Thursday, May 28, 2015

Pilgrim Special Inspection: Professional Reactor Operator Society

PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION – NRC SPECIAL INSPECTION REPORT - REPORT DATED May 27,2015

Submitted by NUCBIZ on May 28, 2015 - 08:57

By Bob Meyer

Last year the Quad Cities fire and steam leak event took to top prize for plant issues that complicated events and challanged operations. This year in 2015 so far, Entergy's Pilgrim Plant is in the lead based on performance and equipment issues associated with the plants response to a winter storm.

Here are a few things Entergy failed on: Batteries with inadequate margins; not appropriately evaluate unexpected and unsatisfactory performce of a SRV; did not ensure that personnel, equipment, procedures, and other resources were available and adequate to support nuclear safety; licensed personnel did not implement procedures to ensure adequate valve line-ups; personnel did not implement a CAP with a low threshold; Entergy did not maintain complete and accurate documentation for compensatory measures; and failed to make an event notification within the appropriate time.

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