ML17332A648
| ML17332A648 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cook  |
| Issue date: | 12/07/1994 |
| From: | Martin J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Fitzpatrick E ILLINOIS POWER CO. |
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See also: IR 05000315/1994001
Text
,
December 7,
1994
I
Company
ATTN:
Mr. E.
E. Fitzpatrick
Senior Vice President
Nuclear Generation
1 Riverside
Plaza
Columbus,
OH
43216
Dear Hr. Fitzpatrick:
Enclosed for your review is the Systematic
Assessment
of Licensee
Performance
(SALP)
12 Report for the Donald C.
Cook Nuclear Plant, covering the period
Hay 1,
1993 through October 29,
1994.
As discussed
between
Hr. A. Blind of
your staff and Hr. J.
Isom of this office,
a meeting to discuss this report
with you and your staff has
been
scheduled
at the Donald C.
Cook Visitors
Center,
on December
20,
1994, at 10:00 a.m.
(EDT).
During this meeting you are encouraged
to candidly discuss
any comments
you
may have regarding
our report.
While this meeting is considered
a
presentation
and discussion
forum between
Company
and
the
NRC, the meeting will be opened to any other interested
parties
as
observers.
In accordance
with Nuclear Regulatory
Commission
(NRC) policy, I have reviewed
the recommendations
resulting from the
SALP Board assessment
and concur with
their ratings.
Overall, your performance
was excellent
and generally reflected
a conservative
operating philosophy
and safety focus.
The fu~ctional areas of Operations,
Maintenance,
and Plant Support were assigned
Category
1 ratings.
Excellent
performance
in these
areas
was demonstrated
by few personnel
errors
and the
high reliability and availability of equipment.
Strong
management
involvement
in the latter part of the
SALP period significantly contributed to the
improved performance
in Operations
and Plant Support.
The Engineering
functional
area
was rated
a Category
2.
Engineering
performance
was generally
strong but there
were instances
where technical
evaluations of emergent
equipment
problems
were not sufficiently rigorous
and weaknesses
were noted in
the knowledge
and application of design information.
Your efforts in self identification of deficiencies
were considered
good.
A
commitment to self-assessment
within the line organization
was evident
by the
self assessments
in system engineering
and chemistry.
However, there were
some performance
lapses
in engineering
and operations
which point to the need
for the plant staff to have
a continuous self-critical attitude regarding the
assessment
of work.
The implementation of an effective problem
identification, evaluation,
and assessment
process will be important for
sustaining
improved performance
at D.
C. Cook.
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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
report will be placed in the NRC's Public Document
Room.
Should you have
any questions
concerning the
SALP Report,
we would be pleased
to discuss
them with you.
While no written response
is required, if you wish,
you may provide written comments within 30 days of the
SALP meeting.
Sincerely,
Docket No. 50-315
Docket No. 50-316
Original signed by
H J. Miller, Deputy Administrator for
John h. Hartih
Regional Administrator
Enclosure:
SALP 12
Report
No. (50-315/94001;
50-316/94001)
See attach
d distr'b tion:
SEE
PREVIOUS
CONCURRENCES
DOCUMENT NAME:
a:
DCC94001.sip
To <~vs.a copy of this document, kxScaa in the bmc
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Copy without attachmen%nctosure
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Copy with attachmen%nctosure
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No
copy
OFFICE
RIII
NAME
Jackiw
DATE
OFFICE
RIII
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LaTorre
RIII
RIII
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RIII
NAME
DATE
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by telep
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Company
Your performance
was
based
on
a conservative
operating philosophy,
However,
we did note there were two occurrences
during the
SALP period when emergent
issues
were addressed
by the plant staff without rigorous technical
evaluations for potential
safety concerns.
These
two issues
pertained to
increasing
component cooling water temperature
to reduce reactor coolant
pump
seal
leakage
and loose reactor
head penetration
funnel guides.
We were unable
to determine if these
two instances
were isolated occurrences
or represent
a
pattern.
We encourage
you to determine if there
have
been other occurrences
that could point to underlying problems in addressing
emergent
issues
without
adequate
consideration for potential safety consequences.
In accordance
with Section 2.790 of the NRC's
nRules of Practice,"
Part
2,
Title 10,
Code of Federal
Regulations,
a copy of this letter and the
report will be placed in the NRC's Public Document
Room.
Should you have
any questions
concerning
the
SALP Report,
we would be pleased
to discuss
them with you.
While no written response
is required, if,you wish,
you may provide written comments within 30 days of the
SALP meeting.
Sincerely,
Docket No. 50-315
Docket No. 50-316
John
B. Hartin
Regional Administrator
Enclosure:
SALP 12
Report
No. (50-315/94001;
50-316/94001)
See attached distribution:
SEE
PREVIOUS
CONCURRENCE
DOCUMENT NAME:
a: DCC94001.sip
To receive s copy ot this document, Indicate In the boru
C
Copy without attachment/enclosure
E
Copy with attachment/enclosure
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~ No copy
OFFICE
RI II
NAME
DATE
Jackiw
OFFICE
RI II
RIII
Kropp
RIII
RIII
H.HcB
NRR*
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LaTorre
RIII
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Greenman
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RIII
NAME
DATE
Grant
Axelson
Hannon
HMiller
JHartin
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Indiana Hichigan
Power Company
2
Your performance
was
based
on
a conservative
operating philosophy.
However,
we did note there
were two occurrences
during the
SALP period when emergent
issues
were addressed
by the plant staff without rigorous technical
evaluations for potential safety concerns.
These
two issues
pertained
to
increasing
component cooling water temperature
to reduce reactor coolant
pump
seal
leakage
and loose reactor
head penetration
funnel guides.
We were unable
to determine if these
two instances
were isolated
occurrences
or represent
a
pattern.
We urge you to determine if there
have
been other occurrences
that
could point to underlying problems in addressing
emergent
issues without
adequate
consideration for potential safety consequences.
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
report will be placed in the NRC's Public Document
Room.
Should you have
any questions
concerning
the
SALP Report,
we would be pleased
to discuss
them with you.
While no written response
is required, if you wish,
you may provide written comments within 30 days of the
SALP meeting.
Sincerely,
Docket No. 50-315
Docket No. 50-316
John
B. Hartin
Regional Administrator
Enclosure:
12
Report
No.
(50-315/94001;
50-316/94001)
See attached distribution:
DOCUHENT NAHE:
a: DCC9400l.sip
To receive a copy ot this document, indicate In the box: "C" ~ Copy without attachment/enciosure
E
a Copy with attachment/enclosure
t/
a No copy
OFFICE
DATE
OFFICE
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Jacki
RIII
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NAME
DATE
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Company
cc w/enclosure:
A. A. Blind, Plant Hanager
James
R. Padgett,
Michigan Public
Service
Commission
Michigan Department of
Public Health
The Chairman
Commissioner
Rogers
Commissioner
de Planque
OEDO
J.
Lieberman, Director, Office of Enforcement
W. T. Russell, Director,
R. Zimmerman, Associate Director for Projects,
A. C. Thadani,
Associate Director for Inspection
8 Technical
Assessment,
J.
W. Roe, Director, Division of Reactor Projects III/IV-, NRR
J.
H. Hannon, Director, Project Directorate III-I, NRR
C.
F. Holden, Jr.,
SALP Program Manager,
DISP,
(2 copies)
DRP Division Directors, All Regions
C.
D. Pederson,
RIII
L. Cox, RIII
TSS, RIII
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