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| number = ML20215M693
| issue date = 08/30/1985
| issue date = 10/23/1986
| title = Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-213/85-08.Method of Data Transmission Between Meteorological Tower & Control Room Will Be Reviewed During Subsequent Insp
| title = Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of long-term Corrective Actions Planned to Resolve Signal Cable Transmission Problems Between Meteorological Bldg & Control Room,Per Insp Rept 50-213/85-08
| author name = Martin T
| author name = Martin T
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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| document report number = NUDOCS 8509110048
| document report number = NUDOCS 8611030167
| title reference date = 06-20-1985
| title reference date = 10-03-1986
| document type = CORRESPONDENCE-LETTERS, NRC TO UTILITY, OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE
| document type = CORRESPONDENCE-LETTERS, NRC TO UTILITY, OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE
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l AUG 3 01985 Docket No. 50-213 Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company ATTN: Mr. J. F. Opeka     <
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Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering and Operations Group P. O. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06101 Gentlemen:
Docket No. 50-213
Subject:50-213/85-08 Your letter of June 20, 1985, in response to our letter dated May 20, 1985, informed us of your corrective and preventive actions regarding performance of Environmental audits. These actions will be examined during a future inspection of your licensed progra Additionally, we have received your letter dated August 14, 1985, detailing your commitments in developing a supplemental method of data transmission between the meteorological tower and the control room. This method will be reviewed during a subsequent inspection in this are Your cooperation with us is appreciate  
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Connecticut Yankee Atdmic Power Company ATTN: Mr. J. F. Opeka Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering and Operations Group P. O. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06101 Gentlemen:
Subject: Inspection No. 50-213/85-08 We have received your letter, dated October 3, 1986, outlining your long-term corrective actions planned to resolve signal cable transmission problems bet-ween the Meteorological Building and the Control Room at the Haddam Neck Plan These actions will be examined during a future inspection of your Radiological Environmental Monitoring progra Your cooperation with us is appreciate  


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CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY B E R L I N. CONNECTICUT P O BOX 270 HARTFORD. CONNECTICUT 06141-0270 TELEPHONE 203-665-5000 October 3, 1986 Docket No. 50-213 B11652 Mr. Thomas T. Martin, Director Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 References: (1) T. T. Martin letter to J. F. Opeka, dated May 20, 1985 (2) J. F. Opeka letter to T. T. Martin, dated August 14, 1985 Gentlemen:
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Haddam Neck Plant Inspection Report No. 50-213/85-08 Informational Letter in Regard to Unresolved Item No. 50-213/85-08-04 I&E Inspection No. 50-213/85-08 identified an unrer31ved item (No. 50-213/85-08-04) in regard to Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company's (CYAPCO) inability to bring meteorological monitoring equipment within tolerance ranges specified in cali-bration procedures. As pointed out in the inspection report, CYAPCO attributes this problem to defects in certain pairs of the underground meteorological signal cable between the Meteoro-logical Building and Control Room. Because of this problem, CYAPCO committed to provide a short term solution and evaluate potential long term solutions considering the recurring nature associated with the underground meteorological signal cabl Again, as noted within your inspection report on March 31, 1985, during a phone conversation CYAPCO confirmed that a short term solution had been accomplished. This was done by utilizing spare pairs within the existing cable for meteorological signal trans-mission. Once this switchover was completed, successful instrument calibration was attained. This short term solution did not address the concern about the long term ir2tegrity of the underground cabl f( .L f l +$ '!^.! $ 0 -
June 20,1985 Docket No. 50-213 A04919 Mr. Thomas T. Martin, Director Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards Region I    ,
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, PA 19406 References: (1) T. T. Martin letter to 3. F. Opeka, dated May 20,198 Gentlemen:
Haddam Neck Plant Response to I&E Inspection No. 50-213/85-08 In Reference (1), a violation was cited concerning required reviews and audits performed by the Environmental Review Board (ERB) in accordance with the Haddam Neck Plant Environmental Technical Specifications, Section Accordingly, pursuant to 10CFR2.201, CYAPCO is providing its response to the subject Notice of Violation. A restatement of the violation followed by our response is provided as Attachment Very truly yours, CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY
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As a result of the inspection conducted on March 25-29,1985, and in accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy (10 CFR 2, Appendix C), the following violation was identified:
Environmental Technical Specifications, Section 5.3, " Review and Audit," states, in part, that, "The Environmental Review Board shall make or cause to be made
  . at least semiannual reviews _or audits of the following... surveillance records, written procedures, and reports required for compliance with these Environmental Technical Specifications."
 
