ML17174A276
| ML17174A276 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 11/16/1979 |
| From: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Reed C COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17174A277 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7912210025 | |
| Download: ML17174A276 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000237/1979025
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION Ill
Docket No. 50-237
Docket No. 50-249
Commonwealth Edison Company
ATTN:
Mr. Cordell Reed
Manager of Nuclear
Operations
Post Office Box 767
Chicago, IL
60690
Gentlemen:
799 ROOSEVELT ROAD
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This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. E. J. Gallagher and
Dr. M. J. Oestmann of this office on September 17, 18 and 24-27, 1979,
of activities at Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3, authorized
by NRC Operating Licenses No. DPR-19 and No. DPR-25 and to the discussion
of our findings with Mr. B. B. Stephenson and others of your staff at the
conclusion of the inspection.
The enclosed copy of our inspection report identifies areas examined during
the inspection.
Within these areas, the inspection consisted qf a selective
examination of procedures and representative records, observations, and inter-
views with personnel.
Although no items of noncompliance with NRC requirements were identified
during the course of this inspection we request that you submit to this
office within twenty days of your receipt a written statement or explanation
in reply to the following items:
(1) your position on the immediate and
long term integrity of the cooling lake dike in view of the apparent seepage
under the foundation of the North dike, (2) the finding that permeable gran-
ular soils have been identified at the toe of the North dike and below the
foundation of the dike when the original design required that all granular
soil be removed (see Final Environmental Statement, Section 3.4.3) and (3)
the findings noted in our report that the required monthly surveillance of
the dike as per procedure DTS 4450-1, dated April 1979 is not as compre-
hensive as was indicated in the FES, Section 5.l.4(d).
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 and the enclosed
inspection report will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room, except as
follows.
If this report contains information that you or your contractors
believe to be proprietary, you must apply in writing to this office, within
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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 considered proprietary, and should be
prepared so that proprietary information identified in the application is
contained in an enclosure to the application.
We will gladly discuss any questions you have concerning this inspection.
Enclosure:
IE Inspection
Reports No. 50-237/79-25
and No. 50-249/79-23
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Mr. D. L. Peoples, Director
of Nuclear Licensing
Mr. B. B. Stephenson, Station
Superintendent
Central Files
Reproduction Unit NRC 20b
Local PDR
Mr. Dean Hansell, Office of
Assistant Attorney General
Mr. and Mrs. C. Novak, Private
Property Owners
Sincerely,
James G. Keppler
Director
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