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Responds to NRC Re Noncompliance Noted in IE Insp Repts 50-454/84-17 & 50-455/84-12.Corrective Actions:Unit 1 Dc Distribution Panels Will Be Modified by 840716.Results of Discussions W/Ge Will Be Reported to NRC by 840801
ML20092A375
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Site: Byron  Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 06/07/1984
From: Farrar D
COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
To: James Keppler
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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' [ N. ' Commonwealth Edison

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~7 Address R ply to: Post Offica Box 767

\ ,/ Chicago, Illinois 60690 June 7, 1984 Mr. James G. Keppler Regional Administrator g U.S. Nuclear Regulatory '

Commission 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

Subject:

Byron Generating Station Units 1 and 2 Inspection Report Nos. 50-454/84-17 and 50-455/84-12 Reference (a): April 19, 1984 letter frer W. S. Little to Cordell Reed.

Dear Mr. Keppler:

Reference (a) provided the results of an inspection at Byron

_ Station by Messrs. R. Mendez and A. S. Gautam on March 19-23, 1984.

During this inspection certain activities were found to be not in compliance with NRC requirements. Attachment A to this letter contains Commonwealth Edison's response to the Notice of Violation appended to reference (a).

The response to this noncompliance was delayed to permit field inspection by engineering personnel so that the corrective action could be reported here. As noted in Attachment A, an understanding of the cause for this discrepancy requires information from the manufacturer which is not yet available. We will report on that investigation as soon as possible.

Please address any questions you may have regarding this matter to this office.

Very truly yours, vm w D. L. Farrar Director of Nuclear Licensing 1m Attachment 8746N b B406190175 840615 '

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s;xt . l ATTACHMENT A ,

Response to 'N6tice of Violation -  ;

-Viola'tions

-10JCFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion-V, as. implemented by Commonwealth

-Edison', Topical Report CE-1A, QA program Revision 21 dated' June 6, 1982 Section 5, requires that. activities affecting: quality be accomplished in  !

accordance_with prescribed instructions, procedures and drawings.

' Contrary-to1the above, the inspector examined the as-built

. installation of DC distribution panels 1DC05E and 1DC06E'and determined that the' equipment seismic bolting. requirements stipulated on GE drawing 212B76201 Revision-2.had not been adhered to'in that several of the 5/8" ,

Ldiameter mounting holes were not used and additional holes had been j drilled.to' install 3/8" diameter bolts on the mounting channel sills.

' CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN AND RESULTS ACHIEVED

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The existing equipment-to-channel' mounting arrangements.were i

' installed by the manufacturer,EGeneral Electric' Company; they were not modified in the field.; The manufacturer has not provided_an i engineering analysis which-demonstrates that_the mounting  :

arrangement, as shipped, meets applicable seismic regulrements.

The equipment-to-channel mounting arrangements for DC distribution-

, panels-1DC05E and lDC06E~will be upgraded, probably by welding. An analysis will be performed by our' Architect / Engineer (S&L) to ensure that the modified arrangement meets the applicable seismic '

. requirements.

CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN TO AVOID FURTHER NONCOMPLI ANCE- -

The similar GE panels at Byron 2 and Braidwood Units 1 and 2 have been inspected to verify that the equipment-to-channel mounting

~ arrangement' meets applicable seismic requirements. .All'of these panels 1were found-to be satisfactory.

Additionally, the manufacturer has been asked to review their records and explain this. discrepancy.

DATE WHEN' FULL COMPLIANCE WILL BE' ACHIEVED The Byron 1 DC distribution panels'will be modified by July 16,

~1984. The results of our discussions with GE will be reported by letter to the NRC no later than August 1, 1984.

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