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Forwards IE Insp Repts 50-295/80-12,50-304/80-12, 50-295/80-14 & 50-304/80-14 Documenting Insp of Portion of Licensee Actions Per NRC 800229 Confirmatory Orders.No Open Items Remain
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Site: Zion  File:ZionSolutions icon.png
Issue date: 08/28/1980
From: Bryan S
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
To: Novak T
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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REF-SSINS-6530 NUDOCS 8011060487
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SSIf;S 6530 l yy.> l l l ICiORAr'Duti FOR: Thomas M. f!ovak, Assistant Director for Operating Reactors, l 

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Division of Reactor Operations Inspection, IE SUBJECT: VERIFICATION OF INTERIM MEASURES OF ZION STATION UNIT 

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issued to Zion Station Units 1 and 2. Note that the lice ~nsee's proprietary review has not yet been completed. These are transmitted pursuant to IT. P. Gammill's memo (same subject) of April 7, 198 . ItEs-relating to the-Confirmatory Orders are found in the f allowing"p'aragraph's - 

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Report N Applicable paracraphs . . 80-12 10 80-14 2, 10, 12, 22 This completes IE's inspection of Zion items requested by Mr. Gamill. tb 

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noncompliances were identified and no open items remai Region III has also reported several items where the licensee appears in need-of -4RR-support. -Your attention 1s tfirected~to paragraphs ~4~,~~5, -6,' 7.and 8 0.f-- . 

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twenty days of your receipt of this notice a written statement or expla-nation in reply, including for each item of noncompliance: (1) corrective action taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective action to be taken to avoid further noncompliance; and (3) the date vben full compliance will be achieve 'In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a ecpy of this letter, the enclo-sures, and your response to this letter will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room, except as follows. If the enclosures contain information that you or your contractors believe to be proprietary, you must apply in writing to this office, within twenty days of your receipt of this letter, to withhold such information from public disclosure. The application must include a full statement of the reasons for which the information is con-sidered proprietary, and should be prepared so that proprietary informa-tion ideni.ified in the application is contained in an enclosure to the applicatio , 

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i' . Appendix A , . i NOTICE OF VIOLATION Commonwealth Edison Company License No. DPR-39; DPR-48 

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Based on the inspection conducted on March 29 through June 1, 1980, it appears that certain of your activities were in noncompliance with NRC requirements, as noted belo . Technical Specification 3.12.1.C.4.2 states that radioactive gaseous wastes collected in the gas decay tanks shall be held up to a mini-mum of 45 days before being released except during purge and fill operations associated with refueling and reactor startu Contrary to the above, on May 6,1980, a portion of the contents of ' gas decay tank 1B was released without being held for 45 day . 10 CFR 50.72(a)(8) requires nuclear power plant licensees to notify the NRC Operations Center within one hour of any a

REGION III l l l Report No. 50-295/80-12; 50-304/80-12 l l Docket No. 50-295; 50-304 License No. DPR-39; DPR-48 Licenser- Commonwealth Edison Company l Post Office Box 767  ! Chicago, IL 60690 Facility Name: Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 

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Reacto rojects Section 1-2 Inspection Sur:" nary Inspection on March 29 through June 1, 1980 (Report No. 50-295/80-12; & 50-304/80-12) Areas Inspected: Routine resident inspection of plant operational safety, naintenance, surveillance, licensee event. reports, Inspection and Enforce-ment Bulletins, plant trips, calibration, preparation for refueling, re- , fueling activities, containment purging, turbine cracking, independent inspection, and radiation protection. The inspection involved 361 inspec-  ! tor bours on site by two NRC inspector Results: Of *.he areas inspected, two items of noncompliance were identi-fied (infraction-failure to hold-up radioactive gas for 45 days prior to release, Section II.5.a.; deficiency failure to report an unplanned, acci- 

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J.,R. Waters and W. G. Key of this office on June 1, 1980 thr*igh July 31, i 1980 of activities at the Zion Nuclear Power Station Unit- 5 Nd 2 author- i ized by NRC Operating License No. DPR-39 and DPR-48 and  ; 'M discussion 

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of our findings with Mr. K. L. Graesser at the conclut u Jie inspectio The enclosed copy of our inspection report identifies areas examined i during the inspection. Vithin these areas, the inspection consisted of a selective examination of procedures and representative records, observa- , tiens, and interviews with personne Dur.1ng this inspection, certain of your activities appeared to be in  ! 

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noncompliance with NRC requirements, as described in the enclosed Appendix , i This notice is sent to you pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.201 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulation Section 2.201 requires you to submit to this office within twenty days of , your receipt of this notice a written statement or explanation in reply, < including for each item of noncompliance: (1) corrective action taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective action to be taken to avoid further noncompliance; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieve l i In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part )' 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter, the enclosures, and your response to this letter will be placed in the NRC's l Public Document Room, except as follow If the enclosures contain j 

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infomation that you or your contractors believe to be proprietary, you must apply in writing to this office, within twenty days of your receipt . of this letter, to withhold such information from public disclosur The ; application must include a full statement of the reasons for which the  ! information is considered proprietary, and should be prepared so that l i >  ! 

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Based on the inspection conducted on June 1 - July 31, 1980, it appears that certain of your activities were in noncompliance with NRC requirements as noted below. This item is an infractio i Technical Specification 3.11.3.A requires that, two service water pumps or j a circulating water pump be operational on the discharge ' path when releas-  ; 

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Docket No. 50-295; 50-304 License No. DPR-39; DPR-48 Licensee: Commonwealth Edison Company P. O. Box 767 . Chicago, IL 60690 Facility Name: Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 & 2 ' 

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