ML20006A581
| ML20006A581 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 01/09/1990 |
| From: | Russell W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Ellen Brown PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE |
| References | |
| CAL-89-11, EA-89-158, NUDOCS 9001290148 | |
| Download: ML20006A581 (7) | |
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W 0 9 mg Do:ket No. 50-443 EA No.89-15B Public Service Company of New Hampshire ATTN: Mr. Edward A. Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer New Hampshire Yankee Division Pvst Office Box 300 i
Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Gentismen:
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CONFIRMATORY ACTION LETTER (CAL) 89-11 In response to the June 22, 1989 failure to perfctm a manual reactor trip when required during the natural circulation test for Seabrook Unit 1, you committed l
to a post-trip review and to complete corrective actions deemeo necessary prior to startup of the unit.
Further, the agreement of the Regional Administrator, Region I, was to be obtained prior to startup. These commitments were docu-mented in Confirmatory Action tetter (CAL) 89-11 dated June 23,19E9.
i New Hampshire Yankee (NHY) responded to CAL 89-11 with a July 12, 1989 letter submitting _a Corrective Action Plan for Region I review.
Since then, several NHY letters to Region I have updated the Corrective Action Plan and its status.
On December 21, 1989, NHY reported that all Corrective Action Plan action items either were complete or were being implemented by ongoing programs. The NHY assessment was that the Corrective Action Program was effective and that both the plant and NHY staff were ready to begin power ascension testing in January of 1990.
I dispatched an Augmented Inspection Team (AIT) to Seabrook to determine the June 22, 1989 event sequence, et.u:es and safety significance. That inspection (Report 89-82) identified several violations, but concluded that plant safety was not in question during the event. The AIT also found that, except for the significant error of not tripping the reactor when required by the test pro-cedure, the NHY operating staff had performed well. An Enforcement Conference was held in Region I on September 7, 1989 to discuss the AIT findings. After that iceetir.g, your Corrective Action Plan evolved into 55 distinct action items addressing seven mjor categories of corrective measures.
Region I has reviewed all 55 Corrective Action Plan items. We noted that each item was subnitted to the NHY Independent keview Team for verification before it was deemed eady for NRC review and inspection.
During an Operational Readi-ness Assessment Team (ORAT) inspection (Report 89-83) in November 1989, most of the Correct've Action Plan items were inspected and found acceptable. The ORAT found NHY implementation and management oversight of the Corrective Action OFFICIAL RECORD COPY SEABROOK CAL 89 0001.0.0
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Other NRC inspections (Reports 89-13, 89-15, and 89-21) examined the effective-ness of the remaining Corrective Action Items and found them acceptable.
Dur-ing a December 1989 inspection to evaluate operating crew training and quali-fication, a major NHY initiative to incorporate the Startup Test Program in the Power Ascension Test Program was noted. lutogration of startup personnel with operators for training and in the use of revised startep procedures was found effective.
Instances of minor procedure noncompliance were noted on simulator drills, but overall procedure adherence was found acceptable.
In summary, NRC review of NHY co rective actions in resnonse to CAL commitments has confirmed that implementation of programmatic changes and corrective meas-ures has enhanced your ability to safely conduct testing.
Subject to satis-faction of the Technical Specification requirements and license conditions im-posed by NHY operating license NFP-67, I concur that NHY may restart Seabrook Unit 1.
Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIMED BY William T. Russell Regional Administrator cc:
J. C. Duffett, President and Chief Executive Officer, PSNH T. C. Feigenbaum, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, NHY J. M. Peschel, Operational Programs Manager, NHY D. E. Moody, Station Manager, NHY T. Harpster, Director of Licensing Services R. Hallisey, Director, Dept. of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts S. Woodhouse, legislative Assistant Public Document Room (PDR)
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i SEABROOK HEARING SERVICE LIST Public Service Company of New Hampshire USNRC Resident Inspector ATTN: Mr. Edward A. Brown, President Post Office Box 1149 and Chief Executive Officer Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Post Office Box 300 Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Public Service Comp 6ny of New Hampshire Mr. T. Harpster ATTN: Mr. John C. Duf fett Public Service Company of l7 President and Chief Executive New Hampshire Officer P.O. Bcx 300 P. O. Box 330 Seabrook, New Hampshire 01874 1000 Elm Street Manchester, New Hampshire 03105 Mr. Donald E. Moody Mr. James M. Peschel Pubite Service Company of New Hampshire Public Service Company of New Post Office Box 300 Hampshire Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Post Offico Box 300 Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Mr. Ted C. Feigenbaum Mr. R. Hallisey, Director Public Service Company of New Hampshire Dept. of Public Health Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Commonwealth of Masssachusetts Officer Radiation Control Program Post Office Box 300 150 Tremont Street, 4th Floor Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Boston, MA 02111 Massachusetts Transportation E. Tupper Kinger, Esq.
Building Assistant Attorney General ATTN: Sarah Woodhouse Office of Attorney General Legislative Assistant 208 State House Annex Ten Park Plaza - Suite 3220 Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Boston, Massachusetts 02116 Thomas Dignan, Esq Jerard A. Crouteau, Constable John A. Ritscher, Esq.
