ML17174A448
| ML17174A448 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden, Quad Cities  |
| Issue date: | 01/10/1980 |
| From: | Ippolito T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Peoples D COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8002150210 | |
| Download: ML17174A448 (2) | |
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SSheppard NSIC JANUARY 1 0 -*
NRC* PDR
File GLainas RRiggs
- Docket Nos~4~ 50~254 and.0.. 265 :
Mr. o. Louis Peoples Di rector of Nuclear Li cens 1 ng
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- Commonwe~lth ~di son Company :
P. o. Box 767
- Chic~ago, IlHnois 60690
Dear Mr.. Peoples.:
. WGanimi 11 RVd.l lm.er BG rimes JMi 11 er*
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Tippol ito
.RSevan In response "to our letter of.August ~9, 1978, you provided 1nformatiqn on.
your 1977 experience of control rods failing.to fully insert *.. we evaluated_
your respQOS~ along with _those provided _by ~ther BWR.owners.
t{e concJuded
.-_that* such events: are general: and th~t the fre*quenci~s of occurrence _vary
. aniong the BWRs, appareotlyJ>ecause of different maint~nance progr~ms *.
. Our August ?9, 19781-etter recommended *toat you maintain an.ongoing tabulation
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- Qf any addition~l ~uch. events. -1'.o deterl\\11ne whether or.no.t the frequency of*.
- these events has' ch~r:iged* fQr a g.iven plant,.. we now reque$t *t~at yo~ r~port your more recent ~xperience* This report should include th~* experience from
- . the.time of the last reported occurrence through 1979.
- lti addition. please..
provide a summary of other <;ont'rol rocr drive malfunctions. such as unlatchings, ",
for the same time period, The information should be provided'wtthin 90 days; For each event~- identify. *
'ttte number of-rods not fully -hlser.~ed, the position of t.he*. ro<l~ *.. the -~ause..
for failure to fully.insert, and *any related-ma1nte.nance activities.
ThiS request.for ad9itiona1 g~nerfc information is in accordance w1~h the GAO blanket '.clearance number 6'."180225 (R0536) which expires June *30~ '.19fH.
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- . Orlgln!JI Signed by, T. A; lppollto Thomas A. Ippolito, Chief Operating Rea.ctors Branch #~
Div1 sion o-f *operatfog Reactors 8002150 2/()
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NRC FORM 318 (9*76),NRCM 0240
- U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1979-289-369
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,~~- Mr. D. Louis Peoples Cqrn.:ionwealth Edison Company cc:
Mr. o.* R.
Stich~oth President Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company 206 East Second Avenue Davenport, Iowa 52801 Mr. John W. Rowe Isham, Lincoln & Beale Counselors at Law One First National Plaza, 42nd Floor Ghicago~ Illinois 60603 Mr. Nick Kalivianakas Plant Superintendent Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station 22710 - 206th Avenu~ - North Cordova, Illinois 61242 Anthony Z. Reisman Natural Resources Defense Council 917 15th Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20005 Moline Public Library 504 - 17th Street Moline, Illinois 61265 Susan N. Sekl11er Assistant Attorney General Environmental Control Division 188 ~- Randolph Street Suite 2315 Chicago, Illinois 60601 Mr. N. Chrissotimos, Inspector US Nu:lear Regulatory Col'i'mission Box 756 Bettendorf, Iowa 52722 Mr. B. B. Stephenson Plant Superintendent Dresden Nuclear Power Station Rural Route #1 Morris, Illinois 60450 2 -
Jimmy L. Barker U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Corrrnission P. 0. Box 706 Morris\\ Illinois 60450