IR 07100023/2011005

Forwards NRC Resident Ofc Status Rept for 871023-1105

ML20236M386
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom, 07100023
Issue date:	11/09/1987
From:	Linville J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Kane W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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NUDOCS 8711130111
Download: ML20236M386 (4)

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09 NOVi1987 Docket Nos.. 50-277' l

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MEMORANDUM FOR: William F. 'Kane,: Director, Division of Reactor' Project's1

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'FROM: ' J. C. Linville, Chief, Reactor' ProjectsiSection~ 2A' ,

. SUBJECT: PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION STATUS REPORT FOR THE'-

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Enclosed is the' Peach Bottom periodic status report from/the' NRC Resident-Office at Peach Bottom. .Three.NRC. resident inspectors l monitored activ'itie at the plant during the report' perio '

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These status reports are intene'ed to provide NRC management and the public with

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an overview of plant activities and-NRC inspection activities. Subsequent ~

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inspection reports will' address many of.these 'topicsLin:more detai :

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Sign-James'C. Linville, Chief  :

Reactor Projects.Section PA'. .j Enclosure: As. Stated

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i 0FFICIAL RECORD COPY: PB'-STATUS / REPORT - 0001.0.0l j

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cc w/ encl: l Dickinson M. Smith,. Manager, Peach Bottom-Atomic Power S'ation t 1 John S. Kemper, Senior Vice President, Engineering and Production I Thomas S. Shaw, Jr. , Vice President, Production {

Troy B. Conner, Jr. , Esquire i W. H. Hirst, Director, Joint Generation Projects Department, d Atlantic Electric .

G. Leitch, Nuclear Generation Manager l Eugene J. Bradley, Esquire, Assistant General Counsel (Without Report) 'l Raymond L. Hovis,. Esquire Thomas Magette, Power Plant. Siting, Nuclear Evaluations ],

W. M. Alden, Engineer in Charge,- Licensing Section Doris Poulson, Secretary of Harford County Council J Public Document Reom (PDR)

Local Public Document Room (LPDR)

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

NRC Resident Inspector i Commonwealth of Pennsylvania bec w/encis: -

Region I Docket Room (with concurrences) '

J. Taylor, EDO

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T. Murley, NRR R. Starostecki, NRR F. Miraglia, NRR S. Varga, NRR 9. Boyer, NRR W. Butler, NRR R. Martin, NRR W. Rutsell, RI W. Johnston, RI T. Martin, RI ,

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K. Abraham, RI M. Miller, RI J. Williams, RI L. Scholl, RI l

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11M/87 11/O{/87 0FFICIAL RECORD COPY PB STATUS REPORT - 0002. j 11/09/87

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. r ENCLOSURE PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION STATUS REPORT FOR'THE PERI'00-October 23 - November 5, 1987 1 1.0 Plant Status As of 8:00 a.m. on November 5,1987, Unit 2 and- 3 are in a cold condition per the March 31, 1987,'NRC Order with coolant temperatures less than 200 -

degrees Fahrenheit. The Unit 3 core is completely off loade !

2.0 Facility Operations Summary j Unit 2 is completing a refueling outage which began March 13, 198 Final work is being performed to support the reactor pressure vessel .

hydrostatic test. Unit 3 has been in a cold condition per the March 31, I 1987, NRC Order since April 1, 1987. The Unit 3 recirculation system l pipe replacement outage is in progress. The Unit 3 core off load was d completed on October 28, 1987. In .adition, twenty-two control rod blades have been exchanged and twelve local power range monitor strings are currently being exchange .0 Items of Special Interest A public meeting was held on November 4, 1987, in Lancaster County, i Pennsylvania, to receive public comments on the' Philadelphia Electric j Company (PECo) Commitment to Excellence Action Pla Fourteen people  ;

spoke to express their views on this Pla ;

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4.0 Other Items of Interest 4.1 The licensee has implemented the following shift operations organizational changes:- (1) J. Cotton assumed the duties-of Super-intendent, Operations on October 23;'and (2) the Shift Managers assumed the duties previously held by the Shift Superintendents effective 11:00 p.m. on October 25. In addition, on October 23

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the following announcements were made regarding the proposed PECo corporate / plant reorganization: (1) M. J. McCormick, Peach Bottom Plant Manager; and -(2) K. Powers Peach Bottom Project Manage ,

4.2 On October 26, Unit 3 received a spurious triple low reactor water )

level signal. A blocking permit hari been applied to a Yarway level -

j indicating switch so that it could be replaced. 'After the permit >

was applied, maintenance, personnel tried to dr?.in the water in the switch and went beyond the boundary of the permit. Subsequently, i the entire variable leg header was drained, causing the unplanned 'I triple low signal. The only actions that occurred were a Unit 3 l high pressure service water (HPSW) pump trip and a loss of shutdown j cooling (SOC) at Unit 2. Operators manually secured SDC on Unit 3  ;

when the HPSW pump tripped. Operators restored SDC at tsoth units 1 within three minute l OFFICIAL RECORD COPY PB STATUS REPORT - 0003. l 11/09/87 l

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i 4.3 LThe licensee's security organization conducted a search of the Peach-Bottom site from 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. on October 30, using five- 1 teams composed of trained drug dogs, handlers, Pennsylvania State l Police, and PECo security representativ The' search encompassed  !

areas both inside and outside the. Peach 6 : tom 2 & 3 protected l areas. The search teams were complimented by forensic experts and ]

licensee site security and station. management. No contraband was 1 found. The licensee's investigation.into alleged drug activities is q continuing. All three NRC resident inspectors were on site and  !

observed the search activitie The resident' inspectors are following the licensee investigations and I corrective actions'regarding these' occurrence ,

5.0 NRC Activities During the Period l l l

Three NRC Resident Inspectors were assigned to monitor plant activities I between October 23 and November 5, 1987. These individuals consisted of the following:

Thomas P. Johnsor - Senior Resident Inspector Richard J. Urban - Resident Inspector Larry E. Myers - Resident Inspector l t

Areas inspected included operational safety, shutdown order commitments, radiation protection, physical security, control room activities and demeanor, reportable events, surveillance testing, outage activities, maintenance, and outstanding items, i

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An inservice tdsting team inspection was perfonned at Peach Bottom by - i region based inspectors complimented by an NRC headquarters individual -l and a contractor from November 2 --November 6, 198 {

Three region based inspectors were also on site the week of November l One inspector was reviewing existing unresolved items, one inspector was i reviewing recirculation pipe replacement activities, and one inspector  !

was reviewing refueling cavity bellows seal The results of these inspections will be included in a future status- ,

repor l NRC Combined Inspection Report 50-277/87-18 and 50-278/87-18 was issued October 28, 1987. The inspection was an Environmental Qualification (EQ)

Team inspection conducted June 15 - 19, 1987. A review was conducted concerning the EQ program for establishing and maintaining the qualifica-tion of electrical equipment important to safety within the scope of 10 CFR 50.49. No violations were note :

0FFICIAL RECORD COPY PB STATUS REPORT - 0004. /09/87

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