IR 05000254/1988020

Insp Repts 50-254/88-20 & 50-265/88-20 on 880807-0930.No Violations or Deviations Noted.Major Areas Inspected: Operations,Maint,Surveillance,Ler Review,Routine Repts, Temporary Instructions,Radiation Control & Info Notices

ML20207L105
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Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	10/13/1988
From:	Ring M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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ML20207L102	List: IR 05000254/1988020 ML20207L098
References
50-254-88-20, 50-265-88-20, IEIN-88-055, IEIN-88-069, IEIN-88-55, IEIN-88-69, NUDOCS 8810170184
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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Reports No. 50-254/88020(DRP);50-265/88020(DRP)

Docket Nos. 50-254, 50-265 Licenses No. DPR-29; DPR-30 I

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Licensee: Commonwealth Edison Company ,

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Post Office Box 767  !

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, Facility Name: Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 t

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Inspection At: Quad Cities Site, Cordova, IL '

i Inspection Conducted: August 7 through September 30, 1988 '

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Inspectors: R. L. Higgins

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Approved By: M. A. Ring, Chief)//2'IMN /0/)3/r/

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Inspection on August 7 through September 30, 1988 (Reports No.50-254/88020(ORP);

UT-265/8a020(DRP))

Areas Inspected: Routine, unannounced resident inspection of Operations, ;

Maintenance, Surveillance, LER Review, Routine Reports, Temporary Instructions, f Administrative Controls Affecting Quality, Radiation Control, Information ;

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, Notices, Regional Requests Emergency Preparedness, and Securit Results: In tM areas inspected no violations or deviations of NRC l

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requirements were identifie The licensee staff demonstrated adequate

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attention to safety issues. Plant performance was good: Unit 1 operated at power throughout the inspection period, accumulating 104 consecutive days of operation at the end of the inspection period; Unit 2 started up on

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August 15, 1988, and operated at power for the remainder of the inspection

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period, accumulating 48 consecutive days of power operatio Management

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attention resulted in both units being at power with no illuminated ;

annunciators on either unit's annunicator panel at the end of the inspection l

} period. There were no ENS phone calls during September. Significant :

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modification to the control room HVAC and lighting systems was carried out !

with both units operating at power, but no mishaps occurred due to the care :

i with which the construction workers perfonred their tasks and the close supervision of licensee management and operations personne ;

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DETAILS Personnnel Contacted

• R. Bax, Station Manager

• R. Robey, Services Superintendent

• J. Wunderlich, Regulatory Assurance

• M. Miller, Quality Assurance

• Denotes those present at the exit interview on September 30, 198 The inspectors also contacted and interviewed other licensee and contractor personnel during the course of this inspectio . Operations (71707, 93702) '

The inspectors, through direct observation, discussions with licensee personnel, and review of applicable records and logs, examined plant operations. The inspectors verified that activities were accomplished in a timely manner using approved procedures and drawings and were inspected / reviewed as applicable; procedures, procedure revisions and routine reports were in accordance with Technical Specifications, regulatory guides, and industry codes or standards; approvals were obtained prior to initiating any work; activities were accomplished by qualified personnel; the limiting conditions for operation were met during normal operation and while components or systems were removed from service; functional testing and/or calibrations were performed prior to returning components or systems to service; independent verification of equipment lineup and review of test results were accomplished; quality control records were properly maintained and reviewed; parts, materials and equipment were properly certified, calibrated, stored, and or maintained as applicable; and adverse plant conditions including equipment malfunctions, potential fire hazards, radiological hazards, fluid leaks, excessive vibrations, and personnel errors were addressed in a timely manner with sufficient and proper corrective actions and reviewed by appropriate management personnel, Engineered Safety Features System Walkdown (71710)

During plant tours of Units 1 and 2, the inspectors walked down the l accessible portions of the High Pressure Coolant Injection Systems, ,

Reactor Core Isolation Cooling Systems, Core Spray Systems, Residual l Heat Removal Systems Standby Liquid Control Systems, Standby Gas '

