IR 05000295/1997022

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Repts 50-295/97-22 & 50-304/97-22.Actions Will Be Examined During Future Insp

ML20202H785
Person / Time
Site:	Zion  File:ZionSolutions icon.png
Issue date:	02/13/1998
From:	Caldwell J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Kingsley O COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
References
50-295-97-22, 50-304-97-22, EA-98-011, EA-98-11, NUDOCS 9802230018
Download: ML20202H785 (2)

Text

_ _ _ _

- _ _ - _-___

[p%%b UNITED STATES NUCLEAR RECULATORY COMMISSION p t nEGION lli e

% 801 WARRENylLLE nOAD LISL F, ILLINOIS 60532 4351

% ,,,,, February 13, 1998 EA 98 011 Mr. Oliver President, Nuclear Generation Group Commonwealth Edison Company ATTN: Regulatory Services Executive Towers West lil 1400 Opus Place, Suite 500 Downers Grove,IL 60515 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION (NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50 295/97022(DRP);

50 304/97022(DRP)) ZION STATION

Dear Mr. Kingsley:

This will acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 23,1997, in response to our letter dated November 28,1997, transmitting a Notice of Violation associated with inspection Report No. 50 295/07022(DRP); 50-304/97022(DRP). We have reviewed your corrective actions and have no further questions at this time. These corrective actions will be exam'ned during future inspections, in your response, you denied that the third example of Violation 1, involving the failure to close a residual heat lemoval heat exchanger bypass valve in accordance with an out of service instruction, was a violation of NRC requirements. Specifically, you maintained that the failure to place the valve in the closed position as required by the out of service instruction was a result of a material condition problem with the valve instead of an out of service process problem. You indicated that the valve continued to leak after being closed with reasonable force and that after i

discovery, a force multiplier was used to turn the valve handwheel further to provide complete isolation. We reviewed pertinent documentation and interviewed personnel associated with this activity. Information provided supports your characterization of this occurrence, and we therefore agree that the third example was not a violation of NRC requirements.

However, as you indicated in your response and as evidenced by the other examples in Violation 1, implementation of the out of service program and, in general, plant configuration control continues to be of concem at Zion Station. We note that your written response describes appropriate corrective actions for this issue, including the valve material condition problem. We are also aware that you continue to find valves in incorrect positions and that you plan to complete the corrective actions from your configuration control root cause investigation to

\

v i

9002230018 900213  ;

PDR ADOCK 05000295 l l l l t Ll ,'

I O PDR ,1 !

>

i

> . . \

L ! ,

. .

l

$*W

._ _ - .

--_____________ _ __ - - .

.J resolve the underlying problems. We will continue to evaluate the effectiveness of your corrective actions in this area during future inspections.

Sincerely,

/s/ J. L. Caldwell James L. Caldwell Deputy Regional Administrator Docket No. 50 295 Docket No. 50 304 cc w/ encl: M. Wallace, Chief of Staff D. Helwig, Senior Vice President G. Stanley, PWR Vice President J. Peny, BWR Vice President D. Farrar, Regulatory

'

Services Manager 1. Johnson, Licensing Director DCD Licensing J. Brons, Site Vice President R. Starkey, Plant General Manager R. Godley, Regulatory Assurance Supervisor Richard Hubbard Nathan Schloss, Economist Office of the Attorney General Mayor, City of Zion State Liaison Officer State Liaison Officer, Wisconsin Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission

- Distribution:

Docket File DRP Project Mgr., NRR PUBLIC IE 01 TSS DOCDESK (E Mail)

A. Beach DRS (2) J. Lieberman, OE Deputy RA RlllPRR R. Zimmerman, NRR Rlli Enf. Coord. RAC1 (E Mail) J. Goldberg, OGC SRI Zion - CAA1 (E Mail)

DOCUMENT NAME: G:\ ZION \ZIO97022.TKU q, g...,,.iig . . i+.i.i.

,

w.c.c.,, +. .n _-o..,*. c.c.,, .n w.v. .

OFFICE Rllli h L' Rid g, 16 Rlli g L Rill _

Ril)h , .

NAME NiTFsh _ OS, ClaytQQ % Grant 4W Cdkuell DATE

,_

02Ao/96 0240/98 0240/d8 0240 /sts U- 02/ 6 98 OFFICIAL RECOR {Vy

{ 06 W '

V D W gh