IR 05000282/1998008

Submits Corrected Ltr Transmitting Insp Repts 50-282/98-08 & 50-306/98-08.Date Has Been Corrected to Show Issuance on 980702

ML20236U211
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	07/02/1998
From:	Grant G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Wadley M NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
Shared Package
ML20236U209	List: IR 05000282/1998008 ML20236U207
References
50-282-98-08, 50-282-98-8, 50-306-98-08, 50-306-98-8, NUDOCS 9807290386
Download: ML20236U211 (1)

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July 2, 1998 Mr. M. Wadley, President Nuclear Generation Northern States Power Company

' 414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55401

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SUBJECT: PRAIRIE ISLAND INSPECTION REPORT 50-282/98008(DRP);

50-306/98008(DRP)

Dear Mr. Wadley:

On June 18,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at your Prairie Island Nuclear Generating )

Plant. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.

' During the 5-week period covered by this inspection, operations activities, including a significant power reduction and subsequent ascension, as well as a plant startup from cold shutdown ,

conditions, were performed well. Maintenance and surveillance activities observed were also performed well except that there was unexpected interference between two jobs in the same '

area resulting in water entering a dewatered circulating water bay. Two operability evaluations

. performed by engineering personnel were reviewed. One was comprehensive and adequately justified interim operability of steam exclusion dampers. The other was weak in that a scenario that could have resulted in unnecessarily complicating the response to a reactor trip was not addressed. No violations were identified during the inspection.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.

Sincerely,

/s/ Marc L. Dapas for Geoffrey E. Grant, Director Division of Reactor Projects

_ Docket Nos.: 50-282; 50-306

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' License Nos.: DPR-42; DPR-60 Enclosure: Inspection Report

50-282/98008(DRP);

' 50-306/98008(DRP)

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