ML20203P906

EN-86-029:notice of Violation & Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in Amount of $100,000 Will Be Issued on or About 860506 Based on Incorrect Valve Alignment for RHR Sys & Incomplete Surveillance Testing

ML20203P906
Person / Time
Site:	Byron
Issue date:	05/01/1986
From:	Axelrad J, Poindexter T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
To:
References
EN-86-029, EN-86-29, NUDOCS 8605080318
Download: ML20203P906 (1)

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, EN 86-29 0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ENFORCEMENT ACTION Licensee: Commonwealth Edison Company (Byron Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1)

Docket No. 50-454

Subject:

PROPOSED IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTY - $100,000

. This is to inform the Commission that a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $100,000 will be issued on or about May 6,1986 to Commonwealth Edison Company. This action involves the

- use of surveillance procedures at its Byron Station that contained incorrect valve alignments for the residual heat removal system (RHRS) which resulted in neither train of the RHRS being able to inject into the four legs of the reactor coolant system. The action also involves incomplete surveillance testing on the solid state protection system, the failure to apply action statements after potentially explosive gas mixtures were found in the waste gas holdup tank and an inadequate postmaintenance inspection on the control room ventillation system.

It should be noted that the licensee has not been specifically informed of the enforcement action. The Regional Administrator has been authorized by the Director, Office of Inspection and Enforcement, to sign this action. The sch.edule of issuance and notification is:

Mailing of Notice May 6, 1986 Telephone Notification of Licensee May 6, 1986 A news release has been prepared and will be issued 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> from the time the licensee receives the Notice. The State of Illinois will be notified.

The licensee has thirty days from the date of the Notice in which to respond.

Following NRC evaluation of the response, the civil penalty may be remitted, mitigated, or imposed by Order.

Contact:

T. C. Poindexter, IE 29635 J. Axelrad, IE 24909 Distribution:

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