ML20195D987

Forwards SALP Rept 50-461/88-01 for Sept 1987 - Aug 1988. Activities Considered Acceptable

ML20195D987
Person / Time
Site:	Clinton
Issue date:	10/28/1988
From:	Davis A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Gerstner W ILLINOIS POWER CO.
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ML20195D991	List: IR 05000461/1988001 ML20195D987
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NUDOCS 8811070209
Download: ML20195D987 (3)

See also: IR 05000461/1988001

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OCT 8 81988

Docket No. 50-461

Illinois Power Company

ATTN: Mr. W. C. Gerstner

Executive Vice President

500 South 27th Street

Decatur, IL 62525

Gentismen:

Enclosed for your review, prior to our scheduled meeting of December 8, 1988

is the SALP 8 Board Report for Clinton Power Station, covering the period

September 1, 1987 through August 31, 1988.

In accordance with NRC policy, I have reviewed the SALP Board Assessment

and concur with their ratings. It is my view that your conduct of nuclear

activities in connection with the Clinton facility was acceptable.

Overall, the ratings reflect continued management involvement over licensed

activities and a generally conservative operating philosophy. Highlights of

the report are set forth below:

1. The functional area of Security improved from a Category 2 rating

during the previous assessment period to a Category I rating during

this assessment period. This rating reflects a security program

that was conducted in an exemplary manner.

2. All other functional areas sustained Category 2 ratings consistent with

the ratings in these functional areas during the previous assessment

pe r6d. An improving trend was noted in the Operatfotes area. Engineering /

Technical Support is a new functional area and the previously separate

Maintenance and Surveillance functional areas have now been combined.

j Also, the new functional area of Safety Assessment / Quality Verification

L incorporates the previous separate areas of Licensing and Quality

Programs and Administr * " ntrols Affecting Quality.

Although the SALP ratirgs t.' aibit a significant improvement from those

of the previous SALP period, a # eve your performance during the difficult

evolution of completing power a...nsion testing and moving into commercial

operation was commendable. While the Board did not discern a conclusive trend

in functional areas assigned a rating of 2 other than in 9perations, performance

in the other five areas assigned a rating of 2 was characterized as solid and

above average. Your close attention to problems and performance is

racognized. Continuing this practice .id attending to those areas discussed

in the SALP overview should serve you sell in your pursuit of excellence.

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While you will have sufficient opportunity to present your comments at t'..

meeting on December 8, 1988 we also solicit written comments within 30 days

after the meeting to enable us to thoroughly evaluate your coments and to

provide you with our conclusions relative to the:r..

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

Board Report will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.

Should you have any questions concerning the SALP report, we would be pleased

to discuss them with you.

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A. Bert Davis

Regional Administrator

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D. P. Hall, Vice President

R. D. Freeman, Manager,

Nuclear Station i

/ Engineering Department

VDCD/DCB (RIDS)

Licensing Fee Management Branch

Resident Inspector, RIII

Richard Hubbard

i J. W. McCaffrey, Chief, Public

i utilities Division

t H. S. Taylor, Quality Assurance

l Division, Sargent & Lundy

engineers

David Rosenblatt, Governor's

l Office of Consumer Services

Sheldon Zabel, Esquire,

Schiff, Hardin, & Waite

i L. Larson, Project Manager,

General Electric Company

Chairman of DeWitt County

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T. E. Murley, Director, NRR  :

Regional Administrators

RI, RII, RIV, RV

L. W. Zech, Chairman

K.-C, Rogers, Commissioner

J., R. Curtiss, Commissioner

T. M. Roberts, Commissioner

K. M. Carr, Commissioner

J. A. Stevens, NRR Project Manager

D. R. Moller, NRR Director, Project Directorate III-2

J. Lieberman, Director, Office of -

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E. M. McKenna, SALP Coordinator, NRR

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