ML20072F275

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Responds to SALP Rept 50-461/82-21 for Oct 1981 - Sept 1982. S&W Retained as Mgt Support Involved W/Const of Facility & Increased Emphasis Placed on Hiring & Retention of Qualified Personnel
ML20072F275
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Site: Clinton Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 04/12/1983
From: Gerstner W
ILLINOIS POWER CO.
To: James Keppler
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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l 0982-L ILLINDIS POWER 00MPANY U-10045 CLINTON POWER STATION. P.O. BOX 678, CLINTON. ILLINOIS 61727 April 12, 1983 Docket No. 50-461 Mr. James G. Keppler Regional _ Administrator U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region III

'799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

Subject:

Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance for Clinton Power Station

Dear Mr. Keppler:

This is in response to your report covering the Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) for Clinton Power Station (CPS). Illinois Power Company's comments concerning your evaluation of our facility are as follows:

With reference to Enclosure 1, you stated "The licensee's 4 performance in transforming his original plans to actions was not as effective and timely as anticipated. There were several instances where issues were not fully under-stood, planning was inadequate and details for accomplishing the tasks were lacking." Illinois Power (IPC) has since taken action to assure offective and timely implementation of the IPC Improvement Program. These actions include:

a. A new Vice President has been appointed to direct quality assurance, engineering, startup and operations. The Vice President is located on-site and has daily communications with management at Clinton Power Station. This action has greatly enhanced management's ability to address quality issues and to assure coordinated action is taken on the issues.
b. The engineering firm of Stone and Webster (SWEC) has been retained by Illinois Power as management support involved with the construction of CPS.

A SWEC cnployee has been appointed to coordinate the quality recovery efforts.

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-Mr. J. G. Koppler April 12, 1983

c. Increased emphasis is being placed on the hiring and retention of qualified, experienced personnel.

Further, improvements are being made to CPS training, qualification, and certification programs to assure qualified personnel are available to support the recovery efforts.

d. Increased _cmphasis is being placed on planning, development, and implementation of detailed schedules supporting the Illinois Power Company Improvement Program, including the quality recovery effort.
e. Increased emphasis is being placed on the esta-blishment of tracking systems to assure positive progress on planned and scheduled action supporting the Illinois Power Company. Improvement Program, including the quality recovery effort.
f. An evaluation has been made of both Baldwin Associatea (BA) and IPC quality assurance staffs to ensure adequacy of the resources to support the established schedules.
g. Improvements have been made to the quality assurance audit / surveillance system to verify the effectiveness of the IPC Improvement Program.

With reference to Paragraphs IV.9.b, you stated "The most serious licensee identified probleras included the inability to reduce construction rejects and keep inspection activities commensurate with construction activities." Illinois Power Company is taking positive corrective action on the above problems which include:

a. development of a " traveler tracking system" to enhance controls over, and maintain status of-construction work activities;
b. implementation of the " traveler control" program, to prevent further inspection work backlog;
c. increased emphasis on completion and inspection of in-process construction work; vii

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d. development and implementation of an enhanced IPC Corrective Action Program to assure the timely correction of conditions adverse to quality and to prevent their recurrence;
e. increased emphasis on reducing the backlog of nonconformance reports '(NCRs) and deviation reports (DRs), through enhanced procedural con-trols, streamlining the NCR/DR documentation process, development of NCR/DR tracking programs, and realignment of manpower and priorities to reduce the existing backlog, and
f. an evaluation has been made to both BA and IPC quality assurance staffs to ensure adequacy of the resources to support the established schedules.

In summary, we feel that significant progress has been made in all areas covered by the SALP evaluation. We hope that these comments provide you an indication of the improvements made to our quality assurance program, and demonstrate Illinois Power's commitment to and continued support of a' strong, effective quality assurance program that will ensure quality construction, testing, and operation.

Very truly yours, f

W. C. Gerstner Executive Vice President REC /jb cc: NRC Resident Inspector Manager - Quality Assurance Director - Office of I&E, Washington, DC 20555 Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety viii

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