ML20148B772
| ML20148B772 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Braidwood  |
| Issue date: | 03/17/1988 |
| From: | Davis A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Reed C COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
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| ML20148B778 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8803220127 | |
| Download: ML20148B772 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000456/1988001
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Docket No. 50-456
Docket No. 50-457
Comonwealth Edison Company
ATTN: Mr. Cordell Reed
Senior Vice President
Post Office Box 767
Chicago, IL 60690
Gentlemen:
Enclosed for your review, prior to our scheduled meeting of April 5,1988, is
the SALP 7 Board Report for the Braidwood Nuclear Plant covering the period
December 1, 1986 through December 31, 1987. This period encompassed
precriticality testing, initial criticality, and startup testing for Unit 1,
and construction completion, precriticality testing, and initial fuel loading
for Unit 2.
In accordance with NRC policy, I have reviewed the SALP Board assessment and
concur with the assigned ratings.
It is my view that Commonwealth Edison
Company's conduct of nuclear activities in connection with the Braidwood Plant
shows an appropriate concern for nuclear safety. Highlights of the report are
set forth below:
1.
The Braidwood Plant has earned two Category 1 ratings and eleven Category 2
ratings. These ratings reflect adequate performance in all functional
areas. The Category 1 ratings were in the areas of emergency
preparedness and training and qualification effectiveness.
Each of these
areas improved from a Category 2 rating during the previous assessment
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period.
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Performance declined from Category 1 to Category 2 in two areas: quality
programs and administrative controls affecting quality and preoperational
and startup testing.
The de:line in the fonner reflects the overall
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adequacy of programs and controls affecting the quality of operational
activ1 ties, as opposed to the aggressive resolution of construction issues
during the previous assessment period.
The decline in the latter is
largely due to the increase in violations in that area.
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A concern emphasized in tnis report involves the number of personnel
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errors compiled during this assessment period. These errors indicate
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that the level of alertness and attention to detail at the station can be
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improved. While the problems encountered to date have not greatly
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affected preoperational activities, they could result in more serious
consequences during future operation (i.e., reactor trips, actuations of
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engineered safety features, and safety injections with the reactors at
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power). The NRC will closely follow your progress in minimizing problems
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It is emphasized that this report assesses your performance during a
transitional stage of facility activities; the assessment period covers
the completion of construction, extensive preoperational testing of
both units, and power ascension testing of Unit 1.
You have adequately
handled these activities to date, but have yet to operate the Braidwood
Station through a sustained period of power generation.
The challenge
remains for you to make the transition from startup and licensing efforts
to strong operational performance at Braidwood.
While you will have sufficient opportunity to present your connents at the
meeting on April 5, 1988, we also solicit written comments within 30 days
after the meeting to enable us to thoroughly evaluate your comments and to
provide you with our conclusion relative to them.
In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2,
Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the SALP
Report will be placed in the NRC's Public Dncurrent Room.
No reply to this letter is required at this time; however, should you have any
questions concerning the SALP Report, we would be pleased to discuss them with
you.
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Enclosure:
SALP 7 Board Reports
No. 50-456/88001(DRP);
No.50-457/88001(DRP)
cc w/ enclosure:
T. J. Maiman, Vice President,
PWR Operations
D. Butterfield, Nuclear
Licensing Manager
M. Wallace, Manager of Projects
M. Lohmann, Project Construction
and Startup Superintendent
W. Vahle, Construction
Superintendent
R. E. Querio, Station
Manager
P. L. Barnes, Regulatory
Assurance Supervisor
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Licensing Fee Management Branch
Resident Inspector, RIII
Braidwood
Resident Inspector, RIII Byron
C. W. Cassel, Jr., Esq.
Richard Hubbard
J. W. McCaffrey, Chief, Public
Utilities Division
H. S. Taylor, Quality Assurance
Division
E. Chan, 0GC
G. Berry, 0GC
Stephen P. Sands, NRR
The Honorable A. Dixon Callihan,- ASLB
The Honorable Richard F. Cole, ASLB
The Honorable Ivan W. Smith, ASLB
The Honorable Gary J. Edles, ASLAP
The Honorable Dr. W. Reed Johnson, ASLAP
The Honorable Christine N. Kohl, ASLAP
T. E. Murley, Director, NRR
Regional Administrators
RI, RII, RIV, RV
L. W. Zech, Chairman
K. C. Rogers, Commissioner
F. M. Bernthal, Comissioner
T. M. Roberts, Comissioner
K. M. Carr, Comissioner
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D. R. Muller, NRR Director, Project Directorate III-2
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J. Lieberman, Director, Office of
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A. Ramey-Smith, SALP Coordinator, NRR
RIII PRR
RIII SGA
State Liaison Officer, State
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