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Forwards Safety Insp Rept 50-354/86-06 on 860113-0209 & Notice of Violation.Extensive Testing & Review of Preoperational Tests Prior to Plant Licensing & Fuel Load Required
ML20154H731
Person / Time
Site: Hope Creek PSEG icon.png
Issue date: 03/03/1986
From: Starostecki R
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Corbin McNeil
Public Service Enterprise Group
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ML20154H734 List:
References
NUDOCS 8603100363
Download: ML20154H731 (2)


See also: IR 05000354/1986006

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MAR 3 1986

Public Service Electric and Gas Company

Mr. C. A. McNeill, Jr.

Vice President - Nuclear

PSE&G

P. O. Box 236

Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

Gentlemen:

Subject: Inspection No. 50-354/86-06

This letter refers to the routine resident safety inspection conducted by

Mr. R. Borchardt and others from January 13 to February 9,1986 at the Hope

Creek Nuclear Generating Station Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey. The inspection

consisted of observation of activities, document reviews and interviews. The

findings were discussed with Mr. R. Salvesen of your staff.

Based on the'results of this inspection, it appears that certain of your

activities were not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements, as

set forth in the Notice of Violation, enclosed herewith as Appendix A.

This violation has been categorized by severity level in accordance with

the NRC Enforcement Policy (10 CFR 2, Appendix C) published in the Federal

Register Notice (47 FR 8583) dated March 8,1984. You are required to

respond to this letter. In preparing your response, you should follow

the instructions in Appendix A.

Paragraph 4 of the enclosed inspection report and the corresponding Notice of

Violation detail a situation that requires your prompt attention. Your failure

during logic scheme checks, component level checks, and the Core Spray preop-

erational test to identify that a portion of the Core Spray System automatic

initiation logic was not installed is of great concern to the NRC. We note

that you eventually identified the deficiency during an Emergency Core Cooling

System (ECCS) integrated initiation test. However, we feel that this defici-

ency remained undetected due to an inadequate review of post construction test

activities. Our reviews of the Core Spray and other preoperational tests indi-

cate that the large number and complexity of test exceptions generated during

testing makes it extremely difficult to do an effective technical review. Ex-

tensive retesting and rework is then required, of ten af ter the system is turned

over to operations, to complete the preoperational test package. A deliberate

and detailed review of all preoperational tests is required in order to prevent

similar violations and to ensure system operability prior to plant licensing

and fuel load. During our discussions concerning the preoperational test pro-

gram on February 12, 1986 you committed to not using preoperational test results

to satisfy Technical Specification surveillance tests for other than certain

static tests. Satisfactory completion of all mode 5 surveillance tests will

add a significant factor of assurance that safety related equipment is operable

prior to issuance of a low power operating license and fuel load activities.

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The responses directed by this letter and the accompanying Notice are not

subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget

as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.

Your cooperation with us is appreciated.

Sincerely,

Or181nal S18ced By

R. W. Starostecki, Director

Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosures:

1. Appendix A, Notice of Violation

2. NRC Inspection Report No. 50-354/86-06

cc w/encis:

T. J. Martin, Vice President - Engineering (Newark)

R. S. Salvesen, General Manager, Hoper Creek Operations

A. E. Giardino, Manager, Station Quality Assurance

A. J. Pietrofitta, General Manager, Power Production Engineering, Atlantic

Electric

L. A. Reiter, General Manager - Licensing and Reliability

R. A. Green, Bureau of Radiation Protection

Public Document Room (PDR)

Local Public Document Room (LPDR)

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

NRC Resident Inspector

State of New Jersey

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