ML20138G839

Discusses Staff Completion of Semiannual Plant Performance Review of Plant on 970310.No Changes or Trends in Performance Were Identified.Details of Insp Plan for Next 6 Months Encl

ML20138G839
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Site:	Byron
Issue date:	04/22/1997
From:	Lanksbury R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Graesser K COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
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NUDOCS 9705060409
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Mr. K. Graesser Site Vice President Byron Station Commonwealth Edison Company '

4450 N. German Church Road  !

Byron, IL 61010  !

SUBJECT:

PLANT PERFORMANCE REVIEW (PPR)- BYRON

Dear Mr. Graesser:

t On March 10,1997, the NRC staff completed the semiannual Plant Performance Review (PPR) of the Byron Nuclear Generating Station. The staff conducts these reviews for all operating nuclear power plants to develop an integrated understandmg of safety '

performance. The results are used by NRC management to facilitate planning and allocation of inspection resources. The PPR for Byron involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating inspection results and safety performance information for  ;

the period November 1996 to March 1997. PPRs provide NRC management with a ,

current summary of licenses performance and serve as inputs to the NRC Systematic i Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) and senior management meeting (SMM)  ;

reviews.

During this review, no changes or trends in performance were identified that would warrant modifying the overall NRC inspection program at the Byron Station. l This letter advises you of our planned inspection effort resulting from the Byron PPR review, it is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. The enclosure details our inspection plan for the next six months. Also included in the plan are NRC non-inspection activities. The rationale or basis for each inspection outside the core inspection program is provided so that you are aware of the reason for emphasis in these program areas. Resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature.

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J' We will inform you of any changes to the inspection plan. If you have any questions,  ;

'please contact me at 630/829-9631.  !

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}' Sincerely, l /s/ R. D. Lanksbury I

Roger D. Lanksbury, Chief i Reactor Projects Branch 3 Docket Nos. 50-454; 50-455 License Nos. NPF-37, NPF-66

Enclosure:

Inspection Plan cc w/ encl: T. J. Maiman, Senior Vice President l Nuclear Operations Division I D. A. Sager, Vice President, )

Generation Support l H. W. Keiser, Chief Nuclear 1 Operating Officer i K. Kofron, Station Manager l D. Brindle, Regulatory Assurance .i Supervisor  !

l. Johnson, Acting Nuclear l Regulatory Services Manager Richard Hubbard Nathan Schloss, Economist Office of the Attorney General l State Liaison Officer, Wisconsin l State Liaison Officer Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission Document Control Desk Licensing Distribution: l Docket File w/enci  !

OC/LFDCB w/ encl DRP w/enci l SRI Byron, Braidwood, Zion w/ encl PUBLIC IE-01 w/enci i Project Manager, NRR w/enci - CAA1 w/enci (E-mail)

A. B. Beach, w/ encl RAC1 (E-Mail) w/enct Rlll  !

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Rill PRR w/ encl DRS (2) w/ encl TSS w/enci  ;

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r ENCLOSURE BYRON INSPECTION /ACTIVIT PLAN IP - Inspection Procedure Tl - Temporary instruction Core inspection - Minimum NRC inspection Program (mandatory all plants) l INSPECTION / TITLE / NUMBER OF PLANNED TYPE OF INSPECTION / ACTIVITY-ACTIVITY PROGRAM AREA NRC DATES COMMENTS INSPECTORS /

INDIVIDUALS IP 82301 Evaluation of Exercises for 2 04/14/97 Core inspection Power Reactors IP 86750 Radweste Management and 1-2 05/12-16/97 Core Inspection Transportation of Radioactive Materials IP 84750 Radioactive Waste Treatment IP 81700 Physical Security Program for 1 06/16-20/97 Core inspection Power Reactors lP 84750 Radioactive Effluent and 1-2 07/14-18/97 Core inspection Environmental Monitoring IP 84750 Chemistry inspection 1 09/02-05/97 Regional Initiative Followup on Recently identified Weaknesses IP 83750 Occupational Radiation 2 10/06-10/97 Regional Initiative - Steam Exposure Generator Replacement Project IP 83750 Occupational Radiation 2 11/17-20/97 Regional Initiative - Steam Exposure ,

Generator Replacement Project IP 93801 Systems Operational 4-5 11/97 Regional Initiative (Safety System Performance inspection (Tentative) Functional Inspection) port of an ongoing program to inspect all sites for compliance with design

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