ML20134D455
| ML20134D455 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Quad Cities  |
| Issue date: | 10/10/1996 |
| From: | Caldwell J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Kraft E COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20134D459 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9610220269 | |
| Download: ML20134D455 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000254/1996011
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October 10, 1996
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.Mr. E. Kraft, Site Vice President
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Commonwealth Edison Company
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SUBJECT: NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-254/96011, 50-265/96011
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Dear Mr. Kraft:
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On August 22, 1996, the NRC completed an inspection at your Quad Cities
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Nuclear Power Station facilities. The enclosed report presents the results of
that inspection.
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The inspectors noted indications of conservative decision-making by the
operations staff and management during startup of Unit 2.
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decision to complete inspection of numerous concrete expansion anchor bolts
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prior to starting up both units appeared to be prudent.
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During this inspection period, you determined that growth of zebra mussels at
the inlet of your-diesel driven fire water pumps had resulted in the pumps
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being inoperable for the period of May 6 through August 9 of this year. We
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are concerned that such a situation was allowed to develop and continue to
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assess the circumstances surrounding this condition. We also noted examples
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of continued equipment performance problems which appeared to be linked to
poor maintenance practices. We are concerned with this persistent problem,
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and continue to assess it relative to the corrective actions associated with
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previous enforcement actions,
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Examples of human errors committed by maintenance and operations staff
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continued to be identified during this inspection period. These type of human
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performance issues have been identified in each of the last five integrated
inspection reports. Three of the human performance problems examined during
this inspection period have been characterized as examples of a violation of
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your Technical Specifications.
Specifically, a worker failed to adhere to
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your procedures and began work on the wrong emergency diesel generator cooling
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water pump, workers failed to adhere to your procedures for rewiring a safety
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related valve power supply breaker, and workers failed to adhere to your
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procedures for a safety related pump replacement.
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The first example was of concern because of the pacntial to cause the loss of
operability of two emergency diesel generators. The second example involved
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the failure of quality control inspectors to identify the wiring error, while
the third involved a foreman signing for actions which were not performed.
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This violation is cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation, and the
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circumstances surrounding the violation are described in detail in the
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enclosed report.
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Please note that you are required to respond to this letter and should follow
the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your
response. The NRC will use your response, in part, to determine whether
further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with regulatory
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requirements.
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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of
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this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room
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(PDR).
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Sincerely,
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Onginal signed by John A. Grobe
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James L. Caldwell, Acting Director
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Division of Reactor Projects
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Docket No. 50-254, 50-265
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Enclosures: Notice of Violation
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Inspection Report 50-254/96011,50-265/96011
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cc w/ encl:
D. A. Sager, Vice President,
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Generation Support
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H. W. Keiser, Chief Nuclear
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Operating Officer
L. W. Pearce, Station Manager
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N. Chrissotimos, Regulatory Assurance
Supervisor
C. C. Peterson, Regulatory Affairs
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Manager
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D. Farrar, Nuclear Regulatory
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Services Manager
Richard Hubbard
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Nathan Schloss, Economist
Office of the Attorney General
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State Liaison Officer
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Chairman, Illinois Commerce
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J. R. Bull, Vice President, General &
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Transmission, MidAmerican Energy Company
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Document Control Desk-Licensing
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See attached for distribution
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Document R:\\ QUAD.IR\\QUA96011.DRP
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Distribution:
Docket File w/ encl
Project Manager, NRR w/ encl
PUBLIC IE-01 w/ encl
DRP w/ encl
OC/LFDCB w/ encl
RIII PRR w/ encl
SRI Quad Cities, Dresden,
W. L. Axelson, w/ encl
LaSalle w/ enc 1
C. Ariano w/ encl
A. B. Beach, w/ encl
B. L. Burgess, w/ encl
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