PNO-I-89-048C, on 890629,corporate Officer Relieved of Duties.Action Based on Executive Mgt Decision by Facility Owners Per Review of Action Taken Following Manual Reactor Trip Event

PNO-I-89-048C:on 890629,corporate Officer Relieved of Duties.Action Based on Executive Mgt Decision by Facility Owners Per Review of Action Taken Following Manual Reactor Trip Event

ML20246B967
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	06/30/1989
From:	Haverkamp D, Wiggins J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
References
PNO-I-89-048C, PNO-I-89-48C, NUDOCS 8907100194
Download: ML20246B967 (1)

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• DCS No: 50443890622 1 Date: June 30, 1989 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-I-89-48C l<

This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety j l

or public interest significance. The information is as initially received without

• verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region I staff on this date.

Facility: Licensee Emergency Classification: -

Public Service of New Hampshire Notification of Unusual Event Seabrook Station, Unit 1 Alert i Seabrook, New Hampshire Site Area Emergency  ?

Docket No. 50-443 General Emergency X Not Applicable ,

Subject:

UPDATE ON JUNE 22, 1989 MANUAL REACTOR TRIP EVENT-CORPORATE OFFICER RELIEVED OF LICENSEE DUTIES On June 29, 1989, Mr. Edward Brown, President of New Hampshire Yankee, informed NRC Region I that the Vice President-Nuclear Production was being relieved of all responsibilities related to the Seabrook Station. This action was taken as a result of an executive management decision by the facility owners based on their review of licensee actions taken during and following the June 22, 1989 manual reactor trip event.

Subsequently on June 29, 1989, the Vice President - Nuclear Productior resigned from PS-NH.

The State of New Hampshire and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have been informed.

The NRC Seabrook resident office has received media inquiries about this matter.

Continued media interest is anticipated.

CONTACT: J. Wiggins D. Haverkamp FTS 346-5224 FTS 346-51?0 DISTRIBUTION:

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Comm. Carr OGC NRC Ops Ctr i Comm. Rogers Comm. Curtiss INPO----

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CA NRR OGC OIA Regional Offices GPA 01 RI Resident Office pA (LITP EDO OE Licensee:

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Region I Form 83 (Rev. April 1988) d 'p $

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8907100194 890630 PDR I&E PNO-I-89-048C PDC

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