ML17252A690
| ML17252A690 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 06/04/1981 |
| From: | Norelius C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Reed C COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17252A691 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8106160484 | |
| Download: ML17252A690 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000237/1981009
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION Ill
Docket No. 50-237
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Commonwealth Edison Company
ATTN:
Mr. Cordell Reed
Vice President
Post Office Box 767
Chicago, IL
60690
Gentlemen:
799 ROOSEVELT ROAD
GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS 60137
JUN O 4
This refers to the routine safety inspection conducted by Mr. J. A. Grobe
of this office on April 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 and 10, 1981, 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. D. J. Scott at the conclusion of the inspection, and to a subsequent
telephone discussion of our findings on May 27, 1981 between
Mr. R. L. Spessard of this office and Mr. J. S. Abel of your staff.
The enclosed copy of our inspection report identifies areas examined
during the inspection.
Within these areas, the inspection consisted of
a selective examination of procedures and representative records,
observations, and interviews with personnel.
During this inspection, certain of your activities appeared to be in non-
f
compliance with NRC requirements, as specified in the enclosed Appendix A:
A written response, submitted under oath or affirmation, is required.
We
are very concerned about Item 4, in that critical fire protection equipment
was made inoperable and then this condition went undetected for approximately
one year until identified by a QA audit.
We request that you give special
attention to your response to this matter to ensure that the causal factors
are clearly identified and that positive corrective actions are taken to
avoid repetition of this significant matter.
Further, your corrective
actions should address those management actions which will be taken to
prevent recurrence of overlooking technical specification surveillance
requirements for critical fire protection systems, in view of the seven
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Commonwealth Edison Company
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(7) other occurrences of missed surveillances involving fire protection
equipment that we.re identified by your QA audit program during the twelve
(12) months preceding this inspection, as documented in paragraphs 2
and 3 of the enclosed report.
In addition to your response to the items in Appendix A, please provide
an implementation schedule for fire brigade annual hands-on fire fighting
practice sessions for 1981.
Two unresolved items resulting from this inspection concerning fire fight-
ing strategies or pre-plans and fire drills will be resolved pending IE
Headquarters action on similar items identified at Quad-Cities Nuclear
Power Station.
No action by you is presently required in these areas.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, a copy of
this letter, the enclosures, and your response to this letter will be
placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.
If the enclosures contain any
information that you or your contractors believe to be exempt from dis-
closure under 10 CFR 9.S(a)(4), it is necessary that you (a) notify this
office by telephone within seven (7) days from the date of this letter
of your intention to file a request for withholding; and (b) submit
within twenty-five (25) days from the date of this letter a written
application to this office to withhold such information.
Section
2.790(b)(l) requires that any such application must be accompanied by
an affidavit executed by the owner of the information which identifies
the document or part sought to be withheld, and which contains a full
statement of the reasons on the basis which it is claimed that the
information should be withheld from public disclosure.
This section
further requires the statement to address with specificity the consid-
erations listed in 10 CFR 2.790(b)(4).
The information sought to be
withheld shall be incorporated as far as possible into a separate part
of the affidavit. If we do not hear from you in this regard within the
specified periods noted above, a copy of this letter, the enclosures,
and your response to this letter will be placed in the Public' Document
Room.
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Commonwealth Edison Company
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We will gladly discuss any questions you have concerning this inspection.
Enclosures:
1.
Appendix A, Notice
of Violation
2.
IE Inspection Report
No. 50-237/81-09 and
No. 50-249/81-06
cc w/encls:
J. S. Abel, Director
of Nuclear Licensing
D. J. Scott,
Station Superintendent
Central Files
Reproduction Unit NRC 20b
Resident Inspector, RIII
Local PDR
Mary Jo Murray, Office of
Assistant Attorney General
RIII
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Sincerely,
C. E. Norelius, Acting Director
Division of Engineering and
Technical Inspection
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