ML20207B222

Forwards Insp Rept 50-443/99-03 on 990308-0408.Violations Identified & Being Treated as non-cited Violations

ML20207B222
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	05/20/1999
From:	Doerflein L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Feigenbaum T NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP. (NAESCO)
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ML20207B226	List: IR 05000443/1999003 ML20207B222
References
50-443-99-03, 50-443-99-3, NUDOCS 9905280154
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See also: IR 05000443/1999003

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Mr. T.C. Feigenbaum

Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer

Seabrook Station

North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation

P.O. Box 300

Seabrook, NH 03874 <

SUBJECT: NRC TEAM INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-443/99-03 '

Dear Mr. Feigenbaum:

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This letter transmits the results of the NRC team inspection conducted March 8 through

March 26,1999, at your Seabrook reactor facility. The team focused on your engineering

activities and included an in-depth review of the primary component cooling water (PCCW)

system. In addition, the team reviewed the fire protection program, several open items l

regarding measuring and test equipment issues, and a number of engineering activities

involving the emergency diesel generators (EDGs), emergency feedwater (EFW), and service

water (SW) systems. The preliminary findings were discussed with your staff on March 26,

1999, and in several subsequent telephone conversations concluding on April 8,1999.

Overall, the team found that the PCCW system was adequately designed and being operated to

perform its safety functions consistent with the requirements described in the Updated Final

Safety Analysis Report and other design documents. Engineering generally provided good work

products. The technical support for all modifications reviewed by the team and the risk ranking

assessment of outstanding engineering work requests were good efforts. Some of the good

engineering work to address plant problems was offset by the long time being taken to achieve

permanent resolution of the issue. Multiple examples in this category included the EFW check

valve backleakage, EDG vibration, SW vacuum breaker leakage, and PCCW system flow

balance issues. The team also noted good implementation of the fire protection program. i

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Based on the results of this inspection, the NRC has determined that one Severity Level IV j

violation of NRC requirements occurred. This violation is being treated as a Non-Cited Violation

(NCV), consistent with Appendix C of the Enforcement Policy. The NCV is described in the

subject inspection repon. If you contest the violation or severity level of the NCV, you should

provide a response within 30 days of the d-te of this inspection report, with the basis for your

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denial, to the Nuclear regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington DC j

20555-0001, with copies to the Regional Administrator, Region 1, and the Director, Office of ( l

Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. j

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in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of practice," a copy of this letter and the

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enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.

Sincerely,

Lawrence T. Doerflein, Chief

Engineering Programs Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-443

cc w/ encl:

B. D. Kenyon, President - Nuclear Group

J. S. Streeter, Recovery Officer - Nuclear Oversight

W. A. DiProfio, Station Director - Seabrook Station

R. E. Hickok, Nuclear Training Manager - Seabrook Station -

D. E. Carriere, Director, Production Services

L. M. Cuoco, Esquire, Senior Nuclear Counsel

W. Fogg, Director, New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management

D. McElhinney, RAC Chairman, FEMA Rl, Boston, Mass

R. Backus, Esquire, Backus, Meyer and Solomon, New Hampshire

D, Brown-Couture, Director, Nuclear Safety, Massachusetts Emergency

Management Agency

F. W. Getman, Jr., Vice President and General Counsel - Great Bay Power Corporation

R. Hallisey, Director, Dept. of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seacoast Anti-Pollution League

D. Tefft, Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire

' S. Comley, Executive Director, We the People of the United States

W. Meinert, Nuclear Engineer ,

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Distribution w/ encl.

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R.' Summers, DRP

S. Barr, DRP.

R. Junod, DRP

W. Lanning, DRS

L. Doorflein, DRS -

L. Prividy, DRS

Region 1 Docket Room (with concurrences)

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