Treatment Systems Diesel Generators, and Station Batteries, Sunmary of Operations

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During the inspection period Unit 1 operated either at full powar, on Economic Generation Control (EGC), or at reduced power in order to perform surveillance testing, respond to load dispatcher orders,

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l or comply with environmental limitations on discharge temperature l due to high river temperature and low river flow. As of the end of l the inspection period the unit has been critical for 104 consecutive I days, t

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unscheduled maintenance outage to repair a ground which developed on

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l the rotor of the main generator. The ground was repaired and Unit 2 l

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was returned to criticality on August 14, 1988, and reconnected to the electrical grid on August 15, 198 i 1  :

For the remainder of the inspection period Unit 2 operated either at full power, on Economic Generation Control (EGC), or at reduced power in order to perform surveillance testing, respond to load dispatcher orders, or comply with environmental limitations on discharge temperature due to high river temperature and low river flow. As of the end of the inspection period the unit has been l critical for 48 consecutive day (c) Units 1 and 2 Sunner Drought Operational Restrictions t

l Quad Cities must abide by several environmental limits imoosed by '

the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency concerning the effect which circulating water discharging into the Mississippi River l has on river temperature. These limits are: (1) the maximum differential temperature between temperatures measured upriver and l downriver from the plant is not permitted to exceed 5 degrees F; (2) the maximum downriver temperature is limited to values which  ;

vary according to the month of the year (for the months of July and August this temperature limit is 86 degrees F), and downriver j tenperature is prohibited from exceeding these values for more than -

a total of 87 hours0.00101 days <br />0.0242 hours <br />1.438492e-4 weeks <br />3.31035e-5 months <br /> and 36 minutes in any 12 month period; (3) the downriver temperature is prohibited from ever exceeding the monthly temperature limit by more than 3 degrees F (for the months of July )

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l and August this never-exceed temperature is 89 degrees F). l

In order to ensure compliance with the environmental limits, Quad l Cities measures upriver and downriver temperatures and the Mississippi River flowrate. Based upon river flow and upriver )

temperature the combined capacity of Quad Cities Units 1 and 2 is limited to ensure that the downriver temperature does not exceed any of the environmental limit At 9:30 a.m. CDT on August 18, 1988, Quad Cities exceeded the monthly down-river temperature limit for the maximum permissible I time of 87 hours0.00101 days <br />0.0242 hours <br />1.438492e-4 weeks <br />3.31035e-5 months <br /> and 36 minutes. Both units would have been forced to shut down had not permission been received from the Illinois EPA on August 17, 1988, granting, for the next 45 days, an additional ,

175 hours0.00203 days <br />0.0486 hours <br />2.893519e-4 weeks <br />6.65875e-5 months <br /> of time during which Quad Cities will be allowed to I operate in excess of the monthly NPDES down-river temperature limi At the end of the 45 day period, or if the additional 175 hours0.00203 days <br />0.0486 hours <br />2.893519e-4 weeks <br />6.65875e-5 months <br /> are l l

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used up, both units will be forced to shut down if the down-river monthly temperature limit is exceeded unless the Illinois EPA grants another extensio During the inspection period Qued Cities exceeded its downriver temperature limit on August 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19, accruing a total time of 108 hours0.00125 days <br />0.03 hours <br />1.785714e-4 weeks <br />4.1094e-5 months <br /> in excess of its limits during 1988. During the inspection period Quad Cities had to derate its units on August 7 l 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 1 l l

(d) Fire in the Unit 1 MCC 19- At 2:10 p.m. CDT on August 11, 1988, a short circuit developed in a step down transformer located in MCC 19-1, causing a small fire.

