ML20217G183
| ML20217G183 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Quad Cities  |
| Issue date: | 04/23/1998 |
| From: | Grobe J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Kingsley O COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20217G186 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-254-98-05, 50-254-98-5, 50-265-98-05, 50-265-98-5, NUDOCS 9804290079 | |
| Download: ML20217G183 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000254/1998005
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April 23,1998
Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley
President, Nuclear Generation Group
Commonwealth Edison Company
ATTN: Regulatory Services
Executive Towers West lli
1400 Opus Place, Suite 500
Downers Grove, IL 60515
SUBJECT:
NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND NRC INSPECTION REPORT
NO. 50-254/98005(DRS); 50-265/98005(DRS)
Dear Mr. Kingsley:
This refers to the inspection conducted February 16,1998 through March 26,1998, at the Quad
Cities Nuclear Power Station. The purpose of the inspection was to review design modification
process activities in use at the station. Specifically, the use of emergency and immediate
modifications as well as use of at-risk work activities were reviewed. At the conclusion of the
inspection, the findings were discussed with those members of your staff identified in the
enclosed report.
The inspection concluded that development of emergency and immediate modifications was
allowed by the Quad Cities OA Program, and corporate, and station procedures and was
adequately controlled. With regards to at-risk work packages, satisfactory controls were in
place to ensure that affected components would not be declared operable until completion of all
design documentation. Use of these types of modifications and work packages was not
common and, when used, adequate programmatic controls existed, with one exception noted
below, to ensure minimum prerequisites, limitations, and operational restrictions were included.
Notwithstanding the overall adequacy of the processes and controls, the NRC noted that when
the at-risk work option was introduced in 1996, all applicable design modification procedures
were not revised. Specifically, QCAP 0460-01," Plant Design Changes Process," continued to
require that installers use approved design change packages prior to work package
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preparation. Detailed reviews of at-risk work packages revealed an example of a work package
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that was prepared contrary to the procedural requirements of QCAP 0460-01 and was
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considered a violation of NRC requirements. The violation is cited in the enclosed Notice of
Violation (Notice) and was of concern because it highlighted an inadequate review of
procedures when implementing an important change to the design modification process.
You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the
enclosed Notice when preparing your response. The NRC will use your response, in part, to
determine whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with
regulatory requirements.
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in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its
enclosures, and your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
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Sincerely,
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John A. Grobe, Director
Division of Reactor Safety
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Docket Nos: 50-254;50-265
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Enclosures:
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_ inspection Report No.
50-254/98005(DRS);
50-265/98005(DRS)
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M. Wallace, Senior Vice President
D. Helwig, Senior Vice President
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G. Stanley, PWR Vice President
J. Perry, BWR Vice President
D. Farrar, Regulatory
Services Manager
I. Johnson, Licensing Director
DCD - Licensing
D. Sager, Site Vice President
W. Pearce, Quad Cities Station Manager
C. C. Peterson, Regulatory Affairs
Manager
Richard Hubbard
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Nathan Schloss, Economist
Office of the Attorney General
State Liaison Officer
Chairman, Illinois Commerce
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Commission
W. D. Leech, Manager of Nuclear
MidAmerican Energy Company
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