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Forwards Insp Rept 50-461/98-28 on 981214-18.No Violations Noted.Inspector Concluded That Risk Assessment Process for Evaluating on-line & Outage Maint Activities Has Been Developed
ML20202G495
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Site: Clinton Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 02/01/1999
From: Dapas M
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To: Mcelwain J
ILLINOIS POWER CO.
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50-461-98-28, NUDOCS 9902050200
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See also: IR 05000461/1998028

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February 1, 1999

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Mr. John P. McElwain

Chief Nuclear Officer:

'Clinton Power Station .

lilinois Power Company

Mail Code V-275

P. O. Box 678

Clinton,IL 61727

E SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-461/98028(DRS)

Dear Mr. McElwain:

, On December 18,1998, the NRC completed a follow-up inspection of your implementation of

10 CFR 50.65, " Requirements for Monitoring the Effectiveness of Maintenance at Nuclear

Power Plants," (commonly referred to as the maintenance rule) at the Clinton Power Station.

i During this inspection, your progress toward resolving NRC Manual Chapter 0350 Case Specific

Checklist items l1.4, " Establish and Implement an Effective Risk Assessment Program," and V.3,

" Develop Maintenance Rule Program Which Meets NRC Requirements," was reviewed. The

enclosed report presents the results of the subject inspection.-

Your program at Clinton Power Station for implementing the requirements of the maintenance

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rule was based on the guidance provided in NUMARC 93-01, " Industry Guideline for Monitoring -

the Effectiveness of Maintenance at Nuclear Power Plants," dated April 1996, which was

endorsed in Regulatory Guide 1.160, " Monitoring the Effectiveness of Maintenance at Nuclear

Power Plants," dated March 1997. ~ Although you have established an adequate maintenance

rule program, due to your own quality assurance concems with your ineffective implementation

of the maintenance rule program, we concluded your program did not meet all of the

- requirements of the maintenance rule. The remaining aspect of the maintenanm nfe program

that needs to be addressed to meet the requirements of the maintenance rule is to ensure

acceptable program implementation throughout the plant restart and subsequent plant

operations. As such, your staff needs to continue to take ownership of their portion of the

maintenance rule program to ensure effective implementation.

' Based on the results of our inspection from which we concluded that you established an

. adequate maintenance rule program, Case Specific Checklist item V.3 was closed. In addition,

no violations of NRC requirements were identified. We also concluded that a risk assessment

process for evaluating on-line and outage maintenance activities has been developed.

However, training of personnel on this process needs to be completed and therefore, Case

Specific Checklist item 11.4 will remain open pending completion of the training.

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.700 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and the

enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.

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Sincerely,

, Original /s/ bhrc Dapas

Marc Dapas, Deputy Director

Division of Reactor Projects

Docket No.: 50-461

License No.: NPF-62

Enclosure: Inspection Report 50-461/98028(DRS)

cc w/ encl: G. Hunger, Station Manager

R. Phares, Manager, Nuclear Safety

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J. Sipek, Director - Licensing

M. Aguilar, Assistant Attomey General

G. Stramback, Regulatory Licensing

Services Project Manager

General Electric Company

Chairman, DeWitt County Board

State Liaison Officer

Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission

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