1 The fire brigade was activated and expeditiously extinguished the t

fir The Resident Inspector monitored activities of the fire 3 brigade at MCC 19-1 and the Senior Resident Inspector monitored !

control room activities. Plant personnel performed professionally and competently during the even l (e) Inoperable Room Cooler Renders Unit 1 RCIC/ Core Spray Inoperabl At 3:40 a.m. CDT on August 22, 1988, with Unit 1 at 60% power and Unit 2 at 65% power, the Unit 2 equipment attendant noticed the 1A containment spray room cooler fan to have one belt broken and the other belt thrown off the pulley, rendering the RCIC pump and 1A Core Spray pump located in that room inoperable. At 3:50 a.m. CDT the equipment attendant replaced the helt which was thrown and ran the room cooler fan to demonstrate its operability, thereby returning the RCIC pump and the 1A Core Spray pump to an operable status. The licensee replaced the broken belt during the day shift later that da (f) Single Control Rod Scrams Into Unit At 2:35 p.m. CDT on August 22, 1988, control rod 30-31 (the center control rod) inadvertently scranTned into the reactor. The rod was declared inoperable and electrically disarmed. The cause was determined to be a leaking scram outlet valve attributable to a defective scram outlet diaphragm. The scram outlet valve was rebuilt and the control rod successfully tested and returned to service at 1:45 a.m. CDT on August 23, 198 I

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(g) Unit 2 HPCI ! solation, i At 1:10 p.m. CDT on August 23, 1988, HPCI isolated on a high steam l i

line flow signal. The signal was generated when an instrument ;

l technician was attempting to install an ammeter on the steam line flow transmitter in order to measure the differential pressure when HPCI is running at full flow. During the installation the

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technician inadvertently brought the transmitter's leads togetner.

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(h) Unit 1 Load Orop Due to Flash Tank 1A3 High Leve At 7:55 a.m. CDT on September 28, 1988, the level in the 1A3 flash tank reached the high level alarm setpoint, causing the 183, 103 and ID3 heaters and extraction valves to trip and the levels in the moisture separator drain tanks to rise above the top of the indicating range. The reactor operator manually dropped load by reducing recirculation pump speed from 780 MWe to 650 ifde. The !

reactor operator was able to maintain feedwater temperature by keeping the extraction valves open. The heaters were returned to service and Unit 1 was returned to full power later that day. The

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Senior Resident Inspector was in the control room and observed licensee actions. The heaters will be kept in manual whenever load ~

is greater than 700 MWe to preclude a repetition of this event until the heater level control system can be examined and repaired or modified as necessar ; Mcnthly Maintenance Observation (62702, 62703)

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systems and components listed below were observed /rtiviewed to ascertain that they were conducted in accordance with approved procedures,  ;

regulatory guides and industry codes or standards and in conformance i with Technical Specifications.

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The following items were considered during this review: the limiting conditions for operation were met while components or systems were removed from service; approvals were obtained prior to initiating the work; activities were accomplished using approved procedures and were 1 inspected as applicable; functional testing and/or calibrations were performed prior to returning components or systems to service; quality control records were maintained; activities were accomplished by qualified personnel; parts and materials used were properly certified; radiological controls were implemented; and fire prevention procedures were foilowed. Work requests were reviewed to determine the status of l outstanding jobs and to assure that priority is assigned to safety l

related equipment maintenance which may affect system performanc !

Portions of the tollowing activicies were observed / reviewed: l J Repair of the Unit 2 main generator ground, Repair of the security card reader for the control room.

] Repair of a Unit I rod drive accumulato I i Repair of lagging on Unit 1 RHR service water pumps, f Modification of the control roon lighting and HVA l Repacking and stroke time testing of the Unit 2 MSIVs.

