ML20197B020
| ML20197B020 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Quad Cities  |
| Issue date: | 12/16/1997 |
| From: | Grant G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Pearce L COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20197B025 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-254-97-14, 50-265-97-14, NUDOCS 9712230273 | |
| Download: ML20197B020 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000254/1997014
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SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50 254/97014(DRP), 50 265/g7014(DRP),
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NOTICE OF DEMATION AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION
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Dear Mr. Penros:
- This refers to the inspection conduded on July 2g through September 12,1997, at the
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Quad CHies Nuclear Power station. The purpose of the inspection was to determine whethe-
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activides authortred by the license were conduded safely and in accordance with
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NRC requirements. During this period routine resident inspections were performed. Based on
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As inspectors' findings, overall performance at the Quad Clues station was safe. At the
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conclusion of the inspection, the findings were discussed with those members of your staff
identi6ed in the enclosed report.
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While overall operator performance was good, operators failed to ensure the performance of
several Technical Spool 6 cation (TS) required surveillances and displayed a lack of rigor in
restoring some degraded equipmerW to a fully operable condition. Mainter,ance activities were
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conducted in a satisfactory manner in most cases, but were marked by procedure adherence
problems and errors requiring rework. Some addluonal radiation dose was scoumulated as a
result / Engineering personnel failed to establish adequate design basis information and testing
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requirements for some equipment. Even though fire risk was identifled as being relatively high at
Quad Cities, the inspectors noted an overell insensitivity towards resolution of fire protocuon
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lasues.
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Based on the results of this inspection, the NRC has determined that four violations of
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NRC requirements with multiple examples occurred, in addhion, a devis3on from a commitment
to the NRC was identified. These violations and the deviation are cited in the enclosed Notice of
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Violation (Notice) and Notice of Deviation (Notice) and the circumstances surrounding them are
described in detail in the attached inspecuon report. The first violation represents a decline in
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the performance of surveillance testing with five examples of missed Myelliance requirements
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involving the areas of operations, chemistry, maintenance, and engineering. The second
violation involves two examples where inspectors found the acceptance criteria for TS required
surveillance teste to be inadequate. The third violation involves two examples of improp6r
design control related to the 250 volt safety-related battery. The fourth violation was a conoom
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^ because it involved two examples of failure to follow procedures in the maintenance and fire
protection areas. The deviation is signi6 cant in that it involved a failure to meet a commitment to
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the NRC that constituted correcove scuon for en equipment problem as documented in a
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You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the
enc 6osed Notices when preparing your response. The NRC will use your response, in part, to
determine whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with regulatory
requirements,
in acc / dance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rubs of Practice," a copy of this letter, its
enclosures, and your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
Sincerely,
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Geoffrey E. Grant, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos: 50 254;50 265
License Nos: DPR 29; DPR40
Enclosures:
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Notice of Deviation
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Inspection Report
No. 50 254/97014(DRP);
50-265/97014(DRP)
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O. Kingsley, Nuclear Generation Group
Distribumn:
President and Chief Nuclear Officer
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M. Wallace, Senior Vice
OCFO/LFARB w/encls
President, Corporate Services
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E. Kraft, Vice President
A. Beach w/encls
BWR Operations
Deputy RA w/encls
Rlll Enf. Coord, w/encls
D. A. Sager, Vice President,
SRI Quad Cities w/oncls
Generation Support
Project Mgr., NRR w/encls
D. Farrar, Nuclear Regulatory
DRP w/encls
Services Manager
TSS w/encls
1. Johnson, Licensing
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Operations Manager
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Document Control Desk Ucensing
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D. Cook, Quad Cities Station Manager
CAA1 (E-Mall)
C. C. Peterron, ~4egulatory Affairs
DOCDESK (E-Mail)
Manager
Ricnard Hubbard
Nathan Schloss, Economist
Office of the Attomey General
State Liaison Officer
Chairman, Illinois Commerce
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W. D. Leech, Manager of Nuclear
MidAmerican Energy Company
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Docket Noi:
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Enclosures:
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Notice of Deviation
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Notice of Velatior:
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Inspection Report
No. 50-254/g7014(DRP);
50 265/g7014(DRP)
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O. Kingsley, Nuclear Generation Group '
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President and Chief Nuclear Officer '
Docket File w/encls
M. Wallace, Senior Vice
OCFO/LFARB w/encls
President, Corporate Services
PUBLIC IE-01 w/encls
E. Kraft, Vice President
A. Beach w/encls
BWR Operations
Deputy RA w/encls
Liaison Officer, NOC-BOD
Rill Enf. Coord, w/encls
D. A. Sager, Vice President,
SRI Quad Cities w/encls
Generation Support
Project Mgr., NRR w/encls
D. Farrar, Nuc' ear Regulatory
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Services Manager '
TSS w/encls
1. Johnson, Licensing
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Nathan Schloss, Economist
Office of the Attomey General
State Liaison Officer
Chairman, Illinois Commerce
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W. D. Leech, Manager of Nuclear
MidAmerican Energy Company
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You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the
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enclosed Notices when preparing your response. The NRC will use your response, in part, to
determine whether further enforcement action is necessary to enses corr,pliance with regulatory
requirements.
in scoordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," r copy of this letter, its
enclosures, and your response will be placed in the NRC Public Drament Room.
Sincerely,
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Geoffrey E. Grant, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
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Docket Nos: 50-254;50 265
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Enclosures:
1.
Notice of Deviation
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3.
Inspection Report
No. 50-254/97014(DRP);
50-265/97014(DRP)
cc w/encis:
O. Kingsley, Nuclear Generation Group
President and Chief Nuclear Officer
M. Wallace, Senior Vice
President, Corporate Services
E. Kraft, Vice President
BWR Operations
Usison Officer, NOC-BOD
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D. A. Sager, Vice President,
Generation Support
D. Farrar, Nuclear Regulatory
Services Manager
1. Johnson, Licensing
Operations Managar
Document Control Desk-Licensing
D. Cook, Quad Cities Station Manager
C. C. Peterson, Regulatory Affairs
Manager
Richard Hubbard
Nathan Schloss, Economist
Office of the Attomey General
. State Liaison Officer.
Chairman, Illinois Commerce
Commission
W. D. Leech, Manager of Nuclear
MidAme,-ican Energy Compcny
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