ML20197F543

Notice of Violations from Insp on 971103-07 & 1204. Violations Noted:Licensee Unable to Retrieve Records of ISI Leakage Tests of Class 1 Sys,Completed During Units 1 & 2 1995 Refueling Outages,Required by ASME Code Section 11

ML20197F543
Person / Time
Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	12/23/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20197F496	List: ML20197F492 ML20197F543 ML20197F574
References
50-254-97-27, 50-265-97-27, NUDOCS 9712300242
Download: ML20197F543 (2)

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I NOTICE OF VIOLATION Commonwealtn Edison Company Docket Nos. 50-254; 265 Quad Cities, Units 1 and 2 License Nos. DPR-29; DPR-30 During an NRC inspection completed on December 4,1997, two violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG 1600, the violations are listed below:

1. 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVil states, in part, that sufficient records shall be maintained to fumish evidence of activities affecting quality. These records include records of tests, which shall be identifiable and retrievable.

Contrary to 1,1e above, as of December 4,1997, the licensee was unable to retrieve records of inservice inspection leakage tests of the Class 1 system, completed during the Unit 1 and Unit 21995 refueling outages, that were required by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code (ASME) Code Section XI.

This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement 1) (VIO 50-254/97027-04(DRS); 50-265/97027-04(DRS)).

2. 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI states in part that

• measures sha!! be established to assure that conditions adverse to quality, such as failures, malfunctions....are promptly identified and corrected."

Contrary to the above, as of November 5,1997, ther licensee had failed to implement the corrective action process for the failed Unit 1 reactor vessel flange inner O-ring seal.

Specifically, a continuous alarm condition indicative of an inner O-ring seal failure had existed since August 31,1996 and the licensee had not initiated a problem identification form.

This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement 1) (VIO 50-254/97027-05(DRS)).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Commonwealth Edison is hereby required to submit a written statement of explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:

Document Control Desk, Washington D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region ill, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notics). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Vio'stion" and should inciude for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved.

Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adenuately addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not received within the to e specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will 9712300242 971223 PDR ADOCK 05000254 G pm 1

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be given to extending the response tirne. Because your response will'be placed in the NRC

Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal

. privacy, propriotary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction if personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then piesse provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information

. that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions of your +

response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detall the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confklential commercial or financial information). If safeguards information is

,necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21. -

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