ML20198N270
| ML20198N270 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 10/24/1997 |
| From: | Grant G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Jamila Perry COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20198N273 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-010-97-13, 50-10-97-13, 50-237-97-13, 50-249-97-13, NUDOCS 9711030251 | |
| Download: ML20198N270 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000010/1997013
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SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50 010/97013(DRP); 50 237/97013(DRP);
50-249/97013(DRP) AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Dear Mr. Perry;
This refers to the inspections conducted from July 15 to August 27,1997, at the Dresden f acility.
The purpose of the hspections was to determine whether activities authorized by the license
were conducted safely and in accordance with NRC requirements. During this period, routine
resident inspections, augmented with resident staff from other sites and the region, were
pstformed. The enclosed report presents the results of these inspections.
While day to day operations activities were generally performed satisfactorily, there were several
performance deficiencies by operations personnel during this period These included a shift
managers failure to maintain adequate control room staffing, a unit supervisors failure to assess
Technical Specification requirements prior to a surveillance test, a nuclear station operators
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inability to control reactor water level, and a non licensed operators failure to comply with
radiation protection requirements. The inability to control reactor water level caused the crew to
trip the reactor and start forced outage D2F29.
The operations staff continued to address material condition problems, including some which
caused unplanned outage time for Technical Specifications related equipment. The material
condition of the feedwater system and associated supporting systems caused problems that
resulted in several rapid load decreases, limited reactor power, and contributed to a reactor
pressure vessellevel transient on Unit 2. Errors made by maintenance and eperations personnel
complicated the responses to material condition problems.
Based on the results of this inspection, the NRC has determined that violations of NRC
requirements occurred. The violations are cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation and the
circumstances surrounding the violations are described in detailin the subject inspection report.
The violation involving multiple examples of inadequate corrective action is specific to the
Operations Department. The violation pertain!ng to the failure to review area radiation survey
maps is of concem because it involved the potential for unnecessary exposure, contained more
than one example, and was NRC identified.
You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the
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enclosed Notice of Violation when preparing your response. The NRC will use your response, in
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part, to determine whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with
regulatory requirements.
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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's * Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its
enclosures, and your response will be placed in the NRO Public Document Room.
Sincerely,
/s/ Marc Dapas for
Geoffrey E. Grant, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket No. 50 10; 50 237;50 249
License No. DPR-02; DFR 19; DPR 25
Enclosures:
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Inspection Report
No. 50-010/97013(DRP);
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D. Farrar, Nuclear Regulatory
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I, Johnson, Licensing
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Operations Manager
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T. Nauman, Station Manager Unit 1
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F. Spangenberg, Regulatory Assurance
DOCDESK (E-Mail)
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Richard Hubbard
Nathan Schloss, Economist
Office of the Attorney General
State Liaison Officer
Chairmen, Illinois Commerce
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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its
enclosures, and your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
Sincerely,
Geoffrey E. Grait, Director
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