ML20133D051

Informs NRC of Actions That Will Be Taken to Address Key Problem Areas & Accelerate Rate of Performance Improvement at LaSalle County Station

ML20133D051
Person / Time
Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	12/30/1996
From:	Subalusky W COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
To:	Beach A NRC
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NUDOCS 9701080177
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Dear Mr. Beach:

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' This letter is to inform you of the actions that will be taken to address key problem areas and accelerate the rate of performance improvement at LaSalle County Station.

During the period December 3 through December 13,1996, an independent  ;

industry Safety Assessment (ISA) team conducted a comprehensive review '

of the performance at the LaSalle County Nuclear Station. This assessment, done at the request of Comed, was conducted by a team of industry peers, and included representatives of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations. The team noted a number of deficiencies in the areas of Operations, Engineering, and overall Management. This assessment confirmed the deficiencies identified earlier in the Service Water Sealant injection Event in June,1996, the Service Water System Inspection )

conducted by the NRC on September 3-24,1996, and the SALP 13 report of October 17,1996. The ISA team provided valuable insight into thes I issues, along with a number of suggestions for addressing them. We are planning to brief you and your staff on the results of the ISA in a public meeting on January 9,1997.

As you may recall, I made a strong statement at the SALP meeting on October 29,1996, that the LaSalle nuclear units would not be started up l before we were ready to conduct the start up and subsequent operations in 0 a safe and reliable manner. In keeping with that philosophy, and in I consideration of the additional insight provided by the ISA team, I have canceled the start up dates of the units, and directed development of a restart plan that will address the following four major areas: safe plant n g)) I operation, effective work management, engineering support of the plant and l C fe A n Mnfiguration control, and effective human interaction and performance.

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. I This plan willinclude actions such as: intensive retraining of the Operators, design and functional reviews of selected plant systems, as well as l

upgrading a w!de range of operations, engineering and work management l activities. The development of this plan will define the actions needed for i l

the restart of the units, and until these times are determined and the plan developed, the start up dates of the units will remain indeterminate. A copy of this restart plan will be provided to you as soon as it is developed.

1 If there are any questions or comments concerning this letter, please refer I them to me at (815) 357 6761, extension 3600.

Respectfully, i

W. T. Subalusky Site Vice President LaSalle County Station cc: M. P. Huber, NRC Senior Resident inspector - LaSalle D. M. Skay, Project Manager - NRR - LaSalle l Central File l l

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