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Forwards Insp Rept 50-461/88-07 on 880321-0415.No Violations Noted.Recommends That Mgt Attention & Involvement in Operations Activities Be Increased by Util
ML20155D352
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Site: Clinton Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 05/19/1988
From: Miller H
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To: Gerstner W
ILLINOIS POWER CO.
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See also: IR 05000461/1988007

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MAY 191988

Docket No. 50-461

Illinois Power Company

ATTN: Mr.-W. C. Gerstner

Executive Vice President

500 South 27th Street

Decatur, IL 62525

Gentlemen:

This refers to the special, unannounced team inspection conducted by

Ms. Peggy R. Rescheske and others of this office on March 21 through April 15,

1988, of activities at the Clinton Power Station authorized by NRC Operating

License No. NPF-62. The inspection focused on the ability of your quality

verification (QV) organizations to identify, solve, and prevent significant

technical deficiencies in functional areas encompassing plant operations. The

inspection also assessed line management's effectiveness in dealing with

identified deficiencies promptly and completely. At the conclusion of the

inspection, our findings were discussed with you and members of your staff.

Our findings, in general, were positive.

The enclosed copy of our inspection report identifies the areas, primarily

operations and C&I, examined during the inspection. Within these areas, the

inspection consisted of a selective examination of documents, observations,

and interviews with personnel.

No violations of NRC requirements were id ntified during the course of this

inspection.

The results of the inspection indicate that your QV organizations are actively

involved and generally effective in assuring the quality of activities in at

least the areas which were inspected. In particular, the team noted that the

Quality Assurance Department is evolving into an effective performance oriented

organization, and is assertive in pursuing and trending significant issues.

Notwithstanding the positive attributes of the QA Department, the team was

concerned with the' quality of activities being performed by the Operations

Department. Through observations of surveillance testing in the control room

and review of available documentation of events, weaknesses were identified

in scheduling and planning, and in the performance of the testing. Based on these

team observations, the circumstances surrounding the testing, and discussions

with your staff, we do not believe that the identified weaknesses were isolated

to the specific surveillance testing witnessed. We encourage you to further

review the events resulting in our conclusions to determine if a problem does

exist. To that end, we recommend that management attention and involvement in

operations activities be increased. In addition, we encourage even more Quality

Assurance visibility in the control room.

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In accordance'with 10'CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, a copy of

this letter and the enclosed inspection report will be placed in the NRC

Public Document Room.

We will gladly discuss any questions you have concerning this inspection.

Sincerely,

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Hubert J. Miller, Director

Division of Reactor Safety

Enclosure: Inspection Report

No. 50-461/88007(DRS)

cc w/ enclosure:

D. P. Hall, Vice President

R. D. Freeman, Manager,

Nuclear Station

Engineering Department

DCD/DCB(RIDS)

Licensing Fee Management Branch

Resident Inspector, RIII

Richard Hubbard

J. W. McCaffrey, Chief, Public

Utilities Division

H. S. Taylor, Quality Assurance

Division, Sargent & Lundy

Engineers

David Rosenblatt, Governor's

Office of Consumer Services

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Sheldon Zabel, Esquire,

Schiff, Hardin, & Waite

L. Larson, Project Manager,

General Electric Company

Chainnan of DeWitt County

Illinois Department of

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D. Schopfer, Project Manager,

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