
! after leaving NV. His departure follows a pattern of other employees who have l raised safety issues, and then severed their ties with the company after l
reaching secret settlements.
Among those is Paul Blanch, also an engineer and whistleblower who left the
- company in 1993 with a settlement. That came after the NRC found that he had l been harassed for raising questions about a faulty gauge.
! "I think it's a travesty to the industry that everyone who has safety issues and brings them forth eventually is banned or bought out by the industry,"
Blanch said. "It is an example of what I call ' ethic cleansing' -- anyone with ethics seems to be removed from the industry."
Earlier this year, Galatis told The Courant that NU's top brass in Berlin set the tone for the company.
l "The message starts at the top, with senior management," he said. "Despite l what they say, they just don't want to hear about problems that will cost the i company money or cause regulatory headaches."
l NU's latest trouble: Plant's foundation eroding By MIKE McINTIRE and BARBARA NAGY This story ran in The Courant June 21, 1996 Page 1 Headline
, Part of the concrete foundation deep beneath the Millstone 3 nuclear power i station is dissolving, throwing into question the very future of the state's
'argest and newest plant.
Mrtheast Utilities insists the plant can be reopened this summer, but on 4
Ti.arsday it disclosed for the first time a worst-case scenario that would postpone a restart until December 1997. NU is seeking regulatory approval to l
i borrow up to $450 million to cover costs if its Connecticut nuclear plants are shut down well into next year. 1he erosion of the concrete was noted in a highly critical report by inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, dated June 6, which expressed concern about its "long-term safety i implications." NU has brought in international experts to investigate the '
problem, which was first detected in 1987 when workers noticed a strange, pasty sludge accumulating in drainage sumps around the plant. ;
Studies concluded that a chemical reaction more than 40 feet below ground level was causing a 9-inch-thick layer of concrete to dissolve and leach into l the drains. NU says it removes about 100 pounds of the liquified concrete each year from the drains -- a small fraction of the 670,000-pound layer.
Regulators and scientists say they have never seen anything like it, and are unsure of the extent of the damage or whether it can be fixed.
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"I know of no other plant in the United States with a similar problem," said William D. Lanning, who heads the NRC team overseeing an in-depth inspection of Millstone.
Lanning said that despite the commission's concerns about the long-range effect of the erosion, it "is not currently a safety issue." But he added,
! "It's got to be solved sooner or later," he said. ,
l Scientists interviewed on Thursday expressed concern about any weakening of '
the concrete beneath the Waterford plant. Dr. Henry W. Kendall, who won a Nobel Prize in physics in 1990 and chairman of the Union of Concerned Scientists, said the public should be skeptical of claims that the situation is safe, when so many questions remain.
"One always worries when the NRC and the utility launch into something new that they'll make a mistake in assessing it," he said. "I've watched the ,
nuclear industry for quite a number of years, and they will always tell you ;
that it's safe, if they don't know that it isn't safe. It's almost a built-in response."
- Kendall, who teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, added:
"I've never heard of this happening at a nuclear power plant. It's unsettling.
So much rests -- literally -- on the integrity of the foundation."
Officials at Boston-based Stone & Webster Corp., the architectural engineer and builder of Millstone 3, declined to comment. Stone & Webster has built I numerous plants around the country. l It is unclear when the NRC first became aware of the situation. The June 6 1 i inspection report notes that the agency has known of it since at least 1994, I l when NU pledged to conduct a detailed analysis and prepare an " operability l evaluation" designed to demonstrate that the erosion would not pose an innediate safety threat.
The June 6 report said that in doing the earlier evaluations, NU used inaccurate data to determine whether the weakened concrete could support the weight of the plant. The NRC has asked the utility to present new information next month, when NU makes its case that Millstone 3 should be allowed to restart in August.
NU has created a scale model of the foundation, with simulated groundwater running through it, to try to duplicate what engineers theorize is happening deep under the plant. They believe the erosion is being caused by a chemical reaction where two layers of differently mixed concrete, one porous and the
, other nonporous, come into contact.
Results of those tests are not expected to be completed until December.
I "Right now we have an operability determination that says it doesn't affect 1
. the operation of the plant, but we're bringing in experts to look at the 1
- issue," said NU spokesman Anthony J. Castagno. "We're very confident that this 1
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Castagno said one option being considered is to dig deep into the ground next to the plant and try to inject reinforcing material into the weakened concrete l layer. He described that plan as a " worst-case scenario."
Industry experts were skeptical of such solutions.
Richard Hubbard, a former head of quality assurance for General Electric Co.'s nuclear engineering division, said foundation problems have caused at least one other plant, in Michigan, to shut down. In that instance, he said, ;
attempts to reinforce a foundation damaged by settling soil proved futile and cracks developed in the reactor's containment structure.
Michael Peabody, a concrete expert with the federal government's Materials Engineering and Research Laboratory in Denver, said he has rarely seen structural foundations comprised of the different mixes of concrete used at Millstone. Chemical reactions have been known to occur where concrete of different mixes come into contact with each other or with surrounding soil and other material, he said. 1 The Denver lab assists in construction of hydro-electric power plants, dams and underground piping systems.
