ML19294B111
| ML19294B111 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Quad Cities  |
| Issue date: | 01/26/1980 |
| From: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Oconner J COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
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| NUDOCS 8002270157 | |
| Download: ML19294B111 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000265/1979027
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Docket No. 50-265
Commonwealth Edison Company
ATTN:
Mr. James J. O'Connor
President
Post Office Box 767
Chicago, IL 60690
Gentlemen:
This refers to the special inspection conducted by Messrs. L. J. Hueter and
N. J. Chrissotimos of this office on December 11-14, 1979, of activities at
the Quad-Cities Nuclear Power Station, Unit 2, authorized by NRC Operating
License No. DPR-30 and to the discussion of our findings with
Mr. N. J. Kalivianakis at the conclusion of the inspection.
Additionally,
the results of this inspection and cur related concerns were discussed dur-
ing a meeting held at your office in Chicago, Illinois on January 10, 1980,
which was attended by me and others of my staff and Mr. C. Reed and others
of his staff.
The enclosed copy of our inspection report identifies s eas examined during
the inspection. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of a selective
examination of procedures and representative records, observations, and in-
terviews with personnel.
During this inspection, certain of your activities appeared to be in noncom-
pliance with NRC requirements, as described in the enclosed Appendix A.
Also in connection with the unplanned release of radioactive liquid effluent,
we are concerned with the apparent inattention to duties exhibited by two
licensed senior operators (shift foreman) in directing the activities of non-
licensed operators on their shift during the draining evolution involving
the Unit 2 RHR heat exchanger which lead directly to this event.
IE Infor-
mation Notice No. 79-20, Rev. 1 issued on September 7, 1979, noted that the
NRC would more closely monitor the performance of NRC licensed individuals,
and would take appropriate enforcement action against such individuals for
significant violations of their license.
After reviewing this event and
evaluating its relative safety significance we have decided that no en-
forcement action will be taken against the individual senior operators.
However, we wish to point out that, while we expect licensee management
to assure that adequate procedures are in place and that senior operators
receive adequate training, we also expect licensed senior operators to
assess the safety significance of their actions. We plan to review the
actions of the Quad-Cities licensed senior operators during future in-
spections.
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This notice is sent to you pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.201 of
the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations.
Section 2.201 requires you to submit to this office within twenty days of your
receipt of this notice a written statement or explanation in reply, including
for each item of noncompliance: (1) corrective action taken and the results
achieved; (2) corrective action to be taken to avoid further noncompliance;
and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
In accordance with Section 2.790 of t.he NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2,
Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosed
inspection report will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room, except as
follows.
If this report contains information that you or your contractors
Lelieve to be proprietary, you must apply in writing to this office, within
twenty days of your receipt of this letter, to withhold such information from
public disclosure. The application must include a full statement of the rea-
sons for which the information is considered proprietary, and should be pre-
pared so that proprietary information identified in the application is con-
tained in an enclosure to the application.
We will gladly discuss any questions you have concerning this inspection.
Sincerely,
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James G. Keppler
Director
Enclosures:
1.
Appendix A, Notice
of Violation
2.
IE Inspection Report
No. 50-265/79-27
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Mr. D. L. Peoples, Director
of Nuclear Licensing
Mr. N. Kalivianakis,
Plant Superintendent
Central Files
Reproduction Unit NRC 20b
Local PDR
Mr. Dean Hansell, Office of
Assistant Attorney General