ML20217D103

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980302-06.Violation Noted: on 980306,chemistry Technician Failed to Close Valve V8 Before Withdrawing 2 Gas Samples from Panel for Hydrogen & Isotopic Analyses

ML20217D103
Person / Time
Site:	Byron
Issue date:	03/20/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20217D090	List: IR 05000454/1998008 ML20217D086 ML20217D103
References
50-454-98-08, 50-454-98-8, 50-455-98-08, 50-455-98-8, NUDOCS 9803270310
Download: ML20217D103 (2)

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Commonwealth Edison Company Docket Nos. 50-454; 50-455 Byron Station, Units 1 and 2 License Nos. NPF-37; NPF-66 During an NRC inspection completed on March 6,1998, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:

Technical Specification 6.8.1 requires, in part, that written procedures be established, implemented, and maintained covering the applicable procedures recommended in Regulatory Guide 1.33, Appendix A. Revision 2, February 1978.

Regulatory Guide 1.33, Appendix A recommends that procedures be implemented which specify chemistry instructions and the calibration of laboratory instruments.

Step F.9.h of procedure BCP 300-77 (Revision 9)," Preparing a Pressurized Liquid Sample for Analysis Using the Dagassing Panel," dated February 13,1998, requires that valve V8 (degassing panel buret isc!ation) be closed prior to withdrawing gas samples from the panel for hydrogen and isotopic analyses.

Contrary to the above, on March 6,1998, a chemistry technician failed to close valve V8 before withdrawing 2 gas samples from the panel for hydrogen and isotopic analyses.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Commonwealth Edison is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:

Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region Ill, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation or severity level, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence,if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response, if an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time, if you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

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> Notice of Violation 2 Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction, if personal privacy or proprietary information .

is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you mu11 specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

Dated at Lisle, Illinois this 20 day of March 1998

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