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. . Reassembly of the Unit 2 main generato Repair of the recorder for the makeup demineralizer system.

t Repair of various valves in the makeup demineralizer syste Installation of conduit in the cable spreading room, Painting in the reactor and turbine building . Repair of insulation on the Unit 2 diesel generato Alignment of the shaft of the 1A Instrument Air Compressor, Reassembly of the glycol pump, Repair of the outboard seal on the IB reactor feed pump, Alignment of the shaft of the Unit 1 EHC oil pum No violations or deviations were identifie , Monthly Surveillance Observation (61726)

The inspectors observed Technical Specifications-required surveillance testing and verified that testing was performed in accordance with adequate procedures, that test instrurrentation was calibrated, that limiting conditions for operation were met, that removal and restoration of the affected components were accomplished, that test results conformed with Technical Specifications and procedure requirements and were reviewed by personnel other than the individual directing the test, dnd that any deficiencies identified during the testing were properly reviewed and resolved by appropriate management personne Portions of the following activities were observed / reviewed: Unit 2 APRM weekly functional check Unit 2 main steam line high radiation weekly functional check Unit 1 cora spray quarterly surveillance, Unit 1 core spray monthly surveillance, Unit 2 source range rnonitor calibration and functional tes Unit 1 HPCI monthly surveillanc Unit 2 diesel generator quarterly surveillanc Fire hose monthly surveillanc .

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l Chimney gas monitor functional chec l Detennination of the Unit 2 generator insulation resistance, NARS phone functional chec . ENS phone functional check.

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No violations or deviations were note . LER Review (92700)

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Removal Service Water Pump Piping in Excess of Allowable Stress / Improper Anchor Bolt Torquin This item is being followed by a region based inspecto (2) (Closed) LER 88013, Revision 00: Unit One A Core Spray Room Cooler Inoperable Due to a Broken Fan Belt Caused by j Insufficient Preventive Maintenanc '

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This event is discussed in paragraph 2.e of this report. The l

) failure of the fan belt was due to normal end of life. The !

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room cooler fan belts every refuel outage. These belts had been installed in August,1986, and inspected during the Fall L

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1987 Unit i refueling otdage. At that time the belts were ;

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l maintenance procedure GMPM 5700-1 (Emergency Air Handling i

Unit Maintenance and Inspection) has been revised to require

! replacement of all ECCS room cooler fan belts each refuel 1 outage. L' ark requests have been initiated to replace the fan

belts c< all the other ECCS room coolers during the next

available system outage This item is considered closed, i

(3) (Closed) LER 88003, Revision 00: M0 1-1301-48 Failed to Open i

j During Testing Due to Torque Switch Bypass Limit Switch Setting Too Close to the Closed Positio On January 25, 1988, while performing a valve operability test 1 on RCIC, the 48 valve did not open from the control room. The j RCIC system was declared inoperabl The root cause was that

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closed position. New criteria that had been established in January 1988 were not used to set that switch. The new 1 criteria were ured to readjust the switch and no further failures of the 48 valve have been reporte This item is considered close (4) (Closed)LER88002, Revision 00: Missed Reactor Core Isolation

! Cooling Low Pressure Functional Test Due to Inadequate Procedur I On January 12, 1988, it was discovered that the RCIC low pressure functional test had not been perfomed during the last quarter. Normally each quarter a calibration and functional test are performed. The calibration test was done; however, the functional test was not perfomed since the trip logic was out-of-service for maintenance during the refuel outage. The functional test was overlooked during startup activities. The checklist used had only one sign off block labeled "Cal", since the calibration was done this block was signed off. The procedures have been revised to have a block labeled "Cal /Func"

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1 This item is considered close (5) (Closed) LER 88009, Revision 01: HPCI Declared Inoperable !

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Temperatur This revision corrected the LER sequential number which was incorrect in the original LER. No changes to the contant of ;

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This item is considered close (6) (Closed) LER 88013. Revision 01: Unit 1A Core Spray Room l Cooler Inoperable Due to a Broken Fan Belt Caused By i Insufficient Preventive Maintenance.

a I This revision corrected the revision nurrber which was incorrect i

in the original LER. No changes were made to the LER's j conten i j

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! (1) (Closed) LER 87016 Revision 01: Reactor Core Isolation i

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This suppl mental LER adds the requirement to lubricate the auxiliarr contact plunger guides to the preventive maintenance p rog rr.; This item is considered close !

