ML17177A602
| ML17177A602 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Dresden, Byron, Braidwood, Quad Cities, Zion, LaSalle  |
| Issue date: | 08/20/1992 |
| From: | Norelius C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Reed C COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17177A603 | List: |
| References | |
| RTR-NUREG-0737, RTR-NUREG-737 NUDOCS 9208280074 | |
| Download: ML17177A602 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000237/1992022
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Docket Nos~ 50~237~'
50-249:* 50-254;*~0-265;
50-295; .50-304; 50-j7J;
50~374; 50-454; 50-455;'
50-456; 50-457
Commonwealth Edison Company
ATTN:
Mr. Cordell Reed.
Senior Vice President .
Opus West.III
- 1400 Opus Pl ace
Downers Grove, IL
60515
Dear Mr. Reed:
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AUG 2 O 1992
This refers to the inspection conducted by. Mr. T. Ploski and others of this
office on July 27-29, 1992. * The inspection included a review of authorized
activities for your corporate emergency preparedness department.
At the
conclu~ibn of the inspection, the findings were discussed wtth those members
o( ydur staff identified in the.enclosed report.
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Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the enclosed report.*
Within these areas, the inspection consisted.of a selective e~amiriation of
procedures and represerttative records,.observati~n~, and interviews with
personnel.
During this inspection~ certain of youf activitiei ap~eared to be in violation
of NRC requ i reme.nts.
However, as described in the enclosed inspection report,
you identified the violation. Therefore, the violation will not be subject to
enforcement act iOn because your efforts in i dent ifyi ng and correcting the -
violation meet the criteria specified in Section VI LB of the nGener*a l
Statement of Policy and Procedur~s for NRC Enforcement Actions," (Enforcement
Pol icy, 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1992}).
In addition, we h~ve identified a significant issue concerning your ability to
activate your.Emergency Operation Facilities (EOF) in a timely manner.
Your
most recent augmentation drills indic~te that minimum staffing would take at
least two to three hours after your staff membe.rs were notified and complete *
staff augmentation would take as long as four bolirs::;-:'. NRC ".'egulations *require
timely augmentation of response capabilities. ~URE.fu.0137,:'Supplement 1, .* .. *
specifies that facilities shall have as a goal emergency activation times for
their EOF within the guidelines of Table 2 of the NU~EG. The NRC's position
is that an EOF should be staffed in ~bout one hour after the decision to
activate the facility is made.
Supplement 1 to the NUREG also states that
"reasonable.exceptions" to this goal "should be justified and will be *
considered by NRC staff". The NRC is not aware of justification for staff
augmentation times indicated by. your recent ._drJlJs. __ .Therefore, your ~urrerit
emergency ~reparedness program does not appear to adequately meet the intent
of the regulations pertaining to timeliness.
We request a written resp~~se
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winthin 30 days describing your actions to address this inadequacy in your
1!mergency preparedness program. *
- . Your response shoul~ also include a description of how the r~sults of your
corrective ~ctions will be assessed in accordance with 10 CFR 50.47(b)(l4)
which requires you* to conduct exercises to evaluate major portions of your
emergency response* capabilities. .
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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, a copy of
this letter, the enclosed inspection re~ort, and your response to thi~ letter
will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
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The response directed by this letter is not subject to the clearance
procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the Paperwork.
Reduction Act of 1980, .PL 96-511.
We will gladly discuss any questions you have concerning this inspection.
- Sincerely,
. *. ORIGINAL .SIGNED av* CHARLES E. NOREUUS
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Distribution:
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M.
Wallace~ Vice President, PWR Operations* *
T. Kovach, Nuclear Li~ensing Manager
A. Checca, Nuclear Licensing Administrator
K.
Kofron~ Station Maniger
A .. Haeger, Regulatory Assurance Supervisor .
D. Galle, Vice President~ BWR, Operations
C. Schroeder, Station Mahager
- R. Radtke, Regulatory Assurance Supervisor.
G. J. Di~derich, Station Manager
R. L. Baxi Station Ma~ager
T. Joyce, Station Manager
R. Chrzanowski, Re"gulatory Assurance
- Supervisor
DCD/DCB (RIDS)
OC/LFOCB
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Resident Inspectors, Byron,
Braidwood, Zion, LaSalle, *
Dresden, Quad Cities
- D. W. Cassel, .Jr., Esq.
Richard Hubbard
J *. W. *Mccaffrey, Chief, Public
Utilities Division
Licensing Project Mgr., NRR
Robert Newmann, Office of *public
. Counsel, .State of Illinois Cent~r
State Li~ison Officer
T. S~huster, Nticlear Licensing
Administrator
R.
~leniewicz, St~tion Manager
D. Brindle, Regulatory Assurance
- Supervisor
Diilne Chavez, DAARE/SAFE
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Robert M. Thompson, Administrator
Wisconsin Division of Emergency
Government
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Patricia O'Brien, Governor's
-Office of Consumer Services
Mayor, City of Zion
Chandu Patel, LPM, NRR
I. Johnson, CECo, Emergency Preparedne~s Director*
D. Bement, FEMA, RV
R. Bissel 1, FEMA, RVII
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