ML20210N399
| ML20210N399 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 03/19/1996 |
| From: | Schuetze G NRC |
| To: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| FOIA-97-178 NUDOCS 9708250209 | |
| Download: ML20210N399 (1) | |
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-To: Gerrydrlgg SAJ chuetzek jghn Date: 3/19/9610:02am
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Commonwealth Edison has requested a courtesy visit for James O'Connor, Chairman /CEO, and Michael Wallace, Chief Nuclear Officer, I have schedule time on Thursday,-June 6, at 9:30 a.m. They have no specific agenda, but do plan to talk about deregulation.
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Commonwealth Edison has requested a courtesy visit for James O'Connor, Chairman /CEO, and Michael Wallace, Chief Nuclear Officer, Commonwealth Edison.
_ l have schedule time on Thursday, June 6, at 9:30 a.m. They have no specific agenda, j but do plan to talk about deregulation.
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Mr. James J. 0'Connor Chairman and Chief Executive GTficer Commonwealth Edison Company P.O. Box 767 Chicago, Illinob 60690
Dear Mr. O'Connor:
The Commission continues to be concerned about the performance of. Commonwealth Edison's nuclear facilities, particularly the inability of Commonwealth Edison
-to. establish lasting and effective programs to improve performance at the Dresden Station. .As you know, the Dresden station has been on the U.S.
, -years. Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) Watch List for six of the-last nine Nuclear Since January 1992, Dresden has never been removed from th- NRC Watch List as a Category 2 plant, a plant identified as having weaknesses that warrant improvedincreased NRC attention until the licensee can demonstrate a period of performance. i On-January 17-18, 1996, NRC senior managers met to evaluate the nuclear safety-performance of operating reactors. With regard to Dresden, the decision was made that it remain on the NRC Watch List as- a Category 2 plant because of the continuing problems in the' areas of material condition, work management, and radiation protection, as well as weaknesses in worker level skills. Although the NRC staff has observed some-safety performance improvement in the past six months, it is not clear whether recent management changes and other improvement' efforts will be effective in continuing this initial trend.
Consequently, we request that you brief the Commission on the status of efforts to improve performance at Dresden since you last briefed us on
' November-16, 1995.
Iniaddition to describing progress'being made in meeting specific scheduled actions', milestones, and focus area goals set out in the Dresden Station improvement Plan, your briefing should include a. description of the degree to
'which performance standards are enderstood and are being implemented by the Station workforce. Also, you should describe the results of material condition improvements efforts,- including steps you liave taken to ensure that important equipment deficiencies have been fully identified and those affecting system function have been resolved. The Consission is particularly interested in learning more details of your plant system. assessments (for both
-systems that are safety-related and important to safety), especially the progress made in completing those assessments, the deficiencies that have been identified, and your plans for correcting those deficiencies. . Finally, you should also address the ability of Commonwealth Edison Company to devote sufficient resources to sustain improved performance at the Dresden Station over the long term without negatively affecting the safe operation of the other nuclear facilities of the Commonwealth Edison Company, l
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,, The Office of the Secretary will contact you to arrange a date for the Commission meeting, which we would project as May 1996, to provide you adequate time for presaration. If you have any questions concerning the required agenda for t:1e meeting, please contact John Hoyle, Secretary of the Commission at (301) 415-1969.
Sincerely, Shirley Ann Jackson
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