ML20148A929
| ML20148A929 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | LaSalle  |
| Issue date: | 02/22/1988 |
| From: | Butterfield L COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| To: | Davis A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| References | |
| 4253K, NUDOCS 8803210250 | |
| Download: ML20148A929 (2) | |
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( Q ) Address Reply to: Post Office Box 767 I
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Chicago, Illinois 60690 0767 i
February 22, 1988 Mr. A. Bert Davis Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region III 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Subject:
LaSalle County Station Units 1 and 2 Response to Inspection Report Nos.
50-373/87034 and 50-374/87033 NRC Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374 Reference (a):
G.C. Wright letter to Cordell Reed dated January 27, 1988.
Dear Mr. Davis:
This letter is in response to the inspection conducted by Mr. R. Mendez on December 1, 1987 through January 5, 1988, of certain activities at LaSalle County Station. Reference (a) indicated that certain activities appeared to be in noncompliance with NRC requirements. The Commonwealth Edison Company's response to the Level V Notice of Violation is provided in the Attachment.
If you have any further questions regarding this matter, please direct them to this office.
Very truly yours, A
w NL L. D. Butterfield Nuclear Licensing Manager 1m Attachment cc: NRC Resident Inspector - LSCS l
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IR 374/87033-03 (AIR 374-100-87-03303)
VIOLATION:
10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Ci*terion XVI, as implemented by the Commonwealth Edison Company Topical Report CE-1-A requires that a corrective action system be established to assure that such items as deviations, defective equipment and deficiencies which are adverse to quality are promptly identified and corrected.
Contrary to the above, the licensee did not establish measures to adequately control.the use of out of calibration measuring equipment and evaluate the effects of flowmeters Nos. 614 and 622 on operating equipment during the p3riod from the previous calibration to the subsequent calibration date.
CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN AND RESULTS ACHIEVED All of the tests cited in the inspection report as having been performed with test equipment of questionable calibration were performed again during the Unit 1 first refuel outage and the Unit 2 first refuel outage with satisfactory results. Considering the dates that the tests cited were The test equipment was performed, no further corrective action is possible.
believed to be in calibration at the time of the tests, however post test calibration could not be performed.
CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN TO AVOID FURTHER VIOLATION The problem cited in the inspection report is a historical problem, dating back to a period in 1983-1985. Action to avoid further violation has been in place since 1985. The LaSalle County Station Technical Staff has been (LLRT) data maintaining a computer-based log of as-left local leak rate test which includes references to the identification numbers of calibrated test equipment used to attain data for those LLRTs. The computer-based log can be and has been used to identify past uses of calibrated test equipment found to be out-of-tolerance during subsequent calibration activities.
The Instrument Maintenance Department (IMD) maintains ultimate IMD currently responsibility for the control of calibrated test equipment.
signs out LLRT pressure gauge / flowmeter test rigs to the Technical Staff for the purpose of performing LLRTs.
The Technical Staff will continue to i.e., LLRT records maintained by the j
document specific uses of the equipment, Technical Staff will continue to include references to the test equipment used to perform the LLRT.
DATE OF FULL COMPLIANCE 1
The station is in full compliance and has been in compliance since 1985.
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