Contrary to the above, the scope of the 1983 Semiannual Environ' mental Audit
  #A20021 failed to include a review of the Annual Environmental Operating Report, Part B or the Radioactive Effluents Release Report. Additionally, the scope of the 1983 Semiannual Environmental Audit #A20022 failed to include a review of ' the Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program surveillance records or the Annual Environmental Operating Report and the Radioactive Effluents Release Repor This is a Severity Level V violation. (Supplement 1)
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subsequent to 1983 were complete. Results of our review indicate that all required audits were conducted. In order to correct the deficiencies cited and provide - measures to help prevent reoccurrence, the following measures and corresponding schedules are proposed:
i o The ERB audit conducted during the summer of 1985 for the Haddam Neck      l Plant will ensure that the 1983 Annual Environmental Operating Report, Part B and the two 1983 Radioactive Effluent Release Reports have been reviewed. This action will be completed by September 1,198 o ERB audit procedure MPERB-1, " Environmental Review Board Procedure    .
Environmental Audits", will be revised to include a requirement that the ERB Chairman and Audit Chairman review the audit package to ensure that all required items have been audited. This action will completed by August 1,198 :
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Reference: (1) T. T. Martin letter to 3. F. Opeka, dated May 20,1935 Gentlemen:
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In response to your second request to evaluate a long term solution, phase one of the two part action plan committed to in Reference (2) has been completed. A supplemental means of data transmission via use of an on-demand, dial-up data terminal was installed in the control room to obtain meteorological data from the mini-computer at the base of the tower, via a telephone line completely separate from the underground meteorological signal cabl This terminal was operational on October 1, 1985. The strip chart recorders remained operative. Thus, there are presently duplicate paths for getting meteorological data to the control roo The planned final solution to provide meteorological data access in the control room, which we initially planned to have in-service by October 11, 1986 per Reference (2), entails replacing the existing analog recorders with digital data displays and installing a dedicated, real time data termina This will continually display meteorological data which will be digitally transmitted via a telephone line rather than by the existing underground cable whose long-term integrity is uncertai The request from the station for corporate engineering assistance was delayed due to relatively low priority (the interim fix worked well) during preparations for, and conduction of a major refueling outag Evaluation of manpower resources by corporate engineering, when the request was finally received, determined that an inservice date of December 1, 1987 would be reasonably achievable, given other work in progress or already planne This is the date by which CYAPCO intends to implement the above described final solutio Very truly yours, CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY
Haddam Neck Plant inspection Report No. 50-213/85-03 Informational Letter in Regard to Unresolved item No. 213/85-08-04 During IE Inspection No. 50-213/85-08, your Mr. A. A. Weadock identified an unresolved item (No. 213/85-03-04) in regard to our inability to bring metteorological monitoring equipment within tolerance ranges specified in
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Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of long-term Corrective Actions Planned to Resolve Signal Cable Transmission Problems Between Meteorological Bldg & Control Room,Per Insp Rept 50-213/85-08
ML20215M693
Person / Time
Site: Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date: 10/23/1986
From: Martin T
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Opeka J
CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER CO.
References
NUDOCS 8611030167
Preceding documents:
Download: ML20215M693 (2)
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Connecticut Yankee Atdmic Power Company ATTN: Mr. J. F. Opeka Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering and Operations Group P. O. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06101 Gentlemen:

Subject: Inspection No. 50-213/85-08 We have received your letter, dated October 3, 1986, outlining your long-term corrective actions planned to resolve signal cable transmission problems bet-ween the Meteorological Building and the Control Room at the Haddam Neck Plan These actions will be examined during a future inspection of your Radiological Environmental Monitoring progra Your cooperation with us is appreciate

Sincerely, Oririn.6i 5iero II7

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R. Graves, Plant Superintendent ~.

D. O. Nordquist, Manager of Quality Assurance R. T. Laudenat, Manager, Generation Facilities Licensing E. J. Mroczka, Vice President, Nuclear Operations

' Gerald Garfield, Esquire Public Document Room (PDR)

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CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY B E R L I N. CONNECTICUT P O BOX 270 HARTFORD. CONNECTICUT 06141-0270 TELEPHONE 203-665-5000 October 3, 1986 Docket No. 50-213 B11652 Mr. Thomas T. Martin, Director Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 References: (1) T. T. Martin letter to J. F. Opeka, dated May 20, 1985 (2) J. F. Opeka letter to T. T. Martin, dated August 14, 1985 Gentlemen:

Haddam Neck Plant Inspection Report No. 50-213/85-08 Informational Letter in Regard to Unresolved Item No. 50-213/85-08-04 I&E Inspection No. 50-213/85-08 identified an unrer31ved item (No. 50-213/85-08-04) in regard to Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company's (CYAPCO) inability to bring meteorological monitoring equipment within tolerance ranges specified in cali-bration procedures. As pointed out in the inspection report, CYAPCO attributes this problem to defects in certain pairs of the underground meteorological signal cable between the Meteoro-logical Building and Control Room. Because of this problem, CYAPCO committed to provide a short term solution and evaluate potential long term solutions considering the recurring nature associated with the underground meteorological signal cabl Again, as noted within your inspection report on March 31, 1985, during a phone conversation CYAPCO confirmed that a short term solution had been accomplished. This was done by utilizing spare pairs within the existing cable for meteorological signal trans-mission. Once this switchover was completed, successful instrument calibration was attained. This short term solution did not address the concern about the long term ir2tegrity of the underground cabl f( .L f l +$ '!^.! $ 0 -

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In response to your second request to evaluate a long term solution, phase one of the two part action plan committed to in Reference (2) has been completed. A supplemental means of data transmission via use of an on-demand, dial-up data terminal was installed in the control room to obtain meteorological data from the mini-computer at the base of the tower, via a telephone line completely separate from the underground meteorological signal cabl This terminal was operational on October 1, 1985. The strip chart recorders remained operative. Thus, there are presently duplicate paths for getting meteorological data to the control roo The planned final solution to provide meteorological data access in the control room, which we initially planned to have in-service by October 11, 1986 per Reference (2), entails replacing the existing analog recorders with digital data displays and installing a dedicated, real time data termina This will continually display meteorological data which will be digitally transmitted via a telephone line rather than by the existing underground cable whose long-term integrity is uncertai The request from the station for corporate engineering assistance was delayed due to relatively low priority (the interim fix worked well) during preparations for, and conduction of a major refueling outag Evaluation of manpower resources by corporate engineering, when the request was finally received, determined that an inservice date of December 1, 1987 would be reasonably achievable, given other work in progress or already planne This is the date by which CYAPCO intends to implement the above described final solutio Very truly yours, CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY

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