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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 14, 1995
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DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware and Virginia I-1405 51-0084283
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(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
800 King Street, P.O. Box 231, Wilmington, Delaware 19899
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code 302-429-3448
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None
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report
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Item 5. Other Events
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The following information updates matters related to Salem Units 1 and 2
previously reported under Item 1-Business of Part I of the Annual Report on
Form 10-K for 1994 and Item 5-Other Information of Part II of the Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1995. The information provided is
being reported by Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) on Form
8-K to The Securities and Exchange Commission.
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On May 16, 1995, Salem Unit 1 was shut down, as required by its
technical specifications, due to the inoperability of certain switch gear
room supply fans. On June 7, 1995, Salem Unit 2 was also shut down, as
required by its technical specifications, due to both trains of its residual
heat removal system being inoperable. During the shutdown process, Unit 2
tripped due to loss of electrical power to certain equipment within the
Station. As a result of these shutdowns, and of PSE&G's continued discovery
of equipment deficiencies at Salem, PSE&G informed the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) that it had determined to keep both Salem units shut down
pending completion of:
a Significant Event Response Team (SERT) review of the
circumstances leading to, and causing the Unit 2 reactor trip;
a special team review of long standing equipment reliability
and operability issues, including corrective maintenance and
operator work arounds; the effectiveness and quality of the
management oversight and review of such matters;
a meeting with the NRC to describe, discuss and gain NRC
agreement on PSE&G's plan for the performance of an operational
readiness review (ORR) in support of startup of each Salem unit;
performance of the ORR at each unit; and
meetings with the NRC staff to describe the outcome and
conclusions of each ORR and to reach agreement with the NRC staff
that each unit is sufficiently prepared to restart.
On June 9, 1995, the NRC issued a Confirmatory Action Letter documenting
these commitments by PSE&G. In its Confirmatory Action Letter, the NRC noted
that while Unit 2 was stabilized and shut down, its operators experienced
several challenges that required their intervention due to the unexpected
loss of power and long standing equipment performance issues. The NRC
further noted that operator performance relative to timely recognition and
resolution of the specific safety and technical concerns, prior to PSE&G's
decision to shut down the units, was deficient.
PSE&G is in the process of developing a work plan to meet the
requirements for restart of the units and, accordingly, it is presently
unable to predict when either unit will return to service. Although PSE&G
presently expects that both units will be in outage status for at least
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several months, it does not presently foresee any shortage in available
capacity to satisfy customer demands for energy.
Also on June 9, 1995, the NRC reported the results of a NRC Special
Inspection Team (SIT) it formed to assess how effectively Salem is currently
performing from a safety perspective in conducting daily activities in the
areas of problem identification, prioritizing and conducting work on plant
equipment, and management oversight of plant performance. While the SIT
identified some areas of strength at Salem as well as areas where
improvements are being made, the team also identified a number of findings
that performance in the areas of configuration control, operator work-arounds
and equipment operability determinations have not substantially improved and
constitute a burden on the plant operators to safely operate the units,
especially during plant events.
In addition, the NRC has informed PSE&G that the enforcement conference
relating to certain incorrectly positioned valves at the Station, previously
scheduled for June 1, 1995, has been rescheduled for June 23, 1995. The NRC
has informed PSE&G that this conference will also address five additional
apparent violations relating to the NRC's quality assurance criteria. PSE&G
cannot predict what, if any action, the NRC may take with respect to these
apparent violations.
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Delmarva does not presently foresee any shortages in available capacity
to satisfy customer demands.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Delmarva Power & Light Company
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(Registrant)
Date: June 14, 1995 /s/ B. S. Graham
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Barbara S. Graham, Senior Vice President,
Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer
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