ML20133A251
| ML20133A251 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Quad Cities  |
| Issue date: | 12/20/1996 |
| From: | Grobe J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Kraft E COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20133A253 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9612310014 | |
| Download: ML20133A251 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000254/1996014
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December 20, 1996
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Mr. E. Kraft, Site Vice President
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SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-254/96014(DRP), 50-265/96014(DRP) AND
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Dear Mr. Kraft:
On October 26,1996, the NRC completed an inspection at your Quad Cities Nuclear
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Power Station facilities. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection.
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Based on the inspectors' assessment during the report period, the overall performance of
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the Quad Cities facilitu was safe. The inspectors identified examples of good control panel
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monitoring; good maintenance planning and work practices on safety-related equipment:
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and a thorough root cause evaluation concerning problems with the high pressure coolant
injection system. However, the inspectors noted severalinstances of poor supervisory
oversight for work on important safety systems. In one cass', unqualified workers on
backshift were working on the Standby Diesel Generator (SBDG), a risk significant safety
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system, which was out of service in a 7 day limiting condition for operation, with less than
1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> of supervisory oversight during the whole shift. Also of concern were poor quality
parts which were not detected by the receipt inspection process.
The inspectors identified two violations of regulations. One violation resulted from two
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examples of failure to follow station procedures in the maintenance and operations areas.
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The other violation involved failure of the Quality Assurance and Maintenance programs to
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ensure individuals were qualified to perform maintenance activities on a SBDG.
The examples of failure to follow station procedures were of concern because:
1) maintenance procedures on a SBDG not being followed led to rework and incorrect
work practices in some cases, and 2) having an unapproved version of a posted graph had
the potential for providing incorrect information to control room operators. Additionally,
corrective actions for a similar concern with unapproved plant postings were not effective.
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The Quality Assurance and Maintenance program violation is of concern because
qualifications and training of workers involved with safety-related activities were not being
assured.
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These violations are cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation, and the circumstances
surrounding the violations are described in detailin the enclosed report. Please note that
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you are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the
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enclosed Notice wiien preparing your response. The NRC will use your response, in part,
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to determine whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with
regulatory requirements.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter
and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).
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Sincerely,
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/s/ Jack Grobe
John A. Grobe, Deputy Director
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Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos.: 50-254,50-265
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Enclosures:
Inspection Report 50-254/96014(DRP), 50-265/96014(DR P)
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cc w/ encl:
T. J. Maiman, Senior Vice President
Nuclear Operations Division
D. A. Sager, Vice President,
Generation Support
H. W. Keiser, Chief Nuclear
Operating Officer
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L. W. Pearce, Station Manager
C. C. Peterson, Regulatory Affairs
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Manager
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1. Johnson, Acting Nuclear
Regulatory Services Manager
Richard Hubbard
Nathan Schloss, Economist
Office of the Attnrney General
State Liaison Officer
Chairman, Illinois Commerce
Commission
J. R. Bull, Vice President, General &
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Transmission, MidAmerican Energy Company
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Project Manager, NRR w/enci
PUBLIC IE-01 w/ encl
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SRI Quad Cities, Dresden,
RAC1 (E-Mail)
LaSalle w/ encl
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A. B. Beach, w/enci
B. L. Burgess, w/enci
CAA1 (E-Mail)
W. L. Axelson, w/ercl
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