ML20137J558

Forwards Insp Repts 50-456/96-16 & 50-457/96-16 on 961003- 970312 & Notice of Violation

ML20137J558
Person / Time
Site:	Braidwood
Issue date:	03/31/1997
From:	Grant G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Stanley H COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
Shared Package
ML20137J563	List: ML20137J558 ML20137J604 ML20137J615
References
EA-97-110, NUDOCS 9704040068
Download: ML20137J558 (3)

See also: IR 05000456/1996016

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March 31, 1997

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Mr. H. G. Stanley

Site Vice President

Braidwood Nuclear Power Station

Commonwealth Edison Company

R.R. #1, Box 84

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Braceville, IL 60407

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SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-456/96016(DRS), 50-457/96016(DRS) AND

NOTICE OF VIOLATION

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Dear Mr. Stanley:

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On March 12,1997, the NRC completed an inspection of your Braidwood Nuclear Power

Plant, Units 1 and 2. The inspection included a review of Appendix R issues and the fire

protection program. At the conclusion of the inspection, the findings were discussed with

those members of your staff identified in the enclosed report.

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Based on the results of this inspection, certain of your activities appeared to be in violation

i of NRC requirements, as specified in the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice). The

violation is of concern because required hot work permits had not been properly or

completely filled out from January to September 1996.

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You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the

i enclosed Notice of V!o!dtion (Notice) when preparing your response. In your response, you

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should document the specifi.: actions taken and any additional actions you plan to prevent ,

recurrence. After reviewing your response to this Notice, including your proposed  ;

, corrective actions and the results of future inspections, the NRC will determine whether  ;

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further NRC enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory l

requirements.

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! In addition, two apparent violations were identified and are being considered for escalated

i enforcement action in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for [

i NRC Enforcement Actions" (Enforcement Policy), NUREG-1600. The first apparent

violation involved the failure of auxiliary building roll-up doors to satisfy the Appendix R

' 3-hour rated fire barrier requirement. The second apparent violation involved examples of

inadequate separation of cables associated with redundant safe shutdown trains.

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Accordingly, no Notice of Violation is presently being issued for these inspection findings.

Please be advised that the number and characterization of apparent violations described in

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the enclosed inspection report may change as a result of further NRC review.

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. A predecisional enforcement conference to discuss these apparent violations has been

scheduled for 10:00 a.m. (CDT) on April 23,1997, at the Region ll1 office. The

determined that a violation has occurred or that enforcement action will be taken. The

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purposes of this conference are to discuss the apparent violations, their causes and safety

i significance; to provide you the opportunity to point out any errors in our inspection report;

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and to provide an opportunity for you to present your proposed corrective actions. In

particular, we expect you to address the control room heat up rate associated with the

loss of control room ventibtion and the results of your recent High Energy Line Break

, (HELB) Analysis performed during your review of the roll-up door issue. In addition, this is

. an opportunity for you to provide any information concerning your perspectives on 1) the

severity of the violations,2) the application of the factors that the NRC considers when it

, determines the amount of a civil penalty that may be assessed in accordance with

i Section VI.B.2 of the Enforcement Policy, and 3) any other application of the Enforcement

Policy to this case, including the exercise of discretion in accordance with Section Vll.

You will be advised by separate correspondence of the results of our deliberations on this

, matter. No response regarding these apparent violations is required at this time.

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in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NE C's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter

j and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.

Sincerely,

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/s/ M. Icach (for)

Geoffrey E. Grant, Director

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-456; 50-457

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License Nos. NPF-72; NPF-77

Enclosures

1. Notice of Violation

j 2. Inspection Report 50-456/457/96016(DRS)

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H. G. Stanley 3 March 31, 1997

cc w/encts: T. J. Maiman, Senior Vice President,

Nuclear Operations Division

D. A. Sager, Vice President,

Generation Support

H. W. Keiser, Chief Nuclear

Operating Officer

T. Tulon, Station Manager

T. Simpken, Regulatory Assurance

Supervisor

1. Johnson, Acting Nuclear

Regulatory Services Manager

Document Control Desk - Licensing

Richard Hubbard

Nathan Schloss, Economist,

Office of the Attorney General

State Liaison Officer

Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission

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OC/LFDCB w/ encl A. B. Beach, Rlli w/enci J. Goldberg, OGC w/enci

DRP w/enct C. D. Pederson, Rlli w/ encl R. Zimmerman, NRR w/enci

DRS w/ encl Rlli i;of. Coordinator w/ encl

SRis, Braidwood, Byron, R. A. Capra, NRR w/enci

Zion w/enct TSS w/ encl