(2) (Closed) LER 86007, Revision 03: Update on the Failure of the Unit 2B Core Spray Room Cooler Due to Auxiliary Contact i Bindin '

This supplemental LER adds the requirement to lubricate the auxiliary contact plunger guides to the preventive maintenance :

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(3) (Closed) LER 88004, Revision 00: Insufficient Number of '

Operable Reactor Protection System (RPS) Channels Due to i Personnel Error.

i On March 8,1988, the unit was in the Run mode at about 97%

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thent,al power. With IRM 15 bypassed, an instrument mechanic

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requested permission to reinstall a repaired power supply for a LPRM, Given this information the SCRE gave permission to reinstall the power suppl The instrument mechanic asked the unit operator to bypass APRM 4 as a protective measure. Eighteen minutes later '

APRM 4 was taken out of bypass and the power supply was i reinstalled. The SCRE performing a review of his logs noted that an IRM and its companion APRM were bypassed without a 1/2 l scram being inserted. This scram is used to assure that the '

APRNs are reading correctly prior to going into the run mod The cause of the event was due to personnel error which involved miscomunication and failure to adhere to procedural requirements which were in effect. The individuals involved had been adequately trained, there were detailed procedures and operator aids available at the time of the event, but the individuals erred none-the-less. Corrective action included i counseling the personnel involved and reviewing the event

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The licensee's corrective actions appear adequate in that no

similar occurrences have happened. While this item is closed.

l the resident inspectors will continue to observe licensee

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The inspectors reviewed the Monthly Performance Reports for the months of July and August, 198 No violations or deviations were identifie . Temporary Instruction Followup (92701)

(0 pen) Temporary Instruction 2515/98, Information of High Temperature Inside Containment /Drywell in PWR and BWR Plant Drywell temperature data is being gathere This item remains ope . Administrative Controls Affecting Quality (42700)

Several drawings and procedures were checked for adequacy and accurac Errors found were brought to the attention of the licensee and wer2 correcte No violations or deviations were note . Raoiation Control (71709)

Periodic inspections of plant radiological control conditions were made during the inspection period. Isolated instances of niinor deficiencies were found and promptly corrected by plant personne The resident inspector observed the radiation protection practices prior to the transfer of a liner to a new cask for encapsulation. The precautions observed by the station reflected their commitment to the ALARA progra No violations or deviations were identifie . NRC Information Notices and Bulletins (92701, 92717)

r (a) (Closed) NRC Infomation Notice No. 88-69: Movable Contact Finger '

Binding in HFA Relays Manufactured by General Electric (G.E.)

The licensee is aware of the 10 CFR Part 21 notification issued by G.E. Prior to their use at this site, HFA relays are inspected and adjusted. Contact finger binding has not been a problem at this sit ,

(b) (0 pen) NRC Information Notice No. 88-55: Potential Problems Caused by Single Failure of an Engineered Safety Feature Swing Bu l A similar condition exists at this sit The licensee is aware of the potential problems and has initiated a modification to correct !

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. (Closed) Improper Starting Resistor A recent problem discovered at the Brunswick Power Station was brought to the licensee's attention. This problem was one of insufficient torque to open certain HPCI, RCIC and LPCI valves due in part to a resistor which limits voltage to the motor during the l

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A review of electrical prints at this facility showed no such resistors in the circuit and thus that problem does not exist at l

this sit (0 pen) Valves with Remote Position Indication Outside the Control i Roo ;

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, indicators in the hot shutdown panel were not tested as part of the l IST program as required by ASME Section XI, IWV-3300. Though Quad l Cities does not have a dedicated het shutdown panel, remote position indicators located outside the control room are required to be !

monitored during a loss of control room habitabilit This i

investigation is ongoing, j (Closed) Circuit Breakers with Counterfeit Parts, i

A recent discovery of circuit breakers with counterfeit parts was I made. Investigation detennined that Quad Cities had purchased 17 of the defective circuit breakers,1 of which was installed as a i spare circuit breaker in a 125 volt DC cubicle, and the remaining 16

stored in the store room. The defective circuit breaker was removed from the cubicle and returned to the store room. All of the circuit breakers have been affixe:I with QC Hold cards, (Closed) Load She '

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gages are not installed on the RHR SW pumps so that IST data can be obtained. Relief request is pending with NR I i

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for Contractor and Bulk Chemical The licensee has instituted controls for chemical The resident inspector reviewed the procedure and found it adequate. This item is considered closed.

