ML20154L824

Forwards Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty in Amount of $100,000 for Violations Noted During Insp on 870921-1026

ML20154L824
Person / Time
Site:	Zion  File:ZionSolutions icon.png
Issue date:	05/26/1988
From:	Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
To:	Oconnor J COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
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ML20154L827	List: ML20154L824 ML20154L842
References
EA-87-211, NUDOCS 8806010078
Download: ML20154L824 (2)

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'A , , [, , WM 2 6 IES Docket Nos. 50-295 and 50-304 Licenses No. OPR-39 and DPR-48 EA 87-211 Comonwealth Edison Company ATTN: Mr. James J. O'Connor President Post Office Box 767 Chicago, Illinois 60690 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

ORDER IMPOSING A CIVIL MO.NETARY PENALTY This refers to your letter dated February 3, 1988, in response to the Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty (Notice) sent to you by our letter dated January 4, 1988. Our letter and Notice described four violations which were identified during an inspection conducted from September 21 through October 26, 1987, at the Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2.

To emphasize the need for you to ensure proper control of testing activities and the need to effectively implement testing programs that will provide early identification of equipment or component deficiencies, a civil penalty of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) was proposed.

In your response dated February 3, 1988, you (1) disagreed with our assertion that your pressure isolation valve (PIV) testing program was inadequate to test the pressure isolation function of the PIVs, (2) denied that Violatton G occurred as stated in the Notice (3) took partial exception to Violation C, and (4) requested mitigation of the civil penalty.

The PIV testing program was intended to prcvide assurance that an Event Y loss of coolant accident would not occur. The NRC issued an Order in 1980 requiring I

a PIV testing program at Zion be implemented. Your testing program, as a result of that Order, was not as described in your letters to the NRC and, l as implemented, was inadequate to verify the pressure isolation function of the valves. After careful consideration of your response, we have concluded for the reasons given in the Appendix attached to the enclosed Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty tnat Violations B and C occurred as stated in the Notice and that a sufficient basis was not provided for mitigation of the proposed

' civil penalty. Accordingly, we hereby serve the enclosed Order on Comonwealth Edison Company imposing a civil monetary penalty in the amount of One Hundred l Thousand Collars ($100.000). We will review the effectiveness of your l

corrective actions during a subsequent inspection.

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' Conrenwealth Edison Company 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 enclosure )

will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room. i Sincerely,

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