ML20035B974

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Notice of Violation from Insp on 930315-19.Violation Noted: Performance Checks on in-line Chemistry Instruments Had Not Been Performed as Required Since About Oct 1992
ML20035B974
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Site: Braidwood  Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 03/30/1993
From: Pederson C
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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50-456-93-05, 50-456-93-5, 50-457-93-05, 50-457-93-5, NUDOCS 9304060062
Download: ML20035B974 (2)


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NOTICE OF VIOLATION, Commonwealth Edison Company Docket Nos. 50-456;.50-457.

Braidwood Station, Units.1-and 2-Licenses No.' NPF-72; NPF-77 l

t During an NRC inspection conducted on March 15 to 19, 1993, a violation of HRC requirements was identified.

In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C, the violation is listed below:

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Technical Specification 6.8.4.c requires that a program for monitoring

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secondary water chemistry to inhibit steam generator tube degradation shall be established, implemented, and maintained to measure the values of the critical

.i parameters.

I Procedure BwCP PD-4, "Braidwood Station Secondary Water Chemistry Surveillance Program," requires sampling of selected components of the secondary water system by in-line monitors to minimize local corrosion in the steam generators l

and other selected components.

Nuclear Operations Directive NOD-CY.8, " Nuclear Operations In-line Chemistry 3

Instruments Quality Control Program Manual," requires a quality control program, described therein, be -implemented to give reasonable assurance of the i

accuracy of the information provided by in-line chemistry instruments and validity of the data.

Procedure BwCP 510-7, " Process Sample Panel Performance Check," implements the quality control program performance checks required in N00-CY.8 for the secondary system in-line chemistry instruments, including acceptance ranges.

Contrary to the above, performance checks on the in-line chemistry instruments l

had not been performed as required since about October 1992.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV).

i Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Commonwealth Edison Company is i

hereby required to submit a written statement of explanation to the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATIN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C.

20555 with a copy to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region III,.

i 799 Roosevelt Road, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, 60137, and a copy to the NRC l

Resident Inspector at the Braidwood Station within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This' reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation:

(1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid i

further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved.

If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, 4

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l an order or a demand for information may be issued as-to why the lic;nse should not be modified, suspended or revoked, or why such other action as may l

be proner should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will-j be given to extending the response time.

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Dated a Glen Ellyn, Illinois I

f thiscl% day of March 1993 Afnthia D. Pederson, Chief M eactor Support Programs Branch f

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