I (Closed)OpenItems 254/87033-01; 265/87033-01: Failure to Comply

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This item is considered close l

' (Closed) Open Itens 254/87033-02; 265/87033-02: Failure to Follow Design Procedures and Drawings During Installations on the 5 and 6

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Rack These items were associated with the above Open Items "d". When ;

4 informed of the dist epancies associated with these instrument l

racks the licensee promptly reported the occurrence and took prompt '

, corrective action to modify both racks on each unit and also

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3 (Closed) Violation 254/87033-03: Failure to Follow Procedures

Resulting in ESF Actuation.

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training program specific training on this event and the i requirements in the procedur Since then no other ESF actuations !

have occurred during refilling of the chlorine prob This item is considered closed, i I j 13. _ Seismic Monitoring Equipment I

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14. Requalification Examination Audits During the inspection period an audit of licensee-administered simulator t requalification examinations for reactor operators and senior reactor ,

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operators was perfomed by NRC Region III Operator Licensing Examiner The audit was prompted by poor performance by licensee. Personne' .,a the simulator which was noted by members of an Emergency Operating rrocedures

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The NRC Region III Operator Licensing Examiners reviewed the 4dequacy of the simulator scenarios used, the competence of the c,perators, and the

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made by licensee training personnel. The NRC Operator Licensing Examiners were satisfied with the scenario , the perforrsnce of most o the operators, and the evaluations made by .icensee training personne Weaknesses in the areas of cormiunications and supervisory skills of 4 certain operators were observed by the NRC Operator Licensing Examiners ,

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15. Licensing Activities During the inspection period the Senior Resident Inspector assisted NRR by proof-reading the retyped version of sections 3.2 through 3.5 of the i Unit 1 Technical Specifications. Discrepancies between the retyped

version and the original version were corrmunicated to the Licensing i Project Manage '

No violations or deviations were note . Erosion / Corrosion Inspection  !

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! During the inspection period an inspection team consisting of one a

individual from NRC Headquarters and one contractor reviewed the  ;

l erosion / corrosion inspection program at Quad Cities. 1he inspection  ;

tean was favorably impressed with the licensee's erosion / corrosion i j inspection progra '

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j 1 Errergency Preparedness (82301)

j During the inspection period the resident inspectors toured the Emergency I Operations Facility located in Morrison, Illinois, on August 26, 1988, j participated in the licensee's practice energency exercise on August 10, 1988 and the NRC-evaluated emergency exercise conducted on August 31,

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The Resident Inspectors inspected the local public document room located in the Dixon, Illinois, Public Library on August 26,15.,. The library staff was knowledgeable and cooperative and the facilities appeared to be j adequate.

1 Securi ty During the inspection period the residents discussed security issues ,

with licensee security personnel. Issues discussed included security precautions to be taken in response to a planned demonstration, the i expiration of the security guard's agreement with the security contractor, and the potential for a strike by the security guard .

All observations and information were conveyed to regional security j inspectors. No violations or deviations were note ;

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J An enforcement conference was held on August 26, 1988, during which )

l licensee personnel discussed a Unit 2 power supply wiring error problem f l with NRC personnel. The wiring error is discussed in para '

inspection reports 50-254/88015(ORP) and 50-265/88015(DRP) .

graph 10.h of The content of the enforcement conference is sumarized in inspection report  ;

50-265/88024(ORP).

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on Septemb u 30, 1988, and sumarized the scope and findings of the  !

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The inspectors al.,o discussed the likely infomational content of the I

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