ML20216B032
| ML20216B032 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Braidwood  |
| Issue date: | 04/08/1998 |
| From: | Grant G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Kingsley O COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20216B037 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-456-98-02, 50-456-98-2, 50-457-98-02, 50-457-98-2, NUDOCS 9804130354 | |
| Download: ML20216B032 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000456/1998002
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April 8, 1998 l Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley l President, Nuclear Generation Group Commonwealth Edison Company ATT.: Regulatory Services Executive Towers West lll l 1400 Opus Place, Suite 500 ' Downers Grove, IL' 60515 ] l SUBJECT: INSPECTION REPORT NO. 5(L456/98002(DRP); 50-457/98002(CRP) AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION \\ Dear Mr. Kingsley- On March 9,1998,' the NRC completed an inspection at your Braidwood Units i and 2 reactor facilities. The enclosed report presents the results of that inspection. During the six-week penod covered by this inspection, your conduct of activities was genere'ly characterized by safety- conscious operations, sound engineering and maintenance practices, and careful radiological work controls. We are concemed about two failures to follow station administrative procedures.
'Two violations associated with these failures are described in the enclosed Notice of Violation ' (Notice). The first violation involves the failure to perform an independent verification of proper system alignment following the repositioning of safety related valves as required by station administrative procedures. The second violation involves the failure of the fire watch to patrol the Unit i lower cable spreading room every 15 minutes as required by station administrative procedures. These violations were inspector-identified. The failure to follow procedures has been highlighted in previous inspection reports and appears to be a remarring problem. 'We are also concemed about a failure to co spb with Technical Specification requirements. Operators failed to take the actions requirst of feAnical Specifications following a change in Unit 2 operational modes with both trains of the boron dilution protection system inoperable. Since this issue was non-repetitive, self-identified, and corrected, it was considered a non-cited violation. Regarding the violations described in the enclosed Notice, relating to the failure to follow procedures, please note that you am required to respond to this letter and should follow the l instruchons specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. Your response ' should not only detail the actions you have taken or plan to take for the specific issues identified, but should also be more broadly focused and address what actions you plan or have taken to ensure that your corrective action process is effective. The NRC will use your respens'), in part, ! . to determine whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance wkh I regulatory requiremontr. 9804130354 980408 ~ k PDR ADOCK 05000456 G PDR j
O. Kingsley 2 In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, the enclosures, and your responses to this letter will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room. Sincerely, Geof. rey E. Grant, Director Division of Reactor Projects Ds Aet Nos: 50-456, 50-457 License Nos: NPF-72, NPF-77 Enclosures: 1. Notice of Violation 2. Inspection Report No. 50-456/98002(DRP); No. 50-457/98002(DRP) cc w/encis: M. Wallace, Nuclear Services Senior Vice President G. Stanley, PWR Vice President J. Perry, BWR Vice President D. Farrar, Regulatory ] Services Manager ' l. Johnson, Licensing Director DCD - Licensing T. Tulon, Site Vice President - Braidwood Station Manager T. Simpkin, Regulatory Assurance Supervisor I Richard Hubbard Nathan Schloss, Economist Office of the Attorney General State Liaison Officer Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission DOCUMENT NAME: g:\\brai\\ bra 98002.drp To e.iv. . ci.py of thi. docun.ni, ina'c4i. in ih. bo e - copy iihout .it.cht nci t - copo iih .ei.cht.nci *N* - No copy i OFFICE Rlll R,Il // Rlli A/ Rlli b Rill NAME Ton tc: Shear [[3 Gardner (Secs. Jord Grant . l (Secs. R1 F1 & F8 a d j7 h if' and R2) NOV)f2 d' DATE 03/7k /98 03/2 # 98 03/4 /98 03/$/9,8 N/ 98 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY fI i
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