ML19312D887

Responds to NRC 800304 Ltr Re Violation Noted in IE Insp Rept 50-373/80-05.Corrective Actions:Workman Now Understands to Wait for Notification from Field Engineer Before Proceeding During Sys Outage

ML19312D887
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Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	03/24/1980
From:	Peoples D COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
To:	James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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C Commonwealth Edison one First Natiinal Plaza, Chicago, lihnois 5050 .)/ .p C ,)/F Addr:ss R; ply to: Post Offica Box 767 l Chicago, Illinois 60690

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, March 24, 1980 Mr. James G. Keppler, Director -

Directorate of Inspection and Enforcement - Region III U.S. Nucle 3r Regulatory Commission 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

Subject:

LaSalle County Station Unit 1 Response to IE Inspection Report Nos. 50-373/80-05 i NRC Docket Nos. 50-373 Reference (a): R. F. Heishman letter to C. Reed dated March 4, 1980

Dear Mr. Keppler:

The following is in response to the inspection conducted by Mr. R. D. Walker on January 1-31, 1980, of activities LaSalle County Station Unit 1. Reference (a) indicated that certain activities appeared to be in noncompliance with NRC requirements. These activities are addressed in the enclosure to this letter.

Please refer any additional questions you may have on this matter to this office.

Very truly yours, 4t, D. L. Peoples Director of Nuclear Licensing Enclosure 2516A 4

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Enclosure Response to Notice of Violation This item of apparent noncompliance identified in Appendix A of the NRC letter dated March 4, 1980 are responsded to in the following paragraphs.

10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI requires that measures be established for indicating the operating status of structures, systems, and components of the nuclear power plant, such as by tagging va,1ves and switches, to prevent inadvertent operation.

Commonwealth Edison Company Quality Assurance Program Topical Report CE-1-A, Revision 11, Section 14, dated December 21, 1979, states in part, " Operating out-of-service status is controlled by Edison " Hold" and "Out-of-Service" cards depending on the designated internal jurisdiction of the item. The methods of control are provided through Construction and Station Operating Procedures which describe the use of forms, i tags and logging methods." LaSalle County Station Administrative Procedure LAP 900-4, Revision 7, and Construction Instruction 1-2-G-1 both require that when construction on an addition to the station facilities, which has not been released for operation, has progressed to the point where the equipment being worked on could be livened from a source under jurisdiction of the Generating Station Department, the Commonwealth Edison supervisor in charge of construction work must request that a MASTER OUT OF SERVICE CARD (and related OUT OF SERVICE CARDS, if required) be placed in his name, at all points of isolation.

Contrary to the above, on January 29, 1980, the licensee's contractor (Morrison Construction Company) performed work on the Fire Protection System without adhering to the requiremente nf the niit nf nervgg procedures, and this resulted in spraying water on safety related equipment.

Corrective Action Taken and Results Achieved The responsible CECO. Station C7nstruction field engineer had requested an outage on the fire protection system for the Morrison Const.,Co. (MCCO.) One of the isolation valves for the system is located in the area where the piping revision was to be made. Upon seeing an Out of Service card on this isolation valve, the MCCo. workmen proceeded to remove the flange which resulted in spraying water on the RHR B and C water leg pumps and the SF pump. This action was in violation of established

e practice for work for live systems under CECO. control. The CECO. Station Const. Dept. field engineer requests the Out of Service in this name and is responsible for verifying that the outage card is properly hung. Once he has verified the outage, he contacts the contractor supervisor responsible for the work and proceed.

informs him that the outage card is hung and work can on this own. In the case noted above, the MCCo. workman proceeded RHR had not been notified to proceed with the work by his supervisor or CECO. field engineer. This workman now understands waited for notification. that his actions were not correct and he should have The RHR B and C water pumps and the SF pump have by spraying water. been checked and no damage was done to the equipment Corrective Action Taken to Avoid Further Noncompliance A letter has been sent to all site contractors requesting that they review the out of Service Sytem with their personnel. In addition they are to post notices on their " Safety Boards" informing outages. workmen of the rules concerning equipment and system Date of Full Compliance Full Compliance has been achieved.

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