ML18045A603

Responds to NRC Re Violations Noted in IE Insp Rept 50-255/80-10.Corrective Actions:Standing Orders to Maintain Two Operators in Control Room Issued

ML18045A603
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	08/08/1980
From:	Hoffman D CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
To:	James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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ML18045A601	List: IR 05000255/1980010 ML18045A603
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' I August 8, 1980

' I Mr[James G Keppler Off ice of Inspection and Enforcement Region III US~Nuclear Regulatory Commission 79~ Roose.velt Road Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 I

DOCKET 50-255 - LICENSE DPR PALISADES PLANT - RESPONSE TO IEf INSPECTION REPORT 80-10 I I Consumers Power Company's response to the alleged deviation noted in IE Inspection Report 80-10 dated July 17, 1980 is as follows:

I Itbm IEi Bulletin 79-06C "Nuclear Incident at Three Mile Island - Supplement" and the li~ensee's respo~se letter dated August 2, 1979, established the lic~nsee's formal commitment to provide two licensed operators in the control room at all times du~ing plant operation.

i Co~trary to the above, at approximately noon on June 30, 1980, with the plant in op:eration, the control room was briefly observed to be attended by only a single li~ensed operator.

I Re:sponse to Item I

Th;is incident was discussed with licensed control operators and shift supervisors.

The discussions stressed the importance of adhering to commitments.. The re 1quirement to maintain two operators in the control room had preyious ly been a~dressed via an' entry in the Daily Orders Book.

To reiterate the requirement and st:rengthen the aµministrative controls, a Standing Order to plant operating p~rsonnel was issued on July 8, 1980.

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David P Hoffman (Signed)

I DJvid P Hoffman '

N~clear Licensi~g Administrator I

cq Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Director, Office of Inspection and Enforcement

.Resident Inspector-Palisades

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