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I-98-05 January 13, 1998
Two meetings to discuss apparent violations of Nuclear Regulatory Commission rules at the Hope Creek nuclear power plant have been scheduled for Wednesday, January 14. Hope Creek, located in Hancocks Bridge, N.J., is operated by Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) Company.
The first of the predecisional enforcement conferences will begin at 10 a.m. in the Division of Nuclear Materials Safety conference room at the NRC Region 1 office in King of Prussia, Pa. NRC staff and PSE&G officials will discuss an apparent violation last November 12 involving a failure to follow procedures associated with control rod movements during a shutdown margin demonstration. The demonstration was designed to test whether the plant could successfully shut down even though a certain number of control rods could not be inserted.
At the second predecisional conference, scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. in the same location, NRC staff and PSE&G officials will discuss two apparent violations relating to the NRC's maintenance rule. The rule requires plant operators to monitor the effectiveness of maintenance activities for safety-significant equipment in order to minimize the likelihood of failure and of events caused by insufficient maintenance. Both meetings will be open to the public for observation.
The decision to hold a predecisional enforcement conference does not mean that the NRC has determined a violation has occurred or that enforcement action will be taken. Rather, the purpose is to discuss apparent violations, their causes and safety significance; to provide the licensee with an opportunity to point out any errors that may have been made in the NRC inspection report; and to enable the licensee to outline its proposed corrective action.
No decisions on the apparent violations will be made at the meetings. They will be made later by NRC officials.
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