82 Beach Road Ropes and Gray P. O. Box 5501 225 Franklin Street Salisbury, Massachusetts 01950 Boston, Massachusetts 0?l10 Mr. Bruce Beckley, Project Manager Dr. Murray Tye, President New Hampshire Yankee Sun Valley Association P.O. Box 330 209 Summer Street Manchester, New Hampshire 03105 Haverhill, Massachusetts 08139
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Robert A. Backus, Esq.
George D. Bisbee, Esq.
Backus, Meyer and Solomon Assistant Attorney General 116 Lowell Street Office of the Attorney General P. O. Box 516 25 Capitol Street Manchester, New Hampshire 03106 Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Phillip Ahren. Esq.
Diane Curran, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General Harmon and Weiss Office of the Attorney General 2001 S. Street, N.W.
State House Station #6 Suite 430 Augusta, Maine 04333 Washington, D.C.
20009 Steven Olesky, Esq.
D. Pierre G. Cecron, Jr., Esq Office of the Attorney Gener61 General Counsel One Asburton Place Public Service Company of P. O. Box 330 New Hampshire Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Manchester, New !!amr Lire 03105 Ms. Diana P. Randall Mr. Alfred V. Sargent, Chairman 70 Collins Street Board of Selectmen Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Town of Salisbury, MA 01950 Richard Hampe, Esq.
Ms. Suzanne Breiseth New Hampshire Ci'vil Defense Agency Town of Hampton Falls 107 Pleasant Street Drinkwater Road Concord, New Hampshire 03874 Hampton Falls, New Hampshire 03844 Mr. Calvin A. Canney, City Manager Senator Gordon J. Humphrey City Hall ATTN:
Tom Burack 126 Daniel Street U.S. Senate Portstnouth, New Hampshire 03801 531 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C.
20510 Board of Selectmen Mr. Owen B. Durgin, Chairman RFD Dalton Road Durham Board of Selectmen Brentwood, New Hampshire 03833 Town of Durham Durham, New Hampshire 03824 Chairman, Board of Selectmen Rye Nuclear Intervention Committee Town Hall c/o Rye Town Hall South Hampton, New Hampshire 03827 10 Central Road Rye, New Hampshire 03870 Mr. Angie Machiros, Chairman Jane Spector Board of Selectmen Federal Energy Regulatory Comm.
for the Town of Newbury 825 North Capitol Street, N.E.
25 High Road Room 8105 Newbury, Massachusetts 01950 Washington, D.C.
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Ms. Rosemary Cashman, Chairman Mr. R. Sweeney Board of Selectmen New Hampshire Yankee Division Town of Amesbury Public Service Company of Town Hall New Hampshire Amesbury, Massachusetts 01913 Suite 610, Three Metro Center Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Honorable Peter J. Matthews Administrative Judge Mayor, City of Newburyport Howard A. Wilber City Hall Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950 Board U.S. Nucicar Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge f
Alan S. Rosenthal, Chairman Thomas S. Moore, Esq.
Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal l
Board Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Vashington, D.C.
20555 Washington, D.C.
20555 Administrative Judge Administrative Juoge Emmetn A. Luebke Jerry Harbour Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Washington, D.C.
20555 Edwin J. Reis, Esq.
H. Joseph Flynn, Esq.
Office of the General Counsel Assistant General Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C.
20555 500 C. Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C.
20472 Edward A. Thomas Carol S. Sneider, Esq.
Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistant Attorney General 442 J. W. McCormack (POCH)
Office of the Attorney General Boston, Massachusetts 02109 One Ashburton Place,19th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Paul McEachern, Esq.
Richard A. Haaps, Esq Shaines and McEachern Haaps and McNicholas 25 Maplewood Avenue 35 Pleasant Street Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801 Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Board of Selectmen Allen Lampert 10 Central Street Civil Defense Director Rye, New Hampshire 03870 Town of Brentwood 20 Franklin Street Exeter, New Hampshire 03833 L
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William Armstrong Sandra Gavutis, Chairman l
Civil Defense Director Board of Selectmen Town of Exeter RFD #1, Box 1154 l
10 Front Street Kensington, New Hampshire 03827 Exeter, New Hampshire 03833 e
Anne Goodman, Chairman Stanley W. Knowles, Chairman p
Board of Selectmen Board of Selectmen i.
'13-15 Newmaiket Road P. O. Box 710
- Durham, New Hampshire 03824 North Hampton, New Hampshire 03862 Norman C. Kantner Judith H. Mitzner Superintendent of Schools Silverglate, Gertner, Baker, Flae, School Administrative Unit No. 21 Good, and Mitzner Aluani Drive 88 Broad Street Hampton, New Hampshire 03842 Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Jano Doughty Gary W. Holmes, Esq.
Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Holmes and Ellis 9 Market Street 47 Winnacunnet Road Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801 Hampton, New Hampshira 03B41 Mr. Robert Carrigg, Chairman Adjudicatory Filt-Board of Selectm'en Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Town Office Panel Docket Atlant Avenue U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission North Hampton, New Hampshire 03870 Washington, DC 20555 l
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