ML17334A631
| ML17334A631 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cook  |
| Issue date: | 01/21/1998 |
| From: | Grobe J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Fitzpatrick E AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17334A632 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-315-97-23, 50-316-97-23, NUDOCS 9801280286 | |
| Download: ML17334A631 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000315/1997023
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January
21,
1998
Mr. E. E. Fitzpatrick
Executive Vice President
Nuclear Generation Group
American Electric Power Company
500 Circle Drive
Buchanan, Ml 49107-1395
SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-315/97023(DRS); 50-316/97023(DRS)
Dear Mr. Fitzpatrick:
On November 21, 1997, the NRC completed an inspection at your Donald C. COOK Nuclear
Generating Plant. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.
The area examined during this inspection was the effectiveness of your controls in identifying,
resolving and preventing
issues that degrade the quality of plant operations.
The purpose of
the inspection was to determine whether activities authorized by the license were conducted
safely and in accordance with NRC requirements.
In response to continuing issues being surfaced in your internal audits and self-assessments
and additional concerns being raised by the NRC regarding your effectiveness
in identifying,
resolving and preventing problems, you initiated a number of improvement initiatives.'he
inspectors noted that progress had been made in initiating steps to improve the corrective
action program and strengthen self-assessment
activities. Since implementation of the revised
corrective action program in May 1997, you continue to be effective in identifying plant
problems, however, the resolution and final closure of these problems continue to be slow and
not effective. Of particular concern is the untimely resolution of issues identified by your staff.
For example, during this inspection, we noted that your self-assessments
found
that issues identified several years earlier during internal audits had not yet been corrected.
A
second example involves the slow follow up on the Corrective Action Continuous Improvement
Group recommendations
to improve the corrective action process.
These items are discussed
in the enclosed inspection report. We understand that you are aware of these issues and are
working to further improve the performance of your corrective action process.
You are
encouraged to continue your progress in this area and are reminded that your attention to
timely and thorough corrective actions must be maintained.
With respect to self-assessments
and audits, the process observed appears to be sound.
In most cases,
problem identification
appeared to be satisfactory.
During the latter part of this inspection period, the inspectors became aware that in two recent
self-initiated audits, you identified a number of issues involving inadequate training and
qualifications of engineering personnel.
We request that within 30 days of this letter, you
provide this office with the actions you plan to take to address these training and qualification
deficiencies.
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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, the
enclosed inspection report and your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document
Room.
Sincerely,
Original Signed By J. A. Grobe
Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316
John A. Grobe, Director
Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosure:
Inspection Report 50-315/97023(DRS); 50-316/97023(DRS)
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