ML20202G495
| ML20202G495 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Clinton  |
| Issue date: | 02/01/1999 |
| From: | Dapas M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Mcelwain J ILLINOIS POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20202G500 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-461-98-28, NUDOCS 9902050200 | |
| Download: ML20202G495 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000461/1998028
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February 1, 1999
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Mr. John P. McElwain
Chief Nuclear Officer:
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lilinois Power Company
Mail Code V-275
P. O. Box 678
Clinton,IL 61727
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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
rule was based on the guidance provided in NUMARC 93-01, " Industry Guideline for Monitoring -
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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
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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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