"Usually, with the foundations that we deal with, we try to get as !
consolidated, dense a layering as possible, without porosity," Peabody said. l "There may be a reason for why they did it that way, but I don't know what it is."
For NU, the erosion issue is another in a long string of problems that have prevented a restart of all three units at the Waterford site. Earlier this year, the NRC placed them on its " watch list" of troubled plants, citing years of safety and management problems.
l The prospect of a prompt restart of any of the plants looked bleaker Thursday with NU's application to the Securities and Exchange Commission for a 31-percent increase in its line of credit with one or more banks. The money, up to a total of $450 million, would be used to cover expenses if the startup of the Millstone plants was delayed beyond next spring. 1 NU spokesman Jeffrey R. Kotkin emphasized that the company doesn't expect the I worst-case scenario to unfold.
"What we're doing is very, very conservative financial planning," he said.
Financial analysts said NU had to act now because it can take months for the SEC to approve a bigger credit line and for a deal to be negotiated with the banks.
"You have to put the worst case on the table and plan accordingly," said Edward J. Tirello of NatWest Securities Corp. in New York.
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John:
Please respond to the following. Hope your vacation went we?1 I've got to make sure you have enough to do while I'm gone.
Paul l
I pulled a copy of the Trojan fine from the Internet. The NRC did apply the Statute to the earlier event.
Per my previous analysis, I believe this is wrong. Especially since one of the violations was knowing.
Also, why did it take the NRC so long to act? The NRC knew about the earlier knowing violations in 1992 and again was informed in 1994. Yet they waited so long that they now claim the statute bars them from issuing a fine for a knowing violation.
Trojan Fine U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Public Affairs, Region IV l Walnut Creek Field Office 1450 Maria Lane, Walnut Creek, CA 94596-5378 1
1 CONTACT: Mark Hammond June 7, 1996 Office: (510) 975-0254 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Home: (415) 674-1024 RIV-3896 i Pager: (800) 916-4952 NRC STAFF PROPOSES 750,000 FINE IN RECORDS CASE AT TROJAN NUCLEAR PLANT The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has proposed a 750,000 fine against the Portland General Electric Co. (PGE) for violation of NRC requirements at the Trojan nuclear power plant near Rainier, Ore. l The fine is for the submission of inaccurate and misleading information to the NRC in June and October 1991. The NRC has also cited PGE for another I violation involving the apparent falsification of records. The latter violation, however, does not involve a monetary fine because it occurred more than five years ago, a period that exceeds the statute of limitations for fines.
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l This enforcement action is the result of investigations conducted by a '
law firm retained by PGE and the NRC's Office of Investigations. The violations occurred before Trojan ceased operations in October 1992. The NRC has approved PGE's decommissioning plan for the Trojan plant.
l PGE hired the law firm, Stier, Anderson & Malone, in 1991 to investigate !
! allegations concerning PGE's responses to problems involving certain plant i equipment. The firm conducted two lengthy inquiries into both cases, and l documented management failures and a pattern of misinforming the NRC about equipment problems.
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The law firm's first investigation report, provided to the NRC in June 1992, concluded that Trojan's former environmental qualification supervisor, 1 in July and October 1990, had knowingly falsified documents that justified I the operation of certain electrical splices before necessary tests had been conducted. A separate inquiry by the NRC's Office of Investigations, completed in March 1994, reached the same conclusion.
l The law firm's second investigation report, provided to the NRC in l February this year, determined that PGE documentation to the NRC in December 1991 on the integrity of electrical penetration assembly seals was incomplete, inaccurate and misleading. Electrical penetration assemblies are large, cylindrical plugs that carry cables through the containment building, which houses the nuclear reactor.
In a letter informing PGE of the fine, L. Joe Callan, Regional l Administrator of NRC Region IV in Arlington, Texas, said, The NRC recognizes that these violations were discovered largely as a result of efforts undertaken by current Trojan management and do not reflect the performance of current management.
Nevertheless, Mr. Callan said, they are significant because they concerned equipment important to the safe operation of the Trojan plant and, in the case of the electrical splices, records were found to have been i apparently falsified.
...[T]he violations are the result of significant management failures
, to address the underlying technical issues as well as to establish an appropriate climate for being candid with the NRC with regard to these i issues, Mr. Callan said. The NRC notes that if it were not for the fact l
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current efforts to keep the NRC staff informed of onsite activities, the NRC would have considered a civil penalty up to the statutory limit of 7100,000. l PGE replaced the electrical splices and electrical penetration assembly l
seals in question in 1991. The individuals who were the primary focus of the l
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Both violations were classified Soverity Level III in the NRC's 3 four-level classification system. Level I is the most serious. PGE has 30 l days to respond to the NRC's citation, during which time it may pay the fine i or protest it. If the protest is denied, the utility may ask